A Is For

Patch, no markings or writing on reverse side.

Found in "Freckles" by Gene Stratton Porter. Published by Grosset and Dunlap, 1904.

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Year Of The Dragon

 Another cloth patch, this one has no writing or markings.

Found in "Storm Over the Land" by Carl Sandburg. Published by Harcourt and Brace, 1942.

EDIT: From Donald Fuller Drake via Facebook:

That is a post WWII era 'Liberty Cuff'. These were surreptitiously sewn on the inside of the Dress Blue Enlisted Jumpers' cuffs and worn unbuttoned and rolled back while on liberty. Totally unauthorized, but generally tolerated.

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First Class

Military patch, looks like it might be for a Naval Petty Officer First Class.
On the reverse side of the patch, the year 1941 is stitched in.

Found in "Gone With the Wind" by Margaret Mitchell. Published by Macmillan, 1936.

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Bear Necessities

Fabric patch for the Bear Cub Scout program with a safety pin.

Found in "Adventures in the Haunted House" by Page McBrier. Published by Troll, 1986.

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Vanguard

United States Army patch.

Found in "Vanguards of the Frontier" by Everett Dick. Published by Appleton, 1941.

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If You Go Out In The Woods Today

Patch commemorating Brownie Day - 1988: The Teddy Bear Affair.

Found in "Handel and the Famous Sword Swallower of Halle" by Bryna Stevens. Published by Philomel Books, 1990.

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Surge

Fabric "SURGE" patch.

Found in "Children of Dune" by Frank Herbert. Published by Berkley/Putnam, 1976.

If you can figure out what "Surge" might be, you're better at searching the internet than I am.

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Rough Patch

Military patch.

Found in "Pocket Dictionary of the French and English Language" by J.E. Wesseky. Published by Doubleday, 1929.

If anyone knows what this patch represents, leave a comment. I was unable to find it online.

Update - Crossett Library was kind enough to find out. It's a 4th Air Force.

Update 2 - Phoebe (via Facebook) has a bit more info:  

WW2 era US Army Air Corps 4th Air Force. They were the defence force for the Southwestern and Lower Midwest US HQ'ed out of March Field in California.

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