kklinejr Posted January 29, 2010 Share #1 Posted January 29, 2010 I have a few examples of the p1927 khaki, but none in this type of condition. This was my one purchase from Jeff's latest auction at AGM. It was issued to Private Eugene W. Marshall of Burbank, California. Born in Indiana, Eugene, his sister, and his mother, Golda, fell on hard times and moved across the country to live with his grandparents. At the age of 18 he joined up with the Marines on 2 April 1934 and trained at Marine Barracks, San Diego. He was then sent to Pearl Harbor for duty. By December of the same year, he was discharged due to "dependency of grandparents arisen subsequent to enlistment." He served a total of 8 1/2 months before he was honorably discharged with a character rating of excellent. Basically, he was issued this piece, stamped his name in it, but never seemingly wore it. It doesn't look like it ever had EGAs and still retains two cutters tags. About as mint as one of these can get I suppose. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kklinejr Posted January 29, 2010 Author Share #2 Posted January 29, 2010 The stamp - nice to be able to give this P1927 a definite issue year of 1934. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
normaninvasion Posted January 29, 2010 Share #3 Posted January 29, 2010 Damn, your fast!! Tried to get that along with some of the other items AGM had, wasn't my week. Great example :thumbsup: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rustykamel Posted January 29, 2010 Share #4 Posted January 29, 2010 That's a really nice blouse! It's a shame the private wasn't an active duty Marine longer than he was. Wearing this sharp looking summer uniform while arm n' arm with a hula girl would have made for a pleasant tropical liberty. Best wishes, Jim Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
double_tilt Posted January 29, 2010 Share #5 Posted January 29, 2010 super piece! mind if i ask where the agm auction can be found? woody Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kklinejr Posted January 29, 2010 Author Share #6 Posted January 29, 2010 Damn, your fast!! Tried to get that along with some of the other items AGM had, wasn't my week. Great example :thumbsup: I went for this one and the SAW US navy uniform. I had my purchases in within 4 minutes and the navy piece had already sold. I wonder how many of us were on there when the clock ticked "auction open!" To answer the other question - AGM is www.advanceguardmilitaria. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
teufelhunde.ret Posted January 30, 2010 Share #7 Posted January 30, 2010 Ken - another superb addition to your collection! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rambob Posted January 30, 2010 Share #8 Posted January 30, 2010 Nice!! I just love militaria, pristine, mint with cutters tags. Any other markings or tags in it?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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