jbmilart
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Hey Guys... Just finished a Tex Hill name tag for a client of mine. He sent me some photos of Tex's jacket that's on display in a museum. The photos were really hard to see the all Chinese symbols clear enough to make them out. Made some zoomed images and sent them to a friend of mine that works for a Chinese Language Research Center, in China. He sent me back the translation and matched the symbols on Tex's name tag. He said that those Chinese symbols were used during the early 1940's and were very common... but have disappeared almost completely since the Chinese government changed into a communist state. He has kept records of this missing language, including their English translations, for China's history. He is also very knowledgeable of the AVG and what they did for the Chinese people. The Translation is: "David Lee Hill".
You'll probably noticed that the name tag is rather large compared to Tex's original name tag... and you would be right! It seems that my client wanted to cover a large spot on his M422-A Navy flight jacket, where the original name tag was attached... so I did. He wanted to keep the original style of Tex's lettering on his new name tag, as much as possible... all I did was to make sure it was centered.
I'm posting some photos of Tex's original jacket and a close up of the name tag... then a photo of the finished name tag I did with the correct Chinese symbols on the bottom of Tex's name.
Jim
You'll probably noticed that the name tag is rather large compared to Tex's original name tag... and you would be right! It seems that my client wanted to cover a large spot on his M422-A Navy flight jacket, where the original name tag was attached... so I did. He wanted to keep the original style of Tex's lettering on his new name tag, as much as possible... all I did was to make sure it was centered.
I'm posting some photos of Tex's original jacket and a close up of the name tag... then a photo of the finished name tag I did with the correct Chinese symbols on the bottom of Tex's name.
Jim