Let's see some mounted groups

[Dave]

This group belonged to R.J. Kager, a GM1 on SWIFT boats during Vietnam.

[Dave]

The Coast Guard's Senior Chief Russell, one of 66 USCG PH's awarded in Vietnam (there's a whole thread about him). 

[Dave]

This is just a mounted mini group, but still cool nevertheless...

[USMCR79]

14 minutes ago, Dave said:

This is just a mounted mini group, but still cool nevertheless...

I have owned Francis H LaRoche’s medals for many years

 

Bill

[Dave]

These weren't mine, but I photographed them for my book at the Naval War College. They belonged to Admiral Kent Hewitt. 

[Dave]

Here's another that's not mine, but is courtesy of the National Museum of the Marine Corps: 

[Dave]

Also not mine (though I have handled them - I have the rest of his stuff)...the medals to Rear Admiral Robert Copeland, the CO of the Samuel B Roberts at the Battle off Samar... 

[Dave]

This set belonged to Brigadier General Kenneth Gibson. I had several of his uniforms as well.

[Dave]

This group was a very early eBay save...it was being split up and sold with no ID. I was able to reach back to the relative who gave it to the consignment shop and got enough clues to pin down the recipient. I remember it was a lot of legwork! Gorgeous group though!

[Dave]

I think I owned this group in about 2003. Going way back in time!

[Dave]

One of the cooler groups with a US award to a foreigner. There's a thread on here about this...I think was Hermanus who helped me find the recipient. 

[Dave]

Here's one that makes my eyes bleed. Yes, the guy who mounted them did keep the original drapes, so I restored the group. Still....ooof....

[Dave]

Here are a couple of better images. The recipient was David Warren Gray. 

[Dave]

Another eye-bleeder. Ironically, when I sold this group, no one cared about the Chinese award. It was a "whatever...no additional value" to the group. Those were the days... 😭

The recipient was OSS in Indochina during WW2. He went by "Tom". Anyone recognize the guy next to him? 🙃

 

 

[Dave]

I forgot I had another eye-bleeder. Again, the collector did keep the original drapes, which was good. This was a great group - Emerson Dubuque. 

[Dave]

This one wasn't mine, but I did scan it when I visited the veteran for my original JOMSA article about Soviet awards to the US military. These belonged to Colonel John Wohner. 

[Dave]

A very sad group. He was killed by his wife after his return from Vietnam... 

[Dave]

A better photo of Fry's medals and the paperwork with the group...

[Dave]

Some better photos of Admiral Copeland's medals and his mini medals... 

[Dave]

Okay, completely unabashed...these aren't mine, they're at the National Museum of the Marine Corps, but they are far too cool not to share. Unfortunately, I was running out of time when I got to this drawer and the best I could do was iPhone photos. But still...whoa...literally the holy grails of mounted medals... 

[Brig]

On 8/1/2022 at 6:05 PM, Dave said:

Okay, completely unabashed...these aren't mine, they're at the National Museum of the Marine Corps, but they are far too cool not to share. Unfortunately, I was running out of time when I got to this drawer and the best I could do was iPhone photos. But still...whoa...literally the holy grails of mounted medals... 

 

 

 

Yeah...I've opened that drawer before...mind blowing

[manayunkman]

The diversity of the collection is amazing.

 

Who did this belong to?

[LYONSJ9]

On 8/1/2022 at 4:52 PM, Dave said:

This group was a very early eBay save...it was being split up and sold with no ID. I was able to reach back to the relative who gave it to the consignment shop and got enough clues to pin down the recipient. I remember it was a lot of legwork! Gorgeous group though!

Fantastic groups Dave! This one is incredible!

 

-Jimmy

[sampo]

Amazing groups!

Do you know the recipient of this group:

 

And maybe the Ulchi number?

Regards

Sampo

[Dave]

1 hour ago, sampo said:

Amazing groups!

Do you know the recipient of this group:

 

And maybe the Ulchi number?

Regards

Sampo

 

I unfortunately didn't have time to photograph the reverses of the groups, so I don't  have the medal numbers. However, the group belonged to General Robert O. Bare. 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_O._Bare