Pilot Wings need identification

sarog · 8 August 2012, 01:44 PM

front wing.jpg

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I'm new to the Aerodrome forum and need some help identifying this pilot badge ( see attachments ).

Thanks,

Jim · 8 August 2012, 08:06 PM

How big is it?

sarog · 9 August 2012, 04:26 AM

The wings are 2-7/8" wide. It has a pin back and is silver.

Jim · 9 August 2012, 06:01 AM

I don't know for sure, and hopefully someone here will come along and can say with certainty, but my impression is that it is a sweetheart pin of an indeterminate era. The reason I say this is I have seen sweetheart pins with that style of background wings - straight across and with the feathers being more of a draping rather than being structured like a bird's wings. Also, the hollow back shows they were made by stamping a thin sheet of silver which is more along the lines of what one would expect to be non-military as they would not be very durable.

The other alternative I can come up with is it could be a hat insignia for a trainee. The US used a large winged propeller insignia before and during the second world war era but the wings on that are the usual ones that you see with a bird's wings structure.

I would appreciate hearing from anyone who know for sure though.