Gorgeous Iconic WWI US Air Service Bombing Military Aviator Wing by Eisenstadt with Sweeney Mark

What we have here is a fabulous example of the Iconic WWI US x000D Air Service Bombing Military Aviator Wing. This wing was produced by the x000D Eisenstadt Manufacturing Company of St. Louis Missouri for the J.J. (John x000D Jasper) Sweeney Jewelry Company in Houston Texas. Instead of having the classic "E on the Square" Eisenstadt Maker Mark, The wing was marked at the factory x000D with the JJ Sweeney "S in a Shield" Mark, since it was to be sold by that x000D company. Sweeney also sold wings made for them by the Dunham Jewelry Manufacturing x000D Company of San Antonio, Texas.

This Eisenstadt Made wing shows up more often with either x000D the Eisenstadt Maker Mark, or no markings at all, more often than it shows up x000D with the Sweeney mark, so this is an even more rare example of an already quite x000D rare wing.  

And this wing is in nearly perfect condition. This elegant, x000D delicate, and LONG wing is notorious for being found with the tip of the right x000D (as viewed) wing tweaked, from having been caught on a uniform sleeve, but this x000D wing only has the slightest evidence of maybe having been SLIGHTLY tweaked x000D once. Other than that, it is in a state of near perfect preservation, with some x000D tiny remnants of silver polish here and there, and an overall gray-to-gunmetal x000D patina on the obverse.

Although hard to see in the images, the wing has the 14K x000D gold bomb tip and the US is also in gold.

This was a short-lived, later-war wing, but some Bombing x000D Military Aviators did make it overseas and saw combat with the 96^th x000D Aero Squadron.

It would be hard to improve on this wing. 

World War I.

Approximately 15/16" in height x 3-3/4" in width.

Sterling silver, with 14K gold bomb tip and the US is also in gold.

Horizontal pin with drop-in locking catch.

STERLING and S (Maker x000D Mark)

This is from a large collection which we will be listing more of over the next few months. CON-RLB-VCGFAX12/12-22 LFGIEX07/14/22 SFEJJX07/15/22

9 (Excellent): This wing is in near perfect preservation, with some tiny remnants of silver x000D polish here and there, and an overall gray-to-gunmetal patina on the obverse. It would be hard to improve on this wing.

As with all my artifacts, this piece is guaranteed to be original, as described.