Help Me Identify This Insignia

[AlphaOneCowboy]

I recently acquired a very small lapel pin in a classic gold arrow/delta with a white MACO star in the center.

The most-commonly found places for this style insignia are badges seen in both The Original Series and Into Darkness.

However, those MACO stars are black: my MACO star is white.

Can anyone tell me of any iteration of a Starfleet Delta that has a white star inside it instead of a black one?

If anyone has any explanation or even hypothesis as to why it is, I'd love to hear it.

I like the white star because it's less prominent when I wear it: it takes the light catching it just right to make it obvious that it's there, compared to a heavily-contrasting black star.

But I'd love for anyone to tell me why they think the white star is there instead of the black one; my searching online has uncovered nothing.

This is my first post so I also thank you all very much for having me!

 

[Finn]

Welcome


I think someone made it- as a hobby. It looks really tiny. As for the white star, perhaps the fan/person just liked the idea...

 

[AlphaOneCowboy]

Welcome


I think someone made it- as a hobby. It looks really tiny. As for the white star, perhaps the fan/person just liked the idea...

This is also my suspicion: no markings to indicate it's any kind of "original merch" and yes, it's super tiny - smaller than a fingertip.

I figured I'd check with The Experts and see if there might be more to it but I do wonder if it may simply be that a fan got a tiny custom lapel pin made and just liked white better than black (maybe for the same reasons I appreciate it).

Thanks for the welcome and the help!