1949 USAF Officers tans w/sewn on ribbons

[MattS]

Here's a uniform in our local museum that we don't display. I think it came from a civic theater and has no history with it which is too bad because the ribbons tell a pretty interesting story by themselves. It was made in Japan in 1949 by Chikuma. The LTCol leaves are pin backs and appear to be original to the uniform. Too bad there's no name in it. Sorry for the quality of the photos, all I had was my phone. Comments welcome!

[MattS]

Here's the spec label with the inspector's name, but not the owners.

[History Man]

thats a beautiful uniform :thumbsup: love that ribbon rack! :w00t:

 

philip

[canadian bacon]

wow thats a combo of ribbons you dont see every day

cheers michael

[MattS]

Thanks for the comments! Yeah, there can't be that many DFC, Soldier's Medal, Bronze Star recipients out there. Add to that he was an officer, probably AAF prior to 1947 and I would think the number of candidates would be small, but who knows.

[MattS]

I'm researching silvertans and came across my old thread. Any other help in identifying a possible owner of this uniform? I believe there is a book out there with a list of Soldiers Medal recipients in it, but I could not locate a copy.

[BEAST]

Army AIr Force, Soldier's Medal & Pearl Harbor vet? Cant be too many of those. What's the odds that he was from Indiana?

[MattS]

Very possible. We received 2 civic theater costume collections, one from Muncie, IN and the other was from around New Castle (Henry County), IN. I don't recall without getting it back out which one this was, but I do believe it was one of those two.