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and busily packing all of the orders you wonderful clients have been placing during the start of the New Year!!!
And we will be LISTING NEW ARTIFACTS DAILY for the foreseeable future!!
Thank you for visiting. We hope you will find some vintage artifacts here, to add to your collection, and
NOW is an EXCELLENT TIME TO BUY, as we will be ABLE TO SHIP DAILY until mid-February when we will be on the road for the Show of Shows!
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Happy Collecting, Ron & Kanae
ARTIFACT:
Rare circa 1943 CBI made leather United States Army Air Forces Blood Chit, similar to MIS-X Type 3, but with Chinese characters at bottom in the AVG Chit sample. Possibly unique. Worn and removed from flight jacket, the multi-piece leather chit shows an American flag with Chinese characters beneath.
VINTAGE:
Circa 1943
SIZE:
Approximately 9-1/2" x 10"
MATERIALS / CONSTRUCTION:
Multi-piece hand-sewn leather, suede, silk/cotton threads
ATTACHMENT:
None.
MARKINGS:
None.
ITEM NOTES:
This is from a collection of Flying Tigers (AVG) & China Burma India (CBI) artifacts that we here at Flying Tiger Antiques have been commissioned to sell. We will be listing more over the coming weeks. CON-AVG-15 CON-EDK-25-15 LEGEX11/15
CONDITION:
5- (Very Good+): The blood chit shows heavy wear, soiling/discoloration on reverse, a small section of separation can been seen at the top – likely occurred during removal from flight jacket, great been there look.
GUARANTEE: As with all my artifacts, this piece is guaranteed to be original, as described.
