easterneagle87 Posted September 12, 2022 Share #851 Posted September 12, 2022 From an online listing ....... BASS Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
easterneagle87 Posted September 13, 2022 Share #852 Posted September 13, 2022 2 hours ago, easterneagle87 said: From an online listing ....... BASS Thought I'd seen this before and I had. Phil-Buck posted a similar one back on APR 3, post #693, page 30. His was posted out of NY & the one I just posted is in CA. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
easterneagle87 Posted September 15, 2022 Share #853 Posted September 15, 2022 Latest oval to pop up on ebay, Large "PHILIPPINES" with standard palm tree and hut. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
easterneagle87 Posted September 17, 2022 Share #854 Posted September 17, 2022 This was a sleeper I just picked up. It was earlier posted by me back on July of 2021, posting #430 on page 18. I believe it was posted above $50 and wasn't touched. It was re-listed at a pretty reasonable price and closed today. An odd ball, but still kind of cool. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
easterneagle87 Posted September 17, 2022 Share #855 Posted September 17, 2022 On 9/8/2022 at 9:03 AM, easterneagle87 said: I think there is going to be a fight over this one, USS Gambier Bay, CVE-73, named to M. Montgomery. It appears to be an early style, but has surely got to be a commemoration buckle due to the ship's history. See below from wiki: USS Gambier Bay (CVE-73) was a Casablanca-class escort carrier of the United States Navy.[1] She was sunk in the Battle off Samar during the Battle of Leyte Gulf after helping to turn back a much larger attacking Japanese surface force. She was the only American aircraft carrier sunk by enemy surface gunfire during World War II. Named for Gambier Bay on Admiralty Island in the Alaska Panhandle, she was originally classified AVG-73, was reclassified ACV-73 on 20 August 1942 and again reclassified CVE-73 on 15 July 1943; launched under a Maritime Commission contract by the Kaiser Shipbuilding Company, Vancouver, Washington on 22 November 1943; sponsored by Mrs. H. C. Zitzewitz, wife of Lieutenant Commander Herbert C. Zitzewitz, the Senior Naval Liaison Officer (SNLO) assigned to Kaiser's Vancouver Yard from the Navy's Bureau of Ships; and commissioned at Astoria, Oregon on 28 December 1943, Captain Hugh H. Goodwin in command.[1] The ship was referred to as the "Bonus Ship" by yard personnel because she was the 19th carrier delivered in 1943. The yard had originally projected 16 carriers would be delivered before the end of 1943. However, in September the Navy asked the yard to increase that number by at least two more. To rally the workers, Kaiser initiated a campaign called "18 or More by '44" to meet the new challenge; being the 19th and last Kaiser-built carrier commissioned in 1943, Gambier Bay was dubbed the "Bonus Ship". No ships of her class survive today. I knew this one would go high! Congrats to the winner at $202.57 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
easterneagle87 Posted September 17, 2022 Share #856 Posted September 17, 2022 23 minutes ago, easterneagle87 said: This was a sleeper I just picked up. It was earlier posted by me back on July of 2021, posting #430 on page 18. I believe it was posted above $50 and wasn't touched. It was re-listed at a pretty reasonable price and closed today. An odd ball, but still kind of cool. Info from the seller: You are very welcome! I got it from a friend who was in the Navy and traveled to the Philippines. This was a prototype to see if there was interest by other members in the Corvette club. It is one of one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
easterneagle87 Posted September 18, 2022 Share #857 Posted September 18, 2022 On 9/12/2022 at 5:32 PM, easterneagle87 said: Thought I'd seen this before and I had. Phil-Buck posted a similar one back on APR 3, post #693, page 30. His was posted out of NY & the one I just posted is in CA. It's the same buckle and they won't ship. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Salvage Sailor Posted September 18, 2022 Share #858 Posted September 18, 2022 Two more from my Salvage collection, Plates made by Texoma Leather and Brass and attached to USN belt buckles USS CONSERVER (ARS-39) "The Connie Maru" USS RECLAIMER (ARS-42), both three-war ships assigned to SERVRON 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
easterneagle87 Posted September 23, 2022 Share #859 Posted September 23, 2022 Real nice Philippine oval. Hut, sunrise, Jeff Phelps. Offered by the same seller as the 214 Helicopter buckle, Page 31, Post #757, May 27th, 20222. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
easterneagle87 Posted September 23, 2022 Share #860 Posted September 23, 2022 A Masonic buckle sold on Sept 12th. Richard E. Evers, Typical background; twin palms, sail boat and hut. Real nice! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
easterneagle87 Posted September 23, 2022 Share #861 Posted September 23, 2022 6 hours ago, easterneagle87 said: Real nice Philippine oval. Hut, sunrise, Jeff Phelps. Offered by the same seller as the 214 Helicopter buckle, Page 31, Post #757, May 27th, 20222. This Phelps buckle looks like it was originally offered and sold on a BIN around Aug 22nd for a much more reasonable price of $19.99. Pretty as it is, it's now reappearing / re-listed for an un-realistic offering at $49.99. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
easterneagle87 Posted September 27, 2022 Share #862 Posted September 27, 2022 Current up on ebay, Doyle E. Thomas. Typical P.I. scene like those carved into other; twin palms, hut, water buffalo, boat or out rigger. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
easterneagle87 Posted October 1, 2022 Share #863 Posted October 1, 2022 Got a new buckle for the pile/stash yesterday. ART DIXON with the Navy Officers crest. I think it maybe Hong Kong carved. As "shiney" as it is, I'm leaning that way. I saw it in a mixed lot and decided to bid. Now I just got to spin the other 8 buckles that it came with to make it worth it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cobra 6 Actual Posted October 3, 2022 Share #864 Posted October 3, 2022 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
easterneagle87 Posted October 3, 2022 Share #865 Posted October 3, 2022 1 hour ago, Cobra 6 Actual said: OOH this is pretty! Where find? Please share. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cobra 6 Actual Posted October 4, 2022 Share #866 Posted October 4, 2022 EE87, it was an eBay “Buy It Now”. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
easterneagle87 Posted October 4, 2022 Share #867 Posted October 4, 2022 9 minutes ago, Cobra 6 Actual said: EE87, it was an eBay “Buy It Now”. OOOOOHH!! Just found it! Nice score! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
easterneagle87 Posted October 9, 2022 Share #868 Posted October 9, 2022 Two Naval Aviators currently up on the 'bay'. Phil Vietmeyer, U.S. NAVY. One with feathered frame. The other not. Probably two seperate cruises. I believe the top buckle is the older of the two and the feather frame buckle is typical of Vietnam era into the 70's. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
easterneagle87 Posted October 9, 2022 Share #869 Posted October 9, 2022 A couple of recently sold buckles: These are both nicer older examples. Oddity to see an "ARMY" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
easterneagle87 Posted October 9, 2022 Share #870 Posted October 9, 2022 Not spectacular, but someone picked up this pair of Machinist's Mate buckles. CHEAP. A good score. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
easterneagle87 Posted October 9, 2022 Share #871 Posted October 9, 2022 And their cousins .... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
easterneagle87 Posted October 9, 2022 Share #872 Posted October 9, 2022 Naval Aviator M. L. BRUCE Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
easterneagle87 Posted October 9, 2022 Share #873 Posted October 9, 2022 Totally off my game, As I didn't even see these come up. Smaller monogram buckle and Aviation Electrician. The larger one was broke or not finished as the flipper thing in the back is missing. Subic Bay - Luzon, 1945, W.C. Harding Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
easterneagle87 Posted October 9, 2022 Share #874 Posted October 9, 2022 Gunners Mate up on the 'bay right now. From our friend at fitzkeemilitaria Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vforvictory1945 Posted October 12, 2022 Share #875 Posted October 12, 2022 That football US Army one was definitely cool! Congrats to the winner! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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