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