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Old 01-01-20, 01:57 PM
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Dear Forum ,
Could you help to identify these pilot wings ?
thank you & Happy Year 2020 ,
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Hi Dominique, Rhodesian i think, you will have to ask more knowledgeable souls if they are original or not. Regards Mark
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It doesn't look quite right for standard Rhodesian but very very close. The lion is spot on and the wing shapes pretty close but the Rhodesian ones I found all show a yellow cross in the lower part of the shield, while this one seems to be a Pokemon. [Sorry!] Or at least a yellow animal of some sort. Very odd.

OTOH, the back looks about right for a period piece, so probably not a joke or fantasy piece. Some variant on RRAF perhaps.
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Not sure where their from but they look to be genuine.
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Old 01-01-20, 03:21 PM
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Mark , you are correct.
Rhodesian air force.
https://rhodesianforces.org/AirForce...ifications.htm
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Peter, the yellow cross, i think is in fact a 'pickaxe' denoting the mining part of the country's history, not 100% but sat in my brain! Regards Mark
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Old 01-01-20, 10:57 PM
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Sadly I am really not keen on the material of these wings,front or back . I agree Rhodesian . But to my eye they look fake to me. Just my opinion .
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One site describes them as fakes.

Rhodesian Air Force Pilot wings (FAKE)
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Old 02-01-20, 08:35 AM
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Certainly in the wrong section with this badge, but, I think that is quite a nice example, very different than those in post three and eight, which do not look original.

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Old 02-01-20, 09:49 AM
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....... It's wrong 100%
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Old 02-01-20, 10:29 AM
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The 'pickaxe' looks like a cross between "Orville the Duck"(I wish I could Fly !) and "Pudsey Bear"
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