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Display Status

This object is not on display at the National Air and Space Museum. It is either on loan or in storage.

Object Details

Country of Origin

United States of America

Type

AWARDS-Insignia

Physical Description

Flying Tigers Airlines Pilot's badge; gold wire wings on black felt; applied silver disc in center of badge with blue Nationalist Chinese Star and an aircraft with a sharks mouth on the nose.

Dimensions

3-D: 10.8 × 3.2 × 0.6cm (4 1/4 × 1 1/4 × 1/4 in.)
Storage: 15.2 × 6.4 × 2.5cm (6 × 2 1/2 × 1 in.)

Materials

Felt
Coated Thread
Gold Bullion
Non-Magnetic Metal
Enamel
Adhesive
Paper
Plastic
Ink

Inventory Number

A19711464000

Credit Line

Donated by the Institute of Aeronautical Sciences Inc.

Data Source

National Air and Space Museum

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