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Historian
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2.75" disk cut edge embroidered on blue |
National SSI Cadet Member, Version 1
- Auth: Nov 1942 - Disc: Mar 1943 |

2.5" disk cut edge emb on blue felt no backing material |
National SSI Senior Member, Version 2
- Auth: Jul 1942 - Disc: Nov 1944
*Used well into 1945. |

3" disk cut edge w/ blue ring emb on blue felt cheese cloth backing
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National SSI Senior Member, Version 2
- Auth: Jul 1942 - Disc: Nov 1944
*Used well into 1945. |

2.5" disk cut edge embroidered on blue |
National SSI Senior Member, Version 2
- Auth: Jul 1942 - Disc: Nov 1944
*Used well into 1945. |

3" disk cut edge embroidered on blue |
National SSI Senior Member, Version 2
- Auth: Jul 1942 - Disc: Nov 1944
*Used well into 1945. |

3" disk cut edge fully embroidered |
National SSI Senior Member, Version 2
- Auth: Jul 1942 - Disc: Nov 1944
*Used well into 1945. |

3" disk cut edge embroidered on white periods in U.S. |
National SSI Senior Member, Version 2
- Auth: Jul 1942 - Disc: Nov 1944
*Used well into 1945. |

2.5" disk cut edge embroidered on blue |
National SSI Cadet Member, Version 2
- Auth: Mar 1943 - Disc: Nov 1944
*Used well into 1945. |

3" disk cut edge embroidered on blue |
National SSI Cadet Member, Version 2
- Auth: Mar 1943 - Disc: Nov 1944
*Used well into 1945. |

3" disk cut edge fully embroidered |
National SSI Cadet Member, Version 2
- Auth: Mar 1943 - Disc: Nov 1944
*Used well into 1945. |

2.5" disk cut edge embroidered on blue
| National SSI Instructor, Version 1
- Auth: Feb 1944 - Disc: Jan 1945 |

cut edge fully embroidered |
"Transitional Red Arc" add-on patch
Used during and after the 1944-1945 phase-in of the new National shoulder patch. To keep
member costs down, the separate arc patch was sewn above the older National SSI patches. |

2.5" disk cut edge emb on blue ribbed triangle |
National SSI Senior Member, Version 3
- Auth: Nov 1944 - Disc: Dec 31, 1954 |

2.5" disk cut edge embroidered on blue
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National SSI Senior Member, Version 3
- Auth: Nov 1944 - Disc: Dec 31, 1954 |

2,5" disk uncut raw edge emb on navy blue
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National SSI Senior Member, Version 3
- Auth: Nov 1944 - Disc: Dec 31, 1954 |

2.5" disk cut edge fully embroidered |
National SSI Senior Member, Version 3
- Auth: Nov 1944 - Disc: Dec 31, 1954 |

2.25" disk cut edge emb on blue ribbed triangle |
National SSI Cadet Member, Version 3
- Auth: Oct 1944 - Disc: Dec 31, 1954 |

2.5" disk cut edge emb on blue ribbed triangle |
National SSI Cadet Member, Version 3
- Auth: Oct 1944 - Disc: Dec 31, 1954 |

2.25" disk cut edge embroidered on blue |
National SSI Cadet Member, Version 3
- Auth: Oct 1944 - Disc: Dec 31, 1954 |

2.25" disk cut edge emb on blue ribbed triangle narrow Cadet tab |
National SSI Cadet Member, Version 3
- Auth: Oct 1944 - Disc: Dec 31, 1954 |

2.25" disk cut edge fully embroidered narrow Cadet tab |
National SSI Cadet Member, Version 3
- Auth: Oct 1944 - Disc: Dec 31, 1954 |

2.5" disk cut edge emb on blue ribbed triangle |
National SSI Instructor, Version 2
- Auth: Jan 1945 - Disc: Dec 31, 1954 |

2.5" disk cut edge fully embroidered |
National SSI Tow Target, Version 2
- Auth: Oct 1944 - Disc: Jan 1955
REPRODUCTION |

3-3/8" x 3-7/8" cut edge fully embroidered |
Civil Air Patrol Historian Not-for-wear novelty
Created by Lt Col Stephen Howard. |
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4" cloth seal
"Auxiliary United States Air Force" on bottom of disk
- Auth: Feb 1970 - Disc: Feb 1983 |
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3" cloth seal
"Auxiliary U.S.A.F." on bottom, blue boarder around torse
- Auth: Jan 1977 - Disc: TBD
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4" cloth seal
"United States Air Force Auxiliary" on top of disk
- Auth: Feb 1983 - Disc: 1988? |
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4.5" cloth seal all blue torse, eagle's feathers are detailed with blue thread |
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4" cloth seal reproduction with gold and darker blue thread, white eagle head
Sold by The National Museum of the United States Air Force. |
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3" cloth seal "USAF Auxiliary" on top, torse without border
- Auth: Feb 1983 - Disc: Mar 31, 2004 |
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3" cloth seal "USAF Auxiliary" on top, blue boarder around torse
- Auth: Feb 1983 - Disc: Mar 31, 2004 |
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3" cloth seal "USAF Auxiliary" on top, torse starts with extra blue braid
- Auth: Feb 1983 - Disc: Mar 31, 2004 |
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3" cloth seal "USAF Auxiliary" on top, all blue torse and missing stars
- Auth: Feb 1983 - Disc: Mar 31, 2004 |
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4" cloth seal navy blue and white thread embroidered on white twill
- Late '50s or early '60s |
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CAP/USAF Auxiliary, 3" shield Command Emblem breast patch
Version 1a
- Authorized: 2003
- Disc: Mar 1, 2008 (date recinded Nov 2007 at NEC meeting)
- Disc: Mar 31, 2010 (date reset Mar 2008 at NB meeting)
Designed by Lt Col Bill Schell Jr, inspired in part by the small shield-shaped patch logo from this website. |
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CAP/USAF Auxiliary, 3" shield Command Emblem breast patch
Ver 1b, subdued
Unknown origin, not approved. |
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CAP/USAF Auxiliary, 4.5" shield Command Emblem patch
Version 1c, no uniform usage
Apparently some Region and National staff members were handed one of these during a meeting when the official Version 1a 3" patch was introduced. |
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US/Civil Air Patrol, 3" shield flight uniform breast patch
Version 2
- Auth: Nov 20, 2006 for CAP distinctive flight clothing
- Auth: Jul 10, 2007 for USAF flight clothing
- Disc: Feb 28, 2010 (Mar 2012 ICL)
Emblem design approved as early as 01 Aug 2006. |
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Civil Air Patrol, 3" shield flight uniform breast patch
Version 3 - Auth: Mar 1, 2008
replaces both of the preceeding shield versions for CAP distinctive and USAF flight clothing
The patch shown is one of a few samples brought to the Winter National Board meeting by a Vanguard rep, manufactured before it was actually approved there. |
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Civil Air Patrol, 3.5" shield embroidered on faux leather for sewing on the A2 leather jacket
Unofficial variation
Created in Mar 2023 by Capt Alex DeSoto, NHWG. Measures 4" x 4" edge-to-edge. |

3" x 3" cut edge fully embroidered |
Semper Vigilans
novelty patch (100 made), Aug 2008
Created by Capt Brad Hostak. |
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Civil Air Patrol - Air Force Auxiliary (CAP-AFX) Program blazer patch
Version 1a - Mar 1968 to Sep 1970
Manufacturer sticker on back: Jennings, Jones Limited; 16 East 52nd ST, New York
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Civil Air Patrol - Air Force Auxiliary (CAP-AFX) Program unknown use
Ver 1b, undocumented - Mar 1968 to Sep 1970 |

3-1/8" x 4-1/4" fully embroidered on black felt |
Corporate Blazer crest patch
Version 2a, sew-on w/o back posts - Authorized: TBD |

5" x 3-5/8" bullion on black felt |
Corporate Blazer crest patch
Version 2b, pin-on with back posts - Authorized: TBD |

2-1/4" x 3-1/8" bullion on black felt |
Corporate Blazer crest patch
Version 2c, sew-on w/o back posts - Authorized: TBD |
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Civilian Jacket patch non-uniform patch, worn on civilian jackets and wind breakers
- Mar 1968 to Sep 1970 |
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