Early Cold War Period

ARTIFACT: BETTER PICTURES ON THE WAY!This is a rare, early to mid - 1950s USN wings and photo grouping of American Volunteer Group (AVG / Flying Tigers) 2nd Squadron Flight leader, Commander Charles D. Mott. The grouping includes a nice 4 x 6 Studio...

ARTIFACT: This is a scarce large circa 1956 United States Navy ATU-400 (later ATU-401) jacket patch. This is a patch which would have been worn by US Navy aviators going through Advanced Pilot Training with Advanced Training Unit 400, which later in the...

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 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 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 an early 1960s Japanese-made United States Navy 3rd Reconnaissance Heavy Attack Squadron patch. The patch is round, showing a fire-breathing sea-dragon above a ship and reading RVAH-THREE. VINTAGE: Circa early 1960s. SIZE: 5-1/8"...

ARTIFACT: Minty late 1950's - early 1960's United States Navy Task Force 77 U.S.S. Hancock CVA-19 Japanese-made jacket patch. The final CVA-19/TF-77 patch is probably one of the standard WestPac carrier variation patches made during 1961-6Other carriers...

ARTIFACT: This is a beautiful US-made jacket patch for the United States Navy Patrol Squadron 5 (VP-5) from the mid-late 1950s. VP 5, PATRON FIVE, MAD FOXES. VINTAGE: Circa mid-late 1950s. SIZE: About 4-3/4 in width by 6" in height. CONSTRUCTION /...

ARTIFACT: This is a mint and unfired circa 1960 United States Navy ship lighter for the USS Kawashiwi AO-14Launched December 11, 1954, the Kawashiwi was an oiler that served in South Vietnam between 1965 and 196This lighter was made by Prince of Japan...

ARTIFACT: This is a great 1950s submariner's coffee mug from the United States Navy USS Albacore (AGSS-569), which was commissioned in 1953 as a test sub and can now be seen at Albacore Park in Portsmouth, New Hampshire. The mug shows a dolphin insignia...