Czech RAF 'Wartime' Badge

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  1. GPMB

    GPMB Member

    I have come across a Czechoslovakia RAF badge which caught my eye, but I have to be honest in I have never seen one before.

    Having searched Google I cannot see anything about them, when they were produced, why they were produced(apart from the obvious) & any potential value.

    Does Anyone have any ideas?

    Cheers
    Gavin
     

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  2. Owen

    Owen -- --- -.. MOD

    How big is it ?
     
  3. Trux

    Trux 21 AG

    Gavin,

    I am no expert but I have seen similar items over the years. I doubt if it is official but more likely a sweetheart brooch. These vary from cheap mass produced to diamond encrusted but were given to ones sweetheart, or wive, (may the two never meet).

    Mike
     
  4. alieneyes

    alieneyes Senior Member

    From Pavel VanĨata:

    There were three of them in original box - they were selling in 1946 to collect money for new Czechoslovak air force.

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  5. alieneyes

    alieneyes Senior Member

    From my pal, Titus Delirium.

    CZECHOSLOVAKIA RAF WW2 1946 ISSUED VINTAGE TRIPLE PLAQUE SET CZECH CZECHOSLOVAK | #267497725

    "EXTREMELY RARE WW2 COMMEMORATIVE PORCELAIN BADGES FROM CZECHOSLOVAK REPUBLIC CZECHOSLOVAK REPUBLIC SET OF 1946 ISSUED AIR FORCEWW2 COMMEMORATIVE PORCELAIN BADGES BOXED~EXTREMELY RARE~LIMITED EDITION A RARE CHANCE TO OBTAIN AN EXTREMELY RARE SET Of CZECHOSLOVAK REPUBLICWW2 COMMEMORATIVE PORCELAIN BADGES IN A SILVER METAL SURROUND (UNKNOWN AS THERE IS NO HALLMARK ON THE METAL) THIS COMMEMORATIVE SET OF PORCELAIN BADGES WERE ISSUED BY THE CZECHOSLOVAK GOVERNMENT IN 1946 AND GIVEN TO THE PILOTS WHICH FOUGHT IN THE RAF AND THE RUSSIAN AIR FORCE. HENCE THE 3 BADGES, THE FIRST BEING THE ORIGINAL CZECH AIR FORCE BADGE, THE SECOND HAVING THE CZECH AIR FORCE BADGE AND THE RAF BADGE AND THE THIRD BEARING THE RUSSIAN AIR FORCE AND CZECH AIR FORCE BADGES.THESE PILOTS WERE TREATED AS HEROES BY THE PEOPLE WHEN THEY CAM HOME AS THEY HAD CHOSEN TO LEAVE THEIR FAMILIES DURING THE WAR WHEN THE GERMAN OCCUPATION CAME, MANY YOUNG MEN WALKED THROUGH EUROPE JOINING THE FRENCH AIR FORCE, THE RUSSIAN AIR FORCE AND THE RAF RATHER THAN GIVE UP TO THE ADVANCING ARMIES.HOWEVER DURING THE EARLY YEARS OF THE 50s THEIR CELEBRITY WAS SHORT LIVED ESPECIALLY FOR THOSE THAT FOUGHT WITH THE RAF AS WHEN THE COMMUNISTS CAME INTO POWER, THOSE THAT FOUGHT WITH THE RAF WERE ARRESTED AND INTERNED IN CAMPS AS WESTERN SPIES.MUCH OF THE MEMORABILIA FROM THESE BRAVE PILOTS WAS LOST AS IT WAS DESTROYED WHEN THE SECRET POLICE TURNED OVER THEIR HOUSES, SO MANY PILOTS LOST ALL THEIR MEDALS ETC DURING THAT PURGE.THIS SET WAS HANDED DOWN FROM MY FATHER WHO FLEW WITH THE 311 BOMBER SQUADRON IN ENGLAND DURING THE WAR.HAVING COME OVER TO ENGLAND ON HIS OWN AT THE AGE OF 17, HE JOINED THE RAF BY GIVING A FALSE DATE OF BIRTH AND WAS SENT TO THE 311 SQ AS AN AC2 DURING THE WAR HE RAPIDLY BECAME A PILOT AND ENDED THE WAR AS A WARRANT OFFICER.AFTER THE WAR HE FLEW FOR CSA CZECH AIRLINES UNTIL 1950 WHEN HE CAME OVER TO THE UK TO AVOID THE PROBLEMS THE COMMUNIST GOVERNMENT WOULD CAUSE THIS SET WILL BE SENT BY REGISTERED MEANS ONLY AND THE POSTAGE PAYMENT COVERS THAT COST AND THE INSURANCE EXTREMELY RARE SET AND ONE OF VERY FEW STILL IN EXISTENCE COMPLETE SET WHICH IS IN LOVELY CONDITION FOR ITS AGE WHICH IS 65 YEARS OLD"
     
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