I have no idea whether this aerial gunner is a legit type or not (however unofficial...?), but at any rate, the very same type of hardware is used...?
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Originally posted by Bob Hritz View Post
Bob,
It may be from the '60's.
But...............
I don't think it's a 'restrike'. A restrike would logically involve an original die. The pilot's badge shown has the laurel berry to the left of the building in the field. If I remember right this berry is not present on any period original pilot's badges.
I think it's from a completely new die cut specifically for the 'collector's' market possibly during the 50th anniversary commemoration in the late 1960's honoring German aviators of WWI.
TonyLast edited by Tiger 1; 06-03-2009, 11:34 AM.An opinion should be the result of thought, not a substitute for it.
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Meybauer pilot badges had this berry present... (But, nothing else is Meybauer in this design.)Originally posted by Tiger 1 View Post
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Just about to say that myself, Maybauer has the supposed berry that marks out a fake. I never agreed with that theory about the spurious berry, I have seen other badges as well as Maybauer examples that were fairly certainly war issue or fairly soon after that had this berry.Ferg1.Comment
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Hardware comparison
Ok, whether it establishes the pilot badge as a fake, a '60s copy or anything else; here is the side-by-side comparison with the air gunner badge. It is not a 100% match, but VERY close.
At any rate, as this is an undoubtedly worn example of a pilot badge (holding it, I am certain that this is not a case of faked signs of wear); who were (entitled to?) wearing these badges in the 1960s, aside from the qualified pilots of WWI?
I do understand that this is a relatively uninteresting badge, but I just try to be able to identify it correctly...
Cheers,
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