British & Commonwealth Military Badge Forum

Recent Books by Forum Members

   

Go Back   British & Commonwealth Military Badge Forum > Canadian Military Insignia > Airborne and Special Forces

 Other Pages: Galleries, Links etc.
Glossary  Books by Forum Members     Canadian Pre 1914    CEF    CEF Badge Inscriptions   Canadian post 1920     Canadian post 1953     British Cavalry Badges     Makers' Marks    Pipers' Badges  Canadian Cloth Titles  Books  SEARCH
 
Reply
 
Thread Tools Display Modes
  #1  
Old 02-09-12, 12:28 PM
Bill A's Avatar
Bill A Bill A is offline
Super Moderator
 
Join Date: Jan 2008
Location: Canada
Posts: 11,529
Default SAR parachute wing?

sapper83 wishes some provenance on the bottom wing. It appears to be the parachute wing worn by Search and Rescue personnel,but in the pre-unification pattern. Anyone shed some light on that wing?
Attached Images
File Type: jpg wings.jpg (26.2 KB, 82 views)
__________________
Res ipsa loquitur
Reply With Quote
  #2  
Old 03-09-12, 05:28 PM
Tonomachi Tonomachi is offline
Member
 
Join Date: Jun 2011
Posts: 284
Default

Better pictures would help but it looks like someone used a fine point red permanent felt marker and carefully colored in three of the seven parachute panels on a post war Canadian paratrooper wing.
Reply With Quote
  #3  
Old 03-09-12, 07:37 PM
Bill A's Avatar
Bill A Bill A is offline
Super Moderator
 
Join Date: Jan 2008
Location: Canada
Posts: 11,529
Default

Not sure this is better. Resized image.
Attached Images
File Type: jpg wings resize.jpg (33.2 KB, 46 views)
__________________
Res ipsa loquitur
Reply With Quote
  #4  
Old 23-09-12, 02:29 PM
jcsigs jcsigs is offline
New Member
 
Join Date: Aug 2012
Posts: 13
Default

The design on the bottom wings doesn't like right to make them authentic. The part that seems especially wrong is the space betweent the parachute suspension lines and the inside edge of the wings. I didn't join until after unification and didn't start jumping until a few years after that soI'm certainly no expert nor even novice on pre-unification wings. Therefore, I could be completely wrong on this.

I do know that the wings in the upper left corner of the picture are not authentic for anything. The closest they come to anything produced for Canadian wear is the Garrison jacket wings. I just checked my Garrison jacket and the wings are the same size as the regulation DEU wings. These ones appear to be smaller. Also the Garrison jacket wings wings were sewn in old gold (as opposed to new gold on DEU wings).
Reply With Quote
  #5  
Old 24-09-12, 04:31 PM
Tanker Mike's Avatar
Tanker Mike Tanker Mike is offline
Member
 
Join Date: Apr 2008
Location: Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
Posts: 1,116
Default

I believe the gold wings are army cadet
Reply With Quote
  #6  
Old 24-09-12, 08:45 PM
jcsigs jcsigs is offline
New Member
 
Join Date: Aug 2012
Posts: 13
Default

Quote:
Originally Posted by Tanker Mike View Post
I believe the gold wings are army cadet
That could be quite possible. The qualification that cadets receive is the same as for the military so I would have thought that cadets would receive the same wings.
Reply With Quote
Reply

Thread Tools
Display Modes

Posting Rules
You may not post new threads
You may not post replies
You may not post attachments
You may not edit your posts

BB code is On
Smilies are On
[IMG] code is On
HTML code is Off

Forum Jump

mhs link

All times are GMT. The time now is 04:07 PM.


Powered by: vBulletin
Copyright ©2000 - 2024, Jelsoft Enterprises Ltd.