05-21-2006, 10:33 AM
Can anyone identify the DI on the cap?
Chris, Can you get a close-up photo? If you have a scanner, you can try scanning it.
You mentioned the 27th Infantry. That regiment was part of the 25th "Lightning" Infantry Division. The patch on the jacket is the 8th Army---I'm not sure where they served at the moment.
The DI for the 27 Infantry Regiment was a black sqaure with a head of a Wolf in the center and inscribed "NEC ASPERA TERRENT". Their DI was unique in that the LH and RH were mirror images---i.e., the wolves faced toward the center of the jacket.
Hope that helped.
Steve