I saw this group at a gun show in Florida and I had to buy it, one of the few items I was able to buy down there. What caught my attention is the engraving work on the aluminum cigarette case. The case appears to be decorated by hand and measuring 5’ Wide and 3” high. The front has the 369th Bom ...Read and See More
Now before you get to excited this is the USS Maine BB-10 not the earlier one that started the Span Am war. That’s why I put the navy numerical number on the heading. This small group is to R.M. Stevens who is listed as a crew member when the ship was part of the Great White Fleet Circumnavaigatio ...Read and See More
This US Navy group consists of the following Mexican Service medal numbered 6601, NYS Mexican Service medal numbered 8653, Navy dog tag to James B Williams 6-17-15 then 4-1-91 and on the reverse is the famous not the acid finger print. The finger print is another story but no acid on the finger was ...Read and See More
This is what I think is an unusual Pearl Harbour souviner ash tray as it was made in Rio De Janeiro and the wording other than the P. H. Is in Spanish. It’s an attractive ash tray and just different from what we normally see. I believe it was for domestic consumption in Brazil, 5 1/4” wide Cond ...Read and See More
The first book is U.S. Army Insignia by James Mc Duff published in the 1970's? The whole book is on theater made patches for the various units. He shows variations to the hand made patches, interesting reading. The second book is the Vietnam NAM studies published by the Dept. of the Army in 1973 cov ...Read and See More
I keep stuff so here is a small group of the following units A 76th infantry division book 249 pages part of the dust cover great front covet, B 65th infantry division at camp Shelby 1944 C 85th infantry division Minturno to the Appennins and D USS Colorado cruse book 1942-1946. Condition very good ...Read and See More
This is the Bible for every countries fighting ship during WWII. I have to admit that this the first time I spent any time looking at various countries ships and I really am impressed with all the information and the vast quantity of ships listed. The pages are turning yellow on the edges (poor qual ...Read and See More
This neat looking dragon belt buckle is 3 1/8" wide by 2" high mounted on regular GI style buckle. The front has the USN in a box with a nicely executed dragon head and in the lower corner crossed anchors. This would make a nice addition to any Navy collection. There is a real small number 6 on the ...Read and See More
I picked this WWII US Navy Ash tray from a vets family. As this ship was a floating repair shop making items like this was an easy task. I have seen many different items made by their machine ships. The size is ash tray is 4.75"wide by 1.25" high and is made from heavy Bronze, its not going to slid ...Read and See More
This is a group of WW2 Navy drinking glasses that I bought a good 40+ years ago from a picker I can still remember the day I bought them and a large load of stuff.
Anyways what we have here are 25 professionally painted glasses for after dinner drinks, cordials. There the following aircraft carrie ...Read and See More
