Paul R

There is that other one by Paul Schmitt, that gets really into great depth on the serial numbers. The green book, "Echos of War".

Wow!!! Those are great! What is the last medal on the South African grouping?

I am not a fan of how the backing material is placed. I would like to see a close up of the catch before making a decision.

My wife can do it. I Will email her a link to this and she will reply. She will try to do this tomorrow.

I want to see the beret please!! :-)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Volcano_and_Ryukyu_Islands_campaign The Volcano and Ryūkyū Islands campaign was a series of battles and engagements between Allied forces and Imperial Japanese forces in the Pacific Ocean campaign of World War II between January and June, 1945. The campaign took place in the Volcano and Ryukyu island groups. The two main land battles in the campaign were the Battle of Iwo Jima (February 16-March 26, 1945) and the Battle of Okinawa (April 1-June 21, 1945). One major naval battle occurred, called Operation Ten-Go (April 7, 1945) after the operational title given to it by the Japanese. The campaign was part of the Allied Japan campaign intended to provide staging areas for an invasion of Japan as well as supporting aerial bombardment and a naval blockade of the Japanese mainland. The dropping of atomic weapons on two Japanese cities and the hammer-blow Soviet invasion of Japanese Manchuria, however, caused the Japanese government to surrender without an armed invasion being necessary.

The medals were not awarded for the Battle of ATTU, which took place in 1943. Okinawa makes more sense to me.

The current NCO and Officer badges look identical. Do you have any uniforms or etc?

Great stuff! Please post some pictures.

Those are spectacular. How difficult was it for you to find all of those? Do you have any Naval NCOs?

Do you have any Naval Admiral examples ? What are the insignia on top, with the spread wing feathers?

I would love to see your collection. Can you please start a thread on that? Regards Paul

How many manufacturers are there for this insignia?

How is this?

So in reality, not many NCOs changed their badges? How many Serbian Army Generals would there have been on active duty at any given time back then?

Were they widely distributed during this time, or not really many people had them then? Whey were they discontinued?

That is really cool. Thank you for posting that site.

This is a really unique grouping. Are any of his medals WW2 related I cannot imagine him escaping action through that entire war, especially being in the heat of Korea.

I say that the same things happen here as well. I am very happy that we have a Constitution here, as it helps to protect us from a Government gone crazy. Here, the government is run by the people,. The Constitution ensures that the Government does not forget that, or it faces the possibility of forcible replacement.

From the pics I see, it looks OK to me.

Super rare grouping there. The battle of the Aleutian Chain is one of the more interesting and less talked about battles. I have been lucky enough to visit many of these sites, at Attu, Dutch Harbor, and etc. There are many untouched battlefields still there. I look forward to seeing more photos when your new grouping arrives.

I love that NC EK2!!

Agreed... there are already laws on the books for fraud. This is a case of politicians creating laws so that they can say they accomplished something and add to their resumes for relection time.

Here are the additional photos. The oxidation, wear, and etc are uniform on all materials and is not artificial. It is a strange one, but I am comfortable with it.

Those are sweet as well. I love hte vampire look.