Looks like a marijuana leaf on the bowl.
Where iron slag ends up.............. https://depositphotos.com/196855868/stock-photo-domestic-slag-discharge-iron-foundry.html
Is the rust colored material magnetic,looks like iron slag.
Why wouldn't you think stolen valor,there are thousands of people claiming to be Vietnam veterans .Thought of another possibility though it...
Someones stolen valor attempt,a Marine Corps good conduct metal and an Army Soldier's metal don't belong on the same rack I believe....
The 2 and 100m were stamped on after the medal was made.The artist or whoever made a large "plaster" rendering and a pantograph made the dies from...
How thick is it? It is either die stamped or cast,one name could be a artist and the other the name of the person who made the engraved the die.
Sharks and moray eels can be fun,but being stung by a very large Portuguese man of war is not pleasant...speaking from experience.
The piece with the beads looks like it was made by a hobbyist.
Looks like it is die stamped and not repousse.
Are you sure it's a bail? Looks like some kind of "lock" for the pin stem.
It is a bit strange,on her website it states everything was about quality,but your piece lacks quality....
I can't read the marks,but it could be an early piece,the mold lines were not cleaned up as they should be.
I think the carvings are based on an original painting/drawing of the subject. It wouldn't matter which hand the carver used as the rough shell is...
It has a hawkbill blade and can be used for whatever purpose the owner needs....
Maybe it's a part of a seed spreader.
Need better lighting and clearer photos of the watch band. It appears to be die struck and probably hundreds made.It also looks like it has had a...
https://picclick.com/Rostfrei-Inox-German-Hawkbill-Pruning-Folding-Knife-Garden-173441890141.html
It's like a strategy board game,nothing like the kill them all in the modern video games. Even the more violent video games have little to do with...
I wonder if the USS ARGONNE piece is a copy of an original made by the crew when the ship was a sub tender. There would have been everything...
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