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Naval Aviator - How Common Are The Gold Wings?

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#26

I will try to get a better lighting picture and when I can find my loup a picture magnified.

#27

Here are my WW1 era 10k Robbin’s wings

 

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#28
On 12/18/2025 at 10:38 PM, Gear Fanatic said:

So I’m back and got a picture I guess I revert incorrectly, they don’t say 10K clearly. It looks (to me) like they say 10 then the maker mark. Not sure, I can’t tell, they have a great luster though that sadly doesn’t show up as well in the picture. Either way a nice set and sorry to disappoint that they aren’t marked clearly.

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Thanks for the confirmation. I suspected it was rather unlikely that you had wings marked 10k vs 1/20 10k, which means totally different things.

Cheers,

Jerry

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#29

Here's a Balfour 10K wing that I used to own. Marked LGB 10K.

I thought the reverse was quite soft looking and was unsure if they were original or not. Definitely real gold though.

 

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#30
10 hours ago, David B said:

Here's a Balfour 10K wing that I used to own. Marked LGB 10K.

I thought the reverse was quite soft looking and was unsure if they were original or not. Definitely real gold though.

 

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David

 

This wing is very similar to the wing I just acquired. See my photos attached which are much lower quality than your beautiful pics. 

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#31
16 hours ago, AmHistoryFan said:

David

 

This wing is very similar to the wing I just acquired. See my photos attached which are much lower quality than your beautiful pics. 

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Very nice!

 

Is it also LGB 10K marked?

 

 

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#32
5 hours ago, David B said:

Very nice!

 

Is it also LGB 10K marked?

 

 

Yes

 

LGB 10k hallmarked. 

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