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ARTIFACT:
This is a wonderful collection of late 1960s to early 1970s USAF Reconnaissance-related patches, all having belonged to a ground crewman: Technical Sergeant R. H. Brown. I am offering these first as a group on the still very serviceable nylon & leather garment bag, but if it does not sell in a month or so, I will probably break the group up. There are 13 patches total, in order of wow factor below Japanese Made U-2 Aircraft Art patch showing a great cartoon stylized American Indian in a feathered hat smoking a huge cigar (or?) brandishing a shotgun in a cloud of smoke. I am told this is for the U-2 Aircraft named "Smokin' Joe", and I can make out "JOE" in the smoke clouds on the right, but cannot make out what I am supposed to be seeing on the left. A huge 6-3/8" x 4-3/8"! Japanese Made U-2 Aircraft Patch 4" x 3" US Made RB-57F Aircraft Patch 5" x 2-3/4" US Made 4080th Recon Wing 4-1/8" x 3-3/8" Okinawan Made SR-71 HABU Patch 3-3/8" x 3-3/8" Japanese Made 16th Tactical Recon Squadron Patch 4" x 3-1/2" Japanese Made RF-4C Aircraft Patch 5" x 3-3/4" US Made Air Force Test Center Patch 4-1/8" x 3-5/8" US Made 1st Strategic Recon Squadron Patch, A little out of round at 4-1/8" x 3-3/4" US Made SR-71 MACH 3+ Patch 5-1/2" x 2-7/8" US Made Tactical Air Command (on vinyl backing) 4-1/2" x 4" US Made Pacific Air Force 4" x 3-3/4" US Made Strategic Air Command, small
VINTAGE:
Circa late 1960s - early 1970s.
SIZE:
3" x 2-7/8" The garment bag itself measures approximately 45-1/2" in length and 23" in width. It also has the T/Sgt's name tape on front: BROWN, and is marked twice to him on back. The patches on this garment bag represent a great instant collection of serious USAF Reconnaissance patches of the late '60s to early '70s.
MATERIALS / CONSTRUCTION:
Bag: nylon, leather; patches: some fully embroidered in cotton/polyester thread, some embroidered on twill.
ATTACHMENT:
Zipper with tie pull, drawstring at neck, snap on reverse, attached pocket on reverse.
MARKINGS:
TALON on zipper; T/SGT R.H. BROWN (1/1G?) BROWN stenciled on reverse.
ITEM NOTES:
This is from a 1960s-1970s United States Air Force Reconnaissance patch collection that we will be listing more of over the next few months. Ebay VBJJX14 LIGEX4/14 SIGEX9/14
CONDITION:
8- (Very Fine-Excellent): The patches are all in very fine-excellent condition (16th TAC Recon Squadron patch has some light soiling); the bag has only light wear and some areas of minor discoloration.
GUARANTEE: As with all my artifacts, this piece is guaranteed to be original, as described.
