Patch, Military
- Object Name:
- Patch, Military
- Object ID:
- 2015.023.25
- Date:
- 1942-1945
- Description:
- Military patch, U.S. Army Air Forces. Leather, shield shape. Belonged to Hibbert V. Miles (1915-2001) of Amherst, NH. Variant China-Burma-India (CBI) theater patch, using leather instead of the standard fabric. Alternating red and white stripes hanging from a blue field. On field are 12-pointed Chinese sun (left) and star of India (right). Bordered in brown. Colors are faded.
- Material:
- Leather
- Dimensions:
- H-3.7 W-2.9 inches
- Provenance:
- Belonged to Master Sergeant Hibbert Vaughn Miles (1915-2001) of Amherst, NH. He was inducted into the U.S. Army Air Forces in 1942. He was an Administrative Specialist serving at several air bases in the U.S., then, in 1944, in the China-Burma-India theater and in the Marianas Islands. He received an honorable discharge in 1945. He operated a service station in Milford, NH, before and after the war.
- Credit Line:
- Gift of the family of Hibbert Vaughn Miles
- People:
- Miles, Hibbert V. (1915-2001)
- Subjects:
- World War II, Air forces, Army, China, Insignia
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