Hi all,   I recently bought a named Air Medal, it was with the incorrect ribbon/brooch, but a guess is its probably Vietnam era. The name on the medal is "Robert L Hutchin" though there looks like a partial "s" at the end of the name, so "Hutchins". What do people think?   A quick search online and I found the following Robert L Hutchins, who died in 2018, and was awarded an Air Medal. Is it his? https://obits.mlive.com/us/obituaries/kalamazoo/name/robert-hutchins-obituary?id=11135548   Many thanks,   Stephen

Who knows? Some kid may of had that given to him and he wanted to walk around with it on his head bragging on how close his dad or grandpaw came. Yes the liner would have been better but at least the helmet wasn't trashed.

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Hello and welcome to this Forum. Good luck collecting medals, too!

Hi all,   A quick introduction. Irish collector here, collector of British medals for around 15 years. Though have recently started getting into American medals (started with them when I started collecting 20 years ago), Vietnam era of particular interest.   Looking forward to posting, and learning.   Thanks,   Stephen

No sweat, we are passionate about history!

HI Dave, Roger that, and its as good as an explanation as any.... Maybe better than most. No way to know thats for sure. The only point I would like to debate on, is why not the liner? Someone may or may not have added embellishments to it or they might not have? Head band looks awfully fresh.... I cant tell if its a repro? Maybe someone can? But that type of liner certainly could have been used in the type of helmet its in.... The Navy mixed and matched all type of liners and steel. So why not this liner?   The story? Yea ... we wont ever know that one..... The seller never got back to me on that one, unfortunately., Doyler!- Awesome lid!   Cheers ! Dave

Have you posted this? It would be well worth the read.

OH, I wasn't talking at you. I tend to get wordy because I want to be sure what I am saying is understood. Short comments can be misinterpreted. Everyone has a limit as to what is acceptable to them. At the B-24 crash site a high impact specialist from the coroners office came out to make sure it wasn't a homicide. He had all sorts of story's about recovering remains from fresh aircraft crash sites. I could never do that. Bones are ok but what he does ...it takes a special kind of person to do what he does. I'm not special.

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