Recent content by Knich27

Received this from the Aviation Curator at the National Museum of the Marine Corps today!

I only have it listed on Facebook as of now. I unfortunately have not been a member of this group long enough to be allowed to post in the selling thread.

Yes, or best offer.

Thank you. I did make contact with the museum. They confirmed they do not purchase collections but I could donate.

Absolutely

You are correct. The jacket was pulled from a storage unit I bought at auction. I buy these units to resell the contents. And unfortunately this jacket was about the only thing of value that was in the unit. Therefore I do plan to sell. Although I did reach out to the museum and explain the...

I will look through. I’m sure I do. I also have the historical diary from each day of several of his flights that I was able to pull offline that same website you sent me.

Okay so I was able to clean up the jacket a bit, haven’t gone through to really detail it though. Here are some better photos. From what I see the stitching looks to be in good shape. The collar and waist/ arm bands are in rough condition. I also attached a few photos of some of the documents I...

Anyone know anything about these coins on the zipper? They have foreign writing on them, there are 5 of them. I realize these photos are not good, my schedule this week hasn’t allowed me time to be able to get better photos just yet.

I appreciate the responses! I’ll get it cleaned up in the next couple days and post some more photos.

Also curious if I should have it restored or just cleaned? Does anyone know of a good place to do so in Ohio area?

Can anyone tell me an honest estimate on the value?

When comparing to other pricing I’ve found online I would say I’d have to pass on the $150. But I will be sure to take better photos when I get home tonight.