1) A small banner, 7 1/4" wide and 52" long, blue on one side and white on the reverse, each with the text "IRIS-SOL/FLYING TIGERS/CHINA/1942-1943" around Flying Tiger themed art. 2) Patch for the 76th Fighter Squadron, 23rd Fighter Group, one of the successor units to the AVG/Flying Tigers. Shield shape with embroidered Chinese text on a blue field over a tiger head on a red and white field. 3) Booklet of pictures and text of Nationalist Chinese aviation training (in Chinese, translation not supplied). 4) Group of artifacts attributed to Charles "Charlie" Mott of the AVG. Mott's military career began as an engineer with the Army, before joining the Navy and becoming a carrier dive bomber. In 1941, he resigned his Navy commission to join the AVG, flying with the 2nd Squadron, where he would be shot down and captured. Released from captivity at the end of the war, he returned to the Navy, ending his career at the rank of Captain in 1963. In civilian life he worked as an aviation consultant, participating in the design of what would become the F-15, F-22 and A-10 aircraft. The set includes Mott's ID tag from the AVG's 50th anniversary reunion in 1991, a set of Naval "full bird" Captain insignia, a pair of Flying Tiger pins, two sets of Naval Aviator wings, small pins for the Purple Heart and Silver Star medals, ribbon bar for the Order of Blue Sky and White Sun (Nationalist Chinese), and a 3-line set of U.S. ribbons. Provenance: The Putnam Green/Sycamore Collection

Very fine overall.