unknown eagle badge

[cga00]

Originally Posted by ASR142

Hi Chaps
I have all ways considered it to be an albatross this is why :
The 1st Picture shows the beak of a golden eagle the 2nd picture shows the beak of the albatross note the length of the beaks in each in image when looking at this badge one should look at the history of the RAF as the bird in question came from the royal navy ( RNAS ) who used a albatross which has along beak with a hook at the end during WWII this was changed to make it as stated more fierce but the beak size and shape never changed .
http://animals.sandiegozoo.org/sites...n_eagel_01.jpg
http://www.gettyimages.co.uk/detail/...mage/157562641

How many times is this question going to crop up?
The Royal Naval Air Service never used an Albatross - Admiralty Order No. 2 of June 1914, 'The badge of an Eagle will be worn by members of the R.N.A.S..' and as stated elsewhere in this thread, neither did the RAF.
Whether or not the manufacturers who produced the badges in question actually knew what an eagle looked like is however debatable.

[badgecollector]

Hi all
I love the debate going on but I'm no close to discovering what the badge in post 1 is??
Could it be RAAF? And with those fixings a cap badge?
Cheers bc

[Phil2M]

Originally Posted by badgecollector

Hi all
I love the debate going on but I'm no close to discovering what the badge in post 1 is??
Could it be RAAF? And with those fixings a cap badge?
Cheers bc

I would say that its the bird removed from the centre of a Commonwealth air force, officers badge.

[BWEF]

Originally Posted by GriffMJ

Albatross!

https://youtu.be/1PJix23IeF8

Do you get wafers with it?

[leigh kitchen]

A badge I thought of when this thread was originally posted & have just now come across.

A roughly similar "eagle", same sport of sparrer head & beak to it (albeit facing the other way, has no tail, stamped from very thin metal, has a flimsy brooch type fitting etc). Wingspan is about 53mm.

It was given to me by a Polish colleague back in 1999, he told me that it's a badge commemorating a multinational air force exercise.