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Ricardo, here is the ribbon bar on General Maxwell Taylor. Thanks for looking and coming back again.

4starchris

 

THANK YOU Chris!!!!!!! Amazing uniform!!!!!

 

PS. Where this my bib? ;)

 

Best regards,

 

Ricardo.

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Justin...what can you tell me about the "OISE" tab on that Ike please ?..My father has in his collection on uniforms the tabs ADSEC,OISE,BREMERHAVEN and one more that i cannot bring to mind.

 

I will go check tomorrow.....what do the tabs mean.

 

Regards

 

Lloyd

 

"OISE" is both a river in N. France and a region there. Te OISE tabs refer to the region where US troops were stationed after WW II.

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Heres a shirt of a guy who worked the railroads in the C.B.I.Picture_147.jpg

 

The patch on the right sleeve is for the 725th Railway Operating Bn. There is an article on the unit in the Jul-Sept 1995 issue of The Trading Post.

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Double Medal of Honor Recipient Major General Smedley Butler.

Thanks National Leadership Foundation

 

 

An issue not likely to come up very often, but couldn't a double awardee of the MoH add an oak leaf cluster to his ribbon?

 

Just curious if this has ever been addressed.

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Here's one of my favorites-picked it up at a gun show. 9th AF photographer all bullion, closeups to follow-Mark.

 

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Nice English-made bullion wing and ribbon bar

 

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The 9th, also English made

 

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Photographers specialist triangle in bullion-enjoy

 

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An issue not likely to come up very often, but couldn't a double awardee of the MoH add an oak leaf cluster to his ribbon?

 

Just curious if this has ever been addressed.

 

I beieve not. Any subsequent awards of the MoH are denoted by and extra ribbon if I remeber correctly.

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Also One of my favorites

 

Al,

That Brigadeer's dress blues are stunning! Do you have a name to go with the blouse?

Allan

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I beieve not. Any subsequent awards of the MoH are denoted by and extra ribbon if I remeber correctly.

 

 

Thanks!!

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Hello Allan,

 

No, I do not have a name,but I am in the middle of researching the original owner.It was purchased from a reliable source,Dave Schwind,one of our moderators.

 

Thanks,Al

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Here is one of my favorites. It is one of several TD uniforms I have. Will post them and my patches later.

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This is for the 893rd TD Bn. I have the vet's ID for this one. The Ike has wool T05 chevrons, a 3 year and 2 1/2 years o/s hashmarks, and a GC and ETO ribbons (3 battle stars).

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This 899th has the #s added like Mort's. It has T-5 chevrons, GC and ETO ribbons (3 stars), 3 year and 2 1/2 years o/s hasmarks, but no TD brass. Sniff.

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Finally, the 805th TD Bn is on a four pocket blouse. I have an early TD piped hat w/ this one (I forgot to say I have one w/ the 893rd, too), but no brass or ribbons. It has T-5 chevrons but no hashmarks.

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My goodness, those are superb!

If I was a dog, I'd start waggling my tail full speed now.

 

Erwin

 

 

Ha Ha.... :D I knew Erwin would love those last few.

 

Great, aren't they??

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Ha Ha.... :D I knew Erwin would love those last few.
Great, aren't they??


Still waggling here, Jim.

The stitching is very nice on the 899th one.
Was the border added seperately on the 893rd one?

Erwin

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I beieve not. Any subsequent awards of the MoH are denoted by and extra ribbon if I remeber correctly.

 

This has been address years ago. In a copy of the Naval Officer Guide,dated 1943 by McGraw-Hill Book Company. Chapter VI, Uniform and Equipment,page 218 section 699. and I quote:

"Not more than one Medal of Honor, or one Distinguished Service Medal or one Navy Cross shall be issued to any one person, but for each succeeding deed of service sufficient to justify the award the President may award a suitable emblem or isginia to be worn with the decoration and the corresponding rosette or other device. By direction of the President a gold five pointed star, 1/4 inch in diameter will be issued to any person already holding a Medal of Honor, Distinguished Service Medal, or Navy Cross, respectively. The star will be worn on the ribbon attached to the medal or cross and also upon the service ribbon when worn in lieu of the medal or cross." I hope this helps. But yes this has been addressed.

4starchris

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I have just spent the past hour purusing this thread that I had somehow missed and only one word comes to mind: DAMN! What an amazing collection of uniforms, truly fantastic. Unfortunately for me, I don't have the money to keep a lot of the uniforms I buy, but here are a few that I have come across ( that Ricardo hasn't already bought from me and shown :lol: ) that I particularly enjoy! Sorry if you've already seen these on another forum.

 

 

1st:

 

Admiral Waldemar F. Wendt - USNA Graduate, retired in 1969. Sold this one at the SOS 2007.

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Of all the uniforms in my collection, this is my favorite. It belonged to Captain Leonard Herman. Herman flew one tour with the 8th Air Force and then returned to fly a second tour with the 9th after he had gone on a war bond tour in the states. He flew in B-17s and A-26s. A few tidbits about the uniform: beautiful indian-made bullion wings with the blue combat backing, theater made 8th AF patch and theater made 9th AF Patch. The uniform was tailored by MacIntosh, the Hollywood Costume Company. I asked him how he happened to get his uniform tailored by this firm, and he said that they sent a representative around to all the bases, took measurements of the men, and then sent them the uniform weeks later complete. Along with the uniform I also have an unpublished manuscript of a book written by Mr. Herman and Rob Morris, entitled Combat Bombardier. A fascinating man with a story that is above and beyond what I could have expected!

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