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I’ve had these wings since the early 1980’s bought locally from an antique store for $20 if I remember correctly.

I really don’t know the age / era they are from or what qualifications were needed to obtain the level of "command Pilot" but I have always liked them and they have survived in my collection to this day.

Any help here guys ( I’ve a new cell phone and the cameras are getting so good!! )

Thanks champs!
Dan

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I have a badge in sight that I want to buy but I am doubting if it is a real one or not… Unfortunately these are the only pics I have right now. Can anyone help me anyway? Thanks in advance!!

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Hello all,

I am hoping you can help me identify an item left to me by my grandfather. It’s a shell casing made into trench art by a soldier in either WW1 or WW2. I’ve done a bit of research over the last few days, but haven’t made much headway — in fact, I’m just confusing myself more. I haven’t been able to find out what the headstamp marks represent, and the artwork itself is slightly mysterious (at least to a novice such as myself).

I’m sorry if this is the wrong forum, but it was the closest match I could find. Please let me know if I need to post elsewhere.

I have attached pictures below. For high-definition images, see this imgur album.

Here’s what I know so far:

• The internal diameter of the casing is approx. 3 inches, or 75-76mm (not sure exactly)
• My grandfather was an Army chaplain stationed in North Africa in WW2, but I can’t verify if that’s where he got it
• The theme of the artwork seems to be a tropical locale. It has a peacock (?) holding a small square in its beak, a heart, a flower, and ocean waves along the bottom. I believe my grandfather was in the Ivory Coast, so perhaps this matches.

I’m intrigued by the headstamps, which aren’t listed in any reference materials I could find in 4 hours on Google (at least none from WW1 or WW2 era). I’m particularly stumped by the "791X 6" mark, which for years I thought was a botched attempt by the artist at rendering "1916". This made me think it was WW1, which of course made the tropical theme all the more confusing.

I’ll stop yammering and get to the photos. I apologize in advance for the lighting - it’s hard to see some marks, especially with the rust and patina. It looks like the bottom got wet at some point.

Here is an image of the bottom of the casing, with labels:

Here is the same image with no labels:

791X 6?

Bird

Heart

Flower

Waves

Thank you so much for any information you can give me, and for your patience if this is the wrong forum.

–Derek

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What must i do to remove "WRF Seller" from the "Whats New?" ?

I have tried to exclude this in my settings, but cant find a way to remove that highly annoying "WRF Seller"

Gracias

I have been waiting patiently for this to show up. It has been in the mail for about 3 weeks. I am not really a GAB collector but have managed to acquire a couple over the years. It was hard to turn this example down when I spotted it for sale. I have been on the lookout for a decent four rivet IAB for a while now and they are not seen for sale very often, so when this one was reduced in price, I jumped on it.
Ralph.

It might be difficult to see in the photos how much of the frosted finish remains on the obverse. The reverse retains pretty close to 100% of the frosted finish.

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