Original oldie USAF 497th Tactical Fighter Squadron embroidered patch on twill

Description

An original real oldie USAF 497th Tactical Fighter Squadron embroidered patch on twill (SEA made). Redesignated 497th Tactical Fighter Squadron on July 25th 1964. Inactivated on September 16th 1974. The 497th Tactical Fighter Squadron operated initially out of George AFB and as per October 1st 1978 out of Taegu AB, South Koreaflying the F-4 Phantom II. The emblem was approved on September 28th 1971.
The patch is in pristine condition.
ESPECIALLY FOR US BIDDERS: please note that a
regulation with US Customs makes an enormous change in sending letters with patches from outside the US into the US. The new US Customs regulations states that they want "information in advance what goods are in the letter". This means that if you do not provide this information, US Customs will sent the letter immediately back to sender if they find out. Therefore, I have to upfront inform them with a digital customs form and pay in advance before I even sent the letter. Also I have to provide US Customs the E-mail address from the buyer. However, when sending few patches in a padded envelop one will probably not notice the content but it could happen. When the value of the patch(es) goes over $ 50.00 I am obligated to mail it by registered mail via the mentioned procedure. Recently I did sent a letter according to the above mentioned procedure with 4 patches to the US and the Dutch postal office charged me $ 23.50 for this. So be aware that this could happen before you even will bid. THEREFORE PLEASE AWAIT MY INVOICE!!!!!!!!
Please take good note of the following:
The
postal charges are for mailing without T&T. As soon as the patch is in the mail it is out of my hands and out of my control. Therefore, I cannot be held responsible anymore if the patch gets lost in the mail.
If you want to be sure and want the patch sent with T&T the postal charges are indeed higher and will be $ 23.50.  This is simply the charges of the Dutch postal service. Also note that I have to add the local US tax as this amount of money is deducted by PayPal from the final price. Therefore, please await my invoice.
The patch will be sent in a padded enveloppe.
No extra costs for handling.
I started collecting the early 70ties and have amassed a huge collection from air forces around the world and my collection includes many very spectacular patches. I am starting selling all my USAF, US Navy and USMC patches in the upcoming period, so stay tuned.
If you have any foreign air force wing or squadron patches available and would like to sell them, please let me know and we could arrange a deal.