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Old 28-08-16, 03:34 PM
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Default WW2 RCAF pilots wings
A survivor from the war years. Came to me with other wartime 'survivors'.

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Old 28-08-16, 05:29 PM
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Old 28-08-16, 05:31 PM
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It looks like the moths left a few partial threads of the wool on the front?
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Old 28-08-16, 06:13 PM
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It looks like the moths left a few partial threads of the wool on the front?
That's why I called them survivor

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Old 29-08-16, 02:30 AM
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Oh no....the horror!!!!

Let's see the condition of the other insignia.
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Old 29-08-16, 07:09 AM
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Oh no....the horror!!!!

Let's see the condition of the other insignia.
You don't want to
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Don't often see the summer dress badges. I don't think I have ever seen the wings before.
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Old 01-09-16, 12:26 AM
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Thats a tough looking one...... At least now it's being cared for!
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Old 01-09-16, 06:49 AM
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To tell the truth it appears like a 'desert wing', embroidered straight onto khaki. But this would be fanciful, no?

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Old 01-09-16, 08:01 AM
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Definitely fanciful, it was a sit down dinner for moth larvae.... tragic
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Old 01-09-16, 04:06 PM
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Apparently gourmets are not limited to the human race. This particular species was very discerning and seems to have had a partiality to wool/felt while snubbing silk/thread.
An eye opener to collectors.
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