Unknown Wings - Has anyone seen these before?

Eclipse · July 29, 2009, 09:52:14 PM

I'm helping with a unit insignia, and the original art uses these wings, which were obviously taken from some
sort of military or similar insignia.

Has anyone seen these before?

Flying Pig · July 29, 2009, 10:49:40 PM

What was in the middle?

Eclipse · July 30, 2009, 12:41:29 AM

No idea - an element of the insignia obscured whatever was there originally.

flyerthom · July 30, 2009, 02:04:23 AM

Angle Flight?

DBlair · July 30, 2009, 02:21:51 AM

This looks somewhat like the wings on the SAS logo.

MSG Mac · July 30, 2009, 02:35:25 AM

Similar to USN/USMC Combat Aircrew wings, but not quite!

Jill · July 30, 2009, 02:59:54 AM

Robert,

I read your post at work today. I cannot tell you how hard I laughed.

See you tommorow night at the meeting.

Jill

VPI18 · July 30, 2009, 03:14:22 AM

Could it be a version of the Hap Arnold emblem, like from NAF patches?

bosshawk · July 30, 2009, 04:06:50 AM

Not Angelflight: I have one of those.

CAPSGT · July 30, 2009, 12:56:45 PM

reminds me of the wings on from the eagle on the Cadet Service Cap Device & the Cadet Programs Specialty Track badge.

RedFox24 · July 30, 2009, 01:21:48 PM

Two thoughts:

First it looks like some of the wings on some of the Scottish Clan Badges and unit badges of the British Army.

Second it also looks like some unit patches of the US airborne or glider forces infantry regts like the 503rd, 188 or 187th.............

But I could be wrong............

Eclipse · July 30, 2009, 02:41:06 PM

Quote from: CAPSGT on July 30, 2009, 12:56:45 PM
reminds me of the wings on from the eagle on the Cadet Service Cap Device & the Cadet Programs Specialty Track badge.

You might be on to something, especially the cadets programs badge. How old is it? My notes say this patch I'm working on is about 40 years old.

Trung Si Ma · July 30, 2009, 02:58:42 PM

To me it looks like the wings portion of the early Pontiac Firebird emblem.

Eclipse · July 30, 2009, 03:34:47 PM

The other wrinkle in this is that's its clear to me the wings were scanned from an embroidered patch of some kind, so that leaves out the CP badges since they wouldn't be embroidered.

SarDragon · July 30, 2009, 11:40:10 PM

Quote from: Eclipse on July 30, 2009, 02:41:06 PM
Quote from: CAPSGT on July 30, 2009, 12:56:45 PM
reminds me of the wings on from the eagle on the Cadet Service Cap Device & the Cadet Programs Specialty Track badge.

You might be on to something, especially the cadets programs badge. How old is it? My notes say this patch I'm working on is about 40 years old.

The CP badge is newer than 1987. It's not in Major Ragan's Collector's Catalog, published in 1985, and he discusses the ES badge being introduced that year. The '87 version of the 39-1 only show Comm, ES, and Safety badges.

Eclipse · July 31, 2009, 12:06:50 AM

Anyone know of any sites that have a lot of old CAP and military embroidered specialty badges?

JohnKachenmeister · July 31, 2009, 03:34:03 AM

When viewed upside down they look like an Indian chief's head-dress.

RedFox24 · July 31, 2009, 04:57:43 AM

Try Harley Davidson patches and such. Was passed today by some bikers on the way to encampment who had HD leathers on and on their colors were the HD eagle and it looked more like what you have there than what I mentioned earlier.

Chief2009 · July 31, 2009, 05:17:03 AM

Maybe an insignia from one of the Warsaw Pact countries?

DN

Gunner C · July 31, 2009, 01:13:27 PM

Quote from: Chief2009 on July 31, 2009, 05:17:03 AM
Maybe an insignia from one of the Warsaw Pact countries?

DN

If it is, it's not one I recognize.