I have a front seam, swivel bale M1. The only numbers that I can see are "69" and maybe a "1" or "A"? I can't find any other marks although they may just not be visible. I was just wondering if younger, fresh eyes might see something I don't. Thanks for any help.

Thanks for the feedback. 

Cool find!

Appreciate the leads but nothing above pans out. 1 - No topic search pulls up any discussion that I can find on the Bronze Star's Silver Star appearance. 2 & 3 - No Name on the Bullet states on p 339  that the medals were NOT given to children as ABC had reported.  This did however cause me to search other areas.   In examining the Audie Murphy Research Foundation, the mystery of his medals may be solved. READ BELOW:   ------   How Lattie Tipton Got His Distinguished Service Cross - by M. D. Marks, AMRF Correspondent (Oct 25th, 2020)   In July of 1966, The New York Herald Tribune carried a story titled, “Why I Gave My Medals Away”. Audie Murphy was credited with authoring that article. The article was the result of a question asked by Mrs. Joanne Gerhard, the wife of a World War II veteran and Wichita professor. In the article Audie stated, “I gave away my medals at the end of the war because I never felt that they entirely belonged to me. My whole unit earned them, but I didn't know how to give them to the whole unit.”   On an earlier occasion during 1947 in an unpublished Life Magazine photo (see attached photo) Wanda Hendrix holds her soon-to-be husband’s Medal of Honor. Audie's other medals, still in their holders, are scattered about on the floor next to them. Wanda's gaze on her husband and the gentle manner she cradles the medal in her open hand, suggests respectful concern while Audie's tense body posture.   In a letter to Lillian Bailey dated July 19, 1981, David “Spec” McClure offers some insight into just what did happen to Audie's original medals. “I am enclosing a copy of the article 'Why I Gave My Medals Away.' It appeared in The New York Herald Tribune in July 1955. The article sounds just about the way Audie thought and talked. Actually, he did not give all of his medals away—although he might have thought he had.”   In the earlier Life Magazine article, Audie made this comment on medals. “War is a nasty business, to be avoided if possible, and to be gotten over with as soon as possible. It's not the sort of job that deserves medals.” During his post war life, Audie was asked again and again to pose for some photographer or another with his medals. The Army was constantly having to replace them because the last set seemed to disappear. But what of  photo and the Medal of Honor so lovingly held by Wanda Hendrix, what happened to them?   Spec continues with his explanation in his letter: “When he and Wanda were married, they lived in a duplex. The medals were stored in a box  Wanda moved away and left the medals. The son of the woman who owned the duplex found the medals in the garage and kept them. After Audie's death, he brought them to either me or Pam—I forgot which, but  Distinguished Service Cross --- usually called the DSC. This is the second highest medal the Army gives for extraordinary heroism in actual combat. In the action for which Audie won his DSC, his best friend, Lattie Tipton, was killed. Tipton and Audie had made a wild charge against a German strong point. They had taken their first objective—an enemy machine gun—when a sniper killed Tipton.   “Audie always resented the fact that Tipton was awarded no medal for his part in the action, and he promised in an interview that he was going to give his own DSC to Claudean Tipton – Lattie Tipton's young daughter. So, when we did not find the DSC among the original medals, I thought he had sent it to Claudean. Pam gave the rest of the original medals to the VA Hospital in San Antonio.   “[Carl] Swickerath located Claudean, who was living in South Carolina. I had met her when she was out here for a 'This Is Your Life” radio show about Audie in 1949. So, after Swickerath located her, I called her. She said that she had read in the newspapers that Audie had promised to give her his DSC, but she had never received it.   “I thought that it might have been lost in the mail. Then a strange—almost spooky— thing happened. The Memorial Museum Room in San Antonio did not have room for all the items I had sent it, so after the room was opened, the surplus items were sent back to me. Among those items was that missing DSC. I was almost shocked. It was as if Audie were speaking from the grave and telling me to do something that he had neglected to do in his lifetime.   “I told Pam the story behind the DSC and she asked me to send the medal to Claudean. I did. I also wrote the biggest [news]paper nearest the town in which Claudean lived. The newspaper did as I thought it would. It sent out a reporter and a photographer to interview Claudean. So more than thirty years after he was killed, Lattie Tipton finally got the credit that Audie always wanted him to have.   The story of how the medals found their way back to the Murphy family was verified by family friend, Terri Eddlemon Prim, in a recent interview with the AMRF. Ms. Prim related a story that Terry Murphy told her about Audie's medals. Terry Murphy told Ms. Prim that shortly after his father's passing, a man came to the door of the Murphy home. Terry answered it and the man handed him a box. He said, “Here, these belong to you” and walked away.   Through Audie's point of view, he did give his medals away. They were never “his” from the beginning. Perhaps Audie's closing words in the Tribune article best relates his feelings. “That's why—because of my own feelings at certain times—I didn't feel comfortable with my medals. I am grateful to the Army for giving them to me. But I feel today, some 10 years later, just as I did when I received them: that they rightfully belong to Company B, 15th Infantry Regiment, Third Infantry Division." M D Marks     --------   This makes some sense in that the medal array photographed in 2004 compared to the current array and the medals displayed in the frame for his sons by his wife appear to have many similarities. So, the question remains on the MoH, has anyone seen a picture of the engraving? I get that the other decorations may not have been engraved, but the MoH surely would have been and even its replacement.   Regardless, perhaps some of this is useful info.    Steve    

Now *that’s* a cool thing!

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.