Mar 01, 2012 - Sale 2271

Sale 2271 - Lot 423

Price Realized: $ 1,140
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 800 - $ 1,200
(MILITARY--WWII.) TUSKEGEE AIRMEN. Tuskegee Flying School. Tuskegee Alabama. To My Wife. . . Silk pillow sham, 17 inches square with appliqué of American Eagle in red above a poem in blue; decorative tasseled edges. Tuskegee Ala. circa 1944
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A remarkable survival, this sentimental souvenir from the Tuskegee Flying School was meant to be sent home by The Airmen to their wives. The poem beneath the eagle reads: "To my wife, a lovely darling little wife/ has made my dreams come true/ She's lightened all the cares of life/ her name my sweet is YOU. My memories are quite complete-You share in all I do/ My heart's a sanctum that I keep/ Reserved for thoughts of you."