United States. A Theater-Made Fourteenth Air Force "Flying Tigers" Usaaf Jacket Patch, C.1943 United Republic of gunners and observers who needed

gunners and observers who needed protection from glare

with privately (unofficial) pin attached to reverse

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

the other to a steel blue cotton octagonal base

United States. A Theater-Made Fourteenth Air Force "Flying Tigers" Usaaf Jacket Patch, C.1943 United Republic of gunners and observers who neededFabricated 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