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    • warguy
      I know that not all items donated to a museum can come out for public display. A lot of museums including the Smithsonian have some items come out only occasionally. My point with this item is that it is one of the most beautiful medals in existence and it looks like it stays locked up in a safe. Probably safe to say when Schleys wife loaned it then later donated it to the Smithsonian, she probably hoped it would be shared with the public and it just seems like such a historic and beautiful item should be at least occasionally, frayed ribbon and all. 
    • Jmiller7227
      I searched through a bag full of ww2 patches from a factory where a relative worked and found these 4 patches which seemed to be rare. Any ideas on the value of them?
    • warguy
      Yeah the original star spangled banner and McCarthurs hat have issues as well and the powers that be are finding ways to stabilize and still share them with the public. 
    • GWS
      I've had an "old" copy of Brophy's 1903 Springfield book for so long i can't remember when or where I got it, or even what I paid for it! It's a working book for me that is well traveled to many shows and auctions and shows lots of wear and a somewhat abused cover. I have to say though, it's paid for itself many times over and saved my butt a few times too.  Some people nowadays buy books in hopes they will go way up in price to sell in the collector  book market.  I plan to keep all my favorite books forever, or at least as long as I can still see them!  An old saying I took to heart long ago---If you think a book is expensive now, wait 'till it goes out of print!  Grit your teeth, drag out your wallet and buy the real thing! And promise yourself never to sell it!  Good huntin'.   Steve
    • doughboy
      Wow. That's frightening for myself. I wouldn't have bought this patch for that much money but I would have been fooled if it were cheaper. That's exactly the reason why I take caution on bullions. To much fakes out there.
    • Cobra 6 Actual
      And to you, too, Yokota57!
    • Salvage Sailor
      Aye,   Cold War/Vietnam era, also used by USN Shore Patrol & shipboard watchstanders (messenger of the watch)      
    • doyler
      Jeep with the 48th Armored Medical Battalion, US 2nd Armored Division, stop at a sign thanking them in Le Molay-Littry Normandy - July 4, 1944 LIFE Magazine Archives - Frank Scherschel Photographer WWP-PD    
    • WalkaHeap1989
      Nice hat, but I think the punched snowflake vent makes this a model 1885. The 1883 had small brass screen vents. 
    • doyler
      GI with the 2nd Infantry Division points at a sign put up by a French couple thanking the liberators in Normandy - July 4, 1944 This picture was possibly taken in Trévières LIFE Magazine Archives - Frank Scherschel Photographer WWP-PD    
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