Sorry, dictation mispelled medal.    Great research. Very interesting. Thanks!   Yes, York is about 30 minutes away from me. 

That's an actual Studley medal,  manufactured by Navy vet George W. Studley (1892-1968) for direct sale to veterans and others and privately engraved.    Here's the sailor's grave and some docs from ancestry.com.   I'd have no doubt that he bought the medal during his lifetime and had it privately engraved.   You'd have to order his personnel file from St. Louis to confirm that he was awarded a Good Conduct Medal, but I'd expect he was and in 1932.    He was from York, PA, and lived from 1897 to Sept 1939,  and died at Bremerton, WA while on active duty, with his last enlistment in 1936 per his VA burial card, so 1932 would likely have been the end of a  four year enlistment prior to that.   He did WWI army service from 1917 to 1919 in Co I of the 30th Inf. Div and then reenlisted right up to honorable Army discharge in 1924 from the back of his VA burial card.  The 1920 census has him at an army fort.   The 1930 census has him at the Philly Navy Yard which checks out for the 1932 end of enlistment date and an award of the GCM.   So I'd guess he enlisted in the Navy in 1928 for four years and was honorably discharged and recommended for the GCM and reenlisted for 4 years.  Question is, assuming he was awarded a GCM that would have been an official medal made by the US Mint and engraved with his name, so why the need for him to buy one privately-  maybe he lost or damaged the original?   There appears to be a lengthy article about him at the time of his death in the York PA newspaper but I don't have access to that.   The fact that you are in PA makes me think you got it pretty close to "out of the wood",   or at least, it didn't travel far over the past 90 years.   Here's his grave and he was a musician first class.  The middle name on the tombstone matches your medal-   ELIGH.    https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/115275910/byron-e-markle   https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/131643778/george-w.-studley  

I think its a m67 pin and the guy didn't know or it's a rare pin... either way iv gotta buy more pins to get the as mint as possible pin and spoon.. I think I'm close to having the number 1 worlds best grenade. They had the fuze professionally inerted but it has this odd pin and no stamp on the spoon... because of that now people question the pin and will not like the spoon not stamped.. it was my grandfather's from a ww2 factory he worked at so everything came from a real war time factory. I just have a good story no actual proof. 30 years from now if I give to museum they and others will question the pin and lever and I will regret not buying them 30 years ago.. who knows what the reals ones will cost by then if even available. Now that I know I need a raw metal one I'll have to keep my eye out... even if the pin is ww2 it's rare and hard for me to prove unless someone here can somehow come up with how it can be ww2. I'm trying for a world record number 1 ww2 pineapple grenade or top 3 in the world. If I find mint stamped lever and a mint pin no one can mark my rare ones as unverified questionable and I understand 

I came across this patch a couple months ago and still have been unable to ID it.  The Credible Chase program was to evaluate the use of light attack aircraft for use in Vietnam, namely the AU-23 Peacemaker and AU-24 Stallion in the early 1970s.  I have found two patches pertaining to this program, one being a joint US/Vietnam flag style patch and one specifically for the AU-23 Peacemaker.  I was thinking this patch related to the AU-24 Stallion, however it is giving me a security police vibe with the star.  I was wondering if anyone might have an ID on it?  Thanks!

Here’s one of mine from 1932. C catch.  I don’t know much about these metals, but the obverse on this metal looks a little different than most I have seen.   Is anyone able to look up the sailor?     

The slightly skewed insignia doesn't bother me. Remember they were making super cheapo Zippo knockoffs, not Porsches.

I would have it. Looks fine. Ichi-Ban !!!

Hello,     this came into the museum several years ago and I posted it in the wrong area of the forum... I am hoping someone can help confirm or even expand on the little research we have been able to do.    It is named to R. Wonders and came out of a very old collection in Michigan. We found an Ernest R Wonders of Elwell Mi who was in the 7th Marines in WWI not much else, and not really sure if he is our guy. Any help would be appreciated.      Scott

Will definitely keep you updated and I’m looking at pinpointers now lol. Thank you all for the awesome info

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