Blood Chit Flags - The Last Hope of the Aviator

China - American Volunteer Group - Pilots Chit, 1941 - 1942. Leather with a printed national flag of China and inscription. These chits were issued to Pilots flying for the American Volunteer Group serving the goverment of China after the invasion by Japan in 1937.

American Volunteer Group - Chinese Pilots Chit, 1941 - 1942. This cloth patch has a printed national flag of China. These chits became ubiquitous among the AVG after America's entrance into World War II. American airmen serving in the China- Burma-India Theater copied them and added the United States flag and a China-Burma-India insignia.

United States / Important Nationalist Chinese "Chit" flag from China - Burma - India (CBI)theatre of operations, World War II. Framed (outside dimensions 15.5 X 13.75). Exhibition History Second Presidio Exhibit, 2003 - GALLERY VI (LV90) (ZFC0741) Allied Airmans Chit, World War II Date: 19421945 Media: Dyed le[...]

United States / Important Nationalist Chinese "Chit", World War II. Framed (outside dimensions 13.25 x 15 in.) Exhibition Histroy Second Presidio Exhibit, 2003 - GALLERY VI (LV100/ZFC0744) World War II Allied Airmans Chit and Shoulder Sleeve Insignia Date: 19441945 Medium: Dyed leather Comment: In the ear[...]

Korean War Chit with the Flags of the U.S, Korean and U.N. This is a "Blood Chit" made in the theatre of war during the United Nations-led efforts to counter the invasion of South Korea by Communist North Korea. It is printed in two languages and bears the flags of the United States, the United Nations and South Korea, 1951 - 1953.

U.S. 50 Star Vietnam War Airman's Flag. During the Vietnam War, the practice of wearing chit patches was revived. The 1961 approved chit bore only the U.S. flag, below this, text that outlines a reward was rendered in 13 languages. An American aviator who was killed in action over Vietnam carried this particular chit.

Commemorative Korea Jacket Chit belonging to Charles Hardison. This patch details the Korean service of Charles Hardison, an engineer with the 24th Division, the first unit of U.S. troops to enter Korea in 1953.

13 Star U.S. Navy Boat Flag, Captured-Battery Wagner 1863,Capt. Chichester. This flag was captured by Captain Charles E. Chichester, commander of a battery of Confederate artillery that Union troops unsuccessfully attacked on July 11, 1863 (a week before the doomed assault dramatized in the film "Glory").