10-26-2019 05:38 PM
10-27-2019 09:22 PM - edited 10-27-2019 09:26 PM
It looks very much like the 19th Tactical Electronic Warfare Squadron:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/19th_Tactical_Electronic_Warfare_Squadron
This seller identifies it as 19th Tactical Reconnaissance Squadron Patch R-3:
https://picclick.com/USAF-19th-Tactical-Reconnaissance-Squadron-Patch-R-3-173863160743.html
10-26-2019 06:02 PM
Guessing German based on the style of the eagle and the flag colors.
10-26-2019 07:21 PM
Thanks—good thought. I had earlier searched some german stuff but wasnt able to find anything. Not real knowledgable on german stuff but almost seems like a phoenix instead of the nazi eagle.
10-27-2019 01:40 AM
Looks to me to be a WWII Marine unit patch.....google those words and you will find hundreds of different unit patches, much in the same vein as the one you have. Good luck!
-Dippitydoo
10-27-2019 06:19 AM
Thinking maybe a thunderbird?
10-27-2019 06:35 AM
@art.pottery wrote:Thinking maybe a thunderbird?
Agree.
10-27-2019 09:08 AM
10-27-2019 09:35 AM
Thought those may b spotlights but bolts a definite possibility also
10-27-2019 09:35 AM - edited 10-27-2019 09:36 AM
Yeah, it beats me. Looks sort of like an eagle, sort of like a thunderbird, sort of like some spooky hybrid. The blue element at the bottom looks like an inverted trident. I can't tell if the thingies at the top of the globe are bolts, searchlights, satellite dishes, or what. The ribbon with endless Xs is new to me, too.
Altogether, unfamiliar. I hope someone can figure it out, because I'd really like to know what it is and means.
10-27-2019 09:38 AM - edited 10-27-2019 09:42 AM
Check out the design used by the Doolittle Raiders in WWII. While obviously not identical to the OP's, I think it demonstrates that art.pottery is right about it being a thunderbird:
10-27-2019 09:46 AM
10-27-2019 09:48 AM
Good info—i definitely think the thunderbird suggestion is on target. I also never seen the ribbon with x’s on it. Will keep searching and appreciate all the feedback and suggestions
10-27-2019 09:49 AM
The one you show is so precise (a different technique) but I wonder if the OP's might be theatre made. Some of those look very sloppy.
10-27-2019 09:51 AM
If those are bolts, maybe motor pool?
10-27-2019 09:53 AM - edited 10-27-2019 09:55 AM
@sonomabarn67 wrote:The one you show is so precise (a different technique) but I wonder if the OP's might be theatre made. Some of those look very sloppy.
The ribbon-with-x's is a real mystery. I think you could well be right about the bolts being a clue.