60380 WWII USAAF GLIDER PILOT WINGS 3 INCH BALFOUR STERLING PINBACK

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60380 WWII USAAF GLIDER PILOT WINGS  3 INCH BALFOUR STERLING PINBACK
I AM LISTING THIS WING AT THE SAME THE PRICE I PAID OVER 15 YEARS AGO, AND THAT IS NOT FIGURING IN INFLATOPN.
DESCRIPTION:
PERHAPS THE MOST DESIRED WINGS BY COLLECTORS IS THE GLIDER PILOT WING AND ESPECIALLY THOSE WITH A MAKER'S MARK. THIS GLIDER PILOT WING IS MADE BY BALFOUR AND IS MARKED STERLING PRECEDED BY THE BALFOUR INITIALS... "LGB STERLING". THE SHIELD IS FILLED WITH HORIZONTAL LINES WITH A BOLD "G" IN THE CENTER. THE HORIZONTAL LINES LOOK VERY FINE BUT AT CLOSER EXAMINATION IT IS AN ILLUSION OF BROKEN HORIZONTAL LINES. A NEAT JEWELER'S TRICK. PELICAN STYLE SHOULDERS. SINGLE LINE DETAIL IN EACH FEATHER ROW. THIS WING IS VAULTED AND THE REVERSE SIDE OF THE SHIELD IS HOLLOWED BUT THE REVERSE SIDE OF THE WINGS ARE SOLID. THE MARKINGS ARE IN INCISED LETTERING IN THE LOWER CENTER OF THE SHIELD RECESS. ROLL CLASP IS THE BALL TYPE AND THE PIN OPENS TO 90 DEGREES. PIN HAS A SLIGHT BEND WHICH WAS OFTEN DONE TO HOLD THE WINGS CLOSER TO THE UNIFORM. WING HAS A NICE PATINA AND HAS NOT BEEN MESSED WITH.
MARKINGS:
LGB STERLING
DIMENSIONS:
THREE INCH
CONDITION:
EXCELLENT