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V. H. Blackinton & Company, Sterling
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Cliff Presley Collection
12/2/2004
Probably the rarest badge of its type, only two men were qualified to wear a Senior Airship pilot wing badge during World War II. Required 12-years of active Airship duty, or 2000 hours of flight time.
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Kinney Company
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Cliff Presley Collection
12/2/2004
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Wm. Link Company
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Cliff Presley Collection
12/2/2004
This badge belonged to Colonel Gerald G. Johnston, USAAF.
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Cliff Presley Collection
12/2/2004
This badge belonged to Ronald H. Short, USAAC, Regular Army enlisted airship pilot.
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3"

Sterling, Snow flake back
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Randy Scorby Collection

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3 1/8"

Sterling
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John Vargas Collection
8/31/2001
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BB&B, Sterling
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Rich Witt
11/15/2001
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3 1/8" (wing) 4" (cloth)
7/8" (wing) 1 1/2" (cloth)


R. & J. Quetel Collection

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Firmin London
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Randy Scorby Collection

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Meyer Shield
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Rich Witt
11/19/2001
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3"

Meyer Shield
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Rich Witt
11/19/2001
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Josten Sterling
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Randy Scorby Collection

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Josten Sterling
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James Reddish Collection
7/3/2001
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John Vargas Collection

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John Vargas Collection

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John Vargas Collection

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Cliff Presley Collection
11/21/2004
The grandaddy of all aeronaut badges. The first government issue regulation Aeronaut badges were made in silk, rather than silver wire embroidery as for heaver-than-air aviators. The prescribed double wing badge was to have: "A balloon with letters US and basket at the center, to be of white silk on dark blue wool felt; the letters to be golden (silk) thread.
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Cliff Presley Collection
11/21/2004
1919 - 1921 pattern Junior and Reserve Military Aeronaut wing badge.
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