speagle

Some of you may remember my situation with my Mom. Due to health reasons I moved her from Austin, Texas to West Richland, Washington on May 28th. She has a house now with my daughter living with her as a primary care giver. We had not been able to finalize the sale of her house in Austin so that has been hanging over us for the last 4 months. Well-Saturday (10/22) I fly to Austin to close on the house on the 26th and THEN, get to have my RAV 4 back! Of course, I then have a week or so to drive back to Washington (but just think of the opportunities to collect more "stuff" along the way as well. Just wanted to share. Hope I can get a few more shots to enter before the contest closes. Have a GREAT weekend folks God Bless (and thanks for your continued prayers for me and my Mom [she is doing much better]) Ed

This may be of some help. http://www.afpc.af.mil/library/factsheets/factsheet.asp?id=7730

I didn't do a search on this site but it may be of help. http://militarybadgecollection.com/ Ed

French Commemorative Medal Engage Volontaire-Patrie WWI Check this site: http://www.worthpoin...lontaire-patrie French Commemorative Medal Engage Volontaire-Patrie WWI Médaille Commémorative Française 1914-1918 - Awarded to all members of the French Armed Forces who saw service between 2 August 1914 and 11 November 1918. Instituted on 23 June 1920, it could also be conferred on members of the Merchant Navy, medical personnel, local authorities, police of fire brigades of bombed cities etc. Before the Cross for Volunteer Combatants was instituted, a bar "Engagé Volontaire" could be worn on the ribbon. DIAMETER: 27 mm

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q6l8JFyQMX4&feature=related

This is a lapel pin obviously associated with the RCMP from the Alberta province. Need to know what the initials FIAA stand for please. Thanks in advance Ed

VERY interesting. Thanks for posting Ed

Rick, I have quite a few US medals and ribbons (Army, Navy and AF). If you are still in need of some please let me know and we will see if I can help fill some of the holes. Ed e-mail: keeneagle@frontier.com

Very nice items. Thanks for sharing Ed

Hey Mike, How about taking a stroll "down the road" and see if you could pick up an old one (or perhaps just a cloth one :-) Never know-tell them it's for a retired cop's collection. Thanks Ed

Thanks again Randy. Any chance you might have an extra one of the current ones (or know somebody who would trade?) I just flat out refuse to buy stuff (unless I find it in an antique store of course :whistle:

Thanks Randy, Very interesting. I am now curious when/if they changed the badges to "DOD Police" vs. "Special Police" as in your photo, or perhaps these were, in fact, "Special" detatchments for specific classified projects. As Sgt Schultz would say-----"Verrry Interesting!" :-) BTW: Can you send me the link to where you got your oics please. Thanks again for the info Ed

Thought folks might find this interesting. I've linked a video and a Wikipedia info page: http://www.wimp.com/curtacalculator/ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Curta_calculator Ed

Thanks Randy, Might you have any pics, or know where I could look to see, of the badge with the space filled in? Thanks again for the info Ed

Helen, Thanks for sharing. I felt the bird and is does feel like it is scratched on and then painted over, but, not being an expert, I can't really tell for sure. Thanks again, Ed

Mervyn, I am very pleased - First that Brian made time to give me some useful info and second that I received excellent guidance on how to post correctly so I could get that info. Looking forward to receiving more comments as the thread is opened up to others. Thanks again Ed

Brian, Thanks for your insight. I appreciate the information. Ed

Hi Demir, Thanks for your reply. I must have missed the comment about the Turkish War Veterans Association-sorry. Ed

Do you know how the recipients were selected? My Dad was a Korean War vet. Although he is now deceased, I would like to see if I could contact someone and obtain one for his display case. Thanks in advance, Ed

Bottom of vase I believe the number is 410 Ed

Can anyone give me some insight on this piece please? I know it is Weller, but that's about it. Thanks in advance Ed

Check this one out http://webmail.frontier.com/service/home/~/MosquitoManufacturing-1944.wmv?auth=co&loc=en_US&id=45101&part=2 Ed

Just curious. I see you have the medal box for the VSM. Do you have them for the other medals as well? Ed

Check out this link http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UH-1_Iroquois

A link to show the activity at Ft Rucker http://www.army.mil/...rcraft-retires/ It also has a video link showing the ceremony.