Colored leather Fifinella patch
Title
Colored leather Fifinella patch
Subject
Armed Forces--Mascots; United States. Army Air Forces; Walt Disney Company; Women Airforce Service Pilots (U.S.); World War, 1939-1945--Women.
Description
Leather patch worn on flight jacket or battle jacket by WASPs upon graduting from basic training. The patch features a full color image of Fifinella imposed on a brown leather circle. Fifinella was a female gremlin designed by Walt Disney for a proposed film based on Roald Dahl's book "The Gremlins". The WASPs were granted the rights to use this image as their mascot by the Walt Disney Company.
Source
Elizabeth McGeorge Sullivan (1938) Papers
Publisher
C. Elizabeth Boyd '33 Archives, Wilson College
Date
1943
Rights
For information on copyright or permissions for this collection, contact the C. Elizabeth Boyd '33 Archives.
Format
image/jpeg
Language
English
Type
Image
Identifier
16387590
Files
Collection
Citation
“Colored leather Fifinella patch,” Hankey Center for the History of Women's Education, accessed November 2, 2024, https://exhibits.wilson.edu/items/show/750.