Brig Posted May 17, 2009 Share #126 Posted May 17, 2009 here's a PFC piece exactly like the Gunny one posted above. Again, I date this to the 60s or 70s... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brig Posted May 25, 2009 Share #127 Posted May 25, 2009 here're a pair of interesting earrings made from what appears to be Cracker Jack prize buttons. screwback, WWII era I'm sure. very interesting... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
USAFnav Posted May 25, 2009 Share #128 Posted May 25, 2009 Brig, Those are interesting earrings. Do they appear to be "homemade," or were they designed and made the way we see them? I assume the EGA are soldered to the screw backs... You have a lot of nice "stuff" -- do you have any interesting USMC rings to share? Pete Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brig Posted May 26, 2009 Share #129 Posted May 26, 2009 here's a topic on what I think these earrings were made of... http://www.usmilitariaforum.com/forums/ind...showtopic=33190 sadly, the only ring I currently have is this one... http://www.usmilitariaforum.com/forums/ind...c=39602&hl= Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
USAFnav Posted May 28, 2009 Share #130 Posted May 28, 2009 Brig, Thanks for the added info and the link to the ring. I've got some USAF rings that, some day, I'd like to show here... Pete Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fly USMC Posted May 29, 2009 Share #131 Posted May 29, 2009 Here is what I have accumulated over the years. Not something that I particularly go after, but things that have come with various lots / groups of items. John Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brig Posted June 4, 2009 Share #132 Posted June 4, 2009 here's a silver, unmarked 1stSgt piece I date to the 70s or 80s. any ideas? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Still-A-Marine Posted October 5, 2009 Share #133 Posted October 5, 2009 I picked this up in 2000. I was told it was WW2 but have no idea. Bill Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
teufelhunde.ret Posted October 22, 2009 Author Share #134 Posted October 22, 2009 New addition to the collection... remarkable details Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
teufelhunde.ret Posted October 22, 2009 Author Share #135 Posted October 22, 2009 marked sterling Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brig Posted November 23, 2009 Share #136 Posted November 23, 2009 been almost 6 months since I added a sweetheart item...nice set of USMC earrings, marked sterling on the screwpost heads. homemade? WWII era Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brig Posted December 1, 2009 Share #137 Posted December 1, 2009 this is perhaps the most beautiful bracelet in my collection...I see that Jeremiah has a similar. All sterling silver, with an old style EGA on it. I date this to the 1930s-40s. Because of the extent of names, I'd venture to say WWII. All of the engraved linkes are rear marked 'Forget-Me-Not', both of the service links are marked 'Sterling'. There is a link engraved 'Earl', another engraved 'Mom', another engraved 'Mother', then the EGA one, next engraved 'Lou', USN link is engraved on rear 'Phil', then a link engraved 'Western' and rear marked '46'. Not sure what to make of all the names...Brothers and other relatives? Perhaps a boyfriend/husband in the mix? Maybe Johns?? Regardless, very nice piece Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brig Posted December 1, 2009 Share #138 Posted December 1, 2009 more... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brig Posted December 1, 2009 Share #139 Posted December 1, 2009 more Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
USAFnav Posted December 1, 2009 Share #140 Posted December 1, 2009 Very impressive, Brig. I wish it could talk! Pete Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brig Posted December 1, 2009 Share #141 Posted December 1, 2009 wish there was a last name to trace...maybe 'Western'? seems odd for a first name Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Homefrontguy Posted December 4, 2009 Share #142 Posted December 4, 2009 Fine collection of USMC sweetheart jewelry you have Brig. Cheers, Jim Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brig Posted December 18, 2009 Share #143 Posted December 18, 2009 got lucky and found a whole group of items on eBay with a Buy It Now...here they are... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brig Posted December 18, 2009 Share #144 Posted December 18, 2009 rears Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brig Posted December 28, 2009 Share #145 Posted December 28, 2009 couple of additions...the smaller is a varient, see the reverse pic. pin placement is different, and on one example the H&H and Sterling marks are raised, in the other they are stamped Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brig Posted December 28, 2009 Share #146 Posted December 28, 2009 reverses Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brig Posted February 18, 2010 Share #147 Posted February 18, 2010 another one I picked up recently... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
USAFnav Posted February 18, 2010 Share #148 Posted February 18, 2010 Pretty impressive. Is the EGA loose inside the glass dome? Is there a maker's mark? Pete Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brig Posted February 19, 2010 Share #149 Posted February 19, 2010 it is indeed loose, and there is a mark, I'll need to pull out the lope to read it. it is also marked 'Sterling'. in person, it seems lesser quality than the pic tells Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fortworthgal Posted March 31, 2010 Share #150 Posted March 31, 2010 I have a couple pieces I'll have to photograph. I have a couple of smaller, delicate pieces that I believe are 1920s-30s, and then I have a larger EGA that is partially covered in rhinestones (I believe there were some posted earlier in this thread). Pretty snazzy! I also have an embroidered hankie. new piece in...I'm pretty sure someone just put an EGA charm on their personal bracelet, especially since it's not centered...7 stone bracelet. Stones are Egyptian 'Scarabs' with hieroglyphs on the rears, but the glyphs I'm not sure were real, don't ring a bell from my days of studying Ancient Egypt as a kid. I'm dating it probably 1970s...60s-80s for a broader era. Any other input? thanks. regardless, an interesting example of what sweethearts do on their own at times I had one of those bracelets as a kid in the early 1980s. It was an inexpensive drugstore piece. Mine didn't have an EGA on it, though! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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