The Heatland and Militaria Show, which will be held on the 28 and 29 of June this year, has moved to the Oklahoma City State Fairgrounds.  For additional information regarding setups, please contact Matt Hindi. 405-503-3665.  

I did some more research.  This is from a post made by Heath some time back:    Apparently, this was the CAA wing used in 1940. But note that it doesn't include the CAA-WTS around the rim.  The CPTP (part of the CAA), only became the CAA-WTS in 1942 (like the other wings).   According to Heath (see post #463), "This wing insignia was ... manufactured by the Irvin H Hahn company in Baltimore.  Hahn never pictured this design in a catalog that I am aware of.  The original and only die used to manufacture these wings was acquired by me directly from Hahn's factory."    This does suggest that the general design of the Wright Flyer wing was around by 1940 or so (which would predate the CAA-WTS). But the 1940 CAA wing is not the same as the 1942 CAA-WTS wing.  This suggests that there are actually THREE very simialr wings, the 1940 vingate CAA Wright Flyer made by Hahn and the 1942 vintage Wright Flyer CAA-WTS wing AND the Indian Head CAA-WTS wing. I think a reasonable person could posit that the Wright Flyer wing was the first version of the CAA-WTS wing.  Or not... I suspect that the "truth" is still out there.  

One of my favorite knives from my dad’s collection. Not sure when or where he got it. As a Navy Veteran, this one speaks to me, even beyond the personal connection.    

And yet… the posting says… SOLD!! 

As far as the markings on the refurbished scabbard go; the W means that the leather has been waxed which appeared from 1923 onwards and the 40 may be the date. The S.EN would probably be the makers initials of the leather section, one of the later ones which does not appear to show up in Skennerton's books that I could see at this time. Cheers. 

Wow, very nice.

Hi, just saw you post and question about the finish of the model 1913, Cavalry Sabre, aka Patton Saber. her is a pic from: Swords and Sabers of the Armory at Springfield book hope it helps. very often once the saber left service it got a paint job of some sorts. I restored one, an LF&C and the black paint came off very cleanly revealing the book mentioned brown finish. All my others I just have not had the time to start. bill  

For what it's worth: a small (3/4" x 3/4") CAA Victory pin from my collection. Tough to see, but under the upper part of the pin is marked with a raised "Sterling" and "A.E.&Co, Utica, N.Y."

could this General Order be numbers for Air medals?