FYI: It is totally ok if any of y'all want to skip the story time. It's not really too important.
Hello everyone! So recently I was given an amazing gift from my great aunt. A shoe box! The box was labeled Miss America Shoes and seem to be from the 80's. However, that's not the part that I was excited about.
Around this time, she was having a yard sale along with my mother and other people in her neighborhood. They were setting everything up and just talking. That's when my aunt learned of my interest in collecting WW2 militaria/memorabilia. She then remembered about a small box she had that came from a family friend of hers. The original owner of this box had passed away about 10 or so years ago and served in Vietnam. But either his uncle and other relative had served in WW2. She began looking around for this box but couldn't find it. She thought that maybe she just gave it away years ago.
Flash forward to the day after the yard sale, she manages to find it! She tells us that she had found it and that I could come and get it anytime. My brother, mother, and I went over to her house to collect the stuff that hadn't sold/ also grab our tables and that is when she gave me the box. I thought it was just gonna be some small jewelry box with maybe a pin and a couple of coins. Boy was I wrong!
So now, join me as I show what all came out of this amazing gift; you'll see how overwhelming it is. Also, I switched out the old shoe box for a newer shoe box. I'm totally moving up in this world!
Firstly are the badges:
I was able to recognize a fair amount of them, however, the vast majority I have no clue about. I do see a Civil Defense badge, Seabees badges, Reserve badges. and some rankings. There has just been so many that I haven't been able to look them all up yet.
Secondly is the badge ID booklet:
This thing is amazing and has been very helpful in IDing some of the badges. I'm also surprised that it was even in the box.
This ends part 1. I'll be continuously adding to this thread.
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