TheCannonballGuy
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Back on May 20th, I posted the following Thank-You message as a reply in the restored-to-life 2016 thread titled "V for Victory But What Does This Pin Represent?" Note, that thread had remained unsolved for about 8 years, with no posts in it since 2016. Then in March 2024, RedCoat continued his hobby of (as he put it) "tidying up some blasts from the past" with solutions of old mysteries. In my reply to his solving of the V-for-Victory badge, I said I should make a copy of my reply and post it as a stand-alone (a.k.a. New) thread, so that this forum's ID-helpers will know I am still watching and appreciating the work they are doing. (Plus a few more thoughts.) So, here is a copy of my entire reply.
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VHS07 said:
> As soon as I saw the date [of the original identification-request thread and the date of RedCoat's reply], I said "Red-Coat solved another one."
That's pretty close to what I said.
As some of you know, I've been darn-near incapacitated during the past several years by a mysterious, extremely painful "Medical malady." But I can still read the What-Is-It? forum. It helps distract me from the pain... and I do love continuing to learn from the wonderful "ID-helpers" here.
So, I should make a copy of this reply and post it as a stand-alone message, so that our ID-helpers will know that I appreciate the work they are doing. They are filling in for me quite well as I am mostly out-of-service.
In particular... thank you RedCoat for these "Tidying up some blasts from the past" solutions of old mysteries... and to you VHS07, and others who deserve to be applauded.
With lasting gratitude,
Thecannonballguy
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VHS07 said:
> As soon as I saw the date [of the original identification-request thread and the date of RedCoat's reply], I said "Red-Coat solved another one."
That's pretty close to what I said.

As some of you know, I've been darn-near incapacitated during the past several years by a mysterious, extremely painful "Medical malady." But I can still read the What-Is-It? forum. It helps distract me from the pain... and I do love continuing to learn from the wonderful "ID-helpers" here.
So, I should make a copy of this reply and post it as a stand-alone message, so that our ID-helpers will know that I appreciate the work they are doing. They are filling in for me quite well as I am mostly out-of-service.
In particular... thank you RedCoat for these "Tidying up some blasts from the past" solutions of old mysteries... and to you VHS07, and others who deserve to be applauded.
With lasting gratitude,
Thecannonballguy
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