The Rooster Posted July 30, 2019 Share #1 Posted July 30, 2019 Greetings all. I won this lot of 5 swagger's today. US Swagger's From the last Century.. 4 short and one long. One appears to be a swagger Spike. Encased by a lether sheath. With Nameplate. Thoughts ??? Enjoy! Thank you. Rooster Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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7thEvac Posted July 30, 2019 Share #4 Posted July 30, 2019 Great lot! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Rooster Posted July 30, 2019 Author Share #5 Posted July 30, 2019 Major General Frank W Milburn. Commander of the big red one 1946-1949. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aznation Posted July 30, 2019 Share #6 Posted July 30, 2019 Milburn's career is remarkable for having commanded five corps of the U.S. Army. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Rooster Posted July 30, 2019 Author Share #7 Posted July 30, 2019 The symbol opposite the 1st Infantry symbol is for the XXI Corps https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frank_W._Milburn Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aznation Posted July 30, 2019 Share #8 Posted July 30, 2019 So, Major General Milburn commanded XXI Corps from about December 1943 to July 1945. Pretty cool. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Rooster Posted July 31, 2019 Author Share #9 Posted July 31, 2019 General Milburns page from his west point year book. He was big on sports... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Rooster Posted July 31, 2019 Author Share #10 Posted July 31, 2019 2 West point baseball team squatting on far left Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Rooster Posted July 31, 2019 Author Share #11 Posted July 31, 2019 The future Lieutenant General 2nd from right West point football team 1913. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Rooster Posted August 4, 2019 Author Share #12 Posted August 4, 2019 Here is a close up of the pommel of one of the 5. It looks like it commemorates the Spanish American War. No ID on it though. Check out the spelling ….. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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