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ORIGINAL! VERY RARE! WW1 U.S. ARMY AIR SERVICE COLLAR DISK w/ SECRET PHOTO COMPARTMENT 1917
VERY RARE! WW1 U.S. ARMY AIR SERVICE COLLAR DISK with SECRET PHOTO COMPARTMENT 1917
WW1 U.S. ARMY AIR SERVICE COLLAR DISK WITH A SECRET PHOTO IN A HIDDEN COMPARTMENT 1917
THIS ORIGINAL COLLAR DISK WAS WORN BY A U.S. ARMY AIR SERVICE AIRMAN ON HIS JACKET'S COLLAR. THE TOP OF DISK WITH THE U.S. ARMY AIR SERVICE STYLE PROPELLOR WINGS DESIGN FROM CIRCA 1917, SWIVELS ON AN AXEL TO REVEAL AN ORIGINAL SEPIA TONED SWEETHEART'S PHOTOGRAPH FROM THE HOME FRONT INSERTED INTO ITS GOLD FRAME. THEPHOTOGRAPH COULD BE REMOVED AND REPLACED WITH SOME OTHER SWEETHEART...
DIAMETER: 1"
BRASS METAL
STAMPED ON THE LOWER RIM:
PAT APP'D FOR
UNCLEANED
EXTREMELY FINE THROUGHOUT, INWORKING ORDERWITH SOME USE AND HANDLING FROM ITS 107+ YEARS.
THE ORIGINAL SEPIA PHOTOGRAPH OF THE AIRMAN'S SWEETHEART HAS A LIGHT SURFACE CRACK.
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