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Los Angeles. Pershing Square, June 1944. Reading about the D-Day invasion.
Party line....and they don't mean line dancing.........hmmmm....crap I am old..........I remember them, everybody listening to everybody.View attachment 433586
"June 17, 1946 - The first call using a regular commercial car telephone service was made in St. Louis. Offered by AT & T, the service cost $15 per month plus 30 to 40 cents per call. It wasn’t very mobile as the equipment weighed 80 pounds. The system could only handle three calls at a time in the entire city, basically a party line."
Better choice of words on my part would have been medal.Looks like a two cord..... View attachment 434877
Sorry...my mind went right to the hat ribbon....Better choice of words on my part would have been medal.
The Southern Cross of Honor issued by the UDC.Sorry...my mind went right to the hat ribbon....
Now for the medal....I cannot tell either......other than the use of a Maltese Cross. Probably a Fraternal Order or some such....
Awesome medal!!! Is that your Jack? I will say that is not the same as the one in the picture....no ribbon, different hanger pin, medal itself has figures in the center. To me it looks like some GAR medals I have seen and or fraternal medals....could also be a Sons of Confederate Veterans or the like....The Southern Cross of Honor issued by the UDC.
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The pic is too dark for me to make out the medal but when you said it was a Maltese Cross the Southern Cross of Honor came to mind first. It was issued by the UDC at least twice. The first time was shortly after the formation of the UDC. Don’t know how many were issued, some were silver (maybe all of them?) & the veterans name was engraved in the bar. The cross was backed by a ribbon. The second issue came about 1910 as the 50th anniversary of the war began to gear up. We think veterans had to buy these, they were all bronze & the veteran could have them engraved. This one is mine.Awesome medal!!! Is that your Jack? I will say that is not the same as the one in the picture....no ribbon, different hanger pin, medal itself has figures in the center. To me it looks like some GAR medals I have seen and or fraternal medals....could also be a Sons of Confederate Veterans or the like....
Aside from the photo being too grainy, the medal looks authentically decades old but the model and his wardrobe look like they're straight out of central casting circa 1973. I'd also bet that cigarette was made by R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company and someone tore off the filter.
What is “shorpy”?
I can’t seem to find a good definition, and I really don’t want to go through 8800+ posts.
Thank you.
Here’s something that is right out of central casting:…but the model and his wardrobe look like they're straight out of central casting circa 1973. I'd also bet that cigarette was made by R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company and someone tore off the filter.
Looks excly like this 1883 WRC badge.....