We have to remember that we are the experts on this military stuff.  Most sellers on eBay are just trying to make a few bucks (I’m all for it and a capitalist for life).  Most try to do the best they can and are not trying to rip anyone off.   The AI descriptions don’t help either for the most part.  Good job on the seller for stepping up, exactly what I suspected.  eBay still has some awesome stuff but be your own fiduciary and do your homework.   

Interesting.  I have never seen one before.  

Delos Carleton Emmons was born in 1888 in Huntingdon, W.Va. He graduated from the U.S. Military Academy in June 1909 and was commissioned a second lieutenant of Infantry. Emmons was assigned as commanding officer of Company B, 30th Infantry at Presidio in San Francisco and in May 1912 went to Fort Gibbon, Alaska with the 30th. He returned to Plattsburg Barracks, N.Y. He became a first lieutenant in July 1916 and was detailed to the Signal Corps' Aviation Section for pilot training in August 1916. He was rated a junior military aviator in May 1917 and became a captain in July. Emmons next served as aeronautical officer of the Western Department at San Francisco and in December went to Washington as assistant executive in the Office of the Chief Signal Officer. The following June Emmons became a major and went to Mather Field, Calif. He became a lieutenant colonel in August and in December was transferred to McCook Field in Dayton, Ohio as assistant chief of the Engineering Division. Emmons transferred to the Air Service in July 1920 and a year later completed the Air Service Course at Harvard University. He returned to McCook Field for three years as chief of Production Engineering. Emmons went to Crissy Field, Calif., in August 1924 where he served as commanding officer of the field, and then to Rockwell Field as commanding officer of the 91st Observation Squadron. He went to Washington, D.C., in August 1927 as executive officer for the chief of the Air Corps. He held the same assignment for the assistant secretary of war for air in October 1928. Emmons graduated from the Air Corps Tactical School at Maxwell Air Force Base, Ala., and the Command and General Staff School at Fort Leavenworth, Kan. Emmons was commanding officer and air officer of the 18th Composite Wing and the Hawaiian Department at Fort Shafter in the Hawaiian Islands from March 1934 to July 1936. He became a colonel in March 1935. Colonel Emmons returned to the United States in July 1936 as commander of the 1st Wing at March Field, Calif. He had been promoted to brigadier general the previous month. Emmons received his second star in March 1939 while commanding general of Headquarters Air Force at Langley Field, Va. After the fall of France the Americans and British increased their military cooperation; Emmons was one of three American military observers sent to London Aug. 6, 1940. He was promoted to lieutenant general in November and became chief of the Air Force Combat Command in June 1941.   General Emmons returned to Hawaii as commanding general of the Hawaiian Department Dec. 17, 10 days after Pearl Harbor. He requested Army Air Force Headquarters to send additional planes and received them as rapidly as possible. Emmons built up the forces in Hawaii, anticipating the battle of Midway. Returning to the United States in June 1943 Emmons was assigned three months later as commanding general of the Western Defense Command at Presidio, San Francisco. Emmons headed the Alaskan Department at Fort Richardson from June 1944 until June 1946. He became commandant of the Armed Forces Staff College at Norfolk, Va., in August 1946 and remained in that position until he retired June 30, 1948. General Emmons' awards and decorations include the Distinguished Service Medal with two oak leaf clusters; Legion of Merit; Legion of Merit (Navy); Distinguished Flying Cross Air Medal; American Defense Service Medal with Foreign Service Clasp; American Campaign Medal; Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal with Bronze Star; World War I Victory Medal; World War II Victory Medal; Mexican Border Service Medal.  

Cool buckle! Similar in design features to the 83rd ID buckle in my collection!    

Great Falls/Malmstrom AFB, MT 1953-1957. 4 5/8" No glow.

You’re a stand up guy.   Sorry for ripping into you.  Should have figured  AI was the real culprit.  As I always say “AI is not ready for prime time”. 

. Hi earlymb,   Pleased to see that you found a twelve patent carb with the rear protrusion / spur, a spur which features  in my manual dated Dec 1st 1941, shown at the top .   I made a post in April 2025 ( shown Above ) stating I have two eight patent carbs with no protrusion / spur on the rear and two twelve patents carbs with protrusions on the rear.  And as I have stated in other posts the twelfth patent was applied for in 1936 and granted in August 1941, I find it strange that a patent applied for in 1936 and granted in Aug 1941 and predate the war by five years and also in the case of it being granted four months and prior to December 07 1941,  and yet Jeepsters will not use the twelve patent number one on a wartime Jeep. ( A mystery I would like answered sometime )    So a couple of weeks back I was really pleased to find an eight patent carb with the rear protrusion / spur in my salvaged Jeep spares, an eight patent carb satisfies all the other Jeepsters that look at my engine,  I put new interior jets in it and it's on the Jeep running fine, in fact it even ticks over better than the one I took off.    Norman D. Landing, Forum Normandy Correspondent, 13  June  2O26.   ..

I will ask for a full refund. I used "medic" incorrectly as synonymous with Doctor, but thanks for the correction, now realize medic in the military means and enlisted soldier not the MD. Love the pictures, will look for nicer version. Laurence

Hi,   I'm the seller on eBay with this item. World war II US items aren't my specialty... I personally collect WWII  Japanese and old samurai swords and stuff like that.  This item was posted off of the AI description of what it was.. I save all the AI chat so in case an issue comes up on them something being missed identified that I can straighten it out and make everything right.  But I went on two different apps today and they both identify the badges being correct but from the other picture posted by the other member I see that they're completely different.  It's an honest mistake by me and I will take care of the situation and refund him his money on it and do a little more due diligence on posting stuff and I'm unfamiliar with. Thank you and the AI writes the descriptions as "high-impact"  that you kind of sound pompous but I thought they sounded more professional and more descriptive.   Included here are screenshots that I sent to the buyer showing what the AI had said when I originally posted the item.

He’s one I got in a grouping from a guy in the 82nd that made all 4 jumps. Looks just like yours.