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Brazilian roundels and fin flashes

Air Force roundel 1943-1945
Air force roundel & fin flash variant 1943-1945
Air force roundel & fin flash 1945-
Navy roundel & fin flash 1945-
Army Aviation roundel & fin flash 1945-

Air Force roundel 1943-1945

images by Nozomi Kariyasu, 23 April 2024

Air force roundel & fin flash variants 1943-1945

images by Nozomi Kariyasu, 23 April 2024 and Tomislav Todorovic, 3 May 2024

image by Tomislav Todorovic, 3 May 2024

Variant with white background disc, smaller central blue disc, wider white ring and no stars; the mirror-image of the whole device was sometimes used as well.
Source:
https://www.drareg.nl/Markeringen/Landen/brazilie%20ww2.htm
(photo 1: https://www.drareg.nl/Markeringen/Landen/Brazil%20history/Brazil%20WW2/brazil%20b-25-1.jpg
photo 2: https://www.drareg.nl/Markeringen/Landen/Brazil%20history/Brazil%20WW2/brazil%20b-25-2.jpg
photo 3: https://www.drareg.nl/Markeringen/Landen/Brazil%20history/Brazil%20WW2/brazil%20b-25.jpg)

image by Tomislav Todorovic, 3 May 2024

The device without the stars was also used without a background disc, as in the current roundel.
Source:
https://www.drareg.nl/Markeringen/Landen/brazilie%20ww2.htm
(photo: https://www.drareg.nl/Markeringen/Landen/Brazil%20history/Brazil%20WW2/brazil%20P-40.jpg)

Clearly, not much care was taken to paint all the details of the roundel as long as the whole was recognizable enough, which explains why it was eventually simplified to the present design.
Tomislav Todorovic, 3 May 2024