That is truly amazing that it survived the crusher!

Cool patches!

No T date on the tag. May have been used on his sea bag.     W

It definitely pays to shop around. Here is a bog standard WWII to immediately post-War Air Raid Warden armband along with a pamphlet:     The armband alone should sell for $10 to $20, max; while the pamphlet alone is in the $5 to $10 range. A seller on eBay is offering the set of two for an astonishing $200 plus $9.99 shipping. Don’t get burned, shop around!

I would not use the term "almost all" officially engraved Army Purple Hearts were awarded to KIAs. I would use the term "large percentage".   Many were awarded to Army WIAs and wounded POWs. They are not at all rare.   You could say almost all Navy and Marine Corps WIA Purple Hearts were issued unnamed. There are exceptions here too.   I have Army non-fatal officially named Purple Hearts in my collection.     W    

thanks, I may cancel this if possible then. It was listed as wwii and the collar brass was the main reason I wanted it but now I know. I knew the flat back clutches were wwii. But I’m guessing someone stuck those on post wwii brass. Not sure I can rationalize $700 if only the other items are war time. What year did they start moving the numbers to the top of the bar instead of on front? If they were right after the war I may choose to live with it but at this time I think I’m going to save my money for a wwii group.

Sophie,   I was with the 101st Airborne Division, 3rd Battalion 187th Infantry "Rakkasans"   Leigh 

Many of the phrases written on these items are difficult to make out.   Most of the phrases that can be clearly read are slogans that were commonly used at the time.

The metal is different then government tags.thanks for showing it

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