tarbridge Posted August 10 Share Posted August 10 These are on GunBroker...Fake engraving. Always Buying...Medals...Patches...Wings... Singles or Groups...Top Cash Paid!!! My Website...http://www.purpleheartsnorthcarolina.com/ Link to post Share on other sites
gunnertwo Posted August 10 Share Posted August 10 Glad they are so easy to recognize. G2 Link to post Share on other sites
kristoffer Posted August 10 Share Posted August 10 This seller also has a couple of other Purple Hearts for sale. What do you say about the engraving on those? https://www.gunbroker.com/item/874351970 https://www.gunbroker.com/item/874694956 /Kristoffer Link to post Share on other sites
USMCR79 Posted August 10 Share Posted August 10 1 hour ago, kristoffer said: This seller also has a couple of other Purple Hearts for sale. What do you say about the engraving on those? https://www.gunbroker.com/item/874351970 https://www.gunbroker.com/item/874694956 /Kristoffer Both looked good to me Bill "The Americans on this Island are not ordinary troops, but Marines, a special force recruited from jails and insane asylums for blood lust." -Japanese Newspaper found during the Battle of Guadalcanal - "They Got That Right!!" Chesty Puller Link to post Share on other sites
ww1collector Posted August 10 Share Posted August 10 2 hours ago, kristoffer said: This seller also has a couple of other Purple Hearts for sale. What do you say about the engraving on those? https://www.gunbroker.com/item/874351970 https://www.gunbroker.com/item/874694956 /Kristoffer They look good to me. Link to post Share on other sites
gunnertwo Posted August 10 Share Posted August 10 I'll join the consensus, they both are good pieces with proper engraving. G2 Link to post Share on other sites
manayunkman Posted August 10 Share Posted August 10 These Navy medals are usually beautifully hand engraved. These two don’t have the finesse and look rather stiff. The pictures look blurred on purpose to hide their lack of luster. Link to post Share on other sites
Dave Posted August 11 Share Posted August 11 These all appear to be from that collection that's been trying to be sold for quite some time. Here's a compilation of photos that all came up for sale at the same time. This auction was taken down, as was the next one, due to the fake awards. Only a weak society needs government protection or intervention before it pursues its resolve to preserve the truth. Truth needs neither handcuffs nor a badge for its vindication. -Supreme Court Justice Anthony KennedyPeace is not the absence of war, but the defense of hard-won freedom. -Anton LaGuardia Link to post Share on other sites
Dave Posted August 11 Share Posted August 11 Another one... Only a weak society needs government protection or intervention before it pursues its resolve to preserve the truth. Truth needs neither handcuffs nor a badge for its vindication. -Supreme Court Justice Anthony KennedyPeace is not the absence of war, but the defense of hard-won freedom. -Anton LaGuardia Link to post Share on other sites
Dave Posted August 11 Share Posted August 11 Another close up... Only a weak society needs government protection or intervention before it pursues its resolve to preserve the truth. Truth needs neither handcuffs nor a badge for its vindication. -Supreme Court Justice Anthony KennedyPeace is not the absence of war, but the defense of hard-won freedom. -Anton LaGuardia Link to post Share on other sites
Dave Posted August 11 Share Posted August 11 Here's a closeup of See's Only a weak society needs government protection or intervention before it pursues its resolve to preserve the truth. Truth needs neither handcuffs nor a badge for its vindication. -Supreme Court Justice Anthony KennedyPeace is not the absence of war, but the defense of hard-won freedom. -Anton LaGuardia Link to post Share on other sites
Dave Posted August 11 Share Posted August 11 And there were Army ones as well. Horrible engraving... Only a weak society needs government protection or intervention before it pursues its resolve to preserve the truth. Truth needs neither handcuffs nor a badge for its vindication. -Supreme Court Justice Anthony KennedyPeace is not the absence of war, but the defense of hard-won freedom. -Anton LaGuardia Link to post Share on other sites
Dave Posted August 11 Share Posted August 11 And at least one mixed group where it appears the AM and DFC are probably okay, but the Purple Heart is fake... Only a weak society needs government protection or intervention before it pursues its resolve to preserve the truth. Truth needs neither handcuffs nor a badge for its vindication. -Supreme Court Justice Anthony KennedyPeace is not the absence of war, but the defense of hard-won freedom. -Anton LaGuardia Link to post Share on other sites
kcmo Posted August 12 Share Posted August 12 Shumate DFC and AM were sold on ebay last month. Looks like the seller moved most of the non-purple heart items on ebay and put the rest on Gunbroker. Just checked and looks like they are no longer posted. Hopefully he pulled them and someone didn't buy them. Link to post Share on other sites
B-29Gunner Posted August 12 Share Posted August 12 I can confirm that the Shumate Purple Heart in the photos Dave posted above is indeed fake. The original is safe and sound in my collection. Someone just paid $300 for the fake one: https://www.gunbroker.com/item/875981771 Shumate's DFC and AM were sold on eBay last month, as kcmo pointed out. They are now in the hands of a gentleman whose grandfather was a member of Shumate's crew and was KIA when they were shot down on August 8, 1945. Shumate's effects were originally split up and sold on eBay last year in about 50 different auctions. The "collector" who bought his DFC and AM also purchased a number of other items at that time, which were also resold on eBay last month. Link to post Share on other sites
sky eagle Posted August 12 Share Posted August 12 This is valuable information....Thank You Members for pointing this out. Link to post Share on other sites
B-29Gunner Posted August 18 Share Posted August 18 Here are some more pictures of the fake James L Shumate Purple Heart that sold on Gunbroker for $300 on 11 August 2020. Captain James L Shumate was the pilot of the last B-29 shot down over Japan during World War II. On 8 August 1945, B-29 44-87664, "The City of Phoenix" of the 29th Bomb Group, was shot down by flak just before bombs away. Ten members of the crew including Shumate were Killed In Action. Two of the crew, M/Sgt Lester C. Morris and S/Sgt Serafino Morone, bailed out and were captured. M/Sgt Morris suffered a severe injury to his leg when he bailed out, which the Japanese refused to treat, but he survived and would return home after the war. The day after they were shot down, S/Sgt Morone was tied to a pole and beaten for hours by hundreds of Japanese civilians before being beheaded by a Japanese officer. He was killed 6 days before the war ended. Link to post Share on other sites
Thor996 Posted August 18 Share Posted August 18 Story about the crash and Serafino dated 08/14/20 https://mainichi.jp/english/articles/20200813/p2a/00m/0na/021000c Link to post Share on other sites
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