United Kingdom. A Pair of Second World War Royal Air Force Observer and Navigator Wing Badges United Republic of a silver swirl is located

a silver swirl is located on the pink petal at 12 o’clock

An HJ marksmanship badge

an early and scarce decoration

museum marked "80" on the reverse

From the End of the Great War to the Present Day" authored by Arthur Lawrence Kipling and Hugh Lionel King

United Kingdom. A Pair of Second World War Royal Air Force Observer and Navigator Wing Badges United Republic of a silver swirl is locatedA pair of Second World War embroidered Royal Air Force aircrew qualification wing badges, each measuring approximately 84 mm in length, constructed in gold thread embroidery on black cloth backing, the first badge representing the Observer qualification wing composed of a stylized wing extending from a circular centre executed in yellow embroidery with black thread edging forming the feather detail and the circular centre similarly embroidered in