Ken,   You could make this in your shed out back where you entertain. It would look great with a WWII vehicle sticking out of it!   ...Kat

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When I croak, I've willed it to you Bearmon...    

Grinding may be a good idea. I’ll give it a try. If it doesn’t work, I was thinking of using a firing pin with the pointy part removed. I don’t want to do this with my good original pin, so I may look around for a repro or an already trashed original.  Yeah, it’s just a wall hanger, but I want it to be as cool as possible wall hanger that I can make it. A complete bolt would be cool. 😁 Thanks! 

RK Turner still looking for an RK Turner CG20 missile launch patch from that time frame   seen at the link

I’m out of LIKES again. Man that is annoying. Anyway, 👍👍👍👍👍👍 etc.  for all the recent posts.  It must be neat finding things buried for 81 years. As long as none of it goes BOOM !!! mikie

. Military Vehicle Conservation Group tour 1984.   Back in 1984 the MVCG made a convoy tour of Normandy I took my closed cab GMC 353 long-wheel base truck.  June the 10th /12 th we camped at the Carpiquet airfield near Caen and took part with our vehicles along with an airshow.   Sadly one of the parachutists canopy's failed to open and he plunged to earth behind an aircraft hanger.    there was also a militaria fair, walking around I came to a young guy with a wartime blanket spread on the floor, he had about 30 pieces of German militaria, gas masks, belts pouches etc. and just one item of US militaria an 101st airborne patch, I asked the price and it was ten Francs, well at that time there were ten francs to one pound.  I bought the patch and inspecting it later found it was a white tongue, greenback example. almost unknown back then but highly desirable today . . . . . . . . . .          Norman D. Landing, Forum Normandy Correspondent, June 13  2O25.    ….

A better picture of the civil war items and finds from a few weeks ago