Original U.S. WWII Hand Drawn 8th Air Force Insignia by Designer Major Ed Winter - Signed MP 34 Hayes promoted Hazen to brigadier

Hayes promoted Hazen to brigadier general and appointed him Chief Signal Officer of the U

• Steel flash hider in soaking container

Hilt pommel of silvered metal bearing Victorian pattern

and just a few edge nicks

and still has a lot of the original plating on the front which is often missing

Original U.S. WWII Hand Drawn 8th Air Force Insignia by Designer Major Ed Winter - Signed MP 34 Hayes promoted Hazen to brigadierOriginal Item: One of a kind. The renowned winged eight, the emblem of the Eighth Air Force, was designed by former Air Force Major Ed Winter, a native of Savannah, Georgia. This framed insignia is the original proposed designed for the 8th Air Force insignia patch, it is drawn to scale and dated April, 1943 which was two months before the insignia was officially approved. This date indicates that this is one of the original prototype versions hand