Help ID badge...

tokenhead

Hero Member
Joined
Feb 14, 2006
Messages
848
Reaction score
64
Golden Thread
0
Location
Erie,PA.
Primary Interest:
All Treasure Hunting

Attachments

  • Picture 950.webp
    Picture 950.webp
    53.5 KB · Views: 397
  • Picture 949.webp
    Picture 949.webp
    47.1 KB · Views: 411
PI do believe an Imperial German Pilots Badge.
I will try to get more info
 

Attachments

  • 9776509_1_l.webp
    9776509_1_l.webp
    41.6 KB · Views: 328
Upvote 0
oops...IronSpike beat me and his looks closer :icon_thumleft:
 

Upvote 0
chrisplay2004 said:
PI do believe an Imperial German Pilots Badge.
I will try to get more info
But your's is cut away like mine,Iron Spike's has a solid back...unless that's back ground! :icon_thumright:
 

Upvote 0
Notice the birds in the OP post and the linked pictures in the reply's face different directions. Intentional to separate ranks, positions, groups? Or indication of a reproduction?
 

Upvote 0
Need a little more digging. It does appear to be some type of Prussian (Imperial German) aviation badge, but there are several variations online. IronSpike's is close in general design, but has a solid back, and when you look at the backside image on his link, the pin is of a different style.
aviation backside.webp

Chrisplay2004's badge also has the wrong pin, and the bird is not quite the same. It appears slimmer to me. Compare the thickness of the tail to the OP's. Not all the badges I've seen online have a flat back either, even though the front looks similar, adding to the confusion......
 

Upvote 0
Twisted One said:
Notice the birds in the OP post and the linked pictures in the reply's face different directions. Intentional to separate ranks, positions, groups? Or indication of a reproduction?

My bad, I guess the bird is facing the right way, is his head broken? Looks funny for some reason.
 

Upvote 0
Here's one I thought was really close, until I saw the hollow backside..... listed as postwar 1920-1930's
air gunner front.webp
air gunner back.webp
 

Upvote 0
awesome. I wish I could find stuff like that at our dump
 

Upvote 0
Definitely WW1 German, they had so many different companies making medals and badges that you wouldn't believe that amount of variations out there.

You can contact the Wehrmacht awards forum, in their Imperial German section, and get it authenticated, and probably find out who made it.

http://www.wehrmacht-awards.com/forums/forumdisplay.php?f=9
 

Upvote 0
NOLA_Ken said:
Definitely WW1 German, they had so many different companies making medals and badges that you wouldn't believe that amount of variations out there.

You can contact the Wehrmacht awards forum, in their Imperial German section, and get it authenticated, and probably find out who made it.

http://www.wehrmacht-awards.com/forums/forumdisplay.php?f=9

Good suggestion NOLA_Ken :icon_thumright:
 

Upvote 0
THANKS all FOR INPUT&INFORMATION...MINE MAY BE A REPO. BY WHY IN A DUMP!???! I will mark it solved soon,Again thanks ALL!!! AND HH :read2:, :icon_thumright:
 

Upvote 0

Top Member Reactions

Similar threads

Users who are viewing this thread

Back
Top Bottom