The first grouping is related to the 461st Bomb Group (Heavy), aka the "Liberaiders", a component of the 15th Air Force. Activated in 1943, the 461st deployed to Italy with B-24 bombers, seeing action throughout Europe including during the "Oil Campaign", the Ploesti Raid, and in support of the Invasion of Southern France. Included in the group is the booklet "Liberaiders in Italy", three patches for the 15th Air Force (two embroidered, one bullion), an Air Medal with Oak Leaf, a leather "CONNECTICUT/XV/AL "ATAQUE"" patch, and a 461st Bomb Group patch bearing the standard WWII era 461st emblem and a design of Donald Duck with a machine gun and a bomb. The second group is four patches, one painted leather for Laredo (Texas) Army Air Field featuring a coyote on a bomber firing a machine gun, one embroidered for the 853th Bomb Group with a bear carrying a bomb, and a pair attributed to the 355th Bomb Squadron, one with a bull carrying a bomb and the other with a snake coiled around a bomb with "Snake" above. Attached tags attribute the 355th BS patches as being from a single wearer, with the "Snake" patch a personal emblem/nickname. Provenance: The Putnam Green/Sycamore Collection

Good overall. The "Snake" patch set shows a number of cracks and scuffs, as well as wear consistent with attachment to a service jacket, with the others showing some stains and handling marks.