Chris Boonzaier Posted December 31, 2012 Share Posted December 31, 2012 For those who dont collect German... this may be of interest anyway ;-) http://gmic.co.uk/index.php/topic/56658-fallschirmjgers-wallet/?p=524614 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Boonzaier Posted December 31, 2012 Author Share Posted December 31, 2012 Here you go... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mervyn Mitton Posted January 1, 2013 Share Posted January 1, 2013 Chris - AAC stands for Army Air Corps. They were formed in 1942 and included personnel for a number of duties. One of these was flying small planes for spotting - they had an artillery officer on board to watch for fall of shot. They also included Paras in the early days and SAS. I agree with you that the wallet looks Tunisian or, Nth.African - he could have taken the badge as a souvenir in Africa or, perhaps Crete where the German Paras were in force. One interesting point - I don't think the badge is an original one. During the camaign many badges were lost when equipment was captured. This led to the British troops making sand castings - using a genuine badge. Remember, without identification you were not treated as a POW. I would say this is a sand casting. Mervyn Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Boonzaier Posted January 1, 2013 Author Share Posted January 1, 2013 Hi Mervyn, I checked it against a known original, it is a good to go piece, the mid to late war emergency plastic badges, with correct maker etc. They are not often seen and little known (to me at least) All the best Chris Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Boonzaier Posted January 1, 2013 Author Share Posted January 1, 2013 Details.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mervyn Mitton Posted January 1, 2013 Share Posted January 1, 2013 With the bigger size I can see the makers name - Stanley - but can't make out the place ? I see lots of plastic and sand castings - the roughness showing on the smaller picture looked like a casting. Plastic is better - particularly in this condition. Good unit and the plastic hasn't come to pieces - as they often do. Mervyn Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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