Sully Posted September 30, 2013 Share #1 Posted September 30, 2013 Found this today and took a gamble, got it for $40. Always looking for WW1 28th Division; anything, papers, field gear, uniforms, etc. Link to post Share on other sites
Sully Posted September 30, 2013 Author Share #2 Posted September 30, 2013 Close up of the print Always looking for WW1 28th Division; anything, papers, field gear, uniforms, etc. Link to post Share on other sites
Jack's Son Posted September 30, 2013 Share #3 Posted September 30, 2013 I've never seen on before, I think you did well! **PLEASE NOTE: THIS COMMUNITY MEMBER HAS SADLY PASSED AWAY** http://www.usmilitariaforum.com/forums/index.php?/topic/301020-robin-ray/ Link to post Share on other sites
Squeaker Posted September 30, 2013 Share #4 Posted September 30, 2013 Very cool find Sully. Did you see this article when it came out? http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2226203/Skeleton-hero-World-War-II-carrier-pigeon-chimney-secret-coded-message-attached-leg.html Link to post Share on other sites
JDK Posted September 30, 2013 Share #5 Posted September 30, 2013 Very neat! For $40 I would have grabbed it too! JD AAF Collector...........**Always Buying WW2 Aviation Related Items: Especially Operation Tidal Wave items (1st Ploesti Raid) ..... WW2 Fighter Ace Related Items.....Higher End A-2 Flight Jacket Groups....AAF Related Valor Medal Groups** Link to post Share on other sites
Jack's Son Posted October 1, 2013 Share #6 Posted October 1, 2013 Collect some old pigeon bones and add some mystery to the pen!! **PLEASE NOTE: THIS COMMUNITY MEMBER HAS SADLY PASSED AWAY** http://www.usmilitariaforum.com/forums/index.php?/topic/301020-robin-ray/ Link to post Share on other sites
Patriot12 Posted October 1, 2013 Share #7 Posted October 1, 2013 Unique item. Link to post Share on other sites
jguy1986 Posted October 1, 2013 Share #8 Posted October 1, 2013 Collect some old pigeon bones and add some mystery to the pen!! Sounds like a good excuse for a trip to Chinatown. Pigeon bones and dim sum... just hopefully not from the same shop. -- Jon In memory of Dr. Leo P. Krall, USPHSUSS Uniontown (PF-65) Interested in uniforms / groupings from Massachusetts and New England veterans (particularly 26th "Yankee" Division), and original propaganda leaflets from WWI and WWII. Link to post Share on other sites
Sully Posted October 1, 2013 Author Share #9 Posted October 1, 2013 I'm definately not adding any pigeon bones to it. I'm sure the wife wouldn't approve. Always looking for WW1 28th Division; anything, papers, field gear, uniforms, etc. Link to post Share on other sites
Nack Posted October 1, 2013 Share #10 Posted October 1, 2013 Interesting. I've got one the cages, but not the cover with ropes. i had no idea what it was. Link to post Share on other sites
easterneagle87 Posted October 1, 2013 Share #11 Posted October 1, 2013 I'm definately not adding any pigeon bones to it. I'm sure the wife wouldn't approve. I am glad! That would be a little creepy. Would give the feeling that they were forgotten in there to die a slow death. Thanks for standing on the hgh ground. I "primarily" collect Gulf War 1 patches. All branches (USA, USAF,USN, USMC & USCG) and ALL Countries..US - Op.'s Desert Shield / Storm / Provide Comfort /Some Southern Watch - F-4G's Wild WeaselsUK - Op.'s Granby / Sabre / WardenCanadian - Op. Desert Storm / Op. FrictionFrench - Daguet / AconitNetherlands, Belgium, Poland, South Korea, etc.Looking for the oddities, including unfinished & flawsI HAVE EXTRA's!! Will trade as well. Link to post Share on other sites
craig_pickrall Posted October 7, 2013 Share #12 Posted October 7, 2013 Do a search for pigeon gear. We have a good thread covering much of the gear. PLEASE NOTE: THIS COMMUNITY MEMBER, SADLY, HAS PASSED AWAY Please click here to read the tributes to Craig Link to post Share on other sites
Airborne-Hunter Posted October 8, 2013 Share #13 Posted October 8, 2013 $40 was a good deal. I've seen those pretty expensive. ABN California "Only 2 defining forces have ever offered to die for you....Jesus Christ and the American Soldier. One died for your soul, the other for your freedom." -Lt. Col. Grant L. Rosensteel, Jr. USAF ''A government big enough to give you everything you want, is big enough to take away everything you have.'' Gerald Ford "Those who melt their guns into plows will plow for those who don't." Thomas Jefferson "I live in weirdville." Owen Link to post Share on other sites
avigo Posted October 8, 2013 Share #14 Posted October 8, 2013 Very good deal and very cool piece. I saw one of these once for around $250 if I remember. Link to post Share on other sites
ken88 Posted October 9, 2013 Share #15 Posted October 9, 2013 Very cool! These were hooked up to a little parachute that came in various colors, some marked with Baseball and a patent number... You did really well, congrats on a super nice find! "The battle belonged that morning to the thin wet line of khaki that dragged itself ashore on the channel coast of France." - General Omar Bradley. Link to post Share on other sites
ken88 Posted October 9, 2013 Share #16 Posted October 9, 2013 Here's a picture to illustrate: the chute had appr. 8 panels of which 4 were colored in red, orange, etc. "The battle belonged that morning to the thin wet line of khaki that dragged itself ashore on the channel coast of France." - General Omar Bradley. Link to post Share on other sites
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