Militaria: Era or Period of Conflict

ARTIFACT: This is a great circa 1960s USS Permit SS-178 SSN-594 patch. VINTAGE: Circa 1960s. SIZE: About 5-5/8" in width by 4-5/8" in height. CONSTRUCTION / MATERIALS: Fully embroidered with cotton/poly/silk embroidery thread. ATTACHMENT: To be sewn...

ARTIFACT: This is an early 1960's, USS Bonefish SS-582 Japanese-made jacket patch with a great illustration of a half-bonefish, half-submarine clutching a torpedo in its teeth. We believe this patch to be from the Bonefish's first WestPac deployment in...

ARTIFACT: This is a circa 1960s Japanese-made jacket patch for the United States Navy USS Volador SS-490, whose keel was laid down on June 15, 1945 at Portsmouth Naval Shipyard. Work on the submarine came to a halt in January of the next year but...

ARTIFACT: This is a 1969 Japanese made novelty jacket patch for the USS Volador SS-490 West-Pac "Beaver Patrol". VINTAGE: Circa 1969. SIZE: About 4-3/4" in width by 4-7/8" in height. CONSTRUCTION / MATERIALS: Fully embroidered with cotton/poly/silk...

ARTIFACT: This is a 1960s Okinawan-made USS Piper SS-409 jacket patch with a great illustration of a half-piper fish, half-submarine. VINTAGE: Circa 1960s. SIZE: About 4-1/2 in width by 5" in height. CONSTRUCTION / MATERIALS: Fully embroidered with...

ARTIFACT: This is a HUGE (almost 9"long!) Japanese-made patch for the United States Navy's USS Gudgeon SS-56The patch is roughly oval with a rope-style border and shows a sub shooting off three torpedos. The patch reads GUDGEON SS 567. VINTAGE: Circa...

ARTIFACT: This is a submarine jacket patch for the United States Navy's USS ODAX SS-48The patch is circular and shows a fish bearing a trident and reads USS ODAX SS 484. VINTAGE: Circa 1950s. SIZE: 4" diameter. CONSTRUCTION / MATERIALS: Canvas patch...

ARTIFACT: This is a submarine jacket patch for the United States Navy's USS Thornback SS-41The patch is circular and shows a killer whale-turned-submarine and reads SS 418 THORNBACK. VINTAGE: Circa 1950s. SIZE: 4" diameter. CONSTRUCTION /...

ARTIFACT: This is a circa 1950s USS Growler SSG-577 Japanese-made patch. The patch shows a huge fist holding an aircraft in front of a mushroom cloud. What makes Growler and her sister boat, the Grayback, unusual was her nuclear armament, deployed...

ARTIFACT: This is a very nice 1950's USS Scabbardfish SS-397 Japanese-made patch with a great illustration of a scabbardfish wrapped around a submarine with a torpedo in its jaws. VINTAGE: Circa 1950's. SIZE: About 4-1/2" in width by 5-7/8" in height...

ARTIFACT: This is an American-made submarine patch for the United States Navy's USS Jallao (SS-368). The Jallao was launched from Manitowoc, Wisconsin on June 12, 194She was decommissioned on September 30, 1946 and recommissioned during the Korean War...

ARTIFACT: This is a rare late World War II jacket patch for the United States Navy submarine USS Jallao SS-36The Jallao was launched from Manitowoc, Wisconsin on June 12, 194She was decommissioned on September 30, 1946 and recommissioned during the...