I Can't Believe It - My Sweetest Find To Date!

[Ryan]

Sterling Silver WW2 "Australian" Parachute/Airbourne Qualifying Badge

I found this in the huge local park doing the usual hard graph,it was a clear crisp sound on it's own reading 88-89 on my Delta 4000 :Y:

This is my sweetest find to date with me having some military experience being Army making it just a little bit sweeter.

I have "googled" and found many nearly exactly the same but not quite the same with US Airbourne WW2 being the most common description.

I have contacted Angus and Coote in Sydney knowing that they are not what they used to be still hoping they will send me an email address so I can post the 2 pictures to them hopefully giving me the exact details e.g. Battalion,etc.

I am 100% sure that it was made for the Australian Army for a Parachute Regiment.

I am hoping that I can get more information from anywhere.

It weights 8.85g

Thanks for looking

Note - it looks much nicer in the hand with the toning being darker.

 

[aussiefarmer]

Thats is gold :Y: silver ahhh its awesome nice find .

 

[TonyynoT]

Fantastic find, well done.

 

[Mackka]

Beautiful
Mackka

 

[Rockhound]

WOW Sweet find :Y:

 

[silver]

Solid ,... what a rippa find cgs !
:Y: - - :Y:

 

[Bacchus]

Awesome bit of history

 

[Upside]

I'd guesstimate a value at $600+.

It has a very art deco look about it , well done!

 

[7.62marksman]

top find mate :Y: :Y:
this is all i can find on it
the Angue & Coote threw me right off
will be watching this one very interested to see what you find out
http://www.paratrooper.be/articles/jump-wings/

 

[Heatho]

Nice find. :Y:

 

[Ramjet]

OUTSTANDING

 

[Ryan]

top find mate :Y: :Y:
this is all i can find on it
the Angue & Coote threw me right off
will be watching this one very interested to see what you find out
http://www.paratrooper.be/articles/jump-wings/

Thankyou very much 7.62 for that link,I really appreciate it :Y:

A good way down the Angus and Coote one is there except with the letters - STG SIL - not SGT as we would write today.

I also read that collecting these badges is expensive,time will tell

If Angus and Coote don't contact me early next week I will give "head office" a phone call.

Thanks again 7.62

 

[B5MECH]

Cracking find cgs :rainbow: arty: :Y: ...It would look sweet polished up...well done :Y:

 

[Ryan]

top find mate :Y: :Y:
this is all i can find on it
the Angue & Coote threw me right off
will be watching this one very interested to see what you find out
http://www.paratrooper.be/articles/jump-wings/

As a footnote - I have emailed the owner of the above link in the US (with photo's) and I wait for his reply.

I will keep you posted

 

[7.62marksman]

thanks mate i am very interested in its history

 

[rocketaroo]

Foxtrot Uniform Charlie Kilo, thats nice!

 

[nucopia]

Sorry cashgoldsilver but they are U.S. Army parachute wings or Jump wings.
It might be that during the Vietnam war a U.S serviceman from 101st airborne on leave in Sydney/Brsbane commissioned Angus and Coote to make them for him.
Stlll a great find and im betting their could not have been many U.S serviemen at that time who engaged A&C to make them stirling silver jump wings.
I hope A&C can fill in some of the story behind them...imagine if you could trace them back to the original owner that lost them.
Amazing !

 

[golddiggerart]

Wow what a ripper of a find mate, good going. :Y:

 

[Sandta]

WOW
That is a fantastic thing to find
Thats the second one on the forum ( that ive seen)
If i remember correctly , someone found the same (or very similar) on the beach

 

[silver]

WOW
That is a fantastic thing to find
Thats the second one on the forum ( that ive seen)
If i remember correctly , someone found the same (or very similar) on the beach

Yeah, there was one found on this thread lol
https://www.prospectingaustralia.com/forum/viewtopic.php?pid=160518#p160518
and on the same thread next page some one posted this info on it :Y:
https://www.prospectingaustralia.com/forum/viewtopic.php?pid=160541#p160541
great thread ,... it should be read from the beginning though ,... some fantastic finds on there, W O W is all I can say ! 8)
https://www.prospectingaustralia.com/forum/viewtopic.php?pid=103950#p103950