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ARTIFACT: This is a circa 15th or 16th century armor-piercing dagger or dirk blade. It was excavated in Europe, and could possibly be French, Italian or German. There appears to be faint remnants of a motto in the fullering. The blade is narrow and...

ARTIFACT: Rare Chinese Air Transport shirt-size Senior Pilot Wing in original box of issue. These were used by CAT when the airline first had service into Laos: mid-1950's. Artifacts that belonged to members of the original Flying Tigers are extremely...

ARTIFACT: This is a circa early 20th century Sudanese belt knife from North Africa. The knife comes in a brightly painted leather scabbard with a large woven wicker belt loop handle. There are small engraved markings along both sides of the blade. The...

ARTIFACT: This is a huge and early (circa 1962-1963) United States Air Force 1st Air Commando Group North American T-28 Trojan patch. This patch was worn by early advisors to the RVNAF (Republic of Vietnam Air Force). It was beautifully handmade...

ARTIFACT: This is a rare Korean War era jacket patch for the United States Air Force 6146th Advisory Group. The 6146th was activated in 1950 as the 6146th Air Base Unit and redesignated twice: it became the 6146th Air Force Advisory Group in July...

ARTIFACT: Cool WWII China-Burma-India CBI Theater embroidery possibly with ties to the United States Army Air Forces 25th Fighter Squadron (51st Fighter Group, 10th Air Force). The embroidery features a USAAF CBI Theater Patch, a shield with a white sun...

ARTIFACT: Later war, circa 1944, MIS-X Type 1 Blood Chit. Early example of this US-made chit with low serial number and lack of "(1)" in lower right corner. Printed on rayon, the chit features a Chinese flag with writing beneath, and is #'d 6057...

ARTIFACT: Scarce early WWII (mid to late 1942) just post AVG style handmade Chinese Blood Chit in silk with a gorgeous, quilted silk flag at the top. This chit mimics AVG and early Post AVG chits in first column (far right) with "Help" character instead...

ARTIFACT: Rare just post AVG Period, early WWII (2nd ½ 1942). Chinese Aero Commission made United States Army Air Forces Blood Chit or Rescue Patch. Transitional size, measuring slightly smaller than AVG size (about 7 5/8" x 10 3/8") but...

ARTIFACT: This extremely rare patch has been identified as the first design of the 1st Bomb Squadron, 1st Bomb Group, 1st Chinese-American Composite Wing (CACW), a joint national effort and was assigned to the 14th Air Force in China. The patch is fully...

ARTIFACT: RARE 8x10 period hand-colored black and white photograph of three 3rd Squadron Aces around the cockpit of a P-40 (one seated in). Details slightly fuzzy (from being enlarged), but pilots are wearing flight jackets. 3rd Sq. emblem partially...

ARTIFACT: Rare 1940's Cruz Roja Panamena (Panama Red Cross) lapel badge. The center shows a red cross against a white enameled circle and the outer red ring reads: "ROJA PANAMENA CRUZ". VINTAGE: Circa 1940's. SIZE: Approximately 3/4" in...