| aeroplanez | hi | 13:22 |
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| aeroplanez | morning | 13:22 |
| BugeyeD | foggy here | 13:29 |
| BugeyeD | but definitely morning | 13:29 |
| BugeyeD | :) | 13:29 |
| aeroplanez | this is just a shot in the dark | 13:32 |
| aeroplanez | anybody happens to know anything about military badges | 13:32 |
| aeroplanez | i have some unidentified ones | 13:58 |
| BugeyeD | i've been out almost 20 years; i probably wouldn't recognize anything anymore ... | 14:11 |
| akgraner | aeroplanez, you can always send a link over and I can see what myself or others I know can do for you... akgraner gmail.com | 14:13 |
| akgraner | however it will be later tonight before I can really look at anything | 14:13 |
| aeroplanez | BugeyeD, you might just be the one to be able to recognzie it then :) | 14:13 |
| aeroplanez | its quite old i figure | 14:13 |
| aeroplanez | akgraner, can I just post the link here? | 14:14 |
| akgraner | sure | 14:14 |
| aeroplanez | http://img842.imageshack.us/img842/5885/facehg.jpg | 14:16 |
| aeroplanez | my grand father and great grandfather and even their father all served | 14:16 |
| aeroplanez | from before ww1 | 14:17 |
| aeroplanez | my grandfather and his father were both army pilots | 14:17 |
| aeroplanez | not sure who this belongs to | 14:17 |
| aeroplanez | i cant find one to match it against to be honest | 14:17 |
| aeroplanez | the ones they have now look totally different | 14:17 |
| akgraner | old Army Air Corp Wings | 14:18 |
| aeroplanez | heres the back | 14:18 |
| aeroplanez | http://img194.imageshack.us/img194/1230/markst.jpg | 14:18 |
| aeroplanez | with the marks | 14:18 |
| aeroplanez | it says | 14:18 |
| aeroplanez | Tiffany & Co. MAKERS | 14:19 |
| aeroplanez | 14KT GOLD, NY | 14:19 |
| aeroplanez | can you tell sortof the time frame for these? | 14:19 |
| akgraner | yep - google Army Air Corps Wings and Tiffany & Co. This were very coveted back in the day | 14:19 |
| BugeyeD | cool! | 14:20 |
| aeroplanez | i cant find it | 14:21 |
| aeroplanez | was it always called army air corps? | 14:21 |
| akgraner | prop after World War I but maybe into World War II - even Vietnam wings still had the single pin on those wings | 14:21 |
| aeroplanez | It looks like Army Air corps wings | 14:22 |
| aeroplanez | but the ones i found dont have US on their shield | 14:22 |
| akgraner | I just sent them off to someone | 14:23 |
| akgraner | so we;ll find out soon enough :-) them = your pics | 14:23 |
| akgraner | s/we;ll/we'll | 14:23 |
| aeroplanez | http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:US_-_Aviation_Wings.png | 14:23 |
| aeroplanez | these are basically all the designs i find | 14:23 |
| akgraner | gotta get back to work for now - will check back later | 14:23 |
| aeroplanez | the middle one does bear resemblenace but it doesnt have the US on it | 14:24 |
| aeroplanez | thanks akgraner | 14:24 |
| aeroplanez | lol | 14:26 |
| aeroplanez | I should have read that wiki | 14:26 |
| aeroplanez | it says specifically | 14:26 |
| aeroplanez | this is from WW1 | 14:26 |
| aeroplanez | http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Aviator_Badge#World_War_I | 14:27 |
| aeroplanez | in Ww1 they made them with the US in the shield | 14:27 |
| aeroplanez | hello | 21:25 |
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