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<p>[QUOTE="mac266, post: 2326792, member: 26371"]I came across these military pay stubs dated 1919 (ok, a little after WW1, during the post war occupation) around 25 years ago. I know they are genuine because they were located in a box with a soldier's song book dated 1917, a few unit patches that match the one on the certificate (also old enough for the era, made of wool), and some letters to a lover from the front dated during the war. Someone had kept these keepsakes together since WW1.</p><p><br /></p><p>Anyway, I know nothing about military pay certificates, but everything I find says they were in use during WW2, but nothing about WW1. These have something about a county fair in Germany, but they are specific to the 90th infantry division (the 90th and its corresponding unit patch on the certificates are definitely U.S., I can assure you that).</p><p><br /></p><p>Can someone tell me about these? Additionally, I emailed PMG to see if they will certify them, but they will not tell me anything unless I send them in and submit them. Their web site lists a book that discusses a bunch of pay certificate varieties, and states they certify only certificates from that book. I cannot find the book anywhere!</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://i63.tinypic.com/rw5tnp.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://i66.tinypic.com/elejw7.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="mac266, post: 2326792, member: 26371"]I came across these military pay stubs dated 1919 (ok, a little after WW1, during the post war occupation) around 25 years ago. I know they are genuine because they were located in a box with a soldier's song book dated 1917, a few unit patches that match the one on the certificate (also old enough for the era, made of wool), and some letters to a lover from the front dated during the war. Someone had kept these keepsakes together since WW1. Anyway, I know nothing about military pay certificates, but everything I find says they were in use during WW2, but nothing about WW1. These have something about a county fair in Germany, but they are specific to the 90th infantry division (the 90th and its corresponding unit patch on the certificates are definitely U.S., I can assure you that). Can someone tell me about these? Additionally, I emailed PMG to see if they will certify them, but they will not tell me anything unless I send them in and submit them. Their web site lists a book that discusses a bunch of pay certificate varieties, and states they certify only certificates from that book. I cannot find the book anywhere! [IMG]http://i63.tinypic.com/rw5tnp.jpg[/IMG] [IMG]http://i66.tinypic.com/elejw7.jpg[/IMG][/QUOTE]
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