Diamond Badges

Nyal Williams wrote:
We should re-design the diamond badge. The original was nice; the
current design, with the 3-diamond crest at the top is ugly, ugly, ugly!

The first design called for the diamonds to be distributed evenly around
the edge of the gold badge and each one of the diamond legs had a
specific location on the badge. This allowed the addition of the
diamonds, one-by-one, as they were earned.

Those of you who saw Peter Riedel's badges offered on eBay had
opportunity to compare the old version and the new version side by
side. Seems to me we could change the current method of an add-on crest
for a new add-on device , triangular in shape, that would allow
positioning the stones equilaterally around the badge. That would
return to specific locations for specific legs. There are pilots with
gold badges who have had one and even two diamond legs for years and
years; why not let them display these in the proper location so as to
know their accomplishments?

Do you have a picture of the diamond badges?

Jacek

wrote:
Nyal Williams wrote:


Do you have a picture of the diamond badges?

Jacek


Do an ebay search, mark completed only:

Item number:

300043467107

or topic:

DIAMOND SOARING PIN

Wish mine looked like that rather than the cheap one I got last year
from SSA.

Tim

These are the links for the two pins & photos:

http://cgi.ebay.com/GLIDER-PILOT-PET...QQcmdZViewItem

http://cgi.ebay.com/GLIDER-PILOT-PET...QQcmdZViewItem

Quoted from the Auction:
"WE ARE SELLING SEVERAL OF MR. RIEDEL'S SOARING AWARD PINS. THIS
AUCTION IS FOR ONE PIN AND IT IS PETER RIEDEL'S SOARING AWARDS. THIS
ONE IS GOLD WITH 3 SOARING BIRDS AND 3 DIAMONDS. THERE IS A STAIN OR
FLAW AT THE TOP OF THE TOP BIRD WING WHICH IS LIGHTER OR POSSIBLY A
SCRATCH OR CRACK IN THE BLUE AREA. IT HAS THE NUMBER 935 ENGRAVED
ON THE BACK. IT MEASURES ABOUT 5/8 INCHES OR 7 MM IN DIAMETER. "

On Nov 20, 5:49 pm, "Tim Taylor" wrote:
wrote:
Nyal Williams wrote:

Do you have a picture of the diamond badges?

JacekDo an ebay search, mark completed only:

Item number:

300043467107

or topic:

DIAMOND SOARING PIN

Wish mine looked like that rather than the cheap one I got last year
from SSA.

Tim