WWI French Military Pilots Cap Wings - Eagle Badge - Fix - Original - RARE for Sale

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WWI French Military Pilots Cap Wings - Eagle Badge - Fix - Original - RARE For Sale

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WWI French Military Pilots Cap Wings - Eagle Badge - Fix - Original - RARE:
$225.00

Beautiful and rare original World War I (1) \"unofficial\" French Eagle pilots cap badge with French jewelerBijou Fix Company\'s \"FIX\" logo on the inside. It looks as though a jeweler also attached a pear or pearl-style jewel between the eagle\'s wings.
Possibly the most recognizable of all unofficial WWI Pilot Wings and used on the front cover of the excellent book \"French Aeronautical Branch Badges up to 1918\" by Philippe Bartlett. This style of FIX pattern Pilot wing was worn on left breast by French aviators post 1916 and also some other allied pilots, and also as a cap badge prior to 1916.
Prior to the advent of the official wreathed French Pilot Wings the Airmen of France had started purchasing the \'Bijou Fix\' & \'Oria\' brooches in Paris. They were worn on, or above the pocket of their Tunics. As there was no official uniform of the time, put very simply, this would then differentiate the Airmen from the Soldiers of the period.
Auguste Savard registered the trademark \"FIX\" after he took over his father\'s company in 1893, in order to protect the integrity of his work and identify his products as a high quality range of affordable jewelry.
Medal is in great condition for it\'s age. Medal and all of it\'s parts and pieces are 100% authentic and original with a money back guarantee and return policy.
This medal is from the esteemed collection of Allan Zakrzewski, WWI historian, member of Cross and Cockade International and Orders and Medals Society of America. He was also a Charter member of The League of World War One Aviation Historians. In 2001, he became an editor for Over the Front quarterly magazine and while a member of the Gulf Cost Chapter of the League of WWI Aviation Historians, he earned the Thornton D. Hooper Award for Excellence for his article on \"Monoplane Fighters of World War I.\" In 2007, he received his second Thornton D. Hooper Award for \"An Evening with Rodney Williams, 17th Aero Squadron.\" Much of his collection is on display at the University of Texas at Dallas\' Eugene McDermott Library.
Medal will be well protected and shipped and wrapped for USPS Priority Mail. Please feel free to ask questions and make an offer!
Return Policy:Authenticity is guaranteed with a 30-day full return policy. Item must be returned in it\'s original condition upon purchase for full money-back return.