GREETINGS from The FLYING TIGER Antiques & Vintage Historical Artifacts!!!
As of today, SUNDAY JUNE 4TH, Kanae & I are BOTH IN THE OFFICE, busily packing the MANY Orders we received over the past few days,
And We Will Be LISTING NEW ARTIFACTS SOON!
So, feel free to ORDER that wonderful Artifact that you've had your eye on, as it will SHIP within 24 Hours of Receipt of Payment!
We have TWO WEEKS here in the OFFICE before we head to Brian Lebel's Santa Fe Old West Show, so get those orders and Show Requests in!
We will be able to process orders placed through SUNDAY JUNE 18TH, after that there will be no shipping until JUNE 26th or 28th, depending on our return.
Meanwhile, thank you for visiting. We hope you will find some vintage artifacts here to add to your collection!!
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Happy Collecting, Ron & Kanae
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ARTIFACT:
This is a unique collection of items from the World War II 3rd Air Transport Squadron (Mobile) including 5 photos, a discharge certificate, 2 stripes and sleeve patches and two aircraft patches. The discharge certificate is named to David K. Hutcheson and includes descriptions of his Military occupations and educations as well as his civilian occupations and educations.
VINTAGE:
Circa WWII.
SIZE:
Photos: about 3-1/2” in width by 2-1/2” in height each; discharge: about 7-7/8” in width by 10-7/16” in height; stripes: about 3-1/8” in width by 4” in height each; sleeve patch round: about 2-5/8” in diameter; sleeve patch triangle: about 2-1/2” in width by 2-1/4” in height; ; aircraft large: about 6” in width by 3-1/4” in height; aircraft small: about 5-13/16” in width by 2-3/4” in height.
MATERIALS / CONSTRUCTION:
Photos are photo paper; discharge is printed paper; stripes and shoulder patches are embroidered with cotton/poly embroidery thread on cotton twill; aircraft patches are decals on leather.
ATTACHMENT:
Patches are to be sewn onto garment.
MARKINGS:
None.
ITEM NOTES:
This is from a large collection which we will be listing more of over the next few months.
CONDITION:
7 (Very Fine): Photos have minor fading; discharge has been folded and shows minor discoloration and soiling; stripes and sleeve patches show only very minor wear to the edges; aircraft patches have minor soiling and the larger has minor to moderate cracking of the decal, but the leather on both is soft and supple .
GUARANTEE: As with all my artifacts, this piece is guaranteed to be original, as described.
