c1960s Special Air Service (SAS) Cloth Wings Badge Patch

Early '60s S.A.S. Wings evidence of poppers to reverse. CG.

SAS pattern parachute wings, designed by Lieutenant Jock Lewes and based on the stylised sacred Ibis wings of Isis of Egyptian iconography depicted in the décor of Shepheard's Hotel in Cairo, are worn on the right shoulder. During the second world war, after a qualifying number of active service "jumps", they were worn on the left breast above medal ribbons.

Code: 1617