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Collection of military ephmera 1919-1950, 25 plus items.
1)Printed letter from General Pershing to troopsof the AEF, Feb. 28, 1919. This is NOT an autographed letter, it is aprinted letter sent out t the various units as General Orders no. 38-A.
2)Ribbon for American Ex-POWs, Dayton, 1992. Text reads:Home of Aviation, 8th Annual Department of Ohio Convention,American Ex-Prisoners of War, Dayton 1992.
3)British war stamps, 1942. “Send Airgraphs for preference… they saveaircraft space”. 19 stamps with infopages between the stamp blocks.
4)Postwar German – English translation bookletwith 300 words, looks like an old mimeograph job on very brittle paper, possiblynewsprint, 1 staple, no date
5)Wartime US ration book, complete with stamps forsomeone living in Plaistow, NH.
6)Postal Savings Plan booklet, for the purchase ofUS Defense Savings bonds – 10 cent stamps, some stamped.
7)Stars and Stripes newspaper, European Edition,Thursday, October 26, 1950
8)The Heidelberg Post, published by HeadquartersHeidelberg Military Post, November 16, 1950 (has been folded)
9)Envelope, empty, postmarked August 31, 1950,with a return address, “Department of the Army, Office of the Chief of Staff,Washington, D.C.”
10) 8 x 10 B/W photo of a guy named Elmer Q. Oliphantlooking at the war bond display at theMet Life HQ in New York. Oliphant was a Met Life exec and a college and profootball standout. (Google him – quite an athlete.) This is just a photo, it is NOT autographed.
11) Mimeographed(printed?) 4 page letter/brochure listing agencies that may be helpful toveterans. “To Former Members of the AAFTeam” signed by MG F.L. Anderson. Thisis NOT a handsigned letter!!!
12) Envelope, empty, with return address, “WARDEPARTMENT, Headquarters Army Ground Forces, Office of the Commanding General,Washington 25, D.C., postmarked Jan 16, 1946.
13) Lotof 7 photos taken by a GI on Guam, some with notations on back.
14) Lot3 pictures, France and Germany, some notations on back, 1945.
15) Wartimeration books – 2 pictured, several others included along with a pouch.