Original U.S. WWII Hand Drawn 8th Air Force Insignia by Designer Major Ed Winter - Signed MP 34 - arsenal style wrist repair

- arsenal style wrist repair with brass pin reinforcements

4 becoming a spike-type bayonet

The album features numerous photographs of German aircraft of the time

the neck guard apron is lot number stamped 403 and has a stamped manufacturer's code and size

Original U.S. WWII Hand Drawn 8th Air Force Insignia by Designer Major Ed Winter - Signed MP 34 - arsenal style wrist repairOriginal Item: One of a kind. The renowned winged eight, the emblem of the Eighth Air Force, was designed by former Air Force Major Ed Winter, a native of Savannah, Georgia. This framed insignia is the original proposed designed for the 8th Air Force insignia patch, it is drawn to scale and dated April, 1943 which was two months before the insignia was officially approved. This date indicates that this is one of the original prototype versions hand