United States. A Theater-Made Fourteenth Air Force "Flying Tigers" Usaaf Jacket Patch, C.1943 Auction to Aircraftman 3rd Class R

to Aircraftman 3rd Class R

/ In Witness whereof the Field Marshal Commanding in Chief and one of Her Majesty's Principal Secretaries of State in pursuance of the Order of Her Majesty in Council bearing date the Seventh day of June 1862

The force was commanded by Major General James H

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United States. A Theater-Made Fourteenth Air Force "Flying Tigers" Usaaf Jacket Patch, C.1943 Auction to Aircraftman 3rd Class RFabricated from gold colored bullion wire, in a zipper like pattern, with red, white and black embroidery, on a royal blue silk base, the base with a royal blue embroidered raised border, illustrating the Flying Tigers insignia of a winged tiger surmounted by the USAAF star, with a light blue cotton mesh backer, measuring 130 mm in diameter, very light soiling evident on the obverse but shows through on the cotton mesh backer, without interruptions in