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OF Course.   LCDR is Lt Commander. MC is Medical Corps (that is the doctors) VS is the classification for Volunteer Reserve (Special Service)   Yes he was in during WWII I should have put the headings on the columns:   Date of Precedence is the date he got his currant rank. Year of Birth - Self explanatory Pay Entry Base Date is the date he signed in to the Navy. So he signed up on October 7, 1943 and was given his rank on October 12, 1943.   This entry came from the Naval Officer registry for 1944.    Haven't tacked him down for after WWII but may have stayed in the Reserves 

Great find,  It is in all probability an NY Militia plate from the Waar of 1812 or shortly after.  There was a lot of fighting in the Niagara to Buffalo part of the state.  Most off the Militia refused to go accross the river into Canada.

Not good imo. Looks like a Taiwanese made repro

Is this pewter or brass?   Are the holes drilled or "punched"?

Avery impressive collection of ultra rare items..   I will try to post some of my items soon.

Plus I've never been there, so it'll give me a good reason to visit. last time I was on a WW2 sub was way back in the 60's or 70's. There was one moored over at Salem ,MA, I think it was the USS Sea Dog. Hope all goes well, and thanks again to Leigh for the Battleship Cove suggestion. Plus I'll finally get a look at two PT Boats. Never realized they actually carried up to 3000 gallons of 100 octane aviation gas to fuel those 3 powerful V-12 Packard engines.

I ran across this item on Ebay and wanted to get some input.  Does anyone know if this is a genuine Vietnam War period made patch?     Thanks in advance.

When I had my estate liquidation in PA I was finding several unregistered weapons a year. Especially MP40 and French Chauchats. Over a 20 year period I found 7 Chauchats and a maxim with quadrupod amongst others.  

I think Jerry was simply ribbing you, since you found a score in MKE.