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    Bundesrepublik unknown wings, help

    Hello
    do you know this insignia ?
    thanks for answers
    cordially
    Didier

    #2
    Didier.....second pattern Fallschirm-Springer abzeichen (Pararachute qualification badge) used in the 1960's......
    Prost ! Steve.

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      #3
      Hello Steve
      thanks a lot
      cordially
      Didier

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        #4
        Originally posted by just View Post
        Hello
        do you know this insignia ?
        thanks for answers
        cordially
        Didier
        I have several examples of the wings you've posted above in aluminum for presentation purposes in gold, silver and bronze

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          #5
          Experts would have to weigh in on if it is original or not. I've seen quite a lot of brand new ones on eBay over the past few years. Hardly likely that someone found a stash of nearly 70 year old highly sought after badges.

          Pakistan will make things like this for just about anybody. I get emails all the time from companies boasting about how they can make stuff like this. And if you've seen Pakistan military badges you will see that they are constructed similarly to this type of BW badge. So it's not like there's a big leap for them to make a fake.

          Having said that, I have no idea if this one is original or not. I don't know what to look for.

          Steve

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            #6
            Gents...for more discussion and images of these and other patterns of BW jump wings see this thread here on the forum http://dev.wehrmacht-awards.com/foru...352164&page=11
            most informative !
            Prost ! Steve.

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              #7
              Didier,

              This style of parachutist qualification badge was worn by the Heer between 1958 and 1966.

              As Steve as pointed out, there are many discussion of this badge on the the thread he cited.

              There are some good close-ups at posts #115 and #118.

              Thanks,
              TJ
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