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Winged Warriors 228th Aviation Battlion
Camp Radcliff Vietnam. Plated brass,
C/A, 5c, 21mm, 4.4 grms.
Cunningham VN4380d

The 228th Avn Bn was a lift battlion
for 1st Cav in the early days of Air
Mobile. They had 48 CH-47's and
three ACH-47's called go-go ships
or "Guns-A-Go-Go."

I'll have a follow up post later
for the Go-Go's.

 

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The Guns-A-Go-Go were four modified
CH-47's. They were armored and armed
with .50 cal, 20mm, rockets, and 40mm
grenade launchers. There were four ships:
Easy Money, Birth Control, Cost Of Living,
and Stump Jumper. Originally Cost Of Living
stayed in the U.S as a weapons research
ship but was sent to the 228th when Stump
Jumper was destroyed on the ground
in a taxi collision with another CH47.

See next post

 

Cost Of Living then shot itself down
when a locking pin in one of the 20mm
snapped and the weapon swiveled too
far forward and hit the foward roter
blade. Birth Control took too much ground
fire at the Battle for Hue during the
Tet offensive. It landed in a rice paddy
and the crew was rescued by Easy Money.
But the NVA destroyed it with mortar fire
before it could be recovered. Easy Money
survived the war.

 

Great token and story! I've got a few lately that I need to photo. I also picked up Cunninham's first volume.

 

Thank you.

BTW, that was the Battle
for Hue, not Huy, when Birth Control
went down.

 

Two obverses, two denominations, two countries, ...one shared local ducat or local currency. Medzilaborce, Slovakia/Komańcza, Poland share this unique issue. This type of local currency comes with an expiry date and can be used until that date, in a predetermined number of locations (tourist attractions, museums, etc.)

 

Prize medal 1873

 

This one is my favorite medal so far. Made by the Medallic Art Company, likely sometime in the 1950s. This was an award for the dog Anka who won either Best of Show or Best of Breed in Los Angeles in 1959. Pic isn't great but it's the best one I could do tonight.

Hopefully the picture link works...not sure why it didn't do what it normally does, allowing a thumbnail or included in the message.

 

Okay another one. This one was an awesome find (I think?) and I'm really happy to add it to my collection. These are the seller's scans edited by me.

This is relevant...

 

MACO does nice work.

 

Huh? I need more information, please!

 

MACO, Metallic Arts Company, they
always do a nice job with medals.

 

My favorite Marine. In addition
to being the first American in
orbit, John Glenn served in WWll
and the Korean war. He spent part
of the Korean war TAD with the U.S
AirForce flying the F-86 Sabre jet
that he whacked three Mig-15's with.
He was nicked named the Mig Mad
Marine.
Franklin Mint, copper-nickel, C/A,
12.1 grms, 32mm.

 

The Mig Mad Marine

https://www.google.com/url?q=http:/...zDdhbg&usg=AFQjCNEFYByGMHwmJKtnnmBIriAPuZX4mg

 

Ah...I feel silly now. It was late...thought it had to do with the token...

 

I think you meant Medallic Arts Company?

http://www.medallic.com/

There is, however, also a Metallic Arts Company. Medallic makes medals. Metallic doesn't:

http://www.metallicarts.com/

 

Guess I can't blame my cell for
that one. Thank you.

 

Here's a new counterstamp I picked up on eBay last week. Both stamps are listed in Brunk but not on the same coin. I've been researching the two names to see if I can find a connection but having had any luck yet.

Benjamin C. Hoff was a Syracuse, NY shopkeeper selling jewelry and musical instruments from the mid 1850's until at least 1870. Before living in Syracuse he lived in Auburn about 30 miles away, apparently, engaged in the same business. I found a record of a bankruptcy filing for him in 1868. He was still in Syracuse in 1870 but had relocated to Pittsburgh sometime before 1880. The "B.C. Hoff" stamp is the same one he marked his jewelry and tableware with. There are about 50 examples of his counterstamp documented, about half of them on S/L Quarters.

The identity of "L.F. Hunt" hasn't been determined so far but I think there may be some connection to Hoff from his years in Auburn. Of course Hunt may have just stamped his name on an already circulating coin. This happened with some frequency in the 19th century, particularly among rival businessmen. There are only 2 known examples of Hunt's counterstamp.

I don't know what the "spoke" counterstamps mean. I've seen the very same stamp on other unrelated issues. There's some agreement among researchers that it may be the mark of a wheelwright, but I haven't seen any research to prove it. I think it probably represents something else.

Bruce

 

Bruce, a wheelwright does make sense.
The spokes are not connected to each
other. They look like they're connected
to hub. Although the hub doesn't appear
large enough, there's something there
that they're connected to.