US Army ADSEC ETO Patch – British Made WW2 . USP163

United States Army Advance Section Communications (ADSEC) Zone ETO shoulder sleeve insignia (patch). The patch is the harder to find variation that is a printed version on a raincoat type material, I believe this style is British made. 1940s (ww2) era. Worn condition. The patch does not react to UV light (does not glow under blacklight). Worn condition.

Additional Notes:  The HQ ETO Communications Zone patch, which is also widely referred to by many collectors as “ADSEC”, however, ADSEC was just one part of the organization. ETO COMZ had control over all “Technical and Administrative Branches and Services” in the U.K. and ETO. Quartermaster, Transportation, Ordnance, Medical, Signal, some Engineer (not combat engineer), etc. Also, Communication Zone does not literally mean “communications” as in radio and messages. It was basically the entire area behind the rear boundary of a Field Army (1st, 3rd, 7th, and 9th). The Advanced Section was the forward most element, there was also by doctrine an intermediate and base section (although ETO COMZ ended up with nearly 10 separate sections due to the massive size and the multiple axis upon which the allied forces were advancing). The COM Z patch was the authorized patch worn by so many units. It was such a large command both in physical area and number of personnel. The many of these sections had tabs/scrolls as well.

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