Ilin1979 Posted May 15, 2020 Share #1 Posted May 15, 2020 Need help Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tredhed2 Posted May 15, 2020 Share #2 Posted May 15, 2020 Looks like another fantasy piece. No luck w/ motto, charges...colors and enameling are not quite right, CB and scratchy, "dusty" back are classic characteristics of fantasy. Note how the die imprints on the back where the Indian head is. Found another fantasy piece w/ similar, although not all, charges. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reforger Posted May 16, 2020 Share #3 Posted May 16, 2020 It looks like a theater made piece, especially with those pins on the back. But the quality does look pretty poor. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tredhed2 Posted May 17, 2020 Share #4 Posted May 17, 2020 Most of these fantasy pieces were made in Taiwan. If it’s CB, definitely. Some of the early fantasy pieces, i.e., 551st PIB, with a screw post, were made in Austria. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
roadrunner Posted May 17, 2020 Share #5 Posted May 17, 2020 NA KUCHA HOLITAPA (Not Without Honor) - 973rd CAC ? Michael Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
roadrunner Posted May 17, 2020 Share #6 Posted May 17, 2020 Found this ( see page 5 ) https://cdsg.org/wp-content/uploads/pdfs/FORTS/CACunits/CACregList.pdf . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ilin1979 Posted May 18, 2020 Author Share #7 Posted May 18, 2020 On 5/17/2020 at 2:09 PM, roadrunner said: NA KUCHA HOLITAPA (Not Without Honor) - 973rd CAC ? Michael How did you get 973rd Coast artillery? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
roadrunner Posted May 19, 2020 Share #8 Posted May 19, 2020 ASMIC mottoes list . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tredhed2 Posted May 19, 2020 Share #9 Posted May 19, 2020 Thanks for showing your source. The Mottoes is a great identification source - by motto. Many Class Z types (sub class E F FR FRE) have been pubbed in the Mottoes catalog to aid in identification, not verification of period manufacture. You reminded me to get another catalog since my original copy is MIA. Alas, despite having about a million entries in The Trading Post, we have not pubbed an image of the 973rd CAC. However, with the unit being disbanded in 1940, the piece that began this thread is hardly of similar period originality or manufacture. Trust me, US Army DIs were not being made in Taiwan (then called Formosa) at any time until ca. 1970s-80s. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ilin1979 Posted May 22, 2020 Author Share #10 Posted May 22, 2020 On 5/19/2020 at 9:18 AM, roadrunner said: ASMIC mottoes list . I have a different version of motto list. Mine is from Dec 2003 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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