West Germany Parachute Qualification insignia 1956-1957

[Yannis]

West Germany Parachute Qualification insignia 1956-1957

 

[Proud Kraut]

I had some of the German made wings as well but never found one of these ovals. You have a very impressive collection!

[Yannis]

Thank you very much, Proud Kraut, for your kind words! 

I am pretty sure I must have some spare (double) of these parachute wings- not a whole set, just one or two parachute wings with the oval. When I dig them out, I will let you know.  Do you know if the cloth parachute wings exist in the Senior and Master classes? I have only the basic class. 

I found one set of Thai-made German Parachute wings in Thailand 10-15 years ago. I was looking for them for a long time and found them by accident in a small militaria shop in Bangkok. I will post them in this forum.

[Proud Kraut]

Yannis, unfortunately not my focos of collection so I don´t know, if cloth Senior or Master variations do exist. 

 

The "filled" wings on the bottom of your picture are interesting. Seem to be forerunners (or variations) of a pair of German made wings I do have in my collection.

 

I´m looking forward to seeing pictures of your post 1966 German Bundeswehr wings.

 

Lars

 

 

[Yannis]

G'day Lars!

Greetings from Down Under!

Your metal German US Type Parachute wings is indeed very similar to the "non-void" German US Type Parachute wings I have... even the pin at the back is similar! 

 

I will post a few more BW parachute wings and patches.

 

Have a great weekend !

 

Yannis