A Rare Second War American Flying Tigers Insignia Patch Auction 3 mm x 63 mm

3 mm x 63 mm

RAF airmen arriving at Takoradi on the Gold Coast (now Ghana) had heard the expression "The White Man's Grave"

and three weeks afterwards

folds up to 115 mm x 172 mm

The bone has been fluted length ways and filled with decorative brass panels

A Rare Second War American Flying Tigers Insignia Patch Auction 3 mm x 63 mmRolled copper wire with red, green and black embroidery, on a burlap base with paper backer, illustrating a winged tiger flying through a "V" for victory, the insignia designed by the Walt Disney organization, 40 mm x 63 mm, wire trim along one side of the v shape has separated from the adjoining black embroidery, oxidation evident on the copper wire throughout, very fine.