wartimecollectables.com Posted July 22, 2018 Share #1 Posted July 22, 2018 Two full size wings. The top wing is marked GEMSCO ACID TEST, I've never seen this pattern. Sweetheart wing? The bottom wing with the applied anchor & USN is marked STERLING and I've had this one before. I had always assumed it was a sweetheart wing but noted a couple places recently where it was described as an Instructor wing? “Curiouser and curiouser!” Cried Alice! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kropotkin Posted July 22, 2018 Share #2 Posted July 22, 2018 The top wing has been cropped of the anchor. You can see the marks where itâs been snipped. The bottom one is most likely a sweetheart wing. Iâve seen these with the Presidential eagle device applied for USAAC purposes. Some chump of a seller once told me this was a special forces helicopter aircrew badge, or somesuch, and put a £250 price tag on it. As itâs a relatively rare and unknown brooch I suppose people apply their own theories as to what it could be. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KASTAUFFER Posted July 22, 2018 Share #3 Posted July 22, 2018 I've seen that same bottom wing before with Egyptian motifs soldered to the center rather than USN. I think it's a sweetheart piece, Kurt Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wartimecollectables.com Posted July 22, 2018 Author Share #4 Posted July 22, 2018 Great! Special Forces Helicopter Aircrew wing for Egyptian Assault Troops attached to the U.S. Navy! Heck, that beats sweetheart wing any day!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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