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Originally Posted by HamandJam
Johan,
I think you are right some were just made pink. Remember also that for early wings there is no sealed pattern for those, it was all very unofficial. Except that it is said that the two shades of blue in the wing refer to Oxford and Cambridge. Jock Lewis and another early Sas officer forgot his name rowed for each respectively.
Talking about fading when looking at early SAS cloth beret badges the feathers
often turn from blue into green.
Great thread with wonderful wings.
Cheers
JB
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Hi JB,
I think you are right that fading does occur and sunrays can easily discolour cloth. On the leftmost wings in the first post the blue on the outer wings has turned into a kind of blueish green also.
However, the pink colour is so consistent, even on wings otherwise unfaded like the Paddy Mayne wings, that I believe some wings were made with a pink heart.
I am open to references or proof where the pink wings were produced. It would be interesting asking one of the veterans of the early SAS still alive. Typically, those old hands still surviving have more important things to bother about than a silly question of some hobby badge collectors...
Cheers,
Johan