11 Bravos on the Moon 

Two McKeever boxes, one for .45-70, the other for .50-70

Yes, Japanese made. 👍

Nice haul on the medical items with all the different Carlisle tins but man those blades are sure pretty too!

This is the first in a series of posts on the development of the  American ribbon bar and ribbon bar fasteners.    Ribbon bars were not worn on United States Armed Forces clothing until the turn of the 20th Century.  Ribbon bars were authorized for wear by General Order (GO) 4 of the War Department on January 11, 1905.  This order authorized that sections of ribbon cloth 3/8 inches in width and the full length of the medal suspension ribbon be issued to soldiers to directly sew on clothing and wear instead of medals.  This directive was amended by GO 123 on July 27, 1905 that allowed  the sewing of fabric onto base bars with eyelets and split ring attachments.  This guideline created removable ribbon bars ( see the pictures in this post ).  By 1907 the army uniform regulations recommended the use of ribbon bars on service coats and uniforms.  When the various campaign medals were finally issued ribbon bars and/or strips of ribbon cloth were included with the medals.   Beside the split ring ribbon bars other ribbon bar attachments to clothing were used.  These attachments included insignia with straight pins of various diameters and lengths  ( pinback ), assemblies with pointed posts and fasteners ( clutchback ), and attachments with sharp posts on ribbon base bars that could be inserted through the clothing then bent over to lock the bar in place on the clothing.     Early ribbon bars were generally narrower in width than later period bars and ranged from 7.2 to 8.4 millimeters ( 1 inch = 25.4 millimeters ). In these early years pinback attachments were more widely used than clutch backs.  During WW2 and after cluthback insignia became commonly used by our military.    The separation button was the first clutch fastener used with the pointed posts.  The designer of this fastener was E. A. Phinney of Pawtucket, Rhode Island ( US Patent number 1,454,857, May 15, 1923).  The separation button design was rather interesting and consisted of a cup shape body, small metal balls contained within a ball cage , and a spring button and stem ( see pictures ).  A pointed post was inserted through the ball cage and secured in place by the force of the metal balls against the post in the narrowest part of the ball cage.  To disengage the balls from the post the spring stem on top of the button was retracted which allowed the balls to fall away from the post with  spring to the wider part of the ball cage.  The tapered ball cage accommodated posts of different diameters.  When the button is held around its rim with the stem retracted and vigorously shaken one will hear the metal balls hitting the sides of the ball chamber.  The separation button and design variations of the separation button were manufactured/ distributed from the mid 1920's onward by  various companies including N. S. Meyers, American Metal Crafts Co. ( AMCRAFT ), and George H. Fullers and Sons.  The separation design was available and used in WW2 .  Versions of the separation button are still utilized today with civilian lapel pins, tie tacks, and jewelry.  It should be noted that some of the separation button designs pictured in this post do not make a rattling sound when the button is shaken.  Thus, I am unsure if some of these variants use a different mechanism to lock the post and fastener together.  In addition, some of designs pictured might have been created only for use by civilians.  ` Picture 1. Top- regular army size Wolf- Brown multi ribbon bar and Bottom- Studley multi ribbon bar pictured for width comparisons. Second row- first three ribbons are the ribbon bars with eyelets and split ring attachments.   Pictures 4,5,and 6.  Phinney Separation Button  Picture 10.  Separation buttons on WW2 flight surgeon wings.

Fast Google search turns up To say "nurse" in Columbian, you can use the term "enfermero" for a male nurse and "enfermera" for a female nurse in Spanish So the letter E would make perfect sense 

It's hard to pick a favorite, that's for sure!

Thanks MWDVET   i have been trying to figure that one out for a while now, Will do some digging with this new clue. Again, Thanks very Much for taking the time to add that. Very Much appreciated +++

Thank you kindly. Oh well thought I had something special.

If I was going to use the compass/first aid pouch where would it go? Also I noticed that there seems to be an area on the back that seems like you could attach something with alice clips there. Was that done? and if so what went there?