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

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.

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

Fantastic find, well done.

Beautiful
Mackka

WOW Sweet find :Y:

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

Awesome bit of history

I'd guesstimate a value at $600+.

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

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/

Nice find. :Y:

OUTSTANDING

7.62marksman said:

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/

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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

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

7.62marksman said:

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/

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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

thanks mate i am very interested in its history

Foxtrot Uniform Charlie Kilo, thats nice!

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 !

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

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

Sandta said:

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

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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