By: bananasplits - 6th April 2013 at 10:34
Air gunner badge
I have two of these badges, one with two lugs and one with three and to be honest they both look the same to me but a military dealer friend of mine tells me that the two lug versions are repro`s but i must admit badges aren`t my strong point but suffice to say that a badge with one of the wings missing isn`t worth anything. Having said that i will probably be proved wrong and it will sell for loads.
BS
By: Denis - 5th April 2013 at 20:05
Hi
Probably a repro due to it only having two fixing lugs and not three.
BS
Are you quite sure about that?….look at post #10 on this forum thread.
I too inherited one with just two lugs, from the widow of a RAF chap who was also a pre-war gunner. I dont own it now, but when I got it over 30 years ago it was showing patina similar to a very old .303 cartridge case!
By: xtangomike - 5th April 2013 at 19:55
Mmmmm….surprised about the broken off wing …looked very carefully at it……no sign of anything broken off….the two fixing lugs are approx. the same distance apart as an army officers cap badge or grip.
Not poor enough for a repro…and too small to bother with repro’s….just my thoughts.
By: bananasplits - 5th April 2013 at 19:22
Hi
This is an early WW2 RAF airgunners badge with one of the wings broken off. Probably a repro due to it only having two fixing lugs and not three.
Not worth much as a repro and worth nothing with one wing broken off.
Hope this helps.
BS
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April 5, 2013 at 7:14 pm