1 Kill on D-Day 56th Fighter Group pilot and POW

[KASTAUFFER]

1 hour ago, Big Iron said:

Here is his Air Medal card in color:

 

https://catalog.archives.gov/id/139530707?objectPage=560

 

Here is his DFC card in color:

https://catalog.archives.gov/id/133410905?objectPage=104

 

Nothing that you didn't have already, but the color cards are nice to print on cardstock and keep with the collection.

 

Thanks for sharing your find! Do you recall what this ran you at the time? It seems anything like that is taken down off eBay. I remember when you could buy Purple Hearts without issue there.

 

Thanks for the links.  

 

I bought this 15 years ago, so I dont remember exactly what it was back than.  I still have it.  I do know Ebay is not closing DFC or Air Medal auctions "YET".  They are doing theor best to make themselves irrelevant in the Militaria Auction world.  They purposely delay military related auctions from appearing on their servers for 24 hours after they have been created to give the "censors" time to find "violators". They don't do that with other categories.    They will deny it if you call them as ask them.  I purposely listed a book in the regular book section and the auction appeared in the search engine immediately. When I revised the same auction and added it to the WWII Militaria book section as well, my lot disappeared completely from all searches for 24 hours.  They say its due to "processing time because of volume across the board. Thats a lie 

[Big Iron]

24 minutes ago, KASTAUFFER said:

 

Thanks for the links.  

 

I bought this 15 years ago, so I dont remember exactly what it was back than.  I still have it.  I do know Ebay is not closing DFC or Air Medal auctions "YET".  They are doing theor best to make themselves irrelevant in the Militaria Auction world.  They purposely delay military related auctions from appearing on their servers for 24 hours after they have been created to give the "censors" time to find "violators". They don't do that with other categories.    They will deny it if you call them as ask them.  I purposely listed a book in the regular book section and the auction appeared in the search engine immediately. When I revised the same auction and added it to the WWII Militaria book section as well, my lot disappeared completely from all searches for 24 hours.  They say its due to "processing time because of volume across the board. Thats a lie 

Its really unfortunate that eBay does this. Preventing the average collector from purchasing Purple Hearts, Silver Stars, etc, as they think they're being noble and protecting people. Same as the MoH...can't own one as an American but if you're not American, you can purchase and peddle them without issue. 

 

Great grouping, I'm sorry if my comment detracts.

[manayunkman]

1 hour ago, Big Iron said:

Its really unfortunate that eBay does this. Preventing the average collector from purchasing Purple Hearts, Silver Stars, etc, as they think they're being noble and protecting people. Same as the MoH...can't own one as an American but if you're not American, you can purchase and peddle them without issue. 

 

Great grouping, I'm sorry if my comment detracts.

No one hates the eBay policy more than I do, however these aren’t their own rules but our governments.

 

So rather than noble they are just obeying the law.

 

I guarantee you if there was no law they would let you sell them.

[KASTAUFFER]

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