October 11, 201510 yr Author #54 Aide to a Major General bronze made by "J.R. Gaunt London Made in England"
October 31, 201510 yr Author #57 Aide to the Governor of NY bronze pinback It is often the case that the reverse has a back of a different badge. The rear tool was not changed during the installation for a new badge.
May 7, 201610 yr Author #60 Hello Today I received a shirt size Item ( second from right ) size comparison .
May 8, 201610 yr Author #61 Aide to the President of the United States of America manufacturer: Balfour marked "LGB STERLING" I have no information why it is silver. A prototype ? Michael .
May 8, 201610 yr Author #63 ROADRUNNER that is sweet. Maybe an early AF one? That was the first I thought that it could be a USAF prototype but the "new" design for the Aide to the President was changed in 1953 and the USAF had their own style a few years earlier, shown in "The Airmans Handbook" from May 1951. .
May 8, 201610 yr #64 Ya thats a real stumper.I found this page while searching. http://www.emersoninsignia.net/files/Download/18AidesInsig.pdf
May 8, 201610 yr Author #65 Ya thats a real stumper.I found this page while searching. http://www.emersoninsignia.net/files/Download/18AidesInsig.pdf I know Bill and his Homepage with fantastic articles and so I linked his HP in #1 of this topic. I think BALFOUR knew what they were doing at producing this silver item. 1951 and 1953 are not to far away and so it is my theory it is a USAF prototype. It took a few years to change the Army design for the Presidential Aide and parallel the USAF Aide insignias were createt. Instead of using the Army versions with silver eagle and silver shield ( border ) the Air Force created their own style of AdC insignias.
August 22, 20169 yr Author #66 Bill has in his article a pair of AdC made by Crispulo Zamora. and wrote this information about the items. "Another interesting pair of aide insignia are pin-back versions made in the Philippines. These (below left) are marked Crispulo Zamora, have white stars, and are 1-9/16 inches high." Here are pictures of front and reverse to show better details. I'm still searching this type for my collection. Please PM if you have one for sale. Michael .
October 2, 20169 yr Author #70 Aide to a Major General marked "BB&B" and "BRONZE" pinback matching pair All AdC from BB&B I have seen are slightly curved. .
October 2, 20169 yr Author #71 Aide to a Major General and Aide to a Brigadier General screwback British made hallmarked with a arrow I know that british military items are marked with a arrow. If you have any other information about the arrow or could assign it to a manufacturer please let me know. The items looks very much alike the J. R. Gaunt ones. Michael .
October 2, 20169 yr Author #72 It is not a good quality of the picture but it shows the huge quantiy of manufacturer and variations over the time. And there a a lot more I'm searching for my collection. The older the items, the better the quality ! .
October 3, 20169 yr #73 amazing collection ! one of the most complete i've ever seen...if not the most complete !
October 3, 20169 yr #74 in order to links similar topics, here's a link to another one : http://www.usmilitariaforum.com/forums/index.php?/topic/103696-aides-to-camp-officer-collar-badges-branch/
October 8, 20169 yr Author #75 Hello This is the first item of the current design where the eagle looks to his own left. Vanguard,N.Y. 1V Michael
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