1) Patch for the 2nd Pursuit/2nd Fighter Squadron, bullion embroidery on tan cloth with board internal construction and snaps on the back, featuring a beagle in top hat and tails holding a small naked woman in a Champaign glass while stabbing a bloodied swastika with a cane, with text "2ND" and "AMERICAN/BEAGLE/SQUADRON". An attached note attributes the patch as Italian construction. 2) Patch for the 479th Anti-Submarine Group, embroidered on blue felt, featuring a blindfolded bat wearing a radio/sonar operator's headset. An attached note attributes the patch as English made. 3) Patch for the 40th Fighter Squadron, embroidered on white, felt, depicting a devil about to throw a lightning bolt like a javelin. 4) Patch for the 549th Night Fighter Squadron, paint on brown leather, depicting a bat with a Browning machine gun in each foot and lightning shooting from it's eyes. 5) Patch for the 653rd Bomb Squadron, embroidered on green felt, depicting a mosquito with a telescope kneeling on a raincloud. Provenance: The Putnam Green/Sycamore Collection

Fine, with light wear overall, and minor moth damage on #1, #3 and #5.