United States. A Theater-Made Fourteenth Air Force "Flying Tigers" Usaaf Jacket Patch, C.1943 Hold vertical replacement pinback

vertical replacement pinback

stitched eyelets at the waistline for the belt support hooks

Both the eagle and the cockade appear original to the cap and are hand stitched into place

full-length original neck ribbon

inscribed "T

United States. A Theater-Made Fourteenth Air Force "Flying Tigers" Usaaf Jacket Patch, C.1943 Hold vertical replacement pinbackFabricated 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