Patches and Distinctive Unit Insignia

This in an interesting variant on this patch, rendered in blue silk floss  applied to khaki linen with an applied metal devil's head.

The condition is used, with signs of combat wear. It is in overall very good condition. The patch shows some tattering at the edges from when it was on a uniform.

Here is a view of the back showing the linen backing.

It measures 2-1/4 inches square. The devil device is approximately 1/2 inch high.

This in an interesting variant on this patch, rendered in blue and yellow twisted silk cord on blue and red dyed parachute silk applied to khaki linen.

The condition is used, with signs of combat wear. It is in overall very good condition. The patch shows some fading in the blue silk from age.

Here is a view of the back.

It measures 2-3/4 by 5 inches.

This in an unusually large BLACK variant on this patch, rendered in rainbow is made of 5 colors of silk cord floss and a wide light blue sky. The flames on the sword are in fine red floss. The sword has a white floss blade and gold and black floss hilt. It has a black border.

The condition is near excellent.

Here is a view of the back.

It measures 4 by 2-5/8 inches.

This in an unusually colorful BLACK variant on this patch, rendered in rainbow is made of 5 colors of silk cord floss and a wide light blue sky. The flames on the sword are in fine red floss. The sword has a white floss blade and yellow floss hilt. It was removed from a uniform.

The condition is used, still very good.

Here is a view of the black linen back.

It measures 3-1/4 by 2-5/8 inches.

This in an unusual asymmetrical flaming sword BLACK variant on this patch, rendered in rainbow is made of 5 colors of silk cord floss and a wide light blue sky. The flames on the sword are in fine red floss. The sword has a white floss blade and yellow floss hilt with black accents. It was removed from a uniform.

The condition is used, still very good.  There are a minor nip at the bottom of the shield.

Here is a view of the black linen back.

It measures 3-1/2 by 2-1/2 inches.

This in an unusual asymmetrical flaming sword BLACK variant on this patch, rendered in rainbow is made of 5 colors of silk cord floss and a wide light blue sky. The flames on the sword are in fine red floss. The sword has a white floss blade and yellow floss hilt with black accents. It was removed from a uniform.

The condition is used, still very good.  There are a couple of minor pulls on the blue sky.

Here is a view of the black linen back.

It measures 3-1/2 by 2-1/2 inches.

This patch has red, white, dark blue, sky blue, and green heavy multi-strand silk floss rendered on coarse green linen. It has a green linen backing.

The condition is excellent, nearly mint.

We have others with some minor cosmetic differences from the example shown here. We have several virtually identical patches that were acquired from a very extensive collection of CBI items.

Here is a view of the back.

It measures 2-1/4 by 3-1/2 inches.

This patch has red, white, dark blue, sky blue, and green heavy multi-strand silk floss rendered on coarse green linen. It has a green linen backing.

The condition is overall near excellent.

We have others with some minor cosmetic differences from the example shown here. We have several virtually identical patches that were acquired from a very extensive collection of CBI items.

Here is a view of the back.

It measures 2-1/4 by 3-1/2 inches.

This patch has white and blue silk floss rendered on the blue chief, which is separately applied to the red and white silk screened striped shield. It has a khaki linen backing.

The condition is overall very good to near excellent.

We have others with some very minor cosmetic differences from the example shown here. We have several virtually identical patches that were acquired from a very extensive collection of CBI items.

Here is a view of the back.

It measures 2-1/2 by 3-1/4 inches.

This patch has white and blue silk floss rendered on the blue chief, which is separately applied to the red and white silk "3ID" (or possibly "310") shield. It has a black linen back.

The condition is overall very good to near excellent.

It measures 3-5/8 inches in diameter.

This patch has white, green and yellow silk floss rendered on the blue chief and red shield.

The condition is overall very good to near excellent.

Here is a view of the back.

It measures 2-5/8 by 3 inches.

This patch has black, red, green, blue and yellow silk floss rendered on the red chief above a yellow rice field.

The condition is overall very good, with some minor edge wear.

Here is a view of the back.

It measures 2 inches in diameter.

This is a fairly difficult to find patch, in superior condition. It is a red, yellow, blue and black silk floss on heavy OD wool felt with a BLACK back.

The condition is near mint.

Here is a view of the back.

The patch measures 3-1/2 by 4 inches.

This is a fairly difficult to find patch, in used, but near excellent condition. It is a red, yellow, blue and black silk floss on heavy OD wool felt with a BLACK back.

The condition is near excellent.  It was removed from a uniform.

Here is a view of the back.

The patch measures 3 by 3-3/4 inches.

This patch is used, but near excellent condition. It is a red, yellow, blue and black with OD border silk floss with a WHITE back.

The condition is near excellent.  It was removed from a uniform.

Here is a view of the back.

The patch measures 3 by 3-3/4 inches.

This is a fairly difficult to find patch, in superior condition. It is a red, yellow, blue and black silk floss on heavy OD wool felt with a BLACK back.

The condition is near mint.

Here is a vi ew of the back.

The patch measures 3-1/2 by 4 inches.

This is a fairly difficult to find patch, in superior condition. It is a heavy red, white, and blue silk floss on white twill with a cheesecloth back.

The condition is near mint.

Here is a view of the back.

The patch measures 3-1/2 by 3 inches.

This is a fairly difficult to find patch, in superior condition. It is a red and blue felt with bright white thick silk floss with a stiff heavy cheesecloth back.

The condition is near mint.

Here is a view of the back.

The patch measures 2-7/8 by 3-3/8 inches.

This is a red yellow and white on black wool felt with a cheesecloth back.

The condition is near mint.

Here is a view of the back.

The patch measures 2-3/4 inches.

This is a very difficult to find patch. It is a red, white, yellow, and blue silk floss.

The condition is used, but near very good. It was removed from a uniform.

Here is a view of the back.

The patch measures 1-1/2 by 2-1/2 inches.

This is a very difficult to find patch. It is a white, red, and blue silk floss. Bushmaster is the name of the South American pit viper (Lachesis muta muta) after which this unit was named.

The condition is used, but near very good. It was removed from a uniform.

Here is a view of the back.

The patch measures 2-3/4 by 3-1/8 inches.

This is an extremely difficult to find variant of this patch. It is a red, yellow, and black silk floss on black felt with a black linen backing.

The condition is near mint. It was removed from an album.  There is some very minor paste residue on the back.

The patch measures 1-1/2 by 3 inches.

This is a hard to find variant of this patch. It is a red, orange, white and black silk floss embroidered patch.

The condition is near excellent. This is a view of the back.

The patch measures 2-3/4 inches.

This is a very difficult to find patch. It is orange on blue silk floss.

The condition is used. It was removed from a uniform.  This is a view of the back.

The patch measures 1-3/4 by 5/8 inches.

This is a very difficult to find patch. It has BLACK letters and seal on yellow sun, blue sky and white ice silk floss.

The condition is used. It was removed from a uniform.  This is a view of the back.

The patch measures 2-1/2 inches.

This is a very difficult to find patch. It has black floss on mustard yellow wool felt with a cheesecloth backing.

The condition is near excellent. This is a view of the back.

The patch measures 3-1/8 inches.

This is a difficult to find patch. It has red, white, blue and yellow floss.

The condition is near excellent. This is a view of the back.

The patch measures 3 by 3-1/2 inches.

It is yellow embroidered on blue silk floss on an HBT OD cotton twill.

The condition is near mint. It was removed from an album, some very minor traces of paste residue remain on the back.  This is a view of the back.

The patch measures 3 inches square, as shown.

It is red, white, blue and yellow embroidered silk floss with a white border.

The condition is near mint. It was removed from an album, some very minor traces of paste residue remain on the back.  This is a view of the back.

The patch measures 2-1/2 inches in diameter, as shown.

It is white and blue embroidered silk floss with a red border.

The condition is near mint. It was removed from an album, some very minor traces of paste residue remain on the back.  This is a view of the back.

The patch measures 3 by 2-1/2 inches, as shown.

It is red, white, blue and green embroidered silk floss.

The condition is near mint. This is a view of the back.

The patch measures 2-3/4 by 4 inches, as shown.

It is red, white, blue and green embroidered silk floss.

The condition is near mint. It was removed from an album, some very minor traces of paste residue remain on the back.  This is a view of the back.

The patch measures 3 by 4-1/4 inches, as shown.

This is a very scarce identified lot from the estate of Georgia Butler, one of the early Camp Shows USO entertainers touring the Pacific and Alaska Theaters during WWII.

She signed the diary on the flyleaf, identifying it.  There is a 1943 calendar, showing show dates.  There are a number of pages filled in, detailing expenses and income for her 1943 tour dates.

The condition is used, but near excellent throughout, as shown.

Here is a view of the back of the patch and pins.

This is a publicity photograph of the five stars of Camp Shows Unit 496 which included Georgia Butler, Don Martin, Billy Dale, Maxine Turner, and Cliff Scholl.  THIS PHOTO IS NOT INCLUDED IN THE LOT.  It is shown for historical context ONLY.

The patch measures 1-1/2 by 4 inches.  The large USO pin is STERLING content marked and measures 1 inch square. The two small collar pins measure 5/8 inches wide.

The 1943 diary has more than 40 pages with handwritten content.  It has the usual atlas maps, city population and similar printed matter, and day by day entries.

Seabee patches for specific numbered units are VERY scarce.

This patch has a red, white, blue and yellow seabee, with detailed machine gun, wrench and hammer.  The RMCB bottom arch is integral to the patch and not separately applied.

The condition is used. It was removed from a uniform.  This is a view of the back.

The patch measures 3-1/8 by 2-3/4 inches.

These patches typically show a number of interesting variations, from the colors of thread used to the style of the eyes and the detail of the guns and tools, border treatments, and other stylistic design elements.  The Seabee patch is an intriguing subset of the patch collecting hobby.

This patch has a narrow white border, very detailed machine gun, wrench and hammer with long oval eyes.

The condition is used. It was removed from a uniform.  This is a view of the back.

The patch measures 2-3/4 inches in diameter.

These patches typically show a number of interesting variations, from the colors of thread used to the style of the eyes and the detail of the guns and tools, border treatments, and other stylistic design elements.  The Seabee patch is an intriguing subset of the patch collecting hobby.

This patch has a narrow white border, very detailed machine gun, wrench and hammer with long oval eyes and pinpoint pupils.

The condition is used. It was removed from a uniform.  This is a view of the back.

The patch measures 2-3/4 inches in diameter.

These patches typically show a number of interesting variations, from the colors of thread used to the style of the eyes and the detail of the guns and tools, border treatments, and other stylistic design elements.  The Seabee patch is an intriguing subset of the patch collecting hobby.

This patch has a wide white border, and the bee has large round eyes.

The condition is used. It was removed from an album, and some traces of paste and paper remain on the back.  This is a view of the back.

The patch measures 2-3/4 inches in diameter.

These patches typically show a number of interesting variations, from the colors of thread used to the style of the eyes and the detail of the guns and tools, border treatments, and other stylistic design elements.  The Seabee patch is an intriguing subset of the patch collecting hobby.

This patch has a medium width white border, and the bee has slanted eyes. Note the blue floss is royal (Air Force) blue, and not the more subdued medium blue more usually encountered.

The condition is used.  This is a view of the back.

The patch measures 2-3/4 inches in diameter.

This patch has a medium width white border and machine embroidered mosquito riding a torpedo in white floss on black felt.

The condition is used.  This is a view of the back.

The patch measures 3-1/8 inches in diameter.

This patch dates to the very early years of the Blue Angles in jets, the early 1950s in swept-wing Grumman fighters.  The patch is sky blue and yellow as shown. There is an attached scroll unit identification banner at the bottom.

The condition is used, threads remain from when it was on a flight suit.  This is a view the back.

The patch measure approximately 4-1/4 by 5 inches.

This patch dates to the later years of the Blue Angles in jets, the early 1960s in swept-wing Grumman fighters.  The patch is Navy blue and white silk floss embroidered on goldenrod cloth as shown. The unit identification replaced the USN aviator wing and ring of the earlier designs.

The condition is unissued.  This is a view the back. It is Latex backed to retain its shape in wet environments.

The patch measure approximately 3-1/2 by 4 inches.

This patch has red, dark blue, sky blue, and green separately applied to white leather.

The condition is overall near excellent.

Here is a view of the back.

It measures 2-3/4 by 3-1/4 inches.

This patch has red, white, blue, and black eagle bomb and sight painted on brown leather.

The condition is overall near good, with significant wear from age.

Here is a view of the back.  It is backed in OD wool.

It measures 5-1/4 inches.

This patch has a red background with an applied blue border, and applied black top hat with white highlights painted on brown leather.

The condition is overall near very good, with minor wear from age.

Here is a view of the back.

It measures 5-1/4 inches.

This patch has blue, yellow, and white silk floss.

The condition is overall near excellent.

Here is a view of the back.

It measures 2-1/2 inches in diameter.

This patch has blue, yellow, and white silk floss.

The condition is overall near excellent.

Here is a view of the back.

It measures 3 inches in diameter.

This patch has blue, yellow, and white silk floss.

The condition is overall near excellent.

Here is a view of the back.

It measures 3 inches in diameter.