1913 Military Aviator, 1st US Pilot Wings Sterling GP US Army Emblem The is a museum quality

The is a museum quality reproduction in sterling silver of a paratrooper badge with a raised GEMSCO Sterling hallmark across the bottom

The United States Naval Academy has some of the highest paid graduates in the country according to starting salary

If you look closely you can tell this parachute has glide panels that did not exist during WWII

Their solution to this embarrassing dilemma was to

Here is a copy in sterling with gold plated “US

1913 Military Aviator, 1st US Pilot Wings Sterling GP US Army Emblem The is a museum qualityIn 1913 the Military Aviator Badge was authorized by Congress and was awarded to 27 or 28 Signal Corp pilots. This first group of these were made by the US Government in 1913 and only 27 or 28 pilots received the badge. Well additional Pilots came along so the government entered into a contract with Blackinton to make this badge. The Blackinton differs form the original in that that the Eagle was die struck and on the original is was cast. Also the