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

[Taylor Bowie]

Reminds me of the old joke about the side show exhibit which included "Skull 
of Napoleon" and right next to it was "Skull of Napoleon as a child."

Taylor


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "David Lennick" <dlennick at sympatico.ca>
To: "78-L Mail List" <78-l at klickitat.78online.com>
Sent: Tuesday, February 23, 2010 2:05 PM
Subject: Re: [78-L] A mis-informed seller? or just plain dumb?


> 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
>>>
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