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Where a member of the armed forces served is nearly as important as how they served. This menacing patch is the personalized insignia of one of the first french wwi aces, charles nungesser. We have specially made barathea and serge fabrics for the service dress uniforms as well as the ww2 raf battle dress uniform bdu. Position product name price set descending direction.
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