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SHOULDER SLEEVE INSIGNIA

2.75" disk
cut edge
embroidered on blue
National SSI
Cadet Member,
Version 1

- Auth: November 1942
- Disc: March 1943

2.5" disk
cut edge
emb on blue felt
no backing material
National SSI
Senior Member,
Version 2

- Auth: July 1942
- Disc: November 1944

*Used well into 1945.

3" disk
cut edge w/ blue ring
emb on blue felt
cheese cloth backing
National SSI
Senior Member,
Version 2

- Auth: July 1942
- Disc: November 1944

*Used well into 1945.

2.5" disk
cut edge
embroidered on blue
 
National SSI
Senior Member,
Version 2

- Auth: July 1942
- Disc: November 1944

*Used well into 1945.

3" disk
cut edge
embroidered on blue
 
National SSI
Senior Member,
Version 2

- Auth: July 1942
- Disc: November 1944

*Used well into 1945.

3" disk
cut edge
fully embroidered
 
National SSI
Senior Member,
Version 2

- Auth: July 1942
- Disc: November 1944

*Used well into 1945.

3" disk
cut edge
embroidered on white
periods in U.S.
National SSI
Senior Member,
Version 2

- Auth: July 1942
- Disc: November 1944

*Used well into 1945.

2.5" disk
cut edge
embroidered on blue
National SSI
Cadet Member,
Version 2

- Auth: March 1943
- Disc: November 1944

*Used well into 1945.

3" disk
cut edge
embroidered on blue
National SSI
Cadet Member,
Version 2

- Auth: March 1943
- Disc: November 1944

*Used well into 1945.

3" disk
cut edge
fully embroidered
National SSI
Cadet Member,
Version 2

- Auth: March 1943
- Disc: November 1944

*Used well into 1945.

2.5" disk
cut edge
embroidered on blue
National SSI
Instructor,
Version 1

- Auth: February 1944
- Disc: January 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: November 1944
- Disc: Dec 31, 1954

2.5" disk
cut edge
embroidered on blue
National SSI
Senior Member,
Version 3

- Auth: November 1944
- Disc: Dec 31, 1954

2,5" disk
uncut raw edge
emb on navy blue
National SSI
Senior Member,
Version 3

- Auth: November 1944
- Disc: Dec 31, 1954

2.5" disk
cut edge
fully embroidered
 
National SSI
Senior Member,
Version 3

- Auth: November 1944
- Disc: Dec 31, 1954

2.25" disk
cut edge
emb on blue
ribbed triangle
 
National SSI
Cadet Member,
Version 3

- Auth: October 1944
- Disc: Dec 31, 1954

2.5" disk
cut edge
emb on blue
ribbed triangle
 
National SSI
Cadet Member,
Version 3

- Auth: October 1944
- Disc: Dec 31, 1954

2.25" disk
cut edge
embroidered on blue
 
National SSI
Cadet Member,
Version 3

- Auth: October 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: October 1944
- Disc: Dec 31, 1954

2.25" disk
cut edge
fully embroidered
narrow Cadet tab
National SSI
Cadet Member,
Version 3

- Auth: October 1944
- Disc: Dec 31, 1954

2.5" disk
cut edge
emb on blue
ribbed triangle
National SSI
Instructor,
Version 2

- Auth: January 1945
- Disc: Dec 31, 1954

2.5" disk
cut edge
fully embroidered
National SSI
Tow Target,
Version 2

- Auth: October 1944
- Disc: January 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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CORPORATE SEALS
4" cloth seal
"Auxiliary United States Air Force" on bottom of disk
- Auth: February 1970
- Disc: February 1983
3" cloth seal
"Auxiliary U.S.A.F." on bottom,
blue boarder around torse
- Auth: January 1977
- Disc: TBD
4" cloth seal
"United States Air Force Auxiliary" on top of disk
- Auth: February 1983
- Disc: 1988?
4.5" cloth seal
all blue torse, eagle's feathers are detailed with blue thread
4" cloth seal
reproduction with gold and darker blue thread, white eagle head
Sold by The National Museum of the United States Air Force.
3" cloth seal
"USAF Auxiliary" on top, torse without border
- Auth: February 1983
- Disc: March 31, 2004
3" cloth seal
"USAF Auxiliary" on top, blue boarder around torse
- Auth: February 1983
- Disc: March 31, 2004
3" cloth seal
"USAF Auxiliary" on top, torse starts with extra blue braid
- Auth: February 1983
- Disc: March 31, 2004
3" cloth seal
"USAF Auxiliary" on top, all blue torse and missing stars
- Auth: February 1983
- Disc: March 31, 2004
4" cloth seal
navy blue and white thread embroidered on white twill
- Late '50s or early '60s
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COMMAND EMBLEMS
CAP/USAF Auxiliary, 3" shield
Command Emblem breast patch
Version 1a
- Authorized: 2003
- Disc: 01 March 2008 (date recinded November 2007 at NEC meeting)
- Disc: 31 March 2010 (date reset March 2008 at Nat'l Board meeting)

Designed by Lt Col Bill Schell Jr, inspired in part by the small shield-shaped patch logo from this website.
CAP/USAF Auxiliary, 3" shield
Command Emblem breast patch
Version 1b, subdued
Unknown origin, not approved.
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.
US/Civil Air Patrol, 3" shield
flight uniform breast patch
Version 2
- Auth: 20 November 2006 for CAP distinctive flight clothing
- Auth: 10 July 2007 for USAF flight clothing
- Discontinued: 31 March 2010

Emblem design approved as early as 01 August 2006.
Civil Air Patrol, 3" shield
flight uniform breast patch
Version 3
- Authorized: 01 March 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.
Civil Air Patrol, 3.5" shield
embroidered on faux leather

for sewing on the A2 leather jacket
Unofficial variation
Created in March 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), August 2008
Created by Capt Brad Hostak.
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ORGANIZATIONAL CRESTS
Corporate Blazer crest patch
Version 1a
- March 1968 to September 1970

Manufacturer sticker on back: Jennings, Jones Limited; 16 East 52nd ST, New York
Corporate Blazer crest patch
Version 1b, undocumented
- March 1968 to September 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
Civilian Jacket patch
non-uniform patch, worn on civilian jackets and wind breakers
- March 1968 to September 1970
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