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By blitz67 · Posted
It looks good to me, you usually see an ink stamped red cross number on these, but either way it looks good. -
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By GatorDoc · Posted
Hey guys, I had a friend of mine gave me a large crate today that she “inherited” via a step uncle that had no remaining family alive. It is absolutely packed with this soldiers history including a hand typed journal that chronicles his life starting from around 1925 ( he was born in 1912). I included the excerpts of: his joining the Army in 27MAY1941....he started as a cook and later when to airborne school deployment to Europe in FEB 1945 as a squad leader in rifle Company F, 507th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 17th Airborne Division including his combat jump with Operation Varsity….his squad being cut off on 13APR1945 with him being wounded necessitating evacuation Deployment to Korea in AUG 1951 as First SGT with Company M, 19th Infantry Regiment, 24th Infantry Division and participating in “Operation Nomad”. There are multiple large photos, journals, decorations, etc….. I have looked through less than 1/3 of it but wanted to share a part of his story. J -
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By patches · Posted
Hmm, I to seen this somewhere, Hmm a English Royal Device, like a crest? Looks like device is resting on those Twists seen at the bottom of crests/ Like this -
By Unseeing · Posted
I appreciate it, from the research I’ve done I’m pretty sure the cav one was made in Prussia -
By iron bender · Posted
My opinion is they are both original. The top sword reminds me more of an 1850 foot officer sword, The other appears to be an 1860 light cav officer. I'm way more familiar with the standard 33's, 40's, and 60's. Private purchase swords were offered in so many varieties by so many vendors, I can't keep up. Hopefully someone who's more into blades will chime in. Nice blade btw!
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