Backwards WWI AAF Observer Half Wing

[devincu]

I picked this up in a bag of patches at a flea market today. I assume that this is a good WWI observer half wing in bullion, but I have never owned one of these so I thought I would post it for review.

 

Thank you,

Devin

[devincu]

here is the back

[Baker502]

Is the wing is on the wrong side, or am I missing something? Paul

[devincu]

Is the wing is on the wrong side, or am I missing something? Paul

 

I thought it was very large also...almost 4 inches long.

[bschwartz]

Are your photographs flipped by any chance? The observer wing should have the wing portion on the right hand side of the "O". http://www.ww2wings.com/wings/britainraf/britainrafobserver.shtml

[Wingcommander]

That's neat. Construction looks correct for a british made RAF Observer wing, but as pointed out, the wing is on the wrong side of the O. I do know, but in rare circumstance, the Wing was worn on the opposite side of the tunic when worn by Polish or Czech ex-pats in the RAF. They were usually in Miniature form, but some full sized brevets were worn, and some Observers had the wing on what we consider the ``wrong side.`` As I said, this opposing sided wing was a very rare occurrence

[devincu]

The photos are not backwards, this is exactly how the patch was made. So is it possible this is some other foreign patch? Thanks for the info Wingcommander. So you think this one is ok?

 

Devin