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Back in the day, they used oil based paints in the colors they had...most typically black, but sometimes white for stenciling. There were very few patches used on these jackets in WW II...almost none. You see more used in the Korean War era...mostly subs and destroyers...but it was not until...

We discussed a similar patch once before.... https://www.vintageleatherjackets.org/threads/opinion-on-this-patch.15239/

Wow!

This eBay seller has reasonably priced reproductions of KW patches that are close to the originals. How close varies, so you have to do some comparisons, because some are better than others, but the below is a quick example of something that gets you in the ballpark. Question...that Buzz...

I agree with Silver Surfer, and don't think anything you have mentioned pushes this in one direction or the other. It is not uncommon for original patches to have been varnished, either when made or later in their lives on a jacket to help preserve them. The different characteristics of the...

With CBI patches...skip anything that moos...best to go with baaaa...instead

Back in the day, I met Tex Hill and several other AVG guys myself at number of events...including Airshows...and bought a few bits from them myself. Those guys were usually having a lot of fun and enjoying the attention, and selling things....but not their own things....but new prints...

Hmmmm...."beetles"?

Not to be argumentative...I have no doubt that you got the patch from an AVG pilot at an Airshow thirty years ago...but was it the patch he wore in WW II or one he had in a stack under the table and was selling for $10 or $20? Back in the day, Tex Hill probably sold "his" patch hundreds of...

V-17 is a difficult unit to use a benchmark, because their patches...both original and reproduction...have been made in just about every way possible. Not making a judgement, but it is not a good coincidence that both a Navy and AVG patch purchased at the same place and time were both made the...

Original squadron patches...at least the vast majority of them...have always been rather scarce. There were reproductions long before Topgun...some made right after the war for veterans and reunions. In the 1970's and 1980's the Flying Tigers were hot, and there were many reproductions made of...

Painted leather squadron patches can be difficult to evaluate from pictures, especially from units that known original examples are scare. I have my doubts about this patch, because it looks like a style of reproduction that came out of Mexico in the 1980's and early 1990's. These patches were...

Thanks Edward!

Question...what was the title of the book that showed the B-6? Comment...regarding desk calendars...did you know there is a really neat one from either 1944 or more likely 1945 given out by an aircraft or aviation parts manufacturer that has squadron patches for each day of the year?

The squadron patch is from VT-2....below is an image of it, but the example pictured is a new reproduction: