VR Wings
The wings do indeed exist and I suspect their provenence is along the lines suggested ie we intended to appoint competent pilots to fly the ATC/AEF in a civilian aircraft (the Grob) but needed a method of bringing them under command of Military Flying Regulations. The wing looks awfully like the real thing but with VR in the centre instead of RAF if memory serves me right.
Not sure what the current state of play is but the boss of the AEF at Leuchars was one such beast and I heard he had a bag full of the wings because they were ordered on the expectation tha there would be hoards of chaps and chapesses applying .... but there weren't! I think the scheme has since been stopped but I expect the one or two remaining VR wings people will see out their contracted service.