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LOT 442
LOT 443
Grouping of Bomber-Themed Items, Including Photos and
a Patch from the 455th Bomb Group - The grouping includes three photographs, a map with map envelope, an armband, and an embroidered patch. One picture is of a line of parked bombers being refueled, noted on the
back “Iceland -May 45/on our way
home/Earl Sivey”, another of an
aviator standing in front of the B24
Liberator “Tahelenbak” (records
show Tahelenbak as a bomber with
the 701st Bomber Squadron, 455th
Bomb Group, 8th Air Force), and the
third of three bombers in flight, with
the latter two stamped as cleared by
censors and with “Earl Sivey” noted
on the back. The armband is the “invasion/paratrooper” pattern, with a white treated paper base and red and blue printing to make the American flag. The envelope is marked “C/D/MAPS/ONLY”, and the map is cloth construction, covering Holland, Northeast France, West/Central Germany and parts of Belgium. The patch is embroidered on black felt, featuring a gremlin-like creature riding a bomb out of a falling bomber, a design associated with the 702nd Bomber Squadron of the 445th Bomb Group.
CONDITION: Fine overall. The envelope and the armband show staining and wear appropriate to age, and the map is good with
some edge fraying. The pictures are in very good order, and the patch shows minor stains and sharp detail.
Provenance: The Putnam Green/Sycamore Collection.
Estimate: 2,000 - 3,000 283
Fourteen
American
Military Aviator
Badges, One
Inscribed to a
World War I Era
Naval Aviator,
Some Gold - All
badges in the
group are metal
construction
(appears to be
gold for most),
with seven USN
naval aviator
badges, 5 “propeller” pilot badges, and two “US on shield” badges. Six are marked either “10K” or “14K”. One of the naval badges is hand-inscribed “With all my love/Meg” on the back, and the other has Tiffany & Company markings on the back along with a professional inscription for the Federation Aeronautique Internationale (World Air Sports Federation) and an Ensign William
A. Magee Junior, dated August 10, 1918. Online records note a William Adam Magee Junior of California as a naval aviator trained at Naval Air Station Pensacola and commissioned as an Ensign in December of 1917. One of the propeller badges is inscribed “H-R-C-I” on the back. CONDITION: Very fine to excellent overall, with some minor handling marks overall. Provenance: The Putnam Green/Sycamore Collection.
Estimate: 9,000 - 14,000