Fake Air Corps militaria on eBay

[Frank (Admin)]

Hi Guys,

Now while I think eBay place to buy things, I got a lot of my pressies for Xmas via eBay last year, some rubbish does pop up every now and then.

I spotted this auction this morning:

"Irish Air Corps Pilot Wing - This is the pilot wing of the Irish Air Corps, a separate Division of the Irish Defence Corps."

Click here to see the page and the picture of the "wings".  

Would I be right in saying these wings are a complete fake or are they possible a prototype?  What leads me to think they are fake is the fact that the wings are out of proportion to the central sun burst and also the spelling is wrong!

Be careful of what you buy, don't get ripped off, I wouldn't waste 20c on these wings, never mind $20.


Regards,

Frank.

[Claudel Hopson]

Frank it looks like the older type of wing that the drivers put on their jumpers and is definetely green!!

They went out some years ago when we went blue..

[Frank (Admin)]

Hi Claudel,

If you check the excellent Irish Militaria Insignia website: www.irishmilitaryinsignia.com and have a look at the Air Corps pilot wings section you'll see the wings there are nothing like the wings on eBay.

I just compared the wings on eBay with the ones on the Military Insignia website and the proportions between the sunburst and the wings are all wrong, the spelling is wrong and the central FF is not correct, one "F" should be higher than the other.

One other thing I forgot about in my first post was the fact that they could be unofficial wings as well as being either fake or a prototype.

However, I'm still leaning towards them being fake.


Regards,

Frank.