Good WWII Produced MIL-K utility knife.   Harder variant to find.  More info can be found at the link below    craig    

Here's a Frank Thomas logo from a box of buttons on Worthpoint. https://www.worthpoint.com/worthopedia/vtg-navy-officer-uniform-buttons-case-486495374  

Here's a Pre-1942 US Navy button with a Frank Thomas Co. backmark. It also says made in England.   

US-Philippines 1 Peso Series 66 (1944) "Victory" signed/short snorter including 6th Ranger Battalion Rangers and an Alamo Scout who met Pres. Roosevelt during Mar 45 in Wash D.C. after the successful Cabanatuan POW Camp (No. 1) "Great Raid" of Jan 45 in the Philippines.   For information about the Jan 1945 rescue mission: https://arsof-history.org/articles/pdf/v14n2_cabanatuan.pdf   Though I'm in the preliminary stages of my research, I believe it is genuine (source was eBay with very limited provenance). My working theory is that it was signed, at some point(s), while in transit to the USA from the Philippines.     Sources for below include: NARA, Ancestry, Find A Grave.   All Co C 6th Ranger Battalion unless noted:   1. Capt Robert W. Prince Co C Commander DSC Orders:     2. 1st Sgt Robert G. Anderson Co C First Sergeant BSM Citation (same for all BSMs that follow):   3. Pfc Carlton O. Dietzel BSM:   4. Pfc Gilbert J. Cox (Alamo Scout) BSM w/OLC:   5. Pfc Charles S. Swain BSM:   6. Pfc Leroy B. Meyerhoff BSM:   7. S/Sgt William R. Butler BSM:   8. S/Sgt Theodore R. Richardson BSM:   9. S/Sgt Charles W. Brown Co F 6th Ranger Bn BSM:   10. Pfc Leland R. Provencher (it does not appear he was at the meeting with Pres. Roosevelt) BSM:   11. 1st Lt Melville R. Schmidt SSM:   Quote below is from: Breuer, William B. 1994. The Great Raid on Cabanatuan: Rescuing the Doomed Ghosts of Bataan and Corregidor. New York: John Wiley and Sons, Inc. 258 pp.   Quote is from page 224:   “Shortly after returning from the raid that electrified the free world, Bob Prince, nine other Rangers, and two Alamo Scouts were notified that they would return to the United States for a nationwide tour to boost the morale of defense-plant workers. Taking off in a C-54 cargo plane from Tacloban, Leyte, the instant celebrities flew to Hamilton Field, outside San Francisco, after a series of refueling stops during the nine thousand-mile journey. For the next four days, they rode a train to Washington.   For five days, the Cabanatuan-rescue men engaged in countless sessions with high Pentagon officials, members of Congress, and news reporters. A couple of the soldiers had lunch with the vice president of the United States, Harry S. Truman. Then, on March 8, they were escorted into the Oval Office of the White House by four-star General Joseph “Vinegar Joe ” Stillwell, who had gained fame fighting the Japanese in the vastness of the Burma jungles. 'When we entered the Oval Office, my knees felt like jelly,' recalled Bob Prince. 'The other fellows later told me they felt the same way. After we had all shaken hands with him, President Roosevelt put the us at ease and chatted for about ten minutes. Our first remark after we left the White House was how old and tired the president looked. A month later, he was dead.' "     I believe the first two signatures on the banknote may be crew members of a C-54 they might have flown on:     Lt Col Harry N. Deyo was the HQ XXIV Corps Judge Advocate for a time:   An interesting and historical banknote.   Dan

Wow, really turned out great - well done!

Welcome, and best of luck with your project!

I have put a cancel request in for the cap. Should’ve waited for your response, KurtA! 😅

Great idea and nice display in progress. If only I had wall space.  Keep us posted as you add to the display.  mikie

Is there any evidence that these two wings weren't made by Shreeve? Other than the lack of a hallmark and some rather subtle differences, its hard to imagine these two badges coming from different sources.   I kind of always figured that over time, the complexity of making the Shreeve & Co.-marked wing as a hollow multi-piece construct was simplified into a couple/three die struck parts soldered together.   My research into Shreeve suggests that they were pretty careful to design and sell their own stuff in their own shops, and it seems counterintuitive that another company would be allowed to make a "knock off" Shreeve design for sale.   P

hes still alive and they plan on interviewing him