KIA Gold Star wing

[wartimecollectables.com]

I've owned two wings presentation engraved to the families of WWII KIA's but haven't seen this done before Has anyone else seen one like this?

[MWalsh]

I have one also, i will try and post pics of it if I can find it. Mine is engraved on the back too.

[skir]

Here is a Gold star wing given to Mother of Lt. HP who was killed in a B25 Training crash in Myrtle Beach SC. The wing is 2in sz

[MWalsh]

Andrew, while I did not dig my wings out, I DID find a thread I had done on them back in 2009 when I first obtained them.

 

Since then, if memory serves me right, I did enough research (need to dig out the research too) to determine that my guy IS the one I thought he was, the Pacific Theater B-25 pilot. I also recall that I was able to determine that he had a sister if memory serves me right, who eventually lived not super far from where I turned these up.

 

http://www.usmilitariaforum.com/forums/index.php?/topic/37508-unique-engraved-ww2-pilot-wings-from-a-kia/?hl=%2Bgold+%2Bstar+%2Bwings

 

My guess is that it was a local jeweler done thing. I had considered that maybe someone in the country perhaps advertised these in a magazine or something along those lines, and thus did a lot of them, but the small number of these that seem to turn up makes me think "local done" only.

[Mr.Jerry]

I have not seen that before. Thanks for sharing.

[wartimecollectables.com]

Interesting, thanks all!