Originally posted by Pieter Verbruggen
Hello Bill,
First of all the case you show is a basic standart case for an Air Crew badge.
But this case has been modified at the interior to fit an other badge than the air Crew badge. Your case is modified to fit a badge with a VERTICAL pin and not an HORIZONTAL as used on the Air Crew badge.
To my information there is no special case for the Pilot Observer with Diamonds in the IMIT version.
As the inner velvet of your case seems to me a period modification, perhaps done by the firm to house the IMIT piece ?
So I think I may say that we cannot see this case as an unaltered one for the Air Crew badge.
Pieter.
Hello Bill,
First of all the case you show is a basic standart case for an Air Crew badge.
But this case has been modified at the interior to fit an other badge than the air Crew badge. Your case is modified to fit a badge with a VERTICAL pin and not an HORIZONTAL as used on the Air Crew badge.
To my information there is no special case for the Pilot Observer with Diamonds in the IMIT version.
As the inner velvet of your case seems to me a period modification, perhaps done by the firm to house the IMIT piece ?
So I think I may say that we cannot see this case as an unaltered one for the Air Crew badge.
Pieter.
You are 100% correct that the case is an original Air Crew case ALTERED to fit the wearing copy (IMIT version) of the Pilot Observer's Badge with Diamonds. It is also an old alteration. I think a collector friend of yours has the case now from my information. I never knew of an original period case for the IMIT version, only the post war white "Ken Lane" specials of the 1960's.
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