Anybody knows this pin?

[twistair]

Found this at coolectibles shop, just curious where this pin may be from? My guess is it has something with ATC since tower is showed.
Probably somebody knows for sure?

http://photos02.allegro.pl/photos/oryginal/505/57/06/505570689

Thanks in advance,

Alex

[Moira]

No idea, but for what it's worth: it seems to read GC in the blue field?

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Tough one!
Definitely a control tower. Not seen anything like it.
I will print it out and ask around.
And a Merry Christmas & Happy New Year! :ok:

[twistair]

Moira: I've already forgotten how this G is written in calligraphy :) It was years back :)

What I thought about also: if colours of the shield are national then I know two flags with such colours: Haiti and Liechtenstein

Let's see what we can find further :)

Merry Christmas and best wishes to all :p

[Moira]

Merry Christmas & Happy 2009!
And keep us posted :ok:

[SINGAPURCANAC]

Liechtenstein

Very famous ATC facility :E

Happy New Year

[Lon More]

Used to be very common fashion in the member states of the old USSR

[twistair]

It's not in the x-USSR traditions at all. Our controllers used to wear another signs - like this:
http://photos02.allegro.pl/photos/oryginal/506/98/01/506980125

This is controller award pin for 15 years of service without accidents.

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Are we moving West again?
Those "wings" have perhaps a USAF sergeants' twist?

[Lon More]

Must admit I hadn't noted Twistair's location before my original post.

Maybe one year in ATC with a couple of airproxes?? :\

[Hansard]

You could try posting the question on britishbadgeforum.com/forums

[twistair]

The investigation by Holmes methods gave it's result: Moira was correct to read CG letters, they stand for Spanish Guardia Civil and these shape of letters are exactly what they use in their different pins. Still don't know which exactly part of GC this pin belongs to but - just from my curiousity - I e-mailed to their GC museum with question :)

[Moira]

Judging from the second picture in the article below (emblem on the flag): Unidad de Seguridad Aeroportuaria - Airports Security Unit

Revista del mes de Enero de 1998 (http://www.guardiacivil.org/revista/oldrevista/revistas/1998/ene98.htm)

[twistair]

The good thing is we got it nailed, thanks to Moira. :D
The pity is it has no thing to do with ATC :{
Not the worst thing for me since I'm not a tower guy (well, mostly) :p

[Moira]

Thx, Twistair, but wouldn't have found it without your clue on the guardia civil!

[GOLF_BRAVO_ZULU]

twistair. Very well done. :D Is that a sword and crossed fuselage at the base?

Although it far excedes my beer ordering Spanish, I thought this was rather fun;


http://www.guardiacivil.org/revista/oldrevista/revistas/1998/images/ene98h.jpg

[twistair]

Is that a sword and crossed fuselage at the base?

It's likely a sword and a fascine - as at the common Spanish GC insignia.

[Fox3snapshot]

....is that a PC21, may be a Swiss unit?? :)