Costa Posted March 25, 2017 Share #1 Posted March 25, 2017 i added this today. does any one know if it is pre war? full size brass. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Costa Posted March 25, 2017 Author Share #2 Posted March 25, 2017 back--------- Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
B-17Guy Posted March 25, 2017 Share #3 Posted March 25, 2017 Die probably dates to the 1920's. Your badge is surely pre WWII. Nice pick up. John Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Costa Posted March 25, 2017 Author Share #4 Posted March 25, 2017 thank you john. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BBG Posted March 26, 2017 Share #5 Posted March 26, 2017 Nice find!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pfrost Posted March 27, 2017 Share #6 Posted March 27, 2017 NS Meyer's used at least three patterns for pilot wings. The "slick" version which is likely pre-war to early war. The pre-war wings (observer, pilot, balloon and airship, for example) wings all use the "slick" pattern. Then the "first" pelican beak pattern which probably goes to about 1942 until about 1950's, For example, you won't find the WWII ratings (bombardier, navigator, etc) of NS Meyer wings in the slick wing pattern and won't find the pre-war wings (i.e balloon, airship) using pelican beak pattern. After the KW, they seemed to use a modified pelican wing pattern that you find with the alpha/numeric system (although there may have been some overlap). Thus, in general (I expect that there are exceptions-there always are), slick NS Meyer wings are probably pre-war, although there was clearly overlap with the pelican beak wings during the war. Pelican beak wings seem to be strictly war-time and post war manufacture. Then the last pattern seems to be post KW. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kimo Posted March 27, 2017 Share #7 Posted March 27, 2017 I did not know that the Army Air Service's pilots wore yellow colored brass wings at one point in time. I had thought that they always had been silver colored, usually made of sterling and sometimes of coin or simply silver plated over brass or nickel. When did the AAS authorize these yellow color brass wings for wear? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rustywings Posted March 27, 2017 Share #8 Posted March 27, 2017 I think you're seeing a bit of the wing's underlying brass foundation peek through a somewhat worn silver wash... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pfrost Posted March 27, 2017 Share #9 Posted March 27, 2017 I suspect that the silver plate has simply been polished off. At one point these wings would have been silver. They were never intended to be "yellow color brass", I think. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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