Unidentified WW2 paratrooper wing

[Tonomachi]

I posted this in the past on another forum but no one knew which unit or country this was produced for. There were a number of guesses but nothing definite. Any ideas.

 

 

 

 

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Close up of bullion

 

 

[patches]

What were some of the guesses?

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What were some of the guesses?

As I recall the guesses were British or British Commonwealth and US theater instructor or rigger type wing.

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Looks U.S. mfg to me, but that is just a gut feeling, at any rate i like the general appeal of it, nice artifact, Gerard

[triplecanopy]

It would be strictly a guess on my part, but your unknown wings remind me of Thailand Parachute Rigger wings (in photos). I believe that the key item in your unknown is the circular "gear" or ball at the bottom. Also the up swept wings and made in wire bullion. While not an exact match, there are close similarities. The vast number of variations in Thai Parachute wings gives me a bit of room to speculate that your wings might be an early Thai Rigger wing. That is the closest match I could find.

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As I recall the guesses were British or British Commonwealth and US theater instructor or rigger type wing.

Right, welp I'm stumped, didn't see anything like it in the Turner Bragg book.

[Tonomachi]

It would be strictly a guess on my part, but your unknown wings remind me of Thailand Parachute Rigger wings (in photos). I believe that the key item in your unknown is the circular "gear" or ball at the bottom. Also the up swept wings and made in wire bullion. While not an exact match, there are close similarities. The vast number of variations in Thai Parachute wings gives me a bit of room to speculate that your wings might be an early Thai Rigger wing. That is the closest match I could find.

I know that there are variations abound of Thai made paratrooper wings but I haven't come across any of their stuff with this type of aged bullion on this type of wool background material. Of course the oldest stuff I've seen of tHai made bullion paratrooper wings only goes back to the Vietnam War. Earlier stuff I've only come across once but it was a metal paratrooper wing.

[triplecanopy]

I agree with you. The aged bullion and wool background gives it an early look (almost like WWII wings). The wings are different too. So, it remains unknown.

[teamski]

You sure that isn't an old balloon wing?

 

-Ski

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You sure that isn't an old balloon wing?

 

-Ski

I pulled these images off of the Internet of bullion balloon wings and besides the lack of the US letters on the unknown wing these wings have a squarish basket instead of a circular ball base.

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