It's not often that history passes down to us a close up image of the insignia worn by powerful generals and world leaders. Somehow LIFE photographer David Scherman had the foresight to take a close up of Dwight D. Eisenhower's shoulder patch during a photo session that created the April 16, 1945 cover of LIFE Magazine. Ike clearly has a very nice english made version, hand sewn to his custom made "Ike" jacket. I assume it was hand sewn by his tailor, as hand stitching of patches was a common practice for fine english tailors of that time. Shown below is a somewhat similar english made SHAEF patch (from my personal collection). The detail in Ike's looks to have been rendered more finely.
(Pictures used solely for educational purposes)
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