State Crest Badge

[Detroitpete]

I honestly don't know if Michigan produced any distinctive insignia for its regiments. Civil War reenactor "sutlers", merchants who sell reproduction kit, may have something:

http://www.blockaderunner.com/Catalog/hatbrass2.htm

Note the Louisiana pelican, the Texas stars, and the Arms of New York in the bottom right. There is also the Georgia state seal that a former member hear wore on his Georgia tartan kilt. Not every state produced such insignia, but it could be an option...

T.

Hermes,
For a 'Yooper" badge, how about a meat pastie flanked by a trout and a giant black fly? Just a bit of ribbing from a downstate 'troll'.

I've always thought the idea of a polar bear to be an appropriate symbol of Michigan if one is searching for a symbol of Michigan's fighting forces. It represents the "Polar Bears" (339th Infantry) of WWI and their plight. We still honor them at their monument here on Memorial Day.