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Lot 3685:Five Jacket Patches, WWII Aviation

December 2nd, 2011|Rock Island, IL
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Lot 3685:Five Jacket Patches, WWII Aviation

December 2nd, 2011|Rock Island, IL
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Five Jacket Patches, WWII Aviation

1) WWII embroidered cloth unit patch, depicting six birds and two swords on a shield, with "SURGUM" in a banner underneath 2) Italian theater made painted leather patch, "BEARD'S BUSTARDS/BOB" with a bird carrying a large bomb. Beards Bustards was the crew for a B-24 bomber and Bob was one of the crew. 3) Leather backed embroidered felt patch, showing five stars over a caricature of an Arab man saluting. This is the patch of the 30th Recon Squadron, 5th Air Force, WWII. 4) Painted leather pouch, featuring Bugs Bunny pulling a shade on the Japanese war flag. Believed to be for another bomber squadron. 5) WWII 867th Bomber Squadron embroidered felt patch, featuring a bomb dressed as a fancy gentleman standing on a cloud, with an unknown winged animal in the background. The 867th flew B-24s, 5th Air Force, Phillipines, Okiniawa.

ConditionAll are very fine, with some minor edge wear and material loss on the cloth, and minimal paint loss on the leather.
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TypeOther
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Item LocationRock Island, IL
Views1201
Catalog page334
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