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Col. Morton is from Tennessee and even after running around the world and settling in Southern California, he still has a noticeable accent appropriate to someone who says he'll always be proud of his heritage. He has carried this from post to post for many decades and hopes it will stay with his other artifacts.

 

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Just when you thought there is no more.

 

Any photos of him in country?

 

I asked him yesterday and he said nope.

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A couple of his religious medals: The Church War Cross was designed for GI's with the cross in a circle so that nothing can snag on it as it could with the standard cross worn on a chain around the neck. The other is the French medal for St. Michel the patron of parachutists.

 

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Bob Hudson

Anyone know what this is? To me it appears to be a patch worn by someone with a combat parachute jump, maybe something worn on the breast pocket of a civilian suit.

 

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Anyone know what this is? To me it appears to be a patch worn by someone with a combat parachute jump, maybe something worn on the breast pocket of a civilian suit.

 

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This is an older Brazilian airborne shoulder sleeve patch. There are black and white photographs showing a version of this patch being worn in 1946.

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Bob Hudson

This is an older Brazilian airborne shoulder sleeve patch. There are black and white photographs showing a version of this patch being worn in 1946.

 

And he would been presented that circa 1959-61: as Aide De Camp, Joint Brazil United States Military Commission (JBUSMC), Brazil

 

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scotty1418

French badge is Ecole Superieur de Guerre (located in Paris), fairly modern (would make sense that it dates to similar time as numbered wings).

 

French wings - very nice that they were numbered. It seemed far more common for foreigners to receive a blank (non-numbered) pair.

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riflegreen297
1 hour ago, manayunkman said:

A stunning set.

Thank you for posting it.

Not mine, but maybe the owner can connect them back up.  

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Bob Hudson
On 5/1/2020 at 4:47 AM, riflegreen297 said:

I believe these were his Windproofs.

 

That make sense: he and his wife moved something like 22 times during his career so he only kept things he actually used. When he I first bought from him he sold his field gear and helmet, and then the second time it was dress uniforms, insignia, etc.

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manayunkman

Owen,

Who has it now?

I ask because it is now possible to put the group back together.

Peter

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kammo-man

It was split up a decade ago
There is not one dealer on this forum who hasn’t broken up a grouping
It’s just the way the world.
Trying to reunite a group is noteworthy but arduous.


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manayunkman

I’m not unfamiliar with breaking up groups and don’t judge those who do.

Your opinion is well taken.

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