RARE Turkish Flying Badge--Value? Real?

[Aerowallah]

Maybe Stogieman's Sergeant Vielstich wore one of these. I've been looking for a Turkish Turkish pilot's badge for decades...and I've got a shot at one. The only other one I've seen for comparison was Adrian Forman's (see below), and his was slightly different than this one--the cartouche at the top is filled with a wider white enamel disk, and had that larger red Koranic character like on the TWM. Also the angle of the wings. Any comments on originality? I know the Arabic script means something like "Praise be to Allah...in the year of..." COULD THE WING ABOVE BE POST-1918 since it has a different character? Ideas on value today?




To see Forman's Turkish pilot's badge and other badges from his collection, click on the link below and load the second PDF file "mit Bildern."





http://www.andreas-thies.de/herbst02b.html


It looks like Thies got 1900 Euros plus 20% in 2002. (Click on "Aktuelles" for all prices realized.) But I hate to go by his record-breaking results!


Rgds

P.S. Speaking of Turkish pilots, they still make the news occasionally!

http://abcnews.go.com/International/story?id=80672

[Aerowallah]

I just noticed Sanke card No. 371 showing Buddecke in his winged fez. He's wearing the style Turkish pilot's badge in the Forman collection. Steep angled wings and wide enamel disk...

[wulffo]

Here is a photo of Falcke's badge (he wears the German observers badge and hence this may be the turkish equivalent). Hope this helps and good luck. (Sanke 589)

[VtwinVince]

I like the UFO story, reminds me of the long time I spent in that region, living on a Greek island off the Turkish coast and travelling all over Asia Minor.