Harrier

Thanks, Jeff!

An interesting combination. Fellow seems to have qualified for 6 Pacific battle stars and multiple LOM's and Bronze Stars ( if those are holes for additional awards on the ribbon), but no Navy Cross or Navy DSM or aviation-related awards. Would be nice to figure this one out.

Very good!! At least it's not a "Dames of the Floating Teapot" award!

Rick,

I've seen the last ribbon on the lower right before somewhere and it's ringing a bell as European...? Also think I have seen the others. Chinese? Don't think this is a "put-together for fun" set.

Harrier

http://gmic.co.uk/uploads/monthly_04_2009/post-2778-1240973164.jpgHere's the whole thing. On the tunic of an American vice admiral. Unnamed and undated.

http://gmic.co.uk/uploads/monthly_04_2009/post-2778-1240964151.jpgCan anyone identify these ribbons?

Thanks!

Harrier

http://gmic.co.uk/uploads/monthly_04_2009/post-2778-1240878139.jpgI just HAD to add this (from eBay today). You definitely don't want to buy a jacket with buttons like this.

Does anyone have a copy they can post of the LDO (or Luftwaffe) directive that Luftwaffe badges could only be purchased through the Verkaufsabteilung der Luftwaffe?

Thanks!

Harrier

People would go shopping carrying baskets full of money. If they put the basket down, someone would steal the basket and leave the money.

It's fun to look at German postage stamps from the period. A common stamp would be "over-stamped" with the new denomination (maybe 5 million RM).

Of course, if the Western world keeps spending its way out of the current economic slump, we may see those stamps again!

Bob and Gene,

These are GREAT pennants!

Best,

Harrier

http://gmic.co.uk/uploads/monthly_04_2009/post-2778-1239753170.jpgPosted before, but a little different.

Beautiful!

Beautiful cross, Bob!

Totally plain inside. Can't find any markings (maybe because it appears to have been washed a few times).

http://gmic.co.uk/uploads/monthly_04_2009/post-2778-1239567014.jpgBoard.

http://gmic.co.uk/uploads/monthly_04_2009/post-2778-1239566901.jpgHere's a blue, but still tropical!

Thank you VERY much! I really appreciate you taking the time to do this!

Do you know the address on the label? Just wondering if the street is still the same.

Many thanks again!

Harrier

Beautiful sets!

Happy to hear from Norway! Are these tailors/stores still in business?

I have an Admirals overcoat made in Holland and was able to track down the tailor's son, a dentist in Rotterdam!