Two Caterpillar Club Pins To Sgt. Watson Raf Auction Archive aboard B-24 and B-17 aircraft

aboard B-24 and B-17 aircraft

Footnote: Charles Baring was born on June 26

marked - better than extremely fine as a set

attached to original IC ribbon

Two Caterpillar Club Pins To Sgt. Watson Raf Auction Archive aboard B-24 and B-17 aircraftTwo Caterpillar Club Pins to Sgt. Watson RAF First pin is gold with two ruby eyes, weighing . 9 gram, engraved "SGT. J. A. WATSON" on the reverse, 3. 8 mm x 19. 3 mm. Second pin is silver gilt with two red glass eyes, weighing 1 gram, impressed "SGT J. A. WATSON" on the reverse, 4 mm x 19. 6 mm. Ruby eyes were indicative of a pilot that bailed out from a plane in flames, thus the "fire red" eyes. Extremely fine. In cardboard box of issue, marked in