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Just my opinion, and I would wait for others before deciding:   Something about the drape looks off to me.  Specifically, it looks bright / clean (when compared to the ribbon next to it) and looks a little long.    

Humor.

Hi guys,   As a WW2 USA medal collector I have been seeking a purple heart medal for a long time.   I have come across this Purple heart and was wondering if anyone could confirm if this a WW2 Compatible Purple Heart and if it would be a appropriate in my WW2 medal collection.   It has the slot brooch which I believe is a good sign. I am aware that due to the planned invasion of Japan many Purple hearts were produced and some were awarded decades after the war.   Overall based on the style of the case and the medal itself should I purchase this Purple Heart for my WW2 collection?   Thanks so much for any thoughts.

. Hi mikie,   I am also a Sherlock Holmes fan, this is the vintage lamp in my shower room I had decorated with the Sherlock Holmes address.       Norman D. Landing, Forum Normandy Correspondent, 19 March  2O26.   …

We all knew at least one of these guys.

. Hi flibble   thank you,  Beaulieu is named as a training airfield and several American squadrons were trained there before moving over to the fighting on the Continent.    Norman D. Landing, Forum Normandy Correspondent, 19 March  2O26.   …

. . Work continues this week in homing the eighty metres of the knitted longest yarn D-Day story.   alongside the eighty metre long panels there will be a dozen or so of life size mannequins , the first arrival is shown here.  To go with the mannequins and the overall display a full size knitted Jeep is being constructed, here is a shot of one of the kitted tyres and rims.  I replied to the lady knitting the tyres by saying how good  it looked and that the knitter looked like she was cooking on gas.   🤣 🤣 as we used to say    Almost to a person all the knitters are not collectors and have never seen real uniforms or a Jeep but their dedication is exemplary.       Norman D. Landing, Forum Normandy Correspondent, 19 March  2O26.   …    

. Work continues this week in homing the eighty metres of knitted longest yarn D-Day story.   A group of volunteers have been unloading, unpacking and assembling the displays in Carentan , most of the knitted panels are outstanding work and hopefully something that future visitors to Normandy will be able to visit and appreciate.                                Norman D. Landing, Forum Normandy Correspondent, 19 March  2O26.   …

. Purely a statement of fact, no open discussion started or invited,    I thought that without any political statement, discussion or accusations we should simply record at this point in world events that fighting began between, Israel and America against Iran on the 28th of February 2026 and continues at this date.   Please do not open this post up to any further posts, discussion or comments, I just purely wished to record world events happening at this moment in time, should this forum still be read sometime in infinity. !!!!    Norman D. Landing, Forum Normandy Correspondent, 19 March  2O26.   …