Its been awhile since I posted any additions and also wanted to ask a Question about DISPLAY Patches BETWEEN GLASS ???? Is this a NO NO ?? I like the option to view the Date/Contract Number on the reverse but now thinking it may not be a good Idea ?? Advice and Comments Welcome   The Patch Collection as of Today NOTE one is out of place The DISPLAY in Question Its between a Double Pain Document Glass Frame This allows me to view the backs BUT thinking it may not be a good idea for preservation?? The BACK VIEW Can you spot the OUT OF PLACE Artifact ? PUBLIC HEALTH Patch Center Bottom / Cap Badge & Collar Insignia at corners. Male Nurse Patch at Left / Orderly at Right WWI

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Not sure what to call these M3's? Did see 2 go off on ebay last week. One Utica, one Imperial. Stamped guard, same sheath. New cond. Seller said he bought a few in the 90's.  Am guessing surplus knives, they put in the newer available scabbards.  No history, but nice getting a mint knife.  Getting the post count up to 30. 

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Some people like that E3 should never be placed in a position of authority! Nice Model 14.

Four years after the armored cruiser USS Maine was destroyed by an explosion in Havana Harbor, the Navy commissioned the battleship Maine (BB-10). The historic photo of the Maine's integrated baseball team is a reminder of the tremendous loss suffered that February day in 1898. This photo was taken aboard BB-10 in the spring/summer following the ship's commissioning as the ship continued the Navy's competitive baseball tradition.    

My Dad was in Manila just after the end of the war. He filmed the destruction there with a spring- wound Kodak 8mm movie camera and used Kodachrome film. The resolution and lighting is not too good but there are not many color films of Manila and Corregidore existing. Note the warning sign on Corregidore. Manila -Albaugh 1945.mp4

Received this cloth patch Flying Tiger with some other military items including book about CBI Ledo road construction. Is it a fantasy/collectors piece? Thank you.

On a Vietnam USN Flight Jacket . VA-72 1966-67 .  

Id say that pin is newer. The waffleback is something you don't see on WWII insignia of any kind.  My instincts say its from the 70s or 80s. Ive never seen another like it.    What does the hallmark say? I cant read it.    Kurt