Navy Aviation Wings

REAL_RAT_FINK · Mar 31, 2018

Hit the lake today and detected a nice carved out section of sand. Mostly a crummy hunt until I pulled this little relic, a first for me. It's a naval aviation "observer" pin. I can only imagine this is the real mccoy, except mine has a slight variation to it. There is a deliberate hole just off-center. It looks like it was made this way. Anyone know anythings about these things? I can't seem to find any photos of one with a hole in it. Anywho, happy hunting!

Wom 27 · Mar 31, 2018

Love militaria !

jack&jill · Mar 31, 2018

A super recovery! That is the first of its kind that I've seen posted on this forum. Congrats! Trapper

aaronc · Mar 31, 2018

Sweet find,...love anything with wings :takeoff:

WyoTom · Mar 31, 2018

Very cool find!

chillforlife · Apr 1, 2018

Gotta love that. Nice find.

ScubaDetective · Apr 1, 2018

No clue on the hole. Nice find. Is it sterling?

leslie(nova scotia) · Apr 1, 2018

wings

Nice to see a piece of military history saved.

REAL_RAT_FINK · Apr 1, 2018

Wom 27 said:
Love militaria !

Me too! So much respect for our armed forces

jack&jill said:
A super recovery! That is the first of its kind that I've seen posted on this forum. Congrats! Trapper

Wow, that's quite the compliment

Thank you

aaronc said:
Sweet find,...love anything with wings

When I dug it I thought it was trash there was so much buildup. Glad I took the time to investigate more and saw the wings coming through. A first for me...

WyoTom said:
Very cool find!

Thanks!

chillforlife said:
Gotta love that. Nice find.

Thank you!

ScubaDetector said:
No clue on the hole. Nice find. Is it sterling?

It appears to brass but I'm not 100%

leslie(nova scotia) said:
Nice to see a piece of military history saved.

Agreed

It dawned on me there was a boys military school about a mile down the road. It operated from 1933 - 1970's. A good chance this relic originated from that school.

http://griffinmilitaria.com/cgi-bin/imcart/display.cgi?cat=37&page=4&search=&since=0&status=&title=

I also found this website of a guy that sells similar pins. I'm going to try emailing and see if they have any knowledge of this pin.

http://griffinmilitaria.com/cgi-bin/imcart/display.cgi?cat=37&page=4&search=&since=0&status=&title=

HH!

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