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METAL INSIGNIA AND BADGES       USAAF Sweetheart Pins Enameled AAF badge with gold winged prop insignia.  Nice piece.  $30.00 8th Air Force Sweetheart Pin - English made ~ larger size measuring 1 3/4" tall.  A real beauty! $50.00 9th Air Force Sweetheart Pin - English made  Excellent!   $45.00 USAAF Sweetheart Patch  Embroidered on wool ~ excellent.  $20.00 USAAF Sweetheart Mirror  Embroidered patch on twill with piped border.  The mirror shows some crazing from age.  WWII era NOS in original packaging.  $30.00 Sweetheart Pilot  3" gold wash wing with diamond (glass) insets ~ very nice variant.  $75.00       Sweetheart Bracelet  3" AAF Gunner wing badge with British six-pence coins as the bracelet chain.  This a small size chain, so probably made for a woman's wrist in my opinion.  $75.00 USAAF Instructor's Bracelet 3/4" gold wing affixed to 1 1/2" sterling bar with enameled AAF star on each side.  Hallmarked with early Amico logo + "sterling".  The chain is missing the locking catch on one end, but easily reparable.  $50.00 Gunners bracelet 2" size sterling wing badge - missing clasp.   $45.00       WWI Army Air Service Enlisted Cap Badge - Bronze sb.  $85.00 B-29 Superfortress Control Yoke Center Cap WWII original Boeing control yoke cap ~ approx. 3 1/2" in diameter.  Bake-light plastic in very nice condition.   Scarce item!  $475.00 8th Air Force "Lucky Bastard" Certificate ~ A scarce larger sized (13.5" x 17.5") variant ~ named to B-17 Gunner George Bachmann, Jr. ~ 367th Bomb Squadron 306th Bomb Group ETO.   The original certificate is in excellent display condition.  The accompanying photos are post-war period, and feature his crew during WWII and together again in reunion years.  A great opportunity!  Oral history - https://www.ww2online.org/view/george-bachmann SOLD $495.00       USAF Rescue Boat pin  ~ Hallmarked "Gemsco N.Y." pb.  $125.00 Irvin Chute Company pin  ~ WWII era English style pin.  $85.00 Interwar Army Air Corps Officer Uniform Insignia Cotton embroidered match set - mint.  $40.00       AAF Winged Props  Matched pair hallmarked "Luxenberg New York" on original card.  $75.00 AAF Winged Props* Matched pair Hallmarked "JR Gaunt London" Screwback $50.00 Curtiss Aircraft Factory Badge  Early pre-WWII era badge made  by Bastian Brothers, Rochester N.Y.  $150.00       Naval Aircraft Factory Badge  Early pre-WWII era made by Philadelphia Badge Co.  $100.00 Glider Assault Badge WWII era raised "sterling" pb ~ missing roller element.  $60.00 Army Air Force Technician Badge 2  $60.00       WWII Bell Aircraft Police Badge Set  Lieutenant badges ~ chest and cap badges - scarce.  $150.00 European Occupation era Cigarette Case A very nice example measuring approx. 3" x 4.5" in size with excellent engraved designs on both sides.  Excellent workmanship.  $75.00  Office of War Information Insignia / CBI "Pointe Talkie" book. A rare set of CBI theater made "OWI" uniform insignia along with a scarce CBI "OWI" printed "Pointie Talkie" book.    Scarce!  $475.00       AAF Ribbon Bars Pacific theater 5-place plastic coated pinback.*  $45.00 AAF Ribbon Bar Pacific theater 3-place custom made pinback.  $35.00 AAF Ribbon Bar Set - ETO ~ custom made pinback bars.  $40.00       Curtis-Wright Technical Institute lapel pin  1.25" "Green GF" pb.  C.C. Mosely director ~ pre-Cal Aero.  $45.00           BOOKS       B-17 Pilot's Training Manual  May 1945 revision original in excellent condition.   SOLD $175.00 B-24 Pilot's Training Manual & Logbook WWII era, complete.  The cover shows some use wear, but otherwise very solid.  Comes with a wartime Pilot's flight logbook, which contains Primary flight training activities from Jan. - June 1944.  Lots of pages completed ~ several different trainer type aircraft.  Unresearched vet.  $175.00 B-24 Liberator Flight Manual 1942 dated (No. A6948) hardbound leather flight manual for the B-24D Liberator aircraft series ~ by Consolidated Aircraft.  Complete and in very good to excellent condition.  $135.00       B-29 Pilot's Training Manual February 1944 edition  ~ near mint condition.  SOLD $175.00 USN Primary Flight Training Manual  WWII era Glenview NAS, Illinois.  Complete and in excellent condition.  $65.00 Grumman F6F Hellcat Erection & Maintenance Manual  April 1944 edition ~ complete in excellent condition.   Scarce! $375.00       USAAF Use of Oxygen and Oxygen Equipment Manual ~ WWII Original - $90.00 USAAF Type A-6, A-8, A-9 Oxygen Regulator Manual  ~ WWII Original - $90.00 USAAF Type A-8B Oxygen Mask Manual ~ WWII Original - $95.00       USAAF Type A-10 Oxygen Mask Manual ~ WWII Original - $95.00 USAAF Type A-14 Oxygen Mask Manual ~ WWII Original - $95.00 Army Air Forces Survival Guide ~ WWII original AAF manual (No. 21W) - Jungle/Desert/Arctic survival instruction manual ~ 77 pages.  $60.00       "Get That Fighter" book  Army Air Force Gunner's training book.  SOLD $50.00 CBI Pointe Talkie booklet ~ Complete in very good condition.  $125.00 USAAF "Handy Notes"  WWII Air Corps postcard stock booklet.  Complete ~ like new condition.  $25.00       WWII Pocket Guide to India  $15.00 WWII Pocket Guide to Burma SOLD $20.00 WWII Pocket Guide to North Africa SOLD $20.00       Distinctive Insignia of the U.S. Army Air Forces 1924-1947 - Hardcover copy signed by author / collector J. Massaro.  Dust jacket shows typical age wear, but the book is in excellent condition.  $30.00   "Last Hope - The Blood Chit Story" By Bob Baldwin  $35.00               PHOTOS             30th Bombardment Group Collage Photo ~ WWII period original  8 x 10.  $25.00 The English Channel showing the beaches of France. Vintage original 4.5" x 5.0" photograph $20.00               AVG / CHINESE AIR FORCE Inquire for prices       SOLD AVG Blood Chit 1 - numbered 0012 SOLD AVG Blood Chit 2 - numbered 0220  SOLD AVG Blood Chit 3 - numbered 0149 ~ near mint condition!       SOLD AVG Breast Pin Full-size 2" badge    hallmarked "W&H Co."     SOLD AVG Cap Pin 1  hallmarked with W&H logo  + 20 10KT Gold Filled    SOLD AVG Cap Pin 2  - Ruby eye variation ~ hallmarked with W&H logo + 20 10KT Gold Filled       SOLD AVG Shoulder Patch  Chinese made ~ fine workmanship bullion on silk SOLD AVG Shoulder Patch 2  Chinese made ~ fine bullion on embroidered silk - mint!          SOLD AVG Cloth Insignia  Chinese made embroidered on cloth.  Reference Pistole's book for similar SOLD AVG Leather Patch Painted on leather.  Reference Pistol's book for similar          SOLD Chinese Pilot Wing 1  #2243 Chinese Pilot Wing 2  #4041 CNAC Pilot  2" shirt size wing ~ Chinese made hallmarked "Silver" pb  ~ very scarce!  SOLD       MISCELLANEOUS       Army Air Force ATC Pillow Cover Measures 20" x 20" in size.  $25.00 Aerial Gunnery Drone Propeller -  26" made by "Rite Eng. Co" Chicago.  Excellent condition.  $150.00 DUZALL North American Aircraft tool - WWII era aluminum aircraft multi-purpose tool.  $50.00
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