Nice pick up as I was watching this piece but for some reason this particular auction site always seems to sells things at a much higher price than what other auction sites like eBay sell for.  I've always wondered if this was due to being able to utilize things that you buy on this site as a donation to charity on your taxes.  

Hi Kat, It’s a print of a painting by artist Ron Cole. He specializes in aviation history. He usually includes a small piece of the aircraft he portrays. In this case as the description says, the C-47 dropped paratroops on D-Day.  The story of how this plane was rediscovered and saved from the junk pile is on the internet somewhere.  Mikie

That's a beauty as well.  Good Job!!!

I just noticed that we are on page 1200 on this thread! And every page is pure gold. Congratulations Ken and one and all!  mikie

Thank you.

Been around here a long time under this handle and have learned a lot from this community over the years.   Wanted to share something I recently finished — I wrote a book:   National Treasure or Trash: War, Memory, and the Intergenerational Cost of Combat.   It’s not a typical military history book. It’s built off primary records, family research, and the kind of questions a lot of us end up thinking about over time — what actually carries forward from war, and what gets lost, misremembered, or reshaped.   A lot of it ties directly into the kinds of artifacts, records, and stories we all discuss here — but zoomed out into the long-term impact.   If nothing else, I think folks here would appreciate the angle.   Link if you want to take a look: https://a.co/d/0cuCqsQ3   https://www.mph-author.com    Either way — appreciate everything this forum has put out over the years. It’s helped more than you probably realize. Sincerely,  pegasus6

I can’t find the listing now, sorry   Keith

Thank you for your comment jump wing! I am extremely pleased to have it in my collection. Thanks again

As another question to add to this, is there a way to date buckles marked solid brass like the one I posted above? I saw a belt at a trift store that was marked twice with that as well as made in USA. It was a faded khaki color, was wondering if it could have been ww2.

Very beautiful and rare piece. 😍 One of the versions by the Australian manufacturer Angus & Coote. Version with name in frame, not many seen for sale yet.