Wednesday, April 9, 2014
The featured auction in this Top 10 list comes in at #2. Original World War 2 A-2 pilots leather flight jacket and grouping of small items. The jacket has the leather patch from the 49th Fighter Squadron and is Id'd to Norman W. "BUZZ" Jackson with another small leather patch that reads N. W. Jackson. It is in excellent++ condition the zipper is marked Talon and works very well. There is one little worn spot or tear on one of the cuffs as I've shown in the photo. The shoulders have the captain bars on them, on one side the reflective part has come off. The tag reads TYPE A-2 DRAWING NO. 30-1415 CONTRACT NO. W535 AC-27752 ROUGH WEAR CLOTHING CO MIDDLETOWN PA PROPERTY AIR FORCE U.S. ARMY, has the size tag of 38.
ITALIAN DAGGER, ITALIAN KNIFE, MVSN, FASCIST
Thursday, April 3, 2014
This weekly countdown of the Top 10 items to sell in the category is headlined by a blockbuster auction for a map that was autographed by Patton. Check out these best selling listings from the WWII category of eBay.
ITALIAN DAGGER, ITALIAN KNIFE, MVSN, FASCIST
Friday, May 17, 2013
I came into contact with Rick Norris, son of C.F. Norris through a online WW2 flight simulator on the iPhone and iPad. We have been friends for over a year and he recently shared his Dads medals and story with me.
Here's my Dad's service ribbons from being in the Navy -1944-1946 - he was stationed in Saipan , working in the mail room, and driving the General's jeep, on the American side those years, and told me that P-51s and P-38s were landing and flying back out , 24/7, after being re-armed with bullets, rockets , and bombs. ;-D
He's had em in his footlocker for years, had never taken them out of their little bags, I guess he thought it was time to show em on the wall now. He'll be 87 yrs old on 7/2/13 !! My brother & I ordered his cap online with the ship he served on goin to Saipan. It was originally an Italian luxury liner, lights and ornaments, big ball rooms, and all modified to be a troop & weapons carrier. LST stands for ,"Land / Sea Transport " . It had an anti-aircraft gun under a collapsible building on the front and rear of the ship, just in case of an air attack , and bow doors were installed to open up to pick up and deliver troops, tanks, munitions , K rations and supplies. That USS ARTEMIS LST AKA-21 ship was supposed to go back to Pearl Harbor, and he was supposed to be on it, but last minute plans were made to stay on Saipan a while longer- but it got sunk in the Phillipian Sea by a Japanese sub !! I'm glad he didn't get on that ship !!!
CLINTON FOSTER
www.MEDALMULISHA.com
Thursday, September 27, 2012
The 1946 Military Jeep CJ2A MB was manufactured by Willys-Overland Motors Incorporated of Toledo, Ohio in January 1946. That year was the the first full year of production for civilian jeeps (CJs).
During World War II (1941-1945), Willys Overland and Ford Motor Company produced about 600,000 military jeeps 
(known as the “MB” and “GPW” respectively). Willys marketed the first CJs to agriculture and industry as a “do-it-all” vehicle. The versatility of the vehicle prompted Willys to call it “The Universal Jeep”. Of course, the “Universal Jeep” is more commonly known as the “CJ2A”. According to marketing literature from 1946, the “Universal Jeep” (which was geared lower than its military siblings) could tow a 10,000 lbs trailer. A CJ2A weighs about 2,200 lbs and was rated to get about 20 miles per gallon (driving at 35 to 40 mph). In 1946, a new CJ2A cost $1,195 (a price set by the Office of Price Administration; a government organization created to prevent inflation during the war). It was recorded that Willys produced over 70,000 CJ2As in 1946. Right now, the jeep serves as a “time capsule” of American engineering, and a very entertaining weekend ride. It never fails to generate a smile, or a story, from the people I meet when I go for a drive. It is, more than any other vehicle, a true American icon.
Also making the list this week was a Russian Soviet Order Medal group with document Suvorov Nevsky, earning almost 30 bids and placing 7th on the Top 10 list. It's interesting that the total number of persons who were awarded this title is 12,755 (twenty people have been stripped of this title due to various circumstances). The great majority of them received it during World War II (11,635 Heroes of the Soviet Union, 101 twice Heroes, 3 three-time Heroes, and 2 four-time Heroes). Sixty-five people were awarded the title for actions related to the First Afghan War, which lasted from 1979 until 1989. When it comes to collectables in the Russian category medals are on tops.
Check out the remaining top items from last week's completed listing.
ITALIAN DAGGER, ITALIAN KNIFE, MVSN, FASCIST
Wednesday, April 4, 2012
I have been doing the Top 10 category countdown for a while now. This series of Top 5 lists has been popular and today I'm bringing you the run down on some big sellers in the United States subcategory of WWII on eBay.
ITALIAN DAGGER, ITALIAN KNIFE, MVSN, FASCIST
