John,   Heh heh.  You said "poofy side".   Both are original WW1 period.  The half wing looks to have never been worn and was probably glued in a scrapbook.  While also original, the full wing looks like it has been coated with something strange.  Silver paint?  Both appear to be European (probably French) made.   Warm regards!   Chris

That's disappointing that really would be neat to have it today 

Quick Question for you navy guys, did any marine or USN aviators ever carry jungle first aid kits, I’ve seen regulars and the larger specific ones common Lu, but haven’t seen or noticed Jfaks in use. Any information is greatly appreciated.

Imagine carrying that around trying to take pictures... probably would weigh a lot. 

Firstly, Please excuse if I've Posted this within the wrong Subject Matter ? And Mod's, please feel free to transfer to a more appropriate location. As I go through years of assorted Groups of mine, I happened across this particular Group, which in zero his Dolphins & some related items, the primary piece of which I have yet to see one in the wild, his hand written, hand drawn Qualification Study Pad to obtain his Official Submarine Qualification Badge. I have yet to Photo it, but I guess if I'm to share it here I have no choice but to do so ?  You can definitely see that he utilized it frequently to prepare for whatever Test they had to undergo in order to get Rated, thus there's no doubt that he studied hard with it & did get his Dolphins. He finished up WW2 aboard the USS in the Sea of Japan on VJ Day, & just prior to that Patrol he was aboard the USS for a few weeks Patrol as well. I copied this off of my Ancestry Tree Pages for him, as an idea of his Post Qualification War Patrols.    ENSIGN / LIEUT. J.G. BRALEY ABBOT CAMERON Born:   04 (or 15 ) April 1923 • Concord / Westford, Massachusetts, USA Died:   04 November 2005 • Barrington, Bristol Co., Rhode Island, USA   WW2 / SWPA • USNRN  No. 338965   WW2 U.S.N. FINAL  SUBMARINE WAR PATROLS;  03-03-1945 ~ 08-21-1945 • SWPA / PTO - THEATER   01 ) ENSIGN CAMERON'S 1st SUBMARINE WAR PATROL, ABOARD USS GROUPER, SS-214, FROM 03 MARCH to 26 APRIL 1945.   02 ) ENSIGN CAMERON'S 2nd SUBMARINE WAR PATROL, ABOARD USS POGY, SS-266, FROM 02 JULY to 21 AUGUST 1945. ( USS POGY''S 10th PATROL )       As soon as I can manage it, I'll try to Photograph at least some of the pages, so everyone might have a glimpse of it, for honestly I have never come across one in many years of Research & Collecting ? ( Now watch, 25 Guys will come out & Post up their examples !! 😊 )                    Best regards,       Dom P.      

No. This is undoubtedly a post war piece. We see poly threads and the bright white base material. It is not a wartime variant.   Allan

https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/97721153/allen-reed-wissinger

That's true, but over the course of history, one would expect that at least one person of a surname would have shown up in Find a Grave. I didn't just search for John YOUGREN, but for anyone with the surname YOUGREN. My point was to demonstrate that the name had to have been an engraving error as Cinnamontoastcrunch posted.   Allan

. Hi Yellowhammer.   Mike said that it took approximately three minutes to produce this and it was his first attempt.  Well spotted on the camera size,    Norman D. Landing, Forum Normandy Correspondent, 29 May  2O26.   ..

Find a grave does not take cremations into account.