Dirk Posted June 11, 2019 Author Share #26 Posted June 11, 2019 Excellent Dick!!! Great Crop!! Any hallmarks around the base of the cap? Love the Chinese "Chicken Eagle" too! Very similar to others Eagles I have on Chinese made peices! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MP25 Posted June 13, 2019 Share #27 Posted June 13, 2019 FANTASTIC COLLECTION! Thank you so much for sharing it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kanemono Posted June 13, 2019 Share #28 Posted June 13, 2019 Hi Dirk, there are no makers markings on on this crop. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kanemono Posted July 4, 2019 Share #29 Posted July 4, 2019 Here is a Chinese made swagger stick that belonged to Captain George J. Nowack who was born on January 9, 1896 in Rochester, New York. He enlisted in the Marine Corps in 1921 after serving six years with the 12th Calvary, US Army. Nowack was an expert saddler, farrier (specialist in equine hoof care) and blacksmith. He served in the Marine Corps Expeditionary Force, Culebra, Puerto Rico, Headquarters Company, Eleventh Regiment, Ocotal, Nicaragua, Headquarters Company, First Brigade, United States Marine Corps, Port Au Prince, Republic Of Haiti and twice with Headquarters Detachment, Marine Mounted Detachment, American Embassy, Peiping, China, as a Veterinarian. He is pictured here with his mount "Shannon" at the American Embassy, Peiping, China, about 1936. The last mounted unit of these "China Horse Marines" (including Nowack) was retired in March 1938 when the detachment, numbering one officer and thirty marines, was disbanded. Nowack was commissioned as a Second Lieutenant in January 1943. Captain George J. Nowack died on December 27, 1946 in Tientsin, China. He is buried at Arlington National Cemetery. This stick has an ivory top and a silver EGA with a scroll engraved with PUERTO RICO, NICARAGUA, HAITI and CHINA. The top of the stick has a silver disc engraved GEORGE J. NOWACK, PEIPING, U.S.M.C. The swagger stick is 23 1/2" long. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kanemono Posted July 4, 2019 Share #30 Posted July 4, 2019 next.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dirk Posted July 4, 2019 Author Share #31 Posted July 4, 2019 Dick thank you for adding this great addition to the thread! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rustykamel Posted June 25, 2020 Share #32 Posted June 25, 2020 This is a walking stick that belonged to my father, a China Marine. The stick is a figured wood, but nothing Marine Corps about it that can still be seen. Feel yes, but no longer seen. I remember a “hair” design glued to the wood--very fragile. I believe it had his name and other art work. Some of this can still be felt. Best wishes and Semper Fi, Jim Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
katieony Posted July 6, 2020 Share #33 Posted July 6, 2020 A very interesting topic! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RickB Posted December 17, 2020 Share #34 Posted December 17, 2020 I got this stick from my grandfather, who was never in the service, and no idea where he got it. The tips are non-ferric, but they don't appear to be silver; maybe tin? No maker's marks, initials, etc., of any kind. Anyway, "Tsingtao China" is inlaid in the shaft with very fine wire; likely USMC connection? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
warguy Posted December 17, 2020 Share #35 Posted December 17, 2020 A beautiful stick thanks for sharing it. Too bad it isn’t named but it seems to be of high quality. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
diggin4copper Posted June 30, 2021 Share #36 Posted June 30, 2021 Hi guys, new to the forum. Thank you for being here..I came into a collection of 1920/30s marine items. The gentleman was over in China during this time. I have learned a lot in the past few days from this forum. I found what looked like a magician wand in the trash at a house cleanout. I thought it was better than a piece of junk so i took it home. No markings, but a real nice dragon design. Then I found this forum. Looks like it a swagger stick. Fits with the other items.. brochures from China, postcards, Mother’s Day 1929 dinner menu. Here is the stick… lots of other items to post if anyone is interested..I feel honored to be able to rescue this collection from a dumpster… Brian Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dirk Posted July 1, 2021 Author Share #37 Posted July 1, 2021 First welcome to the forum! Second the stick…..It’s a beauty and most likely silver. Can you tell from the menus were in China he was stationed….Shanghai or Peking? Yours looks similar to my post #2 from Shanghai. Also please post away!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
diggin4copper Posted July 1, 2021 Share #38 Posted July 1, 2021 Just now, Dirk said: It’s a beauty and most likely silver. Can you tell from the menus were in China he was stationed….Shanghai or Peking? Hi Dirk,, looks like paperwork from both places.. the Mother’s Day 1929 menu is Shanghai.. there is a paper a for a tour in Peking. There is mention of the USS Pittsburg… Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dirk Posted July 1, 2021 Author Share #39 Posted July 1, 2021 Looks like he was a seagoing Marine aboard the Pittsburg so probably was there for the Shanghai incident of 1927…makes sense he took a trip up to Peking when the ship sailed north on its patrol circuit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
diggin4copper Posted July 1, 2021 Share #40 Posted July 1, 2021 Wow. .I’m learning a lot. .there is a shoebox full of photos from over there that he took..and a silk tapestry memorializing his journey. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dirk Posted July 1, 2021 Author Share #41 Posted July 1, 2021 I pm’ed you my China marine web site….it should help you with some understanding of what’s what and the events that surrounded them in China….what ever you post I will be happy to walk you through whatever photos you have as many of them appear as copied in numerous marine albums….and I have seen a lot of them already….but always something new to learn! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dirk Posted September 11, 2021 Author Share #42 Posted September 11, 2021 Here are some shots of another one that came from a fellow forum member…this one comes from a Peking jeweler, and is a smaller twin of another one I posted earlier (post #2). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
warguy Posted September 12, 2021 Share #43 Posted September 12, 2021 Dirk that is gorgeous. I have always been fascinated with swagger sticks and have a small collection but have never been able to get my hands on a China Marine example. You have some very nice ones. Thanks for sharing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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