Latvian Air badge

[Scowen]

Any Gentlemen here know whether this badge is original or not please?

Cheers

Don

[Scowen]

Reverse

[Scowen]

mark

[François SAEZ]

not good

[Scowen]

Thank you Fran?ois, lucky I did not buy it

Cheers

Don

[Wood]

Was this a fantasy item, or based on a real badge?

Regards,

Pete

[François SAEZ]

Fantasy item

[Tiger-pie]

Fantasy item

Pity, it looks nice.

Not an unofficial specially made up for a pilot of that unit to celebrate his 50th kill? Seems like a lot of work has gone into it.

Regards;

Johnsy

[ilja559]

Its not a fantasy.These are 50 years of 12 assault group, Latvians.

Those that served in 1944 in German aircraft.

[François SAEZ]

Its not a fantasy.These are 50 years of 12 assault group, Latvians.

Those that served in 1944 in German aircraft.

Well, we obviously don't have the same opinion and I believe a wartime pic will show how I am wrong but not, IMO, a WWII badge, if commemorative postwar, that I don't know

[ilja559]

Certainly postwar. 50 years of 12 assault group.

[Kev in Deva]

Certainly postwar. 50 years of 12 assault group.

Hallo ilja559

thank you for your input, can you tell us of any sources or reference material where the information is contained, we are always looking to learn more, especially about items we have not seen before now.

Kevin in Deva.

[ilja559]

Hallo Kevin.Soon there will be a book on the Latvian badges. My friend has shown some badges at a forum. The description in Russian if not clear I shall translate.

http://sammler.ru/index.php?showtopic=11095

[Tiger-pie]

Hallo Kevin.Soon there will be a book on the Latvian badges. My friend has shown some badges at a forum. The description in Russian if not clear I shall translate.

http://sammler.ru/index.php?showtopic=11095

Some very nice and unusual badges and medals there. Never seen most of them before.

Thanks for the additional information on the Latvian 12th Assault Group 50th anniversary badge. Looking at the pictures I could see that it is well made, no-one would go to that trouble for what would be regarded amongst 99% of TR collectors as an oddity or a fake (even though it is not strictly TR).

I note that they have included the swastika, but then again, lets not go there...

Regards;

Johnsy

Edited June 25, 2007 by Tiger-pie

[Scowen]

Hi Ilja559,

Thanks for the info & link! I've been wanting to getb a few of those badges for a while but so far have not been able to find any.

Cheers

Don

[iffig]

Hallo Kevin.Soon there will be a book on the Latvian badges. My friend has shown some badges at a forum. The description in Russian if not clear I shall translate.

http://sammler.ru/index.php?showtopic=11095

A book on Latvian badges ? I always dreamed of such a publication .....

Do not forget to give the title, ISBN and references of this book when published! And thank you for the link.

[ilja559]

I has see in eBay this book.But cant say about her.

[iffig]

I has see in eBay this book.But cant say about her.

Thanks for the info; looks like a book published by a museum.