Is this pilots badge real?

shaneos3 · 05-18-2009, 07:47 AM

I can now see what you mean by the "type face", i have found a picture of an engraved para badge brought back from Holland and the engraving looks a lot less fancy.
Regards Shaneos3

**Espenlaub Militaria** · 05-18-2009 07:47 AM

We also buy and trade your items and full collections!

**John Brandon** · 05-18-2009, 11:35 AM

by shaneos3

I can now see what you mean by the "type face", i have found a picture of an engraved para badge brought back from Holland and the engraving looks a lot less fancy.
Regards Shaneos3

Thats a nice badge from what i can see, junkers hardware by the looks.

I'm uploading over the next few days. I'll post a picture of the Radio/air gunner

**John Brandon** · 05-18-2009, 08:44 PM

Radio/Air gunners badge, with same type of hardware to the one shown that started this thread

**Stewy S** · 05-18-2009, 09:04 PM

John,i'm not 100% sure it's the same hardware. Very similar,i'd like to see close-ups of hinge & catch of the pilots babge that started this thread. Stewy S

shaneos3 · 05-19-2009, 07:01 AM

Hi John (& Stewy), Thanks for all your info and I like your ROAG badge, who do you believe made it? I think if the engraving is not period done on the Pilot & observers then the badges are probably not worth keeping. I will post pic of catch ASAP. Off the subject, here is my ROAG and more of the Lufty Para given to officer for 1940 taking of the Bridges of Moerdyjk.
Regards Shaneos3

**John Brandon** · 05-19-2009, 07:13 AM

Yep...Even better from the front

2 very nice badges there Shaneos2.

Getting back the the engraved ones, They are still nice original badges IMO. And who is to say that the guy never had them engraved at a later date. It doesn't make them any less desirable, but difficult to sell on other than for the price of normal ones. JMO

and they are not cheap badges to start with.

**Stewy S** · 05-19-2009, 05:50 PM

John's right,post war engraving's fine. Especially if you can find the guy mentioned. Nice Juncker by the way. Here's my RO/AG Deumer zinc late war. Stewy S

shaneos3 · 05-21-2009, 09:26 AM

Nice late war deumer Stewy, here are photos of the catch and hinge just in case you have seen this type before.
Regards, Shaneos3

**John Brandon** · 05-21-2009, 09:31 AM

If I were honest, I'd be happy for it to reside in my collection (if i had one)
I think it good

**history-buff1944** · 05-22-2009, 01:57 AM

I can't add anything really intelligent to this thread except that if those are good badges-then you got some mighty fine snags there. I have only one Pilots badge in my collection which is a mint and absoultely beautiful example of an Assmann made badge. The makers mark is a stylized "A" and the badge itself is a very early quality made badge made using Silver-Nickel metals.