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Title: History buffs required.
Post by: gpwurzel on December 15, 2011, 07:34:45 PM: Wife bought me this in a local store - got curious as to who/what/when, but can't find any information on it.

Anyone know?

(http://i45.photobucket.com/albums/f80/wurzeluk/tiepin.jpg)

Wurz
Title: Re: History buffs required.
Post by: curry1 on December 15, 2011, 08:46:08 PM: Quote from: gpwurzel on December 15, 2011, 07:34:45 PM
Wife bought me this in a local store - got curious as to who/what/when, but can't find any information on it.

Anyone know?

(http://i45.photobucket.com/albums/f80/wurzeluk/tiepin.jpg)

Wurz

Wow that is one of the older sailor's brackets invented for little known Upper Peninsula War (http://uncyclopedia.wikia.com/wiki/Upper_Peninsula_War) highly rare and collectible. You could easily get a few thousand for that.

Yeah, but seriously no idea what that is.
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Post by: Rino on December 15, 2011, 09:01:18 PM: A Lilliputitan naval trombone? :D
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Post by: Shane on December 15, 2011, 09:16:19 PM: Looks like some sort of tie clip for a uniform?
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Post by: gpwurzel on December 15, 2011, 09:17:57 PM: Yep, its a tie clip, was more interested if anyone knew where from. Curry, you owe me a desk clear up ya sod!!

Wurz
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Post by: kilo2 on December 15, 2011, 10:51:43 PM: Royal navy? Looks like a crown over the anchor.
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Post by: MiloMorai on December 16, 2011, 12:52:16 AM: Wings suggest a naval aviator.
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Post by: wil3ur on December 16, 2011, 01:11:09 AM: The what looks like "crossed rifles" might also be an airborne unit...
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Post by: EskimoJoe on December 16, 2011, 01:40:42 AM: UK Special Forces maybe?

Royal Navy, Airborne wings, the crown.
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Post by: Vulcan on December 16, 2011, 01:52:16 AM: US Navy or Marines Aviation Observer (or crew member). Maybe a door gunner?
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Post by: Volron on December 16, 2011, 03:18:52 AM: Posting a large, up close picture will help. :aok
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Post by: uptown on December 16, 2011, 04:02:23 AM: napkin holder from diningroom table set from a ship was my first thought. Tie clip?..yeah but looks pretty big for a tie clip :headscratch: you sure it's a tie clip?
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Post by: ozrocker on December 16, 2011, 06:38:04 AM: A chastity/birth control clamp for when they hit a port and the Sailors hit town?

:cheers: Oz
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Post by: Guppy35 on December 16, 2011, 08:18:20 AM: Need a better close up Wurz
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Post by: RTHolmes on December 16, 2011, 09:31:59 AM: rifles, wings and anchor suggests combined arms. didnt the canadian forces combine into one arm fairly recently? :headscratch:

edit: theres a crown too so I'm going to guess Royal Canadian Armed Forces insignia :)
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Post by: gpwurzel on December 16, 2011, 10:31:28 AM: I'll try and get a better pic, having to use camera phone as my camera has bit the digital big one.

Thanks guys,

Wurz
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Post by: TinmanX on December 16, 2011, 10:52:48 AM: My Grandfathers best friend wore a tie clip very similar to that (foggy memories from years ago). He was the gunner in my Grandfathers Fairey Swordfish.
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Post by: gpwurzel on December 16, 2011, 11:04:48 AM: Slightly bigger pic - can't get the damn phone to focus right this close, I suspect user error lol....

(http://i45.photobucket.com/albums/f80/wurzeluk/tieclip2.jpg)

Gah, bit better

(http://i45.photobucket.com/albums/f80/wurzeluk/tipclip4.jpg)

Wurz
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Post by: Shuffler on December 16, 2011, 12:56:35 PM: Badge for a single man recently married.

Wings = single
Anchor = wife
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Post by: Dichotomy on December 16, 2011, 01:00:24 PM: What's and 'ancow'? Is that Flemmish for 'wife'?
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Post by: gpwurzel on December 16, 2011, 01:15:55 PM: LMAO Shuff you total bastage - wife was reading over my shoulder when I opened that up - it appears I could be in the doghouse......again ;)

:D :D

Wurz
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Post by: Ack-Ack on December 16, 2011, 01:31:09 PM: It's not Royal Marines or Special Boat Service.

ack-ack
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Post by: Shuffler on December 16, 2011, 01:35:21 PM: Quote from: gpwurzel on December 16, 2011, 01:15:55 PM
LMAO Shuff you total bastage - wife was reading over my shoulder when I opened that up - it appears I could be in the doghouse......again ;)

:D :D

Wurz

Snicker..... tell her I am not well liked on these boards :rofl
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Post by: ZetaNine on December 16, 2011, 03:33:10 PM: MASONS?
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Post by: Shuffler on December 16, 2011, 03:46:53 PM: Quote from: ZetaNine on December 16, 2011, 03:33:10 PM

MASONS?

Yes some of us are... :)
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Post by: TinmanX on December 16, 2011, 05:57:06 PM: The more i stare at this image, the more frustrated I get. The wings look American, the badge looks British and the crossed rifles look Australian. wtf?
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Post by: DMVIAGRA on December 16, 2011, 06:11:34 PM: Look here, this may be the answer

http://www.naval-history.net/WW2aaRN-PayTables00Ranks-Badges.htm
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Post by: TinmanX on December 16, 2011, 07:00:34 PM: Quote from: DMVIAGRA on December 16, 2011, 06:11:34 PM
Look here, this may be the answer

http://www.naval-history.net/WW2aaRN-PayTables00Ranks-Badges.htm
They aren't Royal Navy wings.
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Post by: Frodo on December 16, 2011, 07:19:03 PM: Check the back and around the inside of the clasp for any kind of letters or marks. This might help identify it. The marks can be very small and hard to see, so use a strong light and magnifying glass if need be. :cheers:
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Post by: kilo2 on December 16, 2011, 07:40:46 PM: Maybe a royal fleet air arm air gunner badge with marksman rating.
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Post by: curry1 on December 16, 2011, 07:45:09 PM: Quote from: TinmanX on December 16, 2011, 05:57:06 PM
The more i stare at this image, the more frustrated I get. The wings look American, the badge looks British and the crossed rifles look Australian. wtf?

That's like the definition of Canadian right?
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Post by: gpwurzel on December 16, 2011, 11:32:06 PM: Agreed Tinman, frustrating, yet oddly intriguing - what can I say, I get curious about the strangest things. I've sent a pic off to the RAF and Naval Museum in the UK, see if they have anything on it.

Mind you, once I find out what/who it represents, I'll probably have to start trying to figure out how it came to be in a local shop in the middle of the Mojave Desert lol........

The wings definitely do not appear to be of a UK origin, yet the anchor and crown look like RN - the crossed rifles, no idea.

Kilo, I'm leaning towards it be Canadian possibly now - hopefully the museums can come up with some info.

Wurz
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Post by: ozrocker on December 17, 2011, 08:04:17 AM: Was thinking could be a Band members sheet music clip?
Like a fancy paperclip?

:cheers: Oz