REAL DEAL PLAQUE AND PATCH FROM THE MEDICAL DEPARTMENT OF THE USS BENNINGTON! WOODEN BACK BOARD, EMBLEM LOOKS PLASTER, PATCH IS PERIOD CORRECT STITCHED. AS A US NAVY VET, I CAN TESTIFY THAT THIS IS THE REAL DEAL. I AM UNSURE WHICH YEARS IT IS FROM. THIS SHIP SERVED FROM 1944 THROUGH THE VIETNAM ERA AND ON THROUGH THE COLD WAR. IT IS PROBABLY FROM THE 60s OR 70s. IT HAS SOME SIGNS OF AGE, LIGHT STAINING, ETC. BUT THAT ONLY ADDS TO ITS AUTHENTICITY! ABOUT 17 1/2" x 8". AS PICTURED, AS IS.