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13th December 06, 08:14 AM
#8
 Originally Posted by Riverkilt
...I have an RAF 1942 pin that he wore on his Army Air Corps uniform after he transfered over, but as you can see its as small as a U.S. quarter. ...
Have thought maybe an artist could cast it, or even enlarge it. Local Hopi artisans do a lot of silver work, but guessing it'd be a very expensive kilt pin. ...
This is exactly what I'm doing for my (someday when I have managed to save up enough shekels) Polaris Tartan kilt.
I want to wear my dolphins and FBM detergent patrol pin on my Polaris kilt:

But, I don't want to wear these devices that I wore while in the service - they are too valuable. So, I am having a local jeweler make replicas of them in sterling for wear on my kilt. The technique is to make a silicon cast into which the jeweler pours wax. From that point it is simply a lost wax process. It ain't cheap but for me this is a better way than just going out and buying replacement devices which can be had on the internet for twenty bucks. The connection is the important bit.
Were the choice mine, I would have your RAF pin duplicated at size and perhaps wear it with a similarly sized USMC pin.
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