badges, master pattern, eagle shoulder badge, Royal Air Force

description

Physical description

2 badges, label, seal badges: an eagle embroidered in blue/grey on dark blue oblong shaped background; the two badges form an uncut pair label: printed Royal Air Force Master Pattern No. 4590. This Sample is identical with the standard pattern kept at A.I.D Kidbrooke. Not To Be Detached. Specification No. 234/NA/?. Not To Be Issued. For Bond Use Only; inscribed, Badges, Arm, Eagle, Blue-Grey (Embroidered, Blue Grey Service Dress); vocabulary reference No. 22H 330 & MSB 2018; selected by JW West 1 NOV 1937 seal: the Royal Arms encircled Aeronautical Inspection Directorate

History note

label: reverse stamped Master Not To Be Issued For Bond Use Only

History note

label: reverse inscribed Backing to be cotton canvas dyed black

History note

label: reverse stamped AID 7A7 and stamped 31 JUL 1958

Object details

Category: Uniforms and insignia
Related period: Interwar (production), Interwar (association), Second World War (association), 1945-1989 (association)
Production date: 1937
Materials: Badges: cloth
Catalogue number: INS 3579

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