I would not put too much reliance into the Doehle illustrations shown in his book either - look at the Pilot Badge on page 111 and the P/O Badge on page 113 and you'll see two badges whose eagles are very strange, especially the heads. I have to agree on both accounts Stan. With such a badge as rare as this, and the cost of said badge literally in the thousands, I simply would not feel "safe" with another style other than that shown by John and myself. I can possibly see a later war die for zinkers, so maybe two dies in all, but Christ, how many dies could they possibly have had for such an infrequently issued badge as the Flyers Commemorative? We're not talking Pilot or ROAG Badges here where tens of thousands were issued so multiple dies were eventually needed because of wear and tear. ERIC