INH with her magical search skills found it. My late brother was a Vietnam Vet, though regular Army, so I recognized all but the Air Force...
May as well stick a candle in it and use it for its new purpose - otherwise it's just a pointless maiming... ~Cheryl
Center is Air Force Commendation Medal - top 4 are Vietnam Campaign Medal, Air Medal, Vietnam Service Medal, and Vietnam Cross of Gallantry;...
Heh, good to hear that you'll take care of the poor abused thing - what's done is done... Here's an old post on the pattern:...
*Sigh* Gorham's 'Josephine', design patented in 1855... ~Cheryl
Awww, geez - somebody took an 1850s coin silver spoon and mangled it all up! I should be able to find the maker, and perhaps pattern in a bit -...
That's a very pretty bracelet, I'm a sucker for paua, have a couple of New Zealand spoons set with it... And please forgive me if I'm a little...
Yeah, last of the big American silver manufacturers to stay independent, the true end of an era when, after almost two centuries, they were...
Sorry, a faulty quick search, just checked weights and apparently only ran across 8", not realizing the X569 came in different sizes and forms -...
That's a Moscow Kokoshnik mark used on small articles, 1908-26... ~Cheryl
If you have both, why don't you just weigh them? ~Cheryl
Poking around online, find the X552 appears to weigh more twice as much as the X569... ~Cheryl
Reed & Barton was pretty consistent in their production codes - if the shape and size are the same, then you'd want to look at the weight - one is...
I like the upholstery too, probably not the colors I'd choose, but it's well-done, appropriate for the style and to my eye, the stripes complement...
Was trying to figure out how they were made after the orientation of the hole was pointed out - thanks for sharing that information... ~Cheryl
Chevron beads... ~Cheryl
The 'Baubles, Buttons and Beads' book is my favorite, but she also wrote three other books with jewelry, 'Glass Beads from Europe', 'Glass in...
Just out of curiosity, wonder how 'Wave Crest' become 'Wavecrest'? Seems to be the more popular spelling, but the name/trademark is two words,...
It looks fine to me, the nice satin lining isn't really anything I'd expect from a repro either... ~Cheryl
Haven't handled any Wave Crest in many years, and don't have the book, but they used a wide variety of metal mounts, and the banner mark is fairly...
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