PLEASE NOTE: Kana will be BACK IN THE OFFICE as of TUESDAY 07/01,
BUT I will not be back in the Office until MONDAY July 7th,
So we will be keeping the Yellow Notification up through JULY 4th Weekend!!
As I still have MOST of our Military Artifacts and SOME of our LE Badges with me on the Road, so there could be delays in shipping!!
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We Hope to FINALLY Have this Issue CORRECTED in July or August!!
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Thank you for visiting. We hope you will find some vintage artifacts here on our site to add to your collection.
We look forward to serving your collecting needs, Ron & Kanae
ARTIFACT:
This is a United States Marine Corps helicopter grouping of two patches, two name tags and photographs. The larger patch is American-made and shows a flying cat with binoculars Ð it reads VMO-6 (for Marine Observation Squadron 6). The smaller patch is Japanese-made and shows an eagle flying with two flags - it reads SOUTH VIET NAM 1962-63 HMM-163 (for Marine Medium Helicopter Squadron 163). Each leather name tag is painted in gold with an eagle, anchor and globe and reads J.J. GRIFFITH CPL. USMC. There are also a total of 31 small photographs of craft and a yard long photo of the VMO-6 squadron.
VINTAGE:
Circa early 1960s.
SIZE:
Various sizes.
MATERIALS / CONSTRUCTION:
Two patches, one fully-embroidered and one on twill embroidered in cotton/silk/polyester threads; photographs on Kodak paper; painted leather name tag; yard long photo.
ATTACHMENT:
N/A.
MARKINGS:
Photos have various number stamps.
ITEM NOTES:
This is from a United States Marine Corps collection which we will be listing more of over the next few months. VBJJX09 LFEJX4/10 SFEJX2/12
CONDITION:
7 (Very Fine): Items are in various conditions but overall are very fine (yard long is in inferior shape to the rest of the items, but still good).
GUARANTEE: As with all my artifacts, this piece is guaranteed to be original, as described.
