WW2 Prize Patches Picked This Weekend

"TysMagic" (twjeffery) 09/23/2019 at 12:30 • Filed to: ww2, patches, military

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Picked up a bunch of these old patches this weekend from an estate sale. Turns out they’re a pretty interesting subset of military patches to rally the youths back in the day. They’re a mixture of gas station giveaway and cereal box prizes circa 1940s-ish . They are all thin canvas printed patches. In researching them, I found out there  were definitely a bunch of iterations of squadron patches - kind of neat to see how some evolved actually.

Mostly sharing because I think oppo has some military buffs that would enjoy seeing them, but I’ve also got them for sale! $10 each shipped in the US

From top left to right (from what I’ve found, please correct me if I’m wrong), squadron and how many I have currently:

Tongue out, goggles dude (some said Fiend ?) : 36th Fighter Squadron - x7
Crossed Arrow/Sword: 55th Pursuit/Fighter Squadron - x9
Bowling: 19th Bombardment Squadron - x0
Wolf (ish): 49th Bombardment Squadron - x2
Panther: 35th Fighter Squadron - x1
Hawk (?): 27th Pursuit Squadron - x8
 

I’ve been r esearching actual values. They’re all over the place, so I’m not sure what they’re truly selling for. If anyone is interested drop me an email tyspamming @ gmail. com and we can make it happen

davesaddiction @ opposite-lock.com > TysMagic 09/23/2019 at 12:34

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Very cool.

TysMagic > davesaddiction @ opposite-lock.com 09/23/2019 at 12:36

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Direct quote from when I saw them at the sale haha

DipodomysDeserti > TysMagic 09/23/2019 at 15:07

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Saw these last week.

The Belle of the Brawl jacket was my favorite.

TysMagic > DipodomysDeserti 09/23/2019 at 15:40

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those are incredible! Did you get one? haha 

DipodomysDeserti > TysMagic 09/23/2019 at 20:36

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I’m tempted to get a Bell of the Brawl tattoo.

TysMagic > DipodomysDeserti 09/24/2019 at 08:30

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it would be a true classic