recently picked this up, might be an old repro but I am not sure where its from. No tags and a single A-XL marking (I think only A-S to A-L exists for Asian sizes?). Would appreciate it if someone more familiar with TGS could give some context on the pattern type too    cheers, jeff 

Here's my wheel. Yours appears to be in better condition. 

Hi all,   I have a silver star numbered 62028 and a purple heart numbered 408550.  I have another purple heart numbered 392148. I don't really have a lead on the names of awardees, except possibly someone in the Andres family and John P. Graham.  This is solely based on other items that came in the same lots...so may be a wild goose chase.   Based on the numbering...am I correct that these would have been 1942-1943 awards?  My plan is to go through those respective general orders and maybe get lucky. Appreciate any suggestions. Thanks Marc

This is some more info about my grandfather Sam. Maybe then someone could help point me to a place where more info can be found about his military service. Thank you

Looks like a real ship's wheel! I have one exactly like it. These were used on civilian and military vessels. I don't think the stampings can be attributed to a specific vessel though.  Still a great piece and I would have absolutely rescued it too!!

Hi Conn,               Thanks for the welcome. As you say the forum has a host of of expertise, examples and helpful members and I will be sure to refer to them in future. My Regards, Norm.

Hello from Michigan!   I found this ship wheel in a neighbor’s garbage 😢 Looking to get more information about it. I googled the engraved letters and it said wheel could be from a naval ship during ww2?

I think we're on the right track. Salvage Sailor had a really good detailed article about these (US Army WW2 MUKLUK Boots) from January 2009. 

All the Beckwith scabbards were eventually subjected to a vigorous painting campaign.  If it needed it, it was painted.  If it did not need painting, but was in a batch that was being painted....it was painted.  It was done at any and every level.  If they had paint, it was painted.  Marv