WWII Relic? And little red indian head.

[Sobo]

Well someone down my street put some stuff by the curb with a free sign. Saw this WWII trunk sitting there so took it home, opened it up at home and had an old razor in it, a belt, this piece of cloth cut off with 8 (s?) emblems attached to it, an old WWII magazine, and a little red plastic Indian head.

I'm looking for help to get the piece of cloth with the emblems on it Identified and the little red Indian head.



Picture of the trunk



Picture of the red Plastic Indian head, says Chief Apparel Royce on the back of it.


And picture of the emblems on the cloth that appears to be cut off a uniform?

Thanks for any help guys, know I can count on you guys!

 

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[Texas Kid]

Awesome! Meant something to somebody years ago! Would love to know the story!

 

[nhbenz]

Can you remove one of the zig-zag pins to look at the back for markings? How are they attached? The fabric (oddly) looks like ribbon material that would accompany a medal, but it's quite wide for that... Maybe I'm seeing it wrong.
A complete way out guess would be foreign military's equivalent to our "overseas bars". Ours are cloth, but it's one of the only things you wear multiple duplicates of.

 

[surf]

Greetings Sobo,

I think the Red Chief may be a zipper pull, or point of sale tag.

Sport Chief Jackets by Chief Apparel ? 1953 (Tony Curtis) | Retro Adverto

 

[Sobo]

Greetings Sobo,

I think the Red Chief may be a zipper pull, or point of sale tag.

Sport Chief Jackets by Chief Apparel ? 1953 (Tony Curtis) | Retro Adverto

That's cool! Never would have known that Indian head was from a jacket...or that old .

 

[Sobo]

Can you remove one of the zig-zag pins to look at the back for markings? How are they attached? The fabric (oddly) looks like ribbon material that would accompany a medal, but it's quite wide for that... Maybe I'm seeing it wrong.
A complete way out guess would be foreign military's equivalent to our "overseas bars". Ours are cloth, but it's one of the only things you wear multiple duplicates of.

I don't see any markings on the back of pins, not quite sure how to describe how their connected so I took a couple pictures.


Reverse of cloth, showing back of the pins.


Magnified photo of back of pin, no markings...has some stains though.


Non-magnified picture of back of pin.

Hope the pictures help, and thanks for the help!