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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;lordmarcovan, post: 25954524, member: 10461&quot;]So are we doing stuff we got as a gift, then? <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>Here&#039;s my grandfather&#039;s WW2 deployment medal, which had somehow ended up with a kind stranger in Savannah (though Granddaddy lived in North Carolina).&nbsp; This person did some web sleuthing, tracked down my mother, and sent the medal to Mom, who gave it to me.</p><p><br /></p><p>It has some wear on it, so perhaps Granddaddy once carried it as a pocket piece.</p><p><br /></p><p>He was born in 1916 and died in 1987.&nbsp; His father (my great-grandfather) was the cofounder of Champion Paper Company around 1908.</p><p><br /></p><p>Other medals of this type were struck in bronze and given to Champion employees.&nbsp; I have seen eight of them.&nbsp; This one (Granddaddy&#039;s) is the only silver one I have seen.</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://img.colleconline.com/artefactimg/fce2382df96e4e178fd8741fc4cb7cd0/4a161d78a9144baeab34bdc30ce290cf.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Here&#039;s Granddaddy in WW2.&nbsp; He&#039;s the tall man in the middle.</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://img.colleconline.com/artefactimg/fce2382df96e4e178fd8741fc4cb7cd0/804009428799497f92cece5871959844.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Here he is as I remember him, in the 1980s.</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://img.colleconline.com/artefactimg/fce2382df96e4e178fd8741fc4cb7cd0/ab74731776ac4888917e354a670ccbce.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><span style="color: #ffffff">.</span>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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