Sterling Name Plate Bracelet and Ring Wading

[mike b]

The warmest and clearest water of the year is now and my calendar is jammed for the next six days, so I had to get out yesterday. The ring and bracelet are both marked sterling. both were way out off the shore 150-200' in chest deep water at low tide. The pictures are after I cleaned them up. I've found about a dozen bracelets like these and I find that they fall into two categories, First name only and full complete name. The "complete" name ones (except this one) all had a service number and branch of service on them. Sometimes a rank. I had about six of them in a box years ago until I decided to clean them up and realized what they really were. All of them were so eaten up there would be at least one point of the name that they were not fully traceable. But one was, he was in the Army during WW11 and was blown up by a land mine surviving in a hospital in Europe for over a year until he was sent back home and became a Doctor ! He passed before I returned it. His daughter wears it now. The family told me he returned with nothing except hospital wear, all personal items were lost, we realized if that was the case then we determined he was wearing the bracelet when he was wounded. I had chills. He must have lost it at a the beach near where he grew up after returning from the war.

 

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[Florida Finder]

The warmest and clearest water of the year is now and my calendar is jammed for the next six days, so I had to get out yesterday. The ring and bracelet are both marked sterling. both were way out off the shore 150-200' in chest deep water at low tide. The pictures are after I cleaned them up. I've found about a dozen bracelets like these and I find that they fall into two categories, First name only and full complete name. The "complete" name ones (except this one) all had a service number and branch of service on them. Sometimes a rank. I had about six of them in a box years ago until I decided to clean them up and realized what they really were. All of them were so eaten up there would be at least one point of the name that they were not fully traceable. But one was, he was in the Army during WW11 and was blown up by a land mine surviving in a hospital in Europe for over a year until he was sent back home and became a Doctor ! He passed before I returned it. His daughter wears it now. The family told me he returned with nothing except hospital wear, all personal items were lost, we realized if that was the case then we determined he was wearing the bracelet when he was wounded. I had chills. He must have lost it at a the beach near where he grew up after returning from the war.

Awesome job! I know the family cherishes it!

 

[oldmxrat]

Very cool and a neat story, congrats!

 

[Digger RJ]

The warmest and clearest water of the year is now and my calendar is jammed for the next six days, so I had to get out yesterday. The ring and bracelet are both marked sterling. both were way out off the shore 150-200' in chest deep water at low tide. The pictures are after I cleaned them up. I've found about a dozen bracelets like these and I find that they fall into two categories, First name only and full complete name. The "complete" name ones (except this one) all had a service number and branch of service on them. Sometimes a rank. I had about six of them in a box years ago until I decided to clean them up and realized what they really were. All of them were so eaten up there would be at least one point of the name that they were not fully traceable. But one was, he was in the Army during WW11 and was blown up by a land mine surviving in a hospital in Europe for over a year until he was sent back home and became a Doctor ! He passed before I returned it. His daughter wears it now. The family told me he returned with nothing except hospital wear, all personal items were lost, we realized if that was the case then we determined he was wearing the bracelet when he was wounded. I had chills. He must have lost it at a the beach near where he grew up after returning from the war.

Very Nice!!! Congrats!!!

 

[ArfieBoy]

Great find! Great return! Great story! Thanks for you returning the bracelet. Great post!