During WWI many pilots made squadron pins and many unauthorized items for wearing on their uniforms. The jewelers in Paris were more than willing to help to take some of the hard earning money form the American boys. This is a museum quality reproduction of one very rare such wing. While it is not known much about the wing , one thing for certain it is very beautiful. The Indian head in the center is form the 93rd Aero Squadron.

During the First World War no real standard wings existed for the US Army Signal Corp. Air Service. Many wings were cloth but many jewelers made metal wings during the war at the request of pilots. The real wings were based on Special Regulation #41 issued on 15 August 1917 and were to be made on cloth with embroidery.

During the First World War no real standard wings existed for the US Army Signal Corp. Air Service. Many wings were cloth but many jewelers made metal wings during the war at the request of pilots. The real wings were based on Special Regulation #41 issued on 15 August 1917 and were to be made on cloth with embroidery. But right from the beginning Pilots had jewelers make the wings because the embroidered wings did not hold up when washed.