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Title: WWII pins and money and and guess what it is object.
Post by: greenacres on September 13, 2011, 10:41:49 AM

This is what my grand father brought home from the war. He traded something to the German prisoners for the pins and the money he collectted from where he traveled. I know what the thrid object is. Let's see if you know.

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Post by: greenacres on September 13, 2011, 10:44:50 AM

Here's a close up of the pins.

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Post by: mart on September 13, 2011, 10:57:35 AM

Size of the whatzit ??  Appears to be a thread holder,, part of a sewing kit ??

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Post by: greenacres on September 13, 2011, 11:08:28 AM

No, It's about 6in high X 3 1/2in.

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Post by: mart on September 13, 2011, 11:21:56 AM

Too big for that then !!  I have no clue !!!  Do  we get a hint ????

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Post by: greenacres on September 13, 2011, 11:40:03 AM

It was used on a ship. I guess it was used ali during the war on and off the ship. Battlefeilds too!

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Post by: KC on September 13, 2011, 02:42:19 PM

I was originally thinking a film holder.....but 6" in heigth?  How wide?

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Post by: snowflake on September 13, 2011, 03:07:17 PM

To pack gun powder? 

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Post by: mart on September 13, 2011, 03:14:13 PM

They didn`t pack gunpowder in WW II !!  This would have been something carried by and useful for a man !!  ????  Still thinking !!

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Post by: snowflake on September 13, 2011, 03:28:18 PM

  :-[  I am stumped!

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Post by: greenacres on September 13, 2011, 04:31:33 PM

Your close to the gunpowder. Do you want me to tell you yet?

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Post by: hudsonhacker on September 13, 2011, 05:11:47 PM

Some kind of grenade pin?

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Post by: greenacres on September 13, 2011, 05:38:26 PM

Here's the answer, It's a shell casing.

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Post by: snowflake on September 13, 2011, 06:03:31 PM

 ::)  ohhh, so close. That's quite an impressive collection you have!

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Post by: greenacres on September 13, 2011, 06:26:02 PM

Thank you my grandfather was an interesting man. I'll have to show you the book from the ship he gave me. It's so funny. They made him a chef on the boat. Every recipe is for a thousand people or more.

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Post by: snowflake on September 13, 2011, 06:51:08 PM

I'd love to see it! Here I thought Christmas dinner was a chore. Imagine cooking for a thousand people?

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Post by: mart on September 13, 2011, 07:04:18 PM

Did the other two things go with it ?? I have seen a lot of shell casings but none with those with it !! What caliber ??

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Post by: Texasbadger on September 14, 2011, 08:05:27 AM

Top cloth eagle is Army breast eagle off uniform, the other is Luftwaffe (air force)  the black medal is a very hard to find black wound badge, most were just stamped out this one is hollowed out, neat.  The cord is from a roll of piping that would have been sewn around edges of shoulderboards on uniforms, this one denotes police I believe