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Old 09-25-2010, 03:28 PM
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Ok, I've been sitting on these for awhile. I have a small cache of WWI, WWII and Korean medals with other insignias (sterling navy) that I discovered. Some are in original boxes (such as a WWI French Victory Medal).
Any buffs that are very familiar with demand?
In addition to these I have pictures, including some memorabilia from a downed Carrier from Pearl Harbor, documentation from the men that owned these medals and photos (original) from the Japanese surrender on board the USS battleship Missouri.

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those are some amazing finds, i bet theyre very valuble. theyre better than the things i have found
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I've got an original large framed photo of the surrender as well. It's signed by Admiral Nimitz and he also initialed next to the part of the photo showing him signing his part of the agreement. He wrote a short note at the bottom to "John" who was a friend of the Admiral. John's wife gave it to my stepfather when John died (they both served aboard the same LST). I got it in 2007 when my stepfather died.

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BTW, I sold a ton of German WWII items on Ebay to a guy in Oklahoma to pay for my divorce several years ago. He bought 99% of the stuff I listed (mostly rank insignia and some medals along with a dress uniform Army dagger). Be prepared for questions about how "real" the items are, though.

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