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

16387590-LeatherFifinellaPatch.JPG

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.