date a set of paratrooper wings

pitjeep

September 04, 2010 17:36

i got a pair of paratrooper wings at a auction on friday. on the back it has sterling with 23c under it.it has a hallmark on the right side looks like a sheild with a sideways v in it.anyone know what time frame this is from? i cant find the hallmark info or 23c info anywhere.

thanks

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  p3skyking

  September 04, 2010 19:28

  Most of the devices during WWII were sterling and I believe that during the fifties plated base metal use began.

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  sandwarrior

  September 04, 2010 20:03

  I bought sterling silver jump wings for my uniform in 1983. The one I was issued in 1981 was plated. You can still buy sterling silver jump wings today. A lot more expensive than when I paid about $9.00 for mine. From what I understand they were issuing plated jump wings from somewhere in the mid-sixties. There is no way to really date it.
  
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  quote:Originally posted by dano
  All my jump wings were given to me.....US, Belgium and England. [^]
  
  
  
  
  So were mine, U.S. and German. But are/were yours plated or silver? And, what date range?

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