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

[David Lennick]

"Vass you dere, Sharlie?"

dl

Taylor Bowie wrote:
> 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
>>>>