Update 02/17/25: Welcome to FLYING TIGER ANTIQUES!!
WE ARE STILL EXPERIENCING SOME TECHNICAL ISSUES WITH CREDIT CARD PURCHASES!! Using your PayPal accounts solves this issue fastest!
If you would like to PAY for a $100.00 or MORE Artifact with a CREDIT CARD, please email and I will get an invoice emailed to you as Soon as Possible!
We will be OUT OF THE OFFICE from MONDAY 02/17 until SUNDAY 03/02/25, Returning to the Office on MONDAY 03/03/25!!
And, as always, we are HAPPY TO ACCEPT YOUR ORDERS during our time AWAY, and we will promptly mark any ordered Artifacts as SOLD.
We will be UNABLE TO SHIP as of 02/17, and REGULAR SHIPPING will resume on MONDAY, MARCH 3rd, 2025!
As always, if funding your order of $100.00 or more from a Bank that offers ZELLE, ASK ABOUT our ZELLE DISCOUNT!!
That DISCOUNT also applies to PayPal GIFT (Fee-Free), Check, and Money Order payments!!
Thank you for visiting. We hope you will find some vintage artifacts here on our site to add to your collection.
We look forward to serving your collecting needs! Happy Holidays, Ron & Kana.
ARTIFACT:
This offering is for ONE, original, VERY FINE condition (some edge moth nips) unused, WWII British Army Paratrooper Badge / Wing, from an uncut bundle of 12, which came from a United States Army OSS ( Office of Strategic Services ) Captain's estate.
We've had these for almost 20 years with no takers on the uncut bundle, and many requests for an individual badge, so they are coming apart now. The images of the bundle together are for reference, to show where they came from.
The British Paratroopers saw equal success and loss during the war and were instrumental during many major operations.
Immediately following the end of WWII, the 1st Allied Airborne was tasked with disarming the still strong, German occupation army and supervising their surrender during Operation Norway in 1945.
VINTAGE:
Circa WWII.
SIZE:
Approximately 3-5/16" in length x 1-5/16" in height.
MATERIALS / CONSTRUCTION:
Embroidered wool felt, cotton/silk thread, glue backing.
ATTACHMENT:
To be sewn onto uniform.
MARKINGS:
N/A
ITEM NOTES:
This is from an OSS Captain's estate collection which we will be listing more of over the next few months. We had Seven, NOW SIX of these wings available in this mid-grade condition. You will receive the one pictured, or one nearly identical. 1PAJX02 LBDJJX2/15 SLBJJJX5/16 3LPVAX02(7) LAFEX04/20 S(1)VAFEX09/20 S(2)@VAFEX02/22 S(1)VAFEX07/23/22 S(1)VEJX02/25/23 S(1)VAFEX01/03/24 S(1)VAEJX02/24/24
CONDITION:
7 (VERY FINE): Badge is unworn, but showing edge moth nips. This is the desirable "glue back" type, though some of the glue to has been nipped by silverfish.
GUARANTEE: As with all my artifacts, this piece is guaranteed to be original, as described.
