100% AVG FLYING TIGER BUSH JACKET / CAP/ SQUADRON PATCH ONCE IN A LIFETIME PATCH/UNIFORM-SMITHSONIAN QUALITY!!! Start Price USD 9.99 Current Price USD 2,275.01 Time Left - Bid Count 19 Buy It Now Price - Reserve Price - Start Time Monday, August 18, 2008 End Time Thursday, August 28, 2008 Location Missoula, MT See more about '100% AVG FLYING TIGER BUSH JACKET / CAP/ SQUADRON PATCH' Description Okay, here it is! FABULOUSLY RARE AND MIND BOGGLINGLY HISTORIC! all 100% authentic. Original 4" (approx.) A.V.G. Flying Tiger bullion patch - Theater made, on original .V.G. Bush jacket by Phelps & Co. Ltd. I cannot verify that the identification sticker here is correct as to being owned by Heywood, but it would not be fair to the owner to ignore it. The elderly owner bought it as such nearly 20 years ago, but I cannot find any supporting letters from this old attribution and so I am selling it as simply a hyper rare original A.V.G. Flying Tiger China made bullion patch on A.V.G. Flying Tiger Bush Jacket and with rare garrison hat. All AVG were famous and heroic. The Bush Jacket measures approx. 23" from under arm to under arm. You are buying it as THE MOST desirable WW2 Aviation uniform/patch and not to wear, so please forget the size concerns. Fabric is linen and buttons are tortoise/tortoise look. The hat is hyper rare and should be worth over $1600 alone. I have never seen another in private hands. AMERICAN BUYERS - LOOK SHARP, AS RECENTLY MOST OF MY AVG CHINA STUFF HAS BEEN GOING TO CHINESE BUYERS! LET'S KEEP OUR HISTORY IN AMERICA! Also, I will also be auctioning up a 100% Flying Tiger leather A-2, so please inquire as to when I will ebay it, if you have an interest. ...another fine item from the 'Last Best Collection". For our ebay friends - we have rented our own server to produce these extra large detailed images of super rare items. The picture describes condition much more accurately than my words,so what you see is what youa re bidding on as is shown. Please enjoy and be sure to bookmark my upcoming auctions, as I am representing the owner of perhaps the largest collection of U.S. Military Collectibles in private hands in America. The owner purchased the majority of his multi-million dollar collection at auction. He doggedly collected for fifty years, buying most of this collections when the “good old stuff” was coming directly from the veterans. It is my opinion that he had the world's best collection of patches. The significat historical value of these rare items is amazing. This Collection which will be sold in three different venues. Once again, I am RFC* and then a colleague is selling portions of the collectIon at WINGS-PATCHES screenname on ebay. Also, see my friends at Manion's. My Policies: International bidders are welcome. Domestic shipping is $4.90 and shipping internationally is $12 for all patches and wings. plus $1 per $100 insurance (ebay form only allows me to put $1.00, but it will be $1.00 per $100 purchase price International shipping requires extra time due to customs documents. Please ask all questions in advance of close of auction and please do not bid if your questions are either unanswered or the answers are unsatisfactory to you. Seller reserves the right to refuse to sell to anyone at seller's sole discretion.  Seller provides money back guarantee for authenticity of items. Seller observes all tax and customs strictures. Thanks for your understanding. (See my feedback if you have any doubts about these high-end items: the buyers offering positive feedback are among the most sophisticated militaria collectors and dealers.) Thank you for bidding. All images are the property of rfc* and shall not be reproduced in print or on the internet.On Aug-26-08 at 17:34:56 PDT, seller added the following information:What I like best about this incredible bush jacket with original patch, is that IT IS STRAIGHT! Three pieces, ...a $5.000 (or more) China Made masterpiece AVG 4" monster patch, an original India made Linen bush Jacket - ULTRA RARE!!! and an authentic raaaaare Chinese garrison hat as issued. ( Try to find one of those in a garage sale or at a major auction house.) In the early '80's when CBI material was being scoured out world wide from the small coterie of veterans, the best material was never the ultimate. If a jacket had a blood chit and a squadron patch and was mint...that meant it was some hokied up piece of fantasy trash. The best...last best good old stuff, was the simplesssst, cooooolest...like this. Place a Bid!