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Airborne, Elite and Special Forces Insignia
09-01-24, 06:27 PM
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Para wings - any idea of date?
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Tonomachi
Here is one sewn on a piece of cloth where the...
Here is one sewn on a piece of cloth where the name of the veteran is written on the reverse.
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Airborne, Elite and Special Forces Insignia
09-01-24, 06:24 PM
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Para wings - any idea of date?
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Tonomachi
I believe this is one of the new counterfeits...
I believe this is one of the new counterfeits that someone in the UK has been producing to fool collectors. This one in particular has been aged to deceive. I can't remember where I first saw them...
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Airborne, Elite and Special Forces Insignia
07-07-23, 03:42 PM
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RN COMMANDO S/T's ??
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Tonomachi
Thanks for your input and the photograph. I just...
Thanks for your input and the photograph. I just got the tab and hit it with a black light and it does not fluorescence.
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Airborne, Elite and Special Forces Insignia
04-07-23, 10:36 PM
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RN COMMANDO S/T's ??
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Tonomachi
What about this one? I don't have it yet so I...
What about this one? I don't have it yet so I can't hit it with a black light.
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Airborne, Elite and Special Forces Insignia
25-04-23, 08:22 PM
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WW2 Royal Navy Paratrooper Wing
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Tonomachi
Thanks for everyone's input. I took a screen...
Thanks for everyone's input. I took a screen shot of this wing and it may be the same unit wing but from a side by side comparison they look like they were made in two different eras and are not the...
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Airborne, Elite and Special Forces Insignia
22-04-23, 03:37 AM
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WW2 Royal Navy Paratrooper Wing
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Tonomachi
WW2 Royal Navy Paratrooper Wing
I just saw this being sold out of the UK. It is described as a WW2 era red woven on dark blue Royal Navy issue parachute qualification wing. I have never come across anything like this before and...
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Airborne, Elite and Special Forces Insignia
16-04-23, 06:39 AM
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Air Landing Brigade 52nd
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Tonomachi
Thanks for the information.
Thanks for the information.
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Airborne, Elite and Special Forces Insignia
15-04-23, 10:50 PM
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Air Landing Brigade 52nd
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Tonomachi
I picked these up yesterday at a military show in...
I picked these up yesterday at a military show in California. The seller told me that they came out of an antique shop. These differ from the one above and was wondering if these are simply...
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Airborne, Elite and Special Forces Insignia
18-02-23, 06:12 PM
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Copy or genuine WW2 British Commando shoulder patches
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Tonomachi
Many thanks for everyone's input.
Many thanks for everyone's input.
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Airborne, Elite and Special Forces Insignia
17-02-23, 02:28 AM
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Copy or genuine WW2 British Commando shoulder patches
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Tonomachi
I just realized that the last two patches are...
I just realized that the last two patches are listed as reproductions. My guess is that the first pair are also reproductions.
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Airborne, Elite and Special Forces Insignia
17-02-23, 02:22 AM
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Copy or genuine WW2 British Commando shoulder patches
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Tonomachi
Copy or genuine WW2 British Commando shoulder patches
Over the years I have seen a number of different variants of the WW2 era British Commando shoulder patch. I came across these four patches and they look promising from the front but not the reverse....
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Airborne and Special Forces
08-01-23, 05:45 PM
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Unknown possibly Canadian paratrooper wing
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Tonomachi
Thanks for this information. I thought it might...
Thanks for this information. I thought it might have been one of those fashion pieces that you see sewn to civilian produced flight jackets for children.
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Airborne and Special Forces
07-01-23, 01:02 AM
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Unknown possibly Canadian paratrooper wing
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Tonomachi
Thanks for your input. It doesn't look like a...
Thanks for your input. It doesn't look like a Belgium paratrooper wing unless a Canadian insignia company is producing them for them which might explain why it looks Canadian.
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Airborne and Special Forces
05-01-23, 07:00 PM
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Unknown possibly Canadian paratrooper wing
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Tonomachi
Unknown possibly Canadian paratrooper wing
I don't own this piece which I bid for unsuccessfully on eBay. It was described by the seller out of the USA as a "Belgium Rigger Wing". I've never come across a rigger wing like this before...
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Royal Artillery, Royal Engineers and Royal Signals.
31-10-22, 02:06 AM
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Royal Artillery cap find at flea market
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Tonomachi
Thanks for this information.
Thanks for this information.
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Royal Artillery, Royal Engineers and Royal Signals.
30-10-22, 09:49 PM
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Royal Artillery cap find at flea market
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Tonomachi
Royal Artillery cap find at flea market
I picked this up at a Northern California flea market this morning. Based on the buttons and the seven grenade flames I'm assuming this is a Royal Artillery dress cap for probably an officer. There...
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Airborne, Elite and Special Forces Insignia
19-06-22, 12:45 AM
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Opinions on authenticity of British paratrooper wing
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Tonomachi
Thanks for everyone's input.
Thanks for everyone's input.
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Airborne, Elite and Special Forces Insignia
18-06-22, 04:26 PM
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Opinions on authenticity of British paratrooper wing
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Tonomachi
Opinions on authenticity of British paratrooper wing
I picked this up yesterday in California but the buyer said he got it in France. It sort of looks like some of the stuff being produced for reenactors but not exactly. Any opinions?
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Infantry (& Guards) Badges
13-08-21, 08:36 AM
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Grenadier Guards brass plate
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Tonomachi
Just found another one of these bed plates at the...
Just found another one of these bed plates at the flea market. I wonder how these are ending up in the states.
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Airborne, Elite and Special Forces Insignia
03-07-21, 07:57 PM
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Are these WW2 para wings?
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Tonomachi
You may be on the right track when you mentioned...
You may be on the right track when you mentioned copied as another British Commonwealth country by the name of Ghana adopted a paratrooper wing that is also similar in design to the one presented by...
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Airborne, Elite and Special Forces Insignia
02-07-21, 09:56 PM
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Are these WW2 para wings?
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Tonomachi
Here is a set of four WW2 era British paratrooper...
Here is a set of four WW2 era British paratrooper wings that has provenance having been part of an OSS grouping in a private collection. If you look at the wing in the upper left it is very similar...
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Royal Navy and Royal Marines
13-02-21, 09:31 PM
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4
Help with authentication of WW2 Royal Marine Blues Uniform
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705
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Tonomachi
Thanks for shaving your knowledge about these...
Thanks for shaving your knowledge about these types of uniforms. I'm going to pass on this uniform.
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Royal Navy and Royal Marines
13-02-21, 10:20 AM
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Help with authentication of WW2 Royal Marine Blues Uniform
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705
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Tonomachi
Thanks for your input.
Thanks for your input.
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Royal Navy and Royal Marines
13-02-21, 01:16 AM
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Help with authentication of WW2 Royal Marine Blues Uniform
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705
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Tonomachi
Help with authentication of WW2 Royal Marine Blues Uniform
I was wondering what the membership thought of this uniform (see photos). It would be easy to add the bullion combined operations patch to an original uniform thus increasing its value. I know next...
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General Topics.
12-11-20, 02:23 AM
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London Badge and Button Co Ltd
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Tonomachi
Many thanks for this information.
Many thanks for this information.
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