JapanX Posted March 26, 2012 Author Share Posted March 26, 2012 (edited) And here we have very interesting NCO badge made in silver straight from 1940. We know the exact year for this specimen since it is “jubilee” badge that was issued in 1940 (2600th anniversary of Empire). Quite common practice by the way (buckles, sake cups, gratuity cigarette cases and clocks, etc). This type has star and propeller in gold gilt, but rays in silver (?). The tricky part is wings - looks like they were oxidized Propeller has solid blades. Edited March 26, 2012 by JapanX Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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JapanX Posted March 26, 2012 Author Share Posted March 26, 2012 Well my dear colleagues – its time! Time for the gold wings/silver wings specimens. Because Peterson wasn’t completely wrong when he wrote about Officer Badges with wings in gold gild. Indeed sometimes (or rather "hardly ever" ) we could meet such specimens. Unfortunately I’ve never seen boxed or inscribed specimen. So I don’t have any time coordinates for such badges. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JapanX Posted March 26, 2012 Author Share Posted March 26, 2012 (edited) Type “gold wings” Badge (unknown period) This type has star, propeller and wings in gold gilt. Reverse in gold gilt. Propeller has solid blades. Badge dimensions width 35,88 mm height 48,26 mm Badge weight 13,59 grams Edited March 26, 2012 by JapanX Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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JapanX Posted March 26, 2012 Author Share Posted March 26, 2012 Another specimen of this type. Beautifully toned specimen! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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JapanX Posted March 26, 2012 Author Share Posted March 26, 2012 Type “silver wings” Badge (unknown period) This type has star and propeller in gold gilt, but wings in silver. Reverse in silver. Propeller has solid blades. Badge dimensions width 35,88 mm height 48,18 mm Badge weight 13,62 grams Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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JapanX Posted March 26, 2012 Author Share Posted March 26, 2012 Type “slotted propeller” Badge (after 1940? 1944/1945?) These badges have very stable characteristics Propeller has form of ∞ Wide pin Greater thickness Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JapanX Posted March 26, 2012 Author Share Posted March 26, 2012 (edited) Type “slotted propeller” variation 1 “Star and propeller in gold gilt, wings in silver” Badge dimensions width 39,12 mm height 54,38 mm Badge weight 42,87 grams Edited March 26, 2012 by JapanX Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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JapanX Posted March 26, 2012 Author Share Posted March 26, 2012 (edited) Type “slotted propeller” variation 2 “Star, wings and propeller in silver (?)”. This badge is in collection of DavidS – many thanks for the photos! I am not sure about the colorization of the star (and if it comes to that – of the propeller too) since obviously this badge went through a hard trial! Even lost his original wide pin Edited March 26, 2012 by JapanX Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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JapanX Posted March 26, 2012 Author Share Posted March 26, 2012 Type “slotted propeller”variation 3 “Star in gold, propeller in silver, brown painted wings”. This badge most probably came from 1943-1945 (judging by the type of superimposed star). Badge dimensions width 39,32 mm height 54,90 mm Badge weight 43,29 grams Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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