1, 2) Two patches for Marine Fighter Squadron VMF-214, aka the Black Sheep Squadron, 5" wide white felt shields with F4U Corsair fighter over a black sheep, black "bend sinister", and 12 stars, one also numbered "214". One of the most famous Marine Aviation units, the 214 was formed in 1942 around then-Major George "Pappy" Boyington, veteran Flying Tigers combatant, who was given permission to build a Squadron out of available pilots if they could be put into prompt service. Choosing the nickname "Black Sheep" after their first choice, "Boyington's Bastards" was shot down for being unpublishable, the 214th would rack up 97 confirmed aerial kills and produce 9 aces, with Boyington successfully beating the World War One record of Eddie Rickenbacker before being shot down and captured during a fighter sweep over Rabaul in January 1944. While the original Black Sheep pilots were dispersed to other units, VMF-214 reformed later that same month. After being released from captivity, Boyington would write his autobiography, "Baa Baa Black Sheep", which would become a television show in the 1970s featuring Robert Conrad. 3) Marine Fighter Squadron VMF-123 patch, 5 1/4" diameter, embroidered felt construction, featuring a British "redcoat" soldier sitting before a large eight-ball. Nicknamed the Flying Eight Balls, VMF-123 arrived in the Pacific Theater in 1943, seeing action in the Solomon Islands, including providing support to the amphibious landing on Vella Lavella. Spending most of 1944 in the U.S. and returning to the Pacific in 1945, they participated in the Battle of Iwo Jima, the Okinawa Campaign, and strikes against the Japanese home islands. 4) Marine Fighter Squadron VMF-221 patch, 5 1/2" diameter, embroidered felt construction with "*FIGHTING***/FALCONS" over a swooping falcon with aircraft wings. Commissioned in July 1941, VMF-221 would be relocated to Hawaii after the attack on Pearl Harbor, and then moved forward to Midway Island. Present at Midway during the same-named Battle in June of 1942, the Squadron would find itself significantly outnumbered and outgunned by the multi-carrier Japanese air attack, with a roughly 5:1 ratio in Japanese favor. Rotating back to Hawaii to rebuild, VMF-221 returned to action for the Battle of Guadalcanal and the Battle of New Georgia, being credited with 16 air to air kills in the latter confrontation. At the end of 1943 the unit would rotate back to the U.S. before deploying again in 1945 on the carrier USS Bunker Hill, which participated in the Battle of Iwo Jima and the Battle of Okinawa, as well as the destruction of the Japanese Battleship Yamato. 5) U.S.M.C. emblem, 4" wide, gold thread embroidered on white felt, secured to a section of OD green cloth. Provenance: The Putnam Green/Sycamore Collection