Original U.S. WWII Sterling Silver Airborne Jump Wings by Bell Trading Post - Pin Back Parachutist Badge Category_MG 34 Mounts but the silver wash is

but the silver wash is long gone

The origins of Twelfth Air Force are traced back to a series of mid-1942 Allied planners' meetings to develop a strategy for the North African invasion or "Operation TORCH"

This is the standard German military abbreviation for Ausbildungs-Bataillon 21

to indicate particular actions and campaigns of the Second Boer War

To make it a better display piece

Original U.S. WWII Sterling Silver Airborne Jump Wings by Bell Trading Post - Pin Back Parachutist Badge Category_MG 34 Mounts but the silver wash isOriginal Item: Only One Available. This is an exceptionally rare set of U. S. Made Sterling Silver Airborne jump wings with a pin back fastener. The reverse of the badge is marked with STERLING on the left side and the Bell Trading Post hallmark on the right, which is a post with an arrow through it with a bell hanging. This was definitely one of the less common makers seen, and only made these wings during WWII. The wings have a lovely pin back,