Lots of hanks for the patches, Brooke... I think I have forgotten these long due thanks.
btw. For some reason I have always thought that this kind of sown emblems would be called "badges" instead of just "patches" which in my mind refer to something used for filling or covering a hole in the clothing or in software.
Back in 1983 I was participating in a Boy Scout World Jamboree in Alberta, Canada, where I learned the english words "trading badges".. and the badges were this kind of sown emblems.
Just confused with a foreign language