Scarce WW2 Special Forces British Parachute Qualification 'Black' Backing Version Wings

cWWII British Para Wings scarce flat black backed. Very Good Condition.

c1944. Parachute training was a 12-day course carried out at the No. 1 Parachute Training School, RAF Ringway. Recruits initially jumped from a converted barrage balloon and finished with five parachute jumps from an aircraft. Anyone failing to complete a parachute jump was returned to his old unit. At the end of the course, new Paras were presented with their maroon beret and parachute wings and posted to a parachute battalion. Parachute training was not without its dangers; three men were killed in the first 2,000 parachute jumps at Ringway. Some SOE and Commandos also qualified for their wings.

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