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Hi everyone,
Both my grandfathers served in active military during WWII, mom's dad in the army and dad's dad in the navy. Dad's dad served as a gunner's mate on some sort of supply or re-supply ship in the South Pacific (wish I'd paid more attention to his stories when I was a kid now, of course). He brought back a few things from his time 'in the service', as he called it. A pack of naughty playing cards I accidentally saw many years ago and never saw again, as I'm sure they were promptly disposed of, some really disturbing photos I came upon after his death and quickly gave away to the local historical society, and this....pin thingy. I don't know a thing about it and cannot ever remember my grandfather talking about it. I'm sure it was something he came upon, as he never saw combat during his service (that much I remember), but what is it? The closest I can find is a hat or lapel pin but this doesn't look exactly like any of the examples I can find. There was certainly at one time a third prong on the back, in the same top-of-wing position as the other, but seemingly otherwise this is the whole piece. Weighs nearly nothing and looks like it would be a dull silver if cleaned. (Also I can't find my tape measure so here's the pin thingy next to my pen for size comparison.
Any wisdom is appreciated.
Thanks in advance,
Dana
Both my grandfathers served in active military during WWII, mom's dad in the army and dad's dad in the navy. Dad's dad served as a gunner's mate on some sort of supply or re-supply ship in the South Pacific (wish I'd paid more attention to his stories when I was a kid now, of course). He brought back a few things from his time 'in the service', as he called it. A pack of naughty playing cards I accidentally saw many years ago and never saw again, as I'm sure they were promptly disposed of, some really disturbing photos I came upon after his death and quickly gave away to the local historical society, and this....pin thingy. I don't know a thing about it and cannot ever remember my grandfather talking about it. I'm sure it was something he came upon, as he never saw combat during his service (that much I remember), but what is it? The closest I can find is a hat or lapel pin but this doesn't look exactly like any of the examples I can find. There was certainly at one time a third prong on the back, in the same top-of-wing position as the other, but seemingly otherwise this is the whole piece. Weighs nearly nothing and looks like it would be a dull silver if cleaned. (Also I can't find my tape measure so here's the pin thingy next to my pen for size comparison.
Any wisdom is appreciated.
Thanks in advance,
Dana
