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Thanks lads. I knew someone here would have the skinny.
Marc
That is a "Ruptured Duck", but something bought commercially, and not issued to any Vet. The government issued a lapel pin and a patch for sewing on to the dress uniform at the time of honorable discharge.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Honorable_Service_Lapel_Button
F is for FIRE, That burns down the whole town!
U is for URANIUM... BOMBS!
N is for NO SURVIVORS...
- Plankton
LSM
Looks like the "Ruptured Duck" ...
Strike the tents...
If im not mistaken its post war denoting a veteran commonly refered to as the ruptured duck, there was a patch also worn on the *** pocket on the uniform of all discharged veterans , if memory serves correctly ..
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Might be but probably not during WWII as all metals were in short supply and required to be turned in to support the war materials collection effort.
This would be something to take to an Antiques Road Show event in your area to have it appraised. You could also take it to a Military Memorabilia show as well to seek answers and value.
Gerald "Hawkeye" Voigt
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"Its not the workbench that makes the model, it is the modeler at the workbench."
My neighbor is moving and he going through boxes of stuff and when he finds stuff that was his dad's from he war... he gives it to me A USN slicked and gas mask so far. He has a Japaneses rifle too... still working on that one.
He gave me this the other day. he said he thought it something you attached to the license plate of your car if you had a family member in the service.
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