A Rare Second War American Flying Tigers Insignia Patch Auction Footnote: from the Estate-Collection of

Footnote: from the Estate-Collection of the Grand Duke of Baden

Adolphe Caron

illustrating the Prussian crown above crossed swords with a ribbon banner below inscribed "Deutscher KreigerBund"

3 mm x 63 mm

RAF airmen arriving at Takoradi on the Gold Coast (now Ghana) had heard the expression "The White Man's Grave"

A Rare Second War American Flying Tigers Insignia Patch Auction Footnote: from the Estate-Collection ofRolled copper wire with red, green and black embroidery, on a burlap base with paper backer, illustrating a winged tiger flying through a "V" for victory, the insignia designed by the Walt Disney organization, 40 mm x 63 mm, wire trim along one side of the v shape has separated from the adjoining black embroidery, oxidation evident on the copper wire throughout, very fine.