Need Help With Wing Badge ID

Discussion in 'Militaria' started by travd3, Feb 27, 2015.

  1. travd3

    travd3 New Member

    Does anyone recognize these wings? I haven't found a thing yet. Any help would be greatly appreciated.

    WINGS-1WEB.jpg
     
  2. 'Nuff_Said

    'Nuff_Said Well-Known Member

    Travd3, welcome to the board. Your image is a bit too small so I took the liberty of enlarging it,.....I hope this is ok?

    WINGS-002.jpg
     
  3. 'Nuff_Said

    'Nuff_Said Well-Known Member

    Also, I have a couple of badges embroidered in a similar fashion that I know nothing about. Hopefully, someone will come along and enlighten the both of us. Cool?

    BADGES 001 001-001.JPG
     
  4. travd3

    travd3 New Member

    Thanks for the pic enlargement. Looks like we are in the same boat. I don't recognize those two either.
     
  5. komokwa

    komokwa The Truth is out there...!

    Nuff...Warrant officer badges.....Canadian post WW2.....
    best I can come up with...

    But I see those were also closely matched by Australia & N.Z.

    So I may not be spot on.......or yours may be replica's.

    I dunno ?????

    Post Unification
    A completely new system of rank badges was initiated after Unification.

    [​IMG] On Combat Dress - small rank badges in olive drab were worn either on slip-ons or sewn directly to combat shirts/jackets. Rank badges for all grades of Warrant Officer were now relocated to the upper sleeves when worn directly on the shirt.
    [​IMG] CF Shirts - when worn as parade or walking out dress, the linden green shirts also had enamel rank pins worn on the points of the collars. As Work Dress evolved, the linden green shirts were also seen with that order of dress. The rank pins were carried over to the new Garrison Dress as well.
     
  6. Ownedbybear

    Ownedbybear Well-Known Member

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  7. travd3

    travd3 New Member

    Ownedbybear...I believe you may be right about the wings...After looking again last night I believe the wings are either British or one of the Commonwealths. South Africa has the "x" in the center of some of theirs, but not quit the same. If I could find the meaning of the "x" it would help to narrow the search
     
  8. daveydempsey

    daveydempsey Moderator Moderator

    The Wings with the X are Canadian Forces Aircrew flight test engineers.
     
  9. komokwa

    komokwa The Truth is out there...!

    & that's what happens when british and canadian stuff shows up together .....I get all discombobulated !!!

    Good pull Davy !
     
  10. travd3

    travd3 New Member

    Davey...Can you show me where you found a set? Everything I pull up is different. There are some similarities, but thats as far as it goes.
     
  11. daveydempsey

    daveydempsey Moderator Moderator

    Sorry I should have saved the link.
    If you Google "Airforce Wings patch with X" then click "images" there are many images not related to yours but I found it in a chart of multiple patches.
     
  12. travd3

    travd3 New Member

    I'll give it a shot
     
  13. Ownedbybear

    Ownedbybear Well-Known Member

    The X makes sense: used as the marque indication for experimental aircraft.
     
  14. travd3

    travd3 New Member

    The X does make sense when you give it some thought....I'm still looking...didnt find when I looked under your search wording.
     
  15. 'Nuff_Said

    'Nuff_Said Well-Known Member

    Thanks all.....much appreciated!
     
  16. travd3

    travd3 New Member

    Well...hmmm...My original post is still active...Still trying to ID my wings...ownedbybear has gotten me in the ballpark ,but still looking
     
  17. 'Nuff_Said

    'Nuff_Said Well-Known Member

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