RAF wings real?

[Marc Garlasco]

Sorry to be the Ebay dopey question of the night...
Thanks,
Marc

http://cgi.ebay.com/WWII-British-RAF...QQcmdZViewItem

[pfrost]

I think they are ok.

Patrick

[Marc Garlasco]

Thanks Patrick! Did they come in 3" like the US or just 2"?

[Marc Garlasco]

Are they really "mess-dress" or just sweetheart?

Thanks!
Marc

[Gary Cain]

Hi Marc,

Those are sweetheart wings, but a nice example of the type! British Mess Dress wings are small and made of bullion, they usually measure about two and a half to two and three eigths inches wide. The last time the British had a metal wing was back in the days of the RFC, that wing was discontinued around 1913.

This is the Mess Dress uniform of Group Captain Breen for an example.

[Gary Cain]

the brevet

Hi Marc,

Those are sweetheart wings. British Mess Dress wings are small and made of bullion, they usually measure about two and a half to two and three eigths inches wide. The last time the British had a metal wing was back in the days of the RFC, that wing was discontinued around 1913.

This is the Mess Dress uniform of Group Captain Breen for an example.