cwnorma Posted October 15, 2017 Share #276 Posted October 15, 2017 Several WW1 era badges and insignia formerly sold by the Naugatuck Novelty Company: Reference https://get.google.com/albumarchive/105861955697485892280/album/AF1QipNpfQ9U5FztWqaBlmlaDiIQyJKTi6pGngzL02op Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cwnorma Posted February 12, 2021 Share #277 Posted February 12, 2021 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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cwnorma Posted June 4, 2021 Share #282 Posted June 4, 2021 Here is a "Dallas-type" wing I like to call the "Cadillac" of fake wings. Although the details of the feathers are all wrong, the individual pieces are nonetheless crisply die struck and the US is separately applied in 10k gold. Some nefarious "such and such" went to the trouble of having dies made for this badge and was willing to use real gold to further their grift. From 6 feet away, this badge is indistinguishable from a real wing. Caveat emptor. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rathbonemuseum.com Posted August 16, 2021 Share #283 Posted August 16, 2021 Another of the famous LaBreve Paris fake series for sale on eBay Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LuftStalg1 Posted August 23, 2021 Share #284 Posted August 23, 2021 Well, these fantisy LeBreve wings are still going strong. eBay item number: 133850041741 WW1 Junior & Reserve Military Aeronaut (Balloon Pilot) Wings Sterling Silver 835 So far 17 bids and up to $229.50. https://www.ebay.com/itm/133850041741?hash=item1f2a158d8d:g:3ekAAOSwjmZhGee0&mkcid=1&mkrid=711-53200-19255-0&siteid=0&campid=5338803324&customid=133850041741&toolid=10001&mkevt=1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rathbonemuseum.com Posted August 26, 2021 Share #285 Posted August 26, 2021 Agreed. Posted same in Fake Wings section hoping to deter the uninitiated. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
5thwingmarty Posted October 23, 2021 Share #286 Posted October 23, 2021 I haven't seen any of these posted here. It might be a JoeW special, but since the photos on his site are so crappy you can't really tell. It measures ~1-7/8" wide, has a 180-degree opening pin and a small sterling mark in the center of the back. I don't know which maker's wing this is a copy of. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
truckbob Posted February 4, 2022 Share #287 Posted February 4, 2022 I don't post too much but reading this post prompted me to share a good balloon pilot badge. Here is a Capurro hallmarked 2 inch balloon pilot. I remember when I got it over 30 years ago. I used to advertise for wings in a local antique paper and this beauty showed up. I shared it with Duncan and it was the only one he had ever seen Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve Brannan Posted February 4, 2022 Share #288 Posted February 4, 2022 A beautiful old wing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LuftStalg1 Posted February 4, 2022 Share #289 Posted February 4, 2022 1 hour ago, truckbob said: I don't post too much but reading this post prompted me to share a good balloon pilot badge. Here is a Capurro hallmarked 2 inch balloon pilot. I remember when I got it over 30 years ago. I used to advertise for wings in a local antique paper and this beauty showed up. I shared it with Duncan and it was the only one he had ever seen Nice, you should give it its own post. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bschwartz Posted February 4, 2022 Share #290 Posted February 4, 2022 It's a dead ringer for the badge from Cliff's collection on my site - Link to Cliff's wing Cliff identified it as a Dunham wing. Wonder if this may add some new information to react to. Thanks for posting this beauty. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cwnorma Posted February 4, 2022 Share #291 Posted February 4, 2022 11 hours ago, bschwartz said: It's a dead ringer for the badge from Cliff's collection on my site - Link to Cliff's wing Cliff identified it as a Dunham wing. Wonder if this may add some new information... Dunham and Capurro were cross-town competitors, but there is mounting evidence the two men also shared business trade relationships. Capurro's shop was in the tony Laurel Heights neighborhood near the entrance to Camp John Wise on Main Avenue. Dunham's factory and sales operation was three miles away, downtown on Navarro St. near the Buckhorn Saloon and other downtown watering holes. It is likely that Dunham manufactured the badge, and sold it wholesale to Capurro -- who then sold it retail to men from Camp John Wise. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bschwartz Posted February 4, 2022 Share #292 Posted February 4, 2022 I sent an email to Cliff last night giving him a heads up about this thread. He gave me almost exactly the same information you posted Chris, that Capurro sold badges that were manufactured by Dunham. Thanks for a second source on that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
truckbob Posted February 4, 2022 Share #293 Posted February 4, 2022 Thanks guys for the additional information. Anyone know is the badge Cliff has also less than full size as is mine. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bschwartz Posted February 4, 2022 Share #294 Posted February 4, 2022 1 hour ago, truckbob said: Thanks guys for the additional information. Anyone know is the badge Cliff has also less than full size as is mine. Yes, your badge and Cliff's are identical except for the hallmark. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cwnorma Posted February 5, 2022 Share #295 Posted February 5, 2022 On 2/4/2022 at 10:12 AM, cwnorma said: Dunham's factory and sales operation was three miles away, downtown on Navarro St. near the Buckhorn Saloon and other downtown watering holes. Albert Freidrich, proprietor of San Antonio's Buckhorn Saloon and community booster made a special effort to welcome local Air Service men serving at Kelly Field, Brooks Field, and Camp John Wise: The above postcard, shows a sign, made entirely from rattlesnake rattles that hung prominently in the bar. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pryo Posted July 16, 2022 Share #296 Posted July 16, 2022 More for any new guys. Not that the majority of you are not already aware, but wanted to show off some absolute gems that I just noticed. I think the service pilot ones are the best out of the bunch, but that does not amount to saying much. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rustywings Posted July 16, 2022 Share #297 Posted July 16, 2022 That ebay seller and his wide assortment of cast-crap aerial badge reproductions will certainly lure more than a few unsuspecting bidders! Please step into the web, said the spider to the fly! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rathbonemuseum.com Posted July 16, 2022 Share #298 Posted July 16, 2022 For educational purposes. Please review the text of the description and note that it is careful to keep the door open that these "might" be reproductions but "could" be real. They are absolutely reproduction. All of them. I encourage you to go through all the listings and learn. Please do not buy and then post here "are they good?" because they are not. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cwnorma Posted July 16, 2022 Share #299 Posted July 16, 2022 I've recently noticed several eBay dealers--the type willing to handle questionable goods--have been pushing reproduction early aviation material. This usually means that a "collection" was recently broken up. I expect to see more until this recent round of gimcrackery finds its way into the hands of the "usual suspects." Chris Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
5thwingmarty Posted July 16, 2022 Share #300 Posted July 16, 2022 I find it incredibly hard to believe a "collector" could unintentionally gather so many obviously bad wings. Are there any good wings being offered by this seller? How many of this sellers 25 "original" WWII vintage US wings are legitimate? How many of their 6 WWI US wings are? But they know they have 15 reproduction WWI US wings for sale as well. Many (most or all?) of us have picked up a wing we thought was good, but upon closer inspection or with shared knowledge from other more experienced collectors found was not a legitimate vintage wing. Did someone pick up a "collection" from JoeW's Arizona distributer? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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