rsunday Posted June 21, 2013 Share #1 Posted June 21, 2013 Hello Any help appreciated. Thanks Rafal Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeK Posted June 22, 2013 Share #2 Posted June 22, 2013 It looks like a nice WW2 vintage Meyer Sterling example to me. Regards Mike Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rsunday Posted June 23, 2013 Author Share #3 Posted June 23, 2013 Thank you Mike. Any other comments? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pfrost Posted June 23, 2013 Share #4 Posted June 23, 2013 Mike said it all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doyler Posted June 23, 2013 Share #5 Posted June 23, 2013 Agreed.I have one also Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rsunday Posted June 24, 2013 Author Share #6 Posted June 24, 2013 Thank you all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tonomachi Posted June 24, 2013 Share #7 Posted June 24, 2013 Nice WW2 paratrooper wing. I've seen a number of these particular wings over the years and it seemed as if the maker could never make up their mind where to place their hallmarks of the NS Meyer shield and the word sterling. I've seen the shield & sterling clumped together on the left wing, upside down clumped together on right wing, sterling on the left wing with the shield on the right wing and the one I have has the shield on the right wing but no sterling hallmark even though it is made of sterling. I've noticed that the size of the lettering for sterling differs with one of the wings and the location where they soldered the pin back is a little different. Based on these observations my guess is that these hallmarks must have been stamped onto the wing afterwards by hand instead of being part of the initial die. Since they are all over the place my guess is that the company did not dictate where exactly they were required to stamp their hallmarks. Since they are all over the place maybe different employees of the company were stamping the hallmarks where they felt they should be as they were never given any guidance. The soldering of the pin back fixing is a little off with some so it gives an impression that they were rushed. Does anyone know if this was the practice back in WW2? I'm also assuming that the raised hallmarks on WW2 era paratrooper wings were part of the initial die. Here are photos of what I'm talking about. One photo shows the same placement of hallmarks but much lower than the original wing in this thread, a second photo shows both hallmarks clumped together on the left wing and a third photo shows the hallmarks clumped together upside down on the right wing and the lettering for STERLING much larger. The fourth photo shows the shield on the right wing with Sterling on the left wing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Torch03 Posted June 24, 2013 Share #8 Posted June 24, 2013 It's good to go Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tonomachi Posted June 24, 2013 Share #9 Posted June 24, 2013 Last photo which I couldn't fit in the above post is the one I own with the shield on the right wing minus (forgot?) the sterling hallmark. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WPAFB Posted June 25, 2013 Share #10 Posted June 25, 2013 If you look closely in the group of four picture you can see these all came from different dies. Meyer contacted out its work so these could have been made by four different companies. The fifth (separate) badge could be silver plated brass and reason the sterling mark is missing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WPAFB Posted June 25, 2013 Share #11 Posted June 25, 2013 It would be nice to see the fronts of all of these to see if they also have slight differences. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tonomachi Posted June 26, 2013 Share #12 Posted June 26, 2013 It would be nice to see the fronts of all of these to see if they also have slight differences. Here you go. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tonomachi Posted June 26, 2013 Share #13 Posted June 26, 2013 More Photos Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tonomachi Posted June 26, 2013 Share #14 Posted June 26, 2013 More Photos Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tonomachi Posted June 26, 2013 Share #15 Posted June 26, 2013 Last Photo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
patches Posted June 26, 2013 Share #16 Posted June 26, 2013 A excellent guide for WWII N.S. Meyer made jump wings Tonomachi, thank's Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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