Ciao grazie mille della risposta credevo fosse una riproduzione moderna invece mi stai dicendo che sono anni 50 e originali 🙏🏻

Thank you gentlemen! I will scour the site above. I didn't have any soldier in particular in mind, but I come across names and unless I find a dog tag with it, it's always a curiosity.

really nice and with good research ! well done

Thanks for the touching words about my grandfather. I just saw a sweet movie called "Enchanted Cottage" which was set two months before my mom's birthday and maybe six months before my grandfather died as a chaplain. I'll check the dates.

Hello everyone. Got the decals done on the airframe. Still need to paint the canopy and the propeller and nose spinner and decal it. So far, so good.   Semper Fi.   Manny  

The books are great, but they should come with a warning label: "finding the items inside can be addictive" Nice knives too!

I was the commanding officer of the 27th Chemical Detachment from Oct 1969 to Sep 1970 and I've never seen that patch.

I've had this and the chrome Iowa frame it came in for over 20 years. It came in a box of plates my dad gave me. I slapped it on the front of my 1966 Ford truck that was "picked" in Iowa! I like running patriotic style plates on the front.

Or list what information you have here. I've had great luck with the search capabilities of fellow collectors who frequent this site.

I can’t say for certain. If it was silk, then it definitely would have fallen apart by now. I’ve not seen another like it, so another reason why I think it was wartime, usually there’s always a couple post-war badges floating around. The lettering from the left, top, and right says, “ ILL - Light- Arty. The 40 Rounds and cannon barrels are soldered on.