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437 ● (MILITARY—WORLDWAR II.)
TUSKEGEE AIRMEN. Keep Us
Flying. Color poster 20 x 27 inches;
small archival paper repair to the reverse at
the center; horizontal and vertical creases
where folded.
Washington: U.S. Government
Printing Office, 1943 [2,500/3,500]
Classic poster of the Tuskegee Airmen, pro-
duced to coincide with their entry into the war.
438 ● (MILITARY—WORLDWAR II.)
TUSKEGEE AIRMEN. They Were
Our Finest. Bronze medallion, 3.75 cm,
three faces on obverse, and three planes,
“99, 332, 422, Tuskegee Airmen Inc” on
the reverse; patina consistent with age;
some discoloration, possibly from some-
thing acidic. [500/750]
A very interesting medal, the first we have ever
seen, depicting a pilot, a mechanic and a
woman, possibly nurse on the face of the medal-
lion, and three airplanes, each with the number
of the squadron on its side. An impressive piece
of medallic art. The Tuskegee Airmen Inc. is a
non-profic organization formed for veterans of
the several squadrons, their mechanics et al.
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