What a tragedy to have endured all that fighting and then die at the hands of a random shell so late in the war. Glad these found a respectful home.

Just wondering what a fair price for this medal and box might be. Unnamed. Unnumbered. But in great condition. The box lining is a little worn where the medal was pinned to it. Thanks for any input.

CMoMM Jack Savage was Killed in Action off of Okinawa on April 8, 1945, he was 26 years old.. Born in Tulsa County, Oklahoma to Clifford & Gladys Savage on March 2, 1919, Jack Ellsworth Savage had at least one brother. He was living in North Dakota when he enlisted in the Navy on April 15, 1942. Jack was married to Beatrice Giles Savage from Casper Wyoming, unknown if they had any children. In early 1945 he was serving on the Minesweeper USS YMS-103 in the Pacific. On April 8, 1944, while sweeping for naval mines off of Okinawa, USS PGM-18 hit a mine and rapidly sank. USS YMS-103 went to rescue survivors in the water when she herself hit two mines blowing her bow off. Despite the missing bow, the crew of YMS-103 managed to beach the stricken minesweeper on Okinawa. YMS-103 had five crewmen killed and seven wounded, while PGM-18 had fourteen crewmen killed and fourteen wounded. Chief Motor Machinist's Mate Jack Savage was among those killed on YMS-103 and was buried at sea, he is Memorialized at the Honolulu Memorial in Honolulu, Hawaii.

IMHO: Mid 1950s to early 1960s.

USN / USS Saint Paul CA-73, "Fighting Saints". Japanese-made Penguin. The ship was commissioned in 1945 and decommissioned in 1971.  Any ideas about a more precise date?  

Thanks mike1998. Yes, Japan

Thank you Allan

My understanding is that for the past several years during the Global War On Terrorism, when elements of a stateside unit are deployed into an area for service in which a combat patch would be authorized, in certain circumstances they wear the SSI of their stateside headquarters as a combat patch. I have seen many photographs where National Guard state headquarters SSI were worn as a combat patch.   I posted this in this topic several years ago, but my favorite that I have personally seen, and have posted pictures of in this topic, is the Military District Of Washington with HONOR GUARD tab. Obviously service in Washington, D.C. doesn't count, but one company of the 1st Battalion 3rd Infantry, which is primarily a ceremonial unit that guards the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier and does other ceremonial functions in the D.C. area but is also a deployable infantry unit, did in fact deploy to Djibouti in 2003-2004. I have heard others in this forum mention that they have seen soldiers wearing the Infantry School and Field Artillery SSI as combat patches. I would love to see examples of those.

If these were "issue," they have the least amount of markings that I have ever seen. What you have is a pair of leather gloves. They are NOT specifically "airborne" as there is no such thing as "airborne gloves."  The ones that everyone wants were being made before the army ever had parachute forces. If you want to put them on a mannequin, then go ahead. Just be aware that they are what they are, a pair of leather gloves.   Allan