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Unidentified wings

Can anyone identify these?

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By: geoff browne - 14th May 2010 at 01:08

Web pilot…..don’t think its a “fashion” item,this is the second set i have come across in thirty years of collecting.both sets were different but were almost identical to rfc wings [more below]

One explanation [and the one i tend to believe]is that these were produced in 1918 and are “mistakes”….both sets are identical to genuine RFC wings ,in the types of materials used,weaving patterns and stylistically.

The wings were produced on automatic machines,using jacot card programming,now if a manufacturer were to reprogram his machine why not keep the letter “F” in the same place and style as the r F c wings he had been weaving on his last batch?……a wartime rush production????
We must also remember that at that period there were three RAF uniform colours ,and many tunic styles being made

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By: WebPilot - 13th May 2010 at 07:59

Very similar to WW1 Australian Flying Corps wings, but the lettering is wrong, of course. Mike – RAF (and RFC) wings have always had the letters in correct order running left to right. Could this be a look alike fashion repro, I wonder?

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By: mike currill - 13th May 2010 at 07:46

I’m no authority on these things but is it possible they were the original style RAF wings?

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