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Old 10-19-2020, 07:42 PM
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My brother who passed away in '73 was a veteran on the U.S. Air Force circa 1959-67. His oldest child had the patches/ribbon rack and insigina since he was a small child, and his wife is making a shadow box for his Christmas present.

I've identified the ribbons and all the patches except for the two in the second photo. I offered that the "seahorse" patch looks like the swimming awards my daughters got from the "Y" 30 years ago. The other patch in that photo I haven't been able to ID.

Do any of our Air Force Veterans have an idea on the last patch? Thanks in advance.

(The 377th Support Command patch's origin is a mystery, as I have no idea how an Army unit patch got in the drawer where my brother's patches were found.)
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I think the last two may not be Air Force Patches either

The Seahorse and Anchor usually indicates a Shipboard US Marine Unit
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If I was to guess, the seahorse patch, are the colors of a logistic or support unit, but not an Air Force patch. I could be wrong.

The other one with the fleur de lis, I'm not sure. I've never seen that one before. I don't think it's Air Force. If I was to guess, I'm thinking it might be an army unit, but the colors are wrong. It might not even be a US insignia. Again, I could be wrong.

Those two might have ended up in the collection the same way that the 377th did - as in who knows.
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