Cobra 6 Actual Posted September 10, 2015 Share #101 Posted September 10, 2015 U.S. Naval Academy Looking for: 1. CIB with M16 instead of 1795 Musket 2. Rarer current era brassards and armbands Thanks for taking the time to read this! Link to post Share on other sites
hardheaded Posted September 10, 2015 Author Share #102 Posted September 10, 2015 28th Division Link to post Share on other sites
Cobra 6 Actual Posted September 10, 2015 Share #103 Posted September 10, 2015 Sons of Union Veterans Looking for: 1. CIB with M16 instead of 1795 Musket 2. Rarer current era brassards and armbands Thanks for taking the time to read this! Link to post Share on other sites
Cobra 6 Actual Posted September 15, 2015 Share #104 Posted September 15, 2015 Grand Army of the Republic buckle: Looking for: 1. CIB with M16 instead of 1795 Musket 2. Rarer current era brassards and armbands Thanks for taking the time to read this! Link to post Share on other sites
Cobra 6 Actual Posted September 17, 2015 Share #105 Posted September 17, 2015 This is a U.S. Lighthouse service set: Looking for: 1. CIB with M16 instead of 1795 Musket 2. Rarer current era brassards and armbands Thanks for taking the time to read this! Link to post Share on other sites
Salvage Sailor Posted September 17, 2015 Share #106 Posted September 17, 2015 Now there's something seldom seen Anchor's Aweigh Member National Association of Fleet Tug Sailors - The Salvage Navy! Link to post Share on other sites
Cobra 6 Actual Posted September 17, 2015 Share #107 Posted September 17, 2015 Now there's something seldom seen Well, as you know, there are several versions of the GAR buckle. The commonest is very similar to the Sons of Union Veterans buckle that I have in Post #103. Here's another version of the GAR buckle: Looking for: 1. CIB with M16 instead of 1795 Musket 2. Rarer current era brassards and armbands Thanks for taking the time to read this! Link to post Share on other sites
Cobra 6 Actual Posted September 17, 2015 Share #108 Posted September 17, 2015 Now there's something seldom seen Oops, perhaps you were referring to the U.S. Lighthouse Service items. Sorry, I'm a little dense sometimes. As you know the Lighthouse Service was absorbed into the Coast Guard in 1939. Looking for: 1. CIB with M16 instead of 1795 Musket 2. Rarer current era brassards and armbands Thanks for taking the time to read this! Link to post Share on other sites
hardheaded Posted September 24, 2015 Author Share #109 Posted September 24, 2015 Boxing! Link to post Share on other sites
gpw_42 Posted September 24, 2015 Share #110 Posted September 24, 2015 Some interesting buckles in this thread: http://www.usmilitariaforum.com/forums/index.php?/topic/215315-this-mornings-finds-752-tank-bn-buckle-and-other-things/?hl=%2Bsterling+%2Bcib+%2Bvintage I remember: Chris Ingrassia (9/11) CPT Tristan Aitken (OIF, 2003) MAJ Paul Syverson (OIF, 2004) CPT Tom Miller (OIF, 2005) SSG Scottie Bright (OIF, 2005) CPT Chris Petty (OIF, 2006) MAJ Hurley Shields (OIF, 2008) ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Link to post Share on other sites
Cobra 6 Actual Posted September 24, 2015 Share #111 Posted September 24, 2015 Thanks, GPW. Yep, the humble roller buckle gets 'personalized' pretty regularly. Here's one that I had made in a ville in Vietnam (the unit was the 1st Battalion of the 2nd Infantry of the 1st Infantry Division (1/2): Looking for: 1. CIB with M16 instead of 1795 Musket 2. Rarer current era brassards and armbands Thanks for taking the time to read this! Link to post Share on other sites
doyler Posted September 25, 2015 Share #112 Posted September 25, 2015 Recent find. In Memoriam:Lieutenant J.Kostelec 1-3 First Special Service Force MIA/PD 4 March 1944 ItalyI HAVE SEEN THE ENEMY AND IT IS DAYLIGHTForget about the tips..We'll get hell to pay (AC/DC)"If you cant get out and run with the big dogs then sit on the porch and bark at the cars going by.." Have you Hugged a Clown Today? You Cant Get A Sun Tan On The Moon.. Link to post Share on other sites
Cobra 6 Actual Posted September 25, 2015 Share #113 Posted September 25, 2015 Nice one, Doyler ... Those non-roller style buckles apparently were as popular as the roller buckle ones for 'embellishment'. Looking for: 1. CIB with M16 instead of 1795 Musket 2. Rarer current era brassards and armbands Thanks for taking the time to read this! Link to post Share on other sites
collector Posted September 29, 2015 Share #114 Posted September 29, 2015 A third buckle is from a Marine who served in China immediately post-war. He probably took part in the effort to accept the surrender of Japanese forces that still retained their full fighting strength. The neat thing about this buckle is I know who it originally belonged to: Thomas L. Holder. When I bought it off the internet about 13 years ago, it was sold as an unidentified piece. When I got it, I looked on the back of the buckle and found this inscribed on back: PL. SGT THOMAS L. HOLDER 288506 U.S.M.C. 1940-1947 Lesson learned: ALWAYS look on the back, on the rim, inside, in every pocket, the lining . You might find this interesting; http://www.usmilitariaforum.com/forums/index.php?/topic/14159-usmc-china-photos-and-paperwork/?hl=ditta Link to post Share on other sites
Cobra 6 Actual Posted September 29, 2015 Share #115 Posted September 29, 2015 Here's one of the many "re-up" buckles that were part of the re-enlistment swag: Looking for: 1. CIB with M16 instead of 1795 Musket 2. Rarer current era brassards and armbands Thanks for taking the time to read this! Link to post Share on other sites
hardheaded Posted October 30, 2015 Author Share #116 Posted October 30, 2015 . Link to post Share on other sites
Cobra 6 Actual Posted October 30, 2015 Share #117 Posted October 30, 2015 . That buckle is almost beat up enough to look like a "short timer's buckle". Cool. Here's another: Looking for: 1. CIB with M16 instead of 1795 Musket 2. Rarer current era brassards and armbands Thanks for taking the time to read this! Link to post Share on other sites
hink441 Posted November 5, 2015 Share #118 Posted November 5, 2015 Here is an early USN Helicopter buckle. Link to post Share on other sites
rd12 Posted November 5, 2015 Share #119 Posted November 5, 2015 Great thread! Here's mine; this is a KW era buckle I put on one of my old belts and wear most days. Bob Davis Secretary, Arizona Chapter, The Orders and Medals Research Society ASMIC Member #5364, OVMS Member #11939 US Army Infantry 2001-2009, OIF/OEF Veteran Link to post Share on other sites
rd12 Posted November 5, 2015 Share #120 Posted November 5, 2015 One more, Korean War era, 19th Infantry Honor Guard ( I think ) brass buckle and belt. Bob Davis Secretary, Arizona Chapter, The Orders and Medals Research Society ASMIC Member #5364, OVMS Member #11939 US Army Infantry 2001-2009, OIF/OEF Veteran Link to post Share on other sites
gpw_42 Posted November 5, 2015 Share #121 Posted November 5, 2015 That buckle with the bullet halves on it is really cool! I remember: Chris Ingrassia (9/11) CPT Tristan Aitken (OIF, 2003) MAJ Paul Syverson (OIF, 2004) CPT Tom Miller (OIF, 2005) SSG Scottie Bright (OIF, 2005) CPT Chris Petty (OIF, 2006) MAJ Hurley Shields (OIF, 2008) ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Link to post Share on other sites
Cobra 6 Actual Posted November 5, 2015 Share #122 Posted November 5, 2015 One more, Korean War era, 19th Infantry Honor Guard ( I think ) brass buckle and belt. Nice one, Bob -- gee, its even got a CIB on it ... what a coincidence. Looking for: 1. CIB with M16 instead of 1795 Musket 2. Rarer current era brassards and armbands Thanks for taking the time to read this! Link to post Share on other sites
skautdog Posted November 5, 2015 Share #123 Posted November 5, 2015 Thanks to all for sharing. I somehow missed this thread earlier. It's like a virtual museum. Ken Duty is the sublimest word in our language. Do your duty in all things. You cannot do more. You should never wish to do less." GEN Robert E. Lee Link to post Share on other sites
doyler Posted November 5, 2015 Share #124 Posted November 5, 2015 This is a U.S. Lighthouse service set: Those are a great set.First I have seen.Thanks for posting. Lots of great buckles to be seen here In Memoriam:Lieutenant J.Kostelec 1-3 First Special Service Force MIA/PD 4 March 1944 ItalyI HAVE SEEN THE ENEMY AND IT IS DAYLIGHTForget about the tips..We'll get hell to pay (AC/DC)"If you cant get out and run with the big dogs then sit on the porch and bark at the cars going by.." Have you Hugged a Clown Today? You Cant Get A Sun Tan On The Moon.. Link to post Share on other sites
Cobra 6 Actual Posted November 5, 2015 Share #125 Posted November 5, 2015 Those are a great set.First I have seen.Thanks for posting. Lots of great buckles to be seen here Thanks, Doyler. Actually the numbered cap badge is far rarer than the buckle and the breast badge. Here's a reproduction of a Marine Corps buckle: Although a repro, the design by Hanover Brass Foundry is too cool to pass up. The company sells repro buckles from the Revolutionary War onward, with a specialty in Civil War buckles. Looking for: 1. CIB with M16 instead of 1795 Musket 2. Rarer current era brassards and armbands Thanks for taking the time to read this! Link to post Share on other sites
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