USAAC Patches and Distinctive Unit Insignia

This in an interesting oversize variant on this patch, rendered in  , white, black, and yellow silk floss on black wool felt. It has a cheesecloth backing..

The condition is near mint.

Here is a view of the back.

It measures 4-1/4 inches.

This in an interesting oversize variant on this patch, rendered in red, white, black, and yellow silk floss on black wool felt. It has a cheesecloth backing..

The condition is near mint.

Here is a view of the back.

It measures 4-3/4 inches.

This in a very scarce color variant on this patch, rendered in red, orange, black, and blue silk floss.  Note the blue and orange in the shield are reversed from the usually encountered blue and yellow.

The 26th BS flew for the 11th Bomb Wing (Gray Geese), 7th and 13th Air Force. They flew B-18 and B-24 bombers throughout WWII in the PTO.  They never flew B-29s, converting from the B-24s to the B-36 bombers following the end of the war.

The condition is near mint.

Here is a view of the back.

It measures 4 inches in diameter

This in a very unusual patch, rendered in red, yellow, black, white, brown and blue silk floss.

The condition is used, removed from a uniform, still near excellent overall.

Here is a view of the back.

It measures 2-1/2 inches in diameter.

This in a scarce machine painted 4 color variant on this patch, rendered in red, white, and blue with silver sky and border on goat skin leather. It measures 4-7/8 inches in diameter.

The condition is very good to near excellent.

Here is a view of the back.

This is a very nice example of this early felt patch, with pale yellow floss, with red, white and black accents blue wool felt patch. It has a black linen backing. The AIRBORNE arch is integral to the patch.

The condition is near very good, with some needle holes and threads from when it was removed from a uniform.

Here is a view of the back.

It measures 2-1/2 inches by 3-1/2 inches.

This is a very nice example of this patch, with yellow floss on blue patch.

The condition is near excellent.

Here is a view of the back.

It measures 3 inches by 3 inches.

This is a very nice example of this early felt patch, with blue felt swirl on yellow felt.

The condition is near very good, with some paste and paper residue on the back from when it was mounted in an album.

Here is a view of the back.

It measures 2-1/2 inches in diameter.

This is an interesting variant on this patch, rendered in heavy red, white and yellow silk floss on medium blue wool felt.

The condition is near mint.

Here is a view of the back.

It measures 2-3/4 inches.

This is an interesting variant on this patch, rendered in heavy red, white and orange silk floss on royal blue wool felt.  Note the oversized red dot, highly detailed wings, and oversize star.

The condition is near mint.

Here is a view of the back.  It has a dark blue linen backing.

It measures 2-1/2 inches.  It is used and was removed from an officer's uniform.

This is an interesting group of items from a bomber pilot assigned to the 351st Bomb Group, 8th Air Force during WWII.  There are four full-sized medals (none engraved) two minature medals, some officer insignia, a well worn overseas garrison cap with captain rank insignia, a khaki tan wool tie (showing some moderate wear), and a USAAF patch removed from a uniform.

The condition is generally good to very good, with the medals in excellent condition.

Here is a view of the back.

This is an VERY RARE variant on this patch, rendered in red, white and goldenrod yellow silk floss on royal blue twill.  Note the yellow dot, and red wings, and yellow border.

The condition is near mint.

Here is a view of the back.

It measures 2-3/4 inches.

This is an VERY RARE variant on this patch, rendered in red, white and goldenrod yellow silk floss on royal blue twill.  Note the yellow star, and red dot and white wings, and red border.

The condition is near mint.

Here is a view of the back.

It measures 2-3/4 inches.

This in an interesting variant on this patch, rendered in heavy red, white and orange silk floss on medium blue wool felt.

The condition is near mint.

Here is a view of the back.

It measures 2-3/4 inches.

This in an interesting variant on this patch, rendered in heavy red, white and yellow twisted silk floss on blue wool felt. The large number "5" and figuring is much thinner than usually seen.

The condition is used, with signs of combat wear. It is in overall good condition. The patch shows some holes in the blue wool from age.

Here is a view of the back.

It measures 2-3/4 inches.

This in an interesting variant on this patch, rendered in red, white and yellow silk floss on blue wool felt. The wide number and figuring is especially three-dimensional on this patch. It has a white twill backing.

The condition is near mint, with a small piece out of the wool at the right, as shown. It is in overall excellent condition.

Here is a view of the back.

It measures 3 inches in diameter.

This in a very interesting small size variant of this patch, rendered in red, white and orange painted leather on blue leather background with a brown border to match the goat skin of an A2 jacket.

The condition is near excellent, as shown.

Here is a view of the back.

It measures 2-1/2 inches in diameter.

This in a very interesting small size variant of this patch, rendered in red, white and orange painted leather on blue leather background with a brown border to match the goat skin of an A2 jacket.

The condition is near excellent, as shown.

Here is a view of the back.

It measures 2-1/4 inches in diameter.

This in a very interesting small size variant of this patch, rendered in red, white and pale yellow silk floss on very shiny soft Santiago blue silk embroidered background. This is an exceptionally pretty patch that was removed from a WAC officer's uniform.

The condition is near excellent, as shown.

Here is a view of the back.

It measures 2-1/8 inches in diameter.

This in a very unusual variant of this patch, rendered in red, white and yellow silk floss on very shiny soft medium blue wool felt. This is an exceptionally detailed Mighty Eighth patch with well-defined "snowman" 8's under the wings.  It was removed from an officer's uniform.  Note the stubby wings patterned to match the USAAF style wings.

The condition is near excellent, as shown.

Here is a view of the back. It has a course brown linen backing.

It measures 2-3/4 inches in diameter.

This in a very unusual variant of this patch, rendered in red, white and yellow silk floss on very shiny soft medium blue wool felt. This is an exceptionally detailed Mighty Eighth patch with well-defined "snowman" 8's under the wings. Note the VERY stubby wings patterned to match the USAAF style wings.  There is pale blue floss defining the wings.

The condition is excellent to near mint, as shown.

Here is a view of the back. It has a dense khaki tan linen backing.

It measures 2-3/4 inches in diameter.

This in a very unusual variant of this patch, rendered in red, white and orange silk floss on very shiny soft medium blue wool felt. This is an exceptionally detailed Mighty Eighth patch with well-defined "snowman" 8's under the wings.  It was removed from an officer's uniform.  This has nicely formed angel wings curving over top of the "8" much more than the issue style.

The condition is near excellent, as shown.

Here is a view of the back.

It measures 2-5/8 inches in diameter.

This in a dark orange and deep blue variant of the issue patch.

The condition is very good to near excellent, as shown.

Here is a view of the back. It is used and was removed from a uniform.

It measures 2-1/2 inches in diameter.

The condition is near excellent. There may be some very minor cosmetic differences from the one shown.

Here is a view of the back.

It measures 2-1/2 inches in diameter.

This in a variant of this patch, rendered in red, white and yellow silk floss on blue wool felt. This patch was removed from a uniform.

The condition is near very good, with some edge wear, as shown.

Here is a view of the back. Some paste residue from the paper backing (now gone) remains.

It measures 2-1/2 by 2-3/4 inches.

This in a very interesting small size variant of this patch, rendered in red, white and orange painted leather on blue leather background with a brown border to match the goat skin of an A2 jacket.

The condition is near excellent, as shown.

Here is a view of the back.

It measures 2-1/4 inches in diameter.

This in a very interesting small size variant of this patch, rendered in red, white and orange painted leather on blue leather background with a brown border to match the goat skin of an A2 jacket.

The condition is near excellent, as shown.

Here is a view of the back.

It measures 2-1/4 inches in diameter.

This in a very interesting small size variant of this patch, rendered in red, white and orange painted leather on blue leather background with a brown border to match the goat skin of an A2 jacket.

The condition is near excellent, as shown.

Here is a view of the back.

It measures 3 inches on a side.

This yellow and blue silk floss embroidered on khaki tan.  It has a cheesecloth back.

The condition is near mint, as shown.

It measures 2 by 5 inches overall.

This in a sticky back peel-off and apply plastic helmet decal.

The condition is near very good, with some edge wear, as shown.

The original paper backing remains intact.

It measures 3-1/2 by 4 inches.

This in a LARGE A2 jacket size patch with cheesecloth back.

The condition is near excellent, as shown.

It measures 4 by 5 inches.

This in a gold silk floss globe on blue felt patch with cheesecloth back.

The condition is near excellent, as shown.

It measures 3 by 3-1/2 inches.

This in a white silk floss globe on blue felt patch with cheesecloth back.

The condition is near excellent, as shown.

It measures 3 by 3-1/2 inches.

This in a white silk floss globe on blue cotton twill patch with cheesecloth back.

The condition is near excellent, as shown.

It measures 3 by 3-1/2 inches.

This in a white silk floss globe embroidered issue patch. This is a view of the back.

The condition is near excellent, as shown.

It measures 3 by 3-1/2 inches.

The DI is an early screwback vaulted enamel NS MEYER NEW YORK maker marked on the back. This is the back of the WWII pinback DI with raised maker marks.

This in a multicolor silk floss embroidered theater made patch. This is a view of the back. There are remnants of the Ryukyuan Japanese maker marks on the back.

The condition is near excellent, as shown.

The patch measures 3 by 3-3/4 inches.

This in an interesting oversize variant of this device, rendered in red, white, blue enamel on what appears to be coin silver.

It was made in China and has an N.D.C and Chinese character maker marks on the back.

It measures 4-1/4 inches.

The condition is near mint.

This in an interesting variant of the Dehavilland DH98 Mosquito night fighter device, rendered in red, white, and black enamel.  The mosquito is separately applied.

There are no maker marks apparent. This is a view of the back, which shows the long stickpin.

It measures 7/8 inch in diameter.

The condition is very good to near excellent.

This in an interesting  variant of this device, rendered in red, white, and blue enamel.

There are no maker marks apparent. This is a view of the back, which shows the hinged pin and safety rotor closure.

It measures 1 inch in diameter.

The condition is very good to near excellent.

This in an interesting oversize variant of this device, rendered in red, gold, and blue die-struck to heavy gauge stiff paper and gummed on the reverse.

It was probably made for attachment to period photo albums. This is a view of the back, which shows the original gum glue still present (and unused)

It measures 1-1/4 inches in diameter.

The condition is excellent to near mint.