A.H. Dondero Flight Surgeon Wings

[5thwingmarty]

These just joined the collection.  Although I have a few other Donduro pattern wings in my collection, this silver Flight Surgeon is my first WWII vintage one with an actual A.H. Donduro Inc. Wash. D.C. hallmark.  It seems like the Pasquale hallmarked examples in this pattern are easier to come by.

 

Not as impressive as Kevin's quartet of Amico medical wings, but its a start.

 

Marty

[warguy]

Hey Marty, every bit as impressive! Beautiful wings that landed in a good home. Kevin

[manayunkman]

Beautiful wings

[jeff41st]

I don't think I have seen a Donduro marked flight surgeon before. Very nice. 

[rathbonemuseum.com]

Hi Marty, just a correction here that it is "Dondero" as in A.H. Dondero Co of Washington DC

https://www.dondero.com/history.html

 

[5thwingmarty]

Spelling has never been my forte.  Maybe one of the mods can correct my thread heading to aid in possible future searches.

 

I don't think I have ever seen a WWII Dondero hallmarked wing that wasn't either a Flight Surgeon or a Flight Nurse.  There are Dondero hallmarked examples of both on Bob's www.ww2wings.com site.  There are other ratings that can be found with Dondero post WWII hallmarks like the Amcraft pattern Senior Pilot wings that include the D-2 mark.

 

There are also a lot of Dondero hallmarked DIs that I would guess date to WWII.

[rathbonemuseum.com]

Here are my known Dondero's for comparison. Like yours, the silver Flight Surgeon is the only one hallmarked. Also unique for Dondero is their shiny rhodium plated surface.

T

[5thwingmarty]

Very nice Tod.  Do you not have any of the Aerial Gunner wings, or are you not convinced they are actually from Dondero?