Found some wings this weekend WASP with attached large Diamond

[SA1794]

Picked these wings up this weekend. Would like opinions on the WASP wings.

[wolfbay]

Is the Diamond attached to the Observer wing?

[Patchcollector]

Well that WASP Wing is pretty interesting.Never saw one like that.I'll let the more knowledgeable Wing peeps sort this one out

[SA1794]

Is the Diamond attached to the Observer wing?

I took a closer look at the wings and it appears the diamond is a separate piece that was attached to the wings.

[pfrost]

I'm not a 100% sure, but best I can recall, when Russ Huff's first book came out he had a WASP wing like this one. Basically it was a converted GEMSCO with an extra-large WASP lozenge. Sadly, it is probably not a vintage WASP wing.

 

The consensus is that there were only Josten-made WASP wings during WWII*. Although I have heard (but never seen) that AMICO made a WASP wing as well. The GEMSCO wing is usually considered a fantasy piece, especially without any provenance.

 

Sorry

Patrick

 

*not including the various class wings of course.

[SA1794]

I'm not a 100% sure, but best I can recall, when Russ Huff's first book came out he had a WASP wing like this one. Basically it was a converted GEMSCO with an extra-large WASP lozenge. Sadly, it is probably not a vintage WASP wing.

 

The consensus is that there were only Josten-made WASP wings during WWII*. Although I have heard (but never seen) that AMICO made a WASP wing as well. The GEMSCO wing is usually considered a fantasy piece, especially without any provenance.

 

Sorry

Patrick

 

*not including the various class wings of course.

Hey Patrick: Thanks for the info. No worries, I pretty much figured it was a later issue and not WWII vintage, but was looking for confirmation. The wing was part of a large lot I purchased that contained wings, DUI, medals, ect. And not for a huge sum of $$$.