Picked up these early 1st pattern surgeon wings, they are Mayer made and appear to be of a two part construction. They look good to me but I’m still a wings novice, any thoughts? 

I have recently moved and in the process uncovered a few forgotten about 'treasures'. I picked this up several years ago on the Highway 127 yard sale for those of you who might know what that is. I thought it was pretty neat and was only a buck or two if I remember. No details on the child or the father at the time I bought it, but I have researched it since. The baby born to the GI only survived 2 days after birth so by the time this was printed, signed and issued she has passed away 10 days earlier. Her father, Sergeant First Class John Rufus Holland,served with the 187th RCT in Korea and later became a Green Beret and served 4 tours in Vietnam.

Audie Murphy's actual Medal of Honor is on public display at the Dallas Scottish Rite Museum in Dallas, Texas. Source: Congressional Medal of Honor Society

Nice recreation.

That's a cool shooting badge.Wanna trade? or sell?

Further research on this forum shows 68-69 due to guard versus blade marked with Western on one side and Bowie on the other. Still good. This forum is such a great reference! 

In this famous full color photo in Look Magazine, taken in 1949, Audie Murphy is wearing the medals he was awarded and presented. What is curious is the planchet on the Bronze Star. It looks like a Silver Star with a Bronze Star drape. Note the wreath around the center star on the piece. Bronze Stars do not have a wreath, only smooth rays leading to the center smaller star.   Questions 1- Has anyone ever seen anything like this on a Bronze Star before?   2- Where is Audie Murphy's actual Medal of Honor today? I know the certificate was in the Smithsonian museum system. A medal was on display about 20 years ago in the Texas museum to him. Does anyone have a picture of the actual engraving of his medal?    For fun, and as a tribute to Audie Murphy and the men he served with and lost, here is a recreation of the medals in this photo.   Steve

nice liner

I am afraid that I am going to have to agree with the General on this one.  My current Jeep is an all-matching Oct '42 Ford that was an un-adulterated garage find.  It had 95% of the original Ford factory installed components still intact.  All the engine components were the originals from the factory.  The missing 5% were cosmetic items.  It had 14,000 original miles (all the factory gauges are there).  My Carb is a 12 patten Carter.  This is the 5th Jeep my brother & I have restored (he is a 40-year Ford Master Mechanic & also ASE Grand Master mechanic) and we have never seen one in this complete status.  He has also restored another half dozen or so for others.  The 1st Jeep we restored was in 1981.  Attached are pics of my Carb.   Thanks,   OD 

This one is pretty cool!! I guess you could call it a “pre V victory”. I have another, serial number 997600, that went to the Maritime Commision.  I’ll letter this one to see where it went!! Thanks for looking!!  PS. The grips also match!!