circa 1920-1930

There a several of these Size 7 flags for sale on ebay right now. 1 of them.. the seller is asking almost 3K for it. The other one.. the seller is asking $348 or best offer. Size 7 Ensign. Same flag... the expensive one claims to have come from a named ship. My post above... I was just adding info..... As others have said though, AI can lead a person down all manner of rabbit holes. And like manayunkman pointed out, ai keeps pointing to info gleaned from the forum. Its a nice flag. Being exceedingly rare?  Check ebay.

Is it real WWII patch? Thank you for looking

Nice find. I wonder why it would have US Navy for a civilian school team?    Thanks for the help. 

A young marine, guessing on my part, carved out “New Zeland”, backwards Z.. on this bolo… spelling and the Z made me chuckle at thought of a young kid killing time🇺🇸🇺🇸overseas safe bet it saw some sort of service in the pacific…?  I thought it was cool…

Very useful information.

The sword is an 1863 Roby....it needs a little TLC but still looks good. It came with the only the scabbard throat remaining. It has the typical "F.S.S." inspector marks on the ricasso and the knuckle bow.   But, here's the disconnect - the sword belonged to Private Benjamin F. Peterman. He was not an NCO, and he also served in Company L, 6th Ohio Volunteer Cavalry - I would expect him to carry either the M1840 or M1860 Cavalry saber. Although, he was a member of the Tod Post, Grand Army of the Republic, so the sword may have a connection there.    Mark sends

I apologize because they used both  grommets and rope but I’m not sure of the time period it started.    When I went to AI and asked the question “Did WW2 US Navy ensign use grommets?” All the AI answers used the USMF in all its footnotes.    

Two family items obtained today include a World War I helmet and a Civil War Non-Commissioned Officer sword. When we acquired these items, the owner stated his Grandfather handed him both saying "Here's my World War I helmet and my Grandfather's sword from the Civil War." Unfortunately the Grandfather died in 1968 so we can't get any more family info as the owner was a young man at the time and naturally simply took the two artifacts without further questions.   The helmet is a Brit-made helmet, marked D/F 82; manufactured/assembled by James Dixon and Sons (Sheffield) by steel supplied by Thomas Firth and Sons heat number 82. Due to the shortage of helmets in the American Expeditionary Forces, large numbers of these British helmets were used by the AEF.    It was worn by Corporal Roscoe Y. Peterman, who served with Company "A" of the 135th Machine Gun Battalion, 73rd Infantry Brigade, 37th Division. He took part in the battle for the Meuse-Argonne and was gassed and shot.   Mark sends

I am back at the museum tomorrow Matt and will re-shoot the pics and post them. Thank you again for all the info, the fact that only the Detroit Shwayder plant made these is in itself a fantastic piece of info for us.    Scott