Thanks Tal!
So the metal pin/holder and the clip-on ribbons themselves were used during the GPW?
I always assumed that most bars were sewn onto the uniforms back in the GPW era.
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A wise man said: 'you should not pay a premium for what you want beyond your comfort level, and always ensure there is a mutually agreeable return policy.'
05-03-2007, 04:44 PM (This post was last modified: 09-18-2013, 01:32 PM by CtahhR.)
Thanks Doug. I think I'll take a flyer on this one.
If I get it I'll put up some better shots for discussion. :thumbsup
He he hee.....won this on eBay just now. Cost a bit more than I wanted but what the heck. Coming from Finland so it might take a while to make it here... :D
Mailed from Finland on Monday, in Florida by Saturday afternoon! Gotta love it. :D
So, any chance of it being from the WW2 era?
"patina imparts character" - PJS
A wise man said: 'you should not pay a premium for what you want beyond your comfort level, and always ensure there is a mutually agreeable return policy.'
I received this in the mail today. I took a flyer on it as the image posted on eBay was very dark. The seller didn't respond to my request for better pictures but I bid on it anyway mostly thinking someone would outbid me. But I guess he didn't give anyone better pix cuz I won this beaut for a high bid of 95 cents!!! :D :p :laff
It measures four and one sixteenth inches wide (104mm) by eleven thirty-secondth inch tall (9mm)
Hope you like. I do.
"patina imparts character" - PJS
A wise man said: 'you should not pay a premium for what you want beyond your comfort level, and always ensure there is a mutually agreeable return policy.'
Jeffrey Meffert Wrote:If I had been paying attention, you wouldn't have gotten it for 95 cents.
:p
Being unemployed for the last 3 months one thing I do is check eBay *every* morning, with my coffee and cigarettes, for new goodies.
Lotsa nice stuff out there but I can't bid on 'em cuz I'm nearly broke. :(
Are you watching the OG cavalier group?
"patina imparts character" - PJS
A wise man said: 'you should not pay a premium for what you want beyond your comfort level, and always ensure there is a mutually agreeable return policy.'
Although too rich for my blood with a 12.5K opener. Should be easy to check the SN's and get both verification and a name if someone out there in the forum has the cavalier book.
1st Class: 904
2nd Class 36986
3rd Class 127044
The echoes book shows issue dates for those sn's at about 8/44, 12/44and 5/46 respectively so at least the dates are plausible.
I was kinda happy about the final price I can tell ya. :)
I really am starting to like these early (thin) bars. The later style, be they cloth mounted or metal-backed, are so common, and so often made up that they don't command any respect (in my eyes) or much of a price.
The thin ones, and the plastic and painted bars from the 50s, are still fairly cheap, often authentic, and an undervalued part of Soviet collecting.
Having said that I just blew my last chance of ever seeing another 95 cent bar on the e-channel. :chuckle
"patina imparts character" - PJS
A wise man said: 'you should not pay a premium for what you want beyond your comfort level, and always ensure there is a mutually agreeable return policy.'
