My wife's Grandfather was an Army P-47 pilot during WWII. WE have a great colage of pictures of him with his plane, and a hometown newspaper article of his exploits leading a mission that destroyed a bridge and a train.
My wife will wing next month as a USMC helo pilot. Her parents just found her Grandpa's leather jacket (which he's wearing in most the pics with the plane), and his full uniform with wings. The wings are a bit degraded, and we're wondering how to clean them up w/o ruining the authenticity. Also, the uniform is in good shape, but dirty...best way to clean it w/o ruining it? Maybe just steam it out?
Lastly, could she be pinned with his wings? I can't find a yea/nae anywhere and am just wondering if that would be improper to do since they're not wings of gold.
My wife will wing next month as a USMC helo pilot. Her parents just found her Grandpa's leather jacket (which he's wearing in most the pics with the plane), and his full uniform with wings. The wings are a bit degraded, and we're wondering how to clean them up w/o ruining the authenticity. Also, the uniform is in good shape, but dirty...best way to clean it w/o ruining it? Maybe just steam it out?
Lastly, could she be pinned with his wings? I can't find a yea/nae anywhere and am just wondering if that would be improper to do since they're not wings of gold.