WW II dog tag
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Brian C.
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I bet they were happy with your effort, it makes people smile when something they lost is found. 
Captain Midnight premiered in 1939 with sponsorship from Skelly Oil. I believe your badge was ‘officially’ called the Mystro-Magic: Weather Forecasting Flight Wings Badge.
Captain Midnight was the shadowy WWI hero Captain Red Albright, dubbed Captain Midnight because midnight was the hour in which he returned from a most dangerous flying mission. His past was shrouded in mystery, but listeners did learn that from his WWI adventures came a sinister foe: the wretched Ivan Shark, a mastermind bent on world-domination. The Captain's on-going rivalry with Shark took him to distant lands and put him constantly in the face of danger, and kids were enraptured. It wasn't long before a club was formed, the Captain Midnight "Flight Patrol”; and by 1940 there were over 1 million members.
In 1940, sponsorship of the show was turned over to Ovaltine, so your badge can be dated to 1939.
Don.......
Captain Midnight was the shadowy WWI hero Captain Red Albright, dubbed Captain Midnight because midnight was the hour in which he returned from a most dangerous flying mission. His past was shrouded in mystery, but listeners did learn that from his WWI adventures came a sinister foe: the wretched Ivan Shark, a mastermind bent on world-domination. The Captain's on-going rivalry with Shark took him to distant lands and put him constantly in the face of danger, and kids were enraptured. It wasn't long before a club was formed, the Captain Midnight "Flight Patrol”; and by 1940 there were over 1 million members.
In 1940, sponsorship of the show was turned over to Ovaltine, so your badge can be dated to 1939.
Don.......
jjg:
On this day, Memorial Day, you might be interested in this thread about another recovered ID dog tag.
http://forum.treasurenet.com/index.php?topic=392637.0
And if your relative is still with us, give him a big "Well Done, Mission Accomplished" today for me.
Don...
On this day, Memorial Day, you might be interested in this thread about another recovered ID dog tag.
http://forum.treasurenet.com/index.php?topic=392637.0
And if your relative is still with us, give him a big "Well Done, Mission Accomplished" today for me.
Don...
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I also found one, Skelly, like yours. Welcome to the Flight Patrol. Now, after you get your decoder ring................
PS--never could stomach ovaltine. I was a Nestle kid--fan of that stupid dog with the big mouth, whatever his name was.
PS--never could stomach ovaltine. I was a Nestle kid--fan of that stupid dog with the big mouth, whatever his name was.
'Farfel', the dog.
http://advertisingiconmuseum.org/inside/c01/3237004.html
http://advertisingiconmuseum.org/inside/c01/3237004.html
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Yea, Farfel. N-e-s-t-l-e'-s. Nestttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttleeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeees. bonk.
But perhaps someone MUCH older than us can tell us about Capt. Midnight. Haven't done much research on that, but I definitely knew what I had when I found it.
Now that everyone under 50 thinks we have lost it in the woods while detecting...............
But perhaps someone MUCH older than us can tell us about Capt. Midnight. Haven't done much research on that, but I definitely knew what I had when I found it.
Now that everyone under 50 thinks we have lost it in the woods while detecting...............
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