Original World War Two US Army Air Forces 12th Air Force shoulder sleeve insignia patch.
Activated on 20 Aug 1942 and moved to England in Aug-Sep 1942, and then on to North Africa for the invasion of Algeria and French Morocco in Nov 1942. Operated in the Mediterranean theater until the end of the war, serving with Northwest African Air Forces from Feb to Dec 1943, and afterward with Mediterranean Allied Air Forces. Inactivated in Italy on 31 Aug 1945.
