Ed Maroli

I will try to post more tomorrow. The vets family "wisely" cleaned the blade before selling it Ed Maroli

There are 5 tang holes and I believe the blade was longer at one time.

All parts are 'numbered' and matching

The hardware is all high quality.

The mon is for either the Kasai or Nukui clan

The cutting edge is 27"

The temper line is hard to photograph

Sorry but they are not the best photos.

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I may be wrong, but I think they wore green piping like the jagers but without any sleeve patch. ~ED

I assume this is a typo and you mean the Roman Empire. I have found that Christopher Ward's "The War of The Revolution" the best comprehensive military history of the conflict. ~ED

I agree with Claudio that the price isn't bad at all. I have one on a bar with the chip in the same location but on the reverse, most likely this piece was once on a bar. ~Ed

My grandfathers are the tall ribbon type,clutch back. USMC Mar. 44 - Apr.46

Yes there are requirements for the American campaign medal. For service in the American theater 7 Dec. 1941 to 2 March 1946. On permanent assignment outside the Continental US. Permanently assigned as a crew member of a vessel sailing ocean waters for 30 consecutive or 60 non-consecutive days. Awarded a combat decoration Service within US for an aggregate period of 1 year. Yes it is true that not everyone recieved the medal but it was very liberally given out. A US group with out the American campaign medal is by far the exception. Also WWII USN and USMC ribbons are taller than the army ones

Also #2 and #5 should have the American Campaign medal. This medal ribbon was often not worn since having either the Pacific or the European medal also meant having the Americam Campaign medal as well. 1 bronze star equals one campaign 1 silver star equals 5 bronze ones.

The long pins ae early WWII type. The cluchbacks are WWII to the present ~ED

I would also think Crown Order Medal. The Bavarian MVK is not original to the bar, note how it's ring is bent and the others are not. The bar could of had any grade of the MVK. It was common to take medal bars apart for individual medals especially when the medals clipped on. or It could correct. ~Ed

Paul, Thank you for the reply ~ED

From the one gazette page I have there seems to be no repeat of units. All are from the R.A. or the RGA and there are 80 names total. Possibly each battery allowed one MM? ~ED

Hello, This is one on my few British groupings. The Military Medal is gazetted pg.10566 supplement 20 August, 1919. '322813 Gnr. Hall, R.J., 155th Siege By.(Waterbeck)'. Since the war is over I assume that this is just slow paperwork. So the question is what was the delay time between the action and the awarding of the Military Medal? ~Ed

I think his name was Robert Scott?. I could be wrong in the visual overload that the MAX is. ~Ed

I do not collect much american stuff. I got this years ago on ebay from an estate buyer who split up every single item from Captain Edward Muhlenfeld's into individual auctions. This was the only thing I won. It must date fom when the Navy Commendation ribbon became a medal 1950. One of the other items I did not win was a box of two fruitsalads with these 5 plus: WWII Vic, Occupation, China Service,National Def, Korea (3 stars), UN Korea, and ROK Presidental Unit Citation. He was class of Annapolis 1940. ~ED From class of 1940 Biography. Ed's first ship was LEXINGTON (CV-2), usually operating out of Pearl Harbor. LEX was at sea and missed the Japanese attack on December 7; but in the Battle of the Coral Sea, she was so badly damaged that she was abandoned and sunk. Ed then abruptly joined the Destroyer NAVY via a short swim to ANDERSON. He finished the war in destroyers PARKER. SPROSTON and SOUTHERLAND; and commanded Destroyer Minesweeper EARLE. These ships were engaged in convoy escort, the invasions of North Africa and Sicily, winter operations in the Aleutian Islands, bombardments of the Japanese-held Kurile Islands, the final massive strikes against Japan, and minesweeping in the South China Sea. In the midst of all this, on a free weekend in San Francisco, he met Marge Baum, doing her bit in the war effort. Two years and many letters later, he returned, found her still there, and they picked up where they had left off. On Easter Eve of 1947, they were married, in the Naval Academy Chapel; and in a few months were off to Boston, where Ed earned his Master's Degree from MIT. Graduation led to his participation in the Korean Conflict, as Gunnery Officer of BOXER (CV-21). He next became a pioneer in the new PG course in Operations Analysis, then went back to sea as Gunnery Officer of the Atlantic Fleet Battleship-Cruiser Force. Ed paid his dues for the two technical PG courses with four tours of Washington duty. Dovetailed among these, he commanded Destroyer BUCK and Reefer VEGA in the Pacific Fleet, and Service Squadron FOUR in the Atlantic. His twilight tour was in the Department of Defense, and he retired from active duty on July 1, 1970.

Were these available to all Baden troops or just certain regiments. ~Ed

I've posted this before. ~ED

The airplane is a casting. Look at all the flash and uneven edges. ~Ed.