From what I can see, and we would need better pictures, it is a WW2 era CC flag plus some rope edge signal flags. The eagle on the flag is the earlier type but this type was used after WW2 as well. If you can get ID of the owner, that would help narrow it down. 

Robert Laplander is on the left dressed in WW1uniform.   The original monument before units infos added circa 1980

To my eye (admittedly it's been a while), those look like Winchester proof marks.

Thanks again atb.

That’s an amazing find. I hope it will be well taken care of in his memory. As you mentioned, so young when he died.   Thanks, Dan

Not painted it's covered in 3M white reflective tape.

thanks for the input Marv. The grips, it turns out, are off of a REVERE WARE pot. I actually sent the blade off to Dan Brock at Plowshare Forge. (plowshareforge@gmail.com) He has re-handled knives for me in the past. I like his work. Don't know what style handle we will do yet but when it comes back I will post the pictures.

Hello, the M1 helmet of Clarence E. Dowdy was recently found in a barn in Bezange-La-Petite, France by a friend of mine. Clarence was 19 years old when he was killed.

The Lost Battalion (2001); though made for TV and playing loose with some facts, this is a decent film about the WWI US 77th Division “Lost Battalion.” You can watch it for free on YouTube.

Great post - very interesting to see the detail of the markings. Hope you frame it!