Insignias, badges, medals and clasps

It could be, blued from cutting, its nice to see though, kinda relates to my trade.
Just seeing what was left by another craftsman. Excellent.
regards John

 

Hi John

Congrats on the CCC...

The bluing you see on these back plates is in fact a "fire blue" as is done heating the material to a certain temp. In the case of CCC's IMO it was purposely done.

Best Regards, fischer

 

I know AGMuK CCC's had exotic/aqua blue back plates,something they're known for (i've got one). But JFS arn't known to have this,as far as i'm aware. It's definately a heat mark,but the blue back plates are very blue. Still a nice CCC though,i've seen these marks on JFS's before. Stewy

 

True enough Mate...I was speaking of JFS only.

Best Regards, fischer

 

Hi John, you have a proud piece there. I'd like to show my Bronze and Silver CCCs off but??? no ability to do so yet ;-))

 

This blueing on metal, obviously from the heat in the production method, would help to ward off corosion, I would think, as well as making the item have a better "look" with a contrasting background. Maybe??

regards John

 

I believe the blueing comes from the heating too , but as you say it makes it look better , so this method could have been encouraged by the maker for a nicer final result . I fully understand why you could get addicted to those , they are certainly well crafted

 

Sorry,but any "blue-ing" on JFS back plates was purely co-incidental. Due to heat transfer & not intended. AGMuK'S were the only CCC's that had the aqua blue B/Plate. Stewy

 

OK ,so that settles the blueing, it does look nice though

 

Indeed. Still a very nice CCC that i'd be proud to own. Stewy

 

Hi folks one of the first PAB's i got. Didn't know at the time that it was as sought after as it is. Only due to the "Pi" makers mark on an otherwise unmarked F&R. Stewy

 

The Bottom Row, Far Right...

American Typhus Commission 1942?

Ribbons of Medals

 

Hi Stewy, im stunned with this beauty. Beautiful example to say the least. If you don;t mind me asking but, about how much do you think this one would sell for? im unfamiliar with this badge.

 

Ho-ly Crap............I have been tracking down and trying to find this ribbon for years, and by years I mean at least a decade. This ribbon was the subject of one of the first threads I posted to on this forum and at the time the concensus was that it was a VFW ribbon. It was the only ribbon of my dad's that I could not identify.

I know that there are others that have had the same mystery ribbon baffle them.

You have earned your first Salute!!!

Brad

ps. I guess I should add that I identified this ribbon from the link you posted.

 

Not too sure Carl. Umarked F&R's are cheapish. But these "Pi" marked ones. Only five bronze & one silver are known to exist so far. My take on the m/mark is that they must've been sub-contracted out & whoever it was marked them with this mark. I've heard,but never seen that at least one other type of award has this m/mark. I believe it was an EK (EK1 most probably). Stewy

 

My WWII GI friend brought these back. He must have been involved in closing down the USRRA.
Tried to find info on this R and R program but it seems to be almost non-existent.
Apparently enlisted men were sent to Nice to relax - no officers. Officers were sent somewhere else. These signs came out of Nice.

 

HI Guys ! Could this Possibly be the " UBERGROSS " Iron Cross 2-class, 47mm. ?
Regards
Tablesaw

 

No,it's definately a poor copy. Stewy

 

What I have so far is as follows: Silver Star, Bronze Star, Purple Heart, Good Conduct Medal, American Defense 1940, American Campaign 1941, European-African-Mid East 1941 with 2 Assault Arrow Heads 4 Bronze and 1 Silver Campaign Stars, WW2 Victory, Coix De Guerre France, Croix De Guerren Belgium, Unknown, Possibly the Colorado Achievement Ribbonm Unknown, Unknown, and the American Typhus Commission.