rasrandy
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here is some old buttons i found. maybe somebody would know a date as to when they were made. thanks for your input.
Randy
Randy
i dug one just like it. the cross i have it in my boxs of stuff that i dug over the years. thanks for the id. this is a neat sitetreasurekidd said:I have no idea on the button, but the medal is a World War II era US Army Sharpshooter qualification badge. It was worn on the fron of the dress uniform, and is missing it's pin back. The two loops actually are the bottom of the medal, and tabs were hung from the loops, with each tab listing a differant weapon the soldier was qualified for. There are a few of these for sale on eBay. Here is a link to one just like it: http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=36059&item=6519535718&rd=1&ssPageName=WDVW
Does not seem to be worth much, but still an excellent find, and it is silver!! Good luck on the button ID, and happy hunting!!!
mine looks a bit differentjon43 said:i dug one just like it. the cross i have it in my box's of stuff that i dug over the years. thanks for the id. this is a neat sitetreasurekidd said:I have no idea on the button, but the medal is a World War II era US Army Sharpshooter qualification badge. It was worn on the fron of the dress uniform, and is missing it's pin back. The two loops actually are the bottom of the medal, and tabs were hung from the loops, with each tab listing a differant weapon the soldier was qualified for. There are a few of these for sale on eBay. Here is a link to one just like it: http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=36059&item=6519535718&rd=1&ssPageName=WDVW
Does not seem to be worth much, but still an excellent find, and it is silver!! Good luck on the button ID, and happy hunting!!!
WAYNE, Got Mine in 1966, Had to check, But Mine is not silver Either. trk5capt...wayne1956 said:The marksmanship awards now are rhodium plated vs sterling silver. I joined the military in 1974, and sterling had not been used in quite a while at that time.
cool , i said there was a deferent. you know your stuff. thanks againnhbenz said:Jon, your badge is a WW2 Army Motor Vehicle Driver's badge. Instead of having qualification bars with such things as rifle, pistol, machine gun, etc. this one would have bars that would read driver-T (for tank driver) or Mechanic.