[78-L] A mis-informed seller? or just plain dumb?

[David Lennick]

Picky, picky, picky.

dl

fnarf at comcast.net wrote:
> Well, they wouldn't be Miller's medals, would they? They'd belong to the guy who loaned him his jacket. Miller's jacket is at the bottom of the English Channel.
> 
> Maybe it's really from some other guy named "G. Miller" -- there must have been hundreds of them.
> 
> 
> 
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Mike Murray" <recrdman at dreamscape.com>
> To: "78-L Mail List" <78-l at klickitat.78online.com>
> Sent: Tuesday, February 23, 2010 7:31:27 AM GMT -08:00 US/Canada Pacific
> Subject: Re: [78-L] A mis-informed seller? or just plain dumb?
> 
> Can't say about the uniform proper, but the medal display is 
> definitely NOT Miller's. The seller says he has been informed that 
> the medals are backwards...BUT the reason they appear backwards is 
> that the whole display is UPSIDE Down.
> 
> According to Arlington Nat Cemetery,
> Maj. Glenn Miller earned the following awards: Bronze Star Medal, 
> World War II Victory Medal, American Campaign Medal, European, 
> African and Middle Eastern Campaign Medal; Marksman Badge with 
> Carbine and Pistol Bars.
> 
> What you see in the medal photo on eBay is that of a distinguished 
> soldier, probably major or above, who had been awarded in order of 
> precedence: Distinguished Service Cross:Distinguished Flying Cross 
> (3); Silver Star; Air Medal(5); Purple Heart; American Defense 
> Medal;Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal; American Campaign Medal; 
> European African Middle Eastern Medal' Asiatic Paciific Campaign 
> Medal; Reserve Components Achievement Medal.
> 
> Mike
> 
> 
> At 09:12 AM 2/23/2010 +0000,
>>> While this item description from that well-known on line auction 
>> site is not a 78 rpm recording, it DOES contain alot of spin...
>>> "YOU ARE BIDDING ON THE VERY RARE WWII U.S. ARMY AIR FORCE 
>> CAPTAIN GLENN MILLER (THE FAMOUS BAND LEADER ) DRESS UNIFORM TUNIC 
>> AND HAT GARANTEED 100% ORIGINAL  JUST LIKE THE DAY HE WORE IT ! ( 
>> THESE WERE LONED TO GLENN BY MAJOR C.E.LEMMON FOR GLENNS LAST 
>> PERFORMANCE IN THE UK . AFTER THE SHOW GLENN RETURNED THE TUNIC AND 
>> HAT AND THEN LEFT THE NEXT DAY FOR PARIS FRANCE BUT HE NEVER MADE 
>> IT ! HIS PLANE WHEN DOWN IN THE ENGLISH CHANNEL AND HAS  NEVER BEEN 
>> FOUND ! THIS TUNIC AND HAT (WERE BROUGHT BACK FROM THE UK BY GLENNS 
>> CLOSE FREIND  COLONEL VINCE RETHMAN , HE FLEW IN 71 MISSIONS IN 
>> P-38 OVER FRANCE ) , ALL IS  IN EXCELLENT CONDITION COMPLETE WITH 
>> ALL WINGS MEDALS BARS !  ALL IN GREAT ORIGINAL CONDITION   !  , THE 
>> JACKET IS ABOUT SIZE 42 - 44 IS  IN PERFECT CONDITION WITH NO 
>> DAMAGE !  THIS IS A ONE OF A KIND FIND !"
>>> Does anyone know GM's size for these items? I suspect he was much 
>> more than a 42-44. I do not know the story on his measurements, but 
>> at ~ six feet tall I think 24 -44 would have been snug...
>>> Comments, class?
>>>
>>> Bill
>> ---------------
>> You shoulda titled this "Mis-uniformed seller"!
>>
>>       Julian Vein
>>