Aircraft Destruction Badge

[Gaspare]

- you would think the strip would be exactly the same on the 2 with only a change of the different device...

[Tom B]

IMO it's just a fake. Many of these were made in the 70's when the Austrian fake TDB's showed up. Tom

[Jeff V]

- you would think the strip would be exactly the same on the 2 with only a change of the different device...

I agree. At least for an official award. Field made is a different story.

[Gary B]

Here is a comparison of a Silver Aircraft Destruction Badge with a Silver Tank Destruction Badge.

Note the completely different silver brocade and that the striations on the black border on the TDB go ///////////////// on both the top and bottom borders while on the ADB the striations only go //////////////// on the bottom border, not on the top border.

The silver weave on the strip Tim shows appears identical to the weave of the gold strip from the OP.

Gary B

[Stormrider59]

Here is a comparison of a Silver Aircraft Destruction Badge with a Silver Tank Destruction Badge.

Note the completely different silver brocade and that the striations on the black border on the TDB go ///////////////// on both the top and bottom borders while on the ADB the striations only go //////////////// on the bottom border, not on the top border.

How is this strip assembled? Does it have a steel backing plate that causes it to bow?

- you would think the strip would be exactly the same on the 2 with only a change of the different device...

That would indeed make sense.

IMO it's just a fake. Many of these were made in the 70's when the Austrian fake TDB's showed up. Tom

Certainly possible.

I agree. At least for an official award. Field made is a different story.

As we've seen with such awards like the Lappland shield, there's no rules for that one, just nerves of steel to buy one outside of a grouping.

The silver weave on the strip Tim shows appears identical to the weave of the gold strip from the OP.

Gary B

It is almost a cross weave pattern of the underlying gold cloth, of note, the gold stitching that bolsters the edges appears to be more like bullion wire.

[Tim Curley]

The Silver Aircraft Destruction Badge shown does not have a steel backing plate.

From a vague outline in the backing material it does appear to have a square, nonferrous plate slightly larger than the airplane.