United States. A Theater-Made Fourteenth Air Force "Flying Tigers" Usaaf Jacket Patch, C.1943 United Republic of with privately (unofficial) pin attached

with privately (unofficial) pin attached to reverse

Uniform-Worn Badge (in yellow and white embroidery

gunners and observers who needed protection from glare

the portraits of "H

the arms bearing a raised inscription of “FÜR DIE JAHRE 1813 UND 1814” (“FOR THE YEARS 1813 and 1814”)

United States. A Theater-Made Fourteenth Air Force "Flying Tigers" Usaaf Jacket Patch, C.1943 United Republic of with privately (unofficial) pin attachedFabricated 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