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SALUTE TO THE ARMED FORCES

NOVEMBER 2010


NOTE: The first 7 pins on this page represent a so-called puzzle set, and are shown at their regular size. We have “assembled” and reduced the pins below to show you what it would look like.

AF 0001 10 Clive Reid (AUS)

“Walrus” Aircraft

AF 0002 10 Reg Langusch (AUS) “Bristol Freighter” Aircraft

AF 0003 10 Bill Laundy (AUS)

“Douglas” Aircraft”

AF 0004 10 Rolly Williams (AUS)

“P 180 Boomerang””

AF 0005 10 Lance Leak (AUS)

“Sabre Temora” Aircraft

AF 0006 10 Ken Johnston (AUS)

“Vampire” Aircraft AF 0007 10

John Leggett (UK)

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AF 0008 10 AF 0009 10 Byron Watkins (KY) “Soldiers of the Century”

AF 0010 10 AF 0011 10 John Holland (NV)

Special forces for Indian Head Division Vietnam

Nov 2010


We Will Not Forget

AF 0012 10 Bill Prucha (IL)

Bright Gold

AF 0013 10 Phil Sharpe (VA)

Bronze

AF 0014 10 Harry Fulwiler (VA)

Pewter

AF 0015 10 Curt Barnhill (NC)

Copper

AF 0016 10 Bill Smith (VA)

Old Gold

AF 0017 10 Jim DeRouchey (TX)

Silver

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Military Insignia Patches Issued in Winchester, Virginia at PTCV Swap XXXI

Thursday

AF 0018 10 Jim DeRouchey (TX) 7th U.S. Infantry Division

AF 0019 10 Bill Winter (VA)

M 1 Rifle


M 1 Carbine

AF 0021 10 Alex Caldwell (VA)

2nd U.S. Armored

AF 0022 10 Susan Evans (VA)

4th U.S. Armored

AF 0023 10 Steve Fronabarger (VA)

XXI U.S. Army Corps AF 0024 10

Ev Gianiny (VA)

Nov 2010


AF 0025 10 Susan Golladay (VA)

9th U.S. Infantry

AF 0026 10 Ann Harris (VA)

First U.S. Army

AF 0027 10 Vrla Leach (VA)

Fourth U.S. Army


2nd U.S. Infantry

AF 0029 10 Don Shoemaker (VA)

40th U.S. Infantry

AF 0030 10 Randy Suslick (VA)

10th U.S. Infantry

AF 0031 10 Bob Thompson (VA)

IX u. s. Army Corps

AF 0032 10

Bill Winter (VA)

Military Insignia Patches Airborne

Issued in Winchester, Virginia at PTCV Swap XXXI Friday

AF 0033 10 Emily Carnes (VA)

82nd U.S. Infantry

AF 0034 10 James Carter (VA)

101st U.S. Airborne

AF 0035 10 Don Colley (VA)

U.S. Infantry School Airborne

AF 0036 10 Doug Cross (VA)

U.S. Army Special Operations Command

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AF 0037 10 Wayne Davis (VA)

17th U.S. Airborne

AF 0038 10 Pat Kerr (VA)

8th U.S. Infantry Airborne

AF 0039 10 Charlie Kipps (VA)

444th U.S. Medical Brigade

AF 0040 10 Chet Kramer (VA)

13th U.S. Airborne

AF 0041 10 Verle Malik (VA) 11th U.S. Airborne

AF 0042 10 Jim Newman (VA)

XVIII U.S. Airborne Corps AF 0043 10

Dan Visone (VA)

AF 0044 10 Joe Volpe (VA) 18th U.S. Airborne

AF 0045 10 Allen Jackson (NY) 10th Mountain Division Fort Drum, New York

“Chomp to Glory”

AF 0045 10 Allen Jackson (NY) 10th Mountain Division Fort Drum, New York

“Chomp to Glory”

AF 0046 10 Merilyn Langusch (AUS)

WW II Australian Army “Slouch” Hat

AF 0047 10 Bob Walker (SC)

USAF T-37


USAF T-33


USAF T-38

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AF 0050 10 Jerry Townsend (MS) Mississippi National Guard

Engineers

AF 0051 10 Jerry Townsend (MS) Mississippi National Guard

223rd Engineers

Nov 2010


AF 0052 10 Mississippi Pin Trading Club

National Guard Poster


U.S. Marine Corps Emblem Coin


U.S. Marine Corps Coin Marine Gunner

AF 0055 10 Bill Middleton (OK)

1st Aviation Brigade Vietnam Era


“Patron Eleven” Patrol Squadron 11 U.S. Navy


USS Guadalcanal Landing Platform Helicopter 7

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AF 0058 10 George Lonneman (KY)

7th U.S. Special Operations Squadron

AF 0059 10 John Leggett (UK)

The Poppy Commemorating the Signing

of WW I Armistice at 11:00 a.m. on 11 November.

AF 0060 10 Bob Hoover (OR)

Viet Nam 1966-67 USAF Jet NOTE: Our apology for the darkness of this plane. The finish of the pin is a shiny silver, which is not conducive for a clear scan.


A special tribute to the late Lion Bill Russell of North Carolina,

who was so very proud to have served his country in the US Marine Corps.

AF 0062 10

California Lions Pin Trading Association

A U.S. Army tank making a brief “pit stop”.

Nov 2010



Southern European Task Force


General Headquarters WW II

AF 0065 10 Bill Quinn (VA) The Ruptured Duck

Worn by WW II Veterans.

AF 0066 10 North Carolina District 31-H

Richard Durham (NC) EA-68 Prowler Jet Plane

Marine Corps Air Station at Cherry Point ,NC

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AF 0067 10 Walter Johnston (MS)

The Dixie Division

AF 0068 10 Jim Herbert (MS)

Mississippi National Guard

AF 0069 10 Dave Harris (VA)

“Confederate Air Force”

AF 0070 10 Emily Carnes (VA) “Training Command”

AF 0071 10 Illinois Pin Traders

“You’re Never Forgotten”


U.S. Civil Defense

AF 0073 11 Bill Smith (VA) U.S. Coast Guard


U.S. Air Foce

Feb 2011


U.S. Navy


U.S. Army

AF 0077 11 Paul Viano (MA)

U.S. Marine Corps

AF 0078 11 Byron Watkins (KY)

U.S. National Guard & Reserves

The Complete “Puzzle” of the “Defenders of Freedom”

AF 0079 11 Reg Langusch (AUS)

Australian Infantry Royal Corps


Adjutant General, U.S.A.


Field Ambulance, U.S.A.


U.S. Army Bi-Wing Airplane

AF 0083 11 MD 22 Pin Traders

5 Star General “Ike” Dwight D. Eisenhower


The Poppy A Reissue of AF 0059 10

Shown on Page 1-5 to Include MD-105 Designation


A Special Tribute to Lion Ken Evans of California

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SALUTE TO THE ARMED FORCES Revised Jan 2012

AF 0087 11 Chase City (VA) Lions

Stonewall Brigade

AF 0088 11 Randy Suslick (VA) LCDR USN Medical Corps


U.S. 45th Infantry Division

AF 0090 11 AF 0091 11 Paul Sullivan (KY) Jeanie Sullivan (KY)

U.S.A. Stealth Aircraft

AF 0092 11 Kentucky Pin Traders 101st U. S. Infantry Division

AF 0093 11 Southeast Pin Swap

Salute to America’s Armed Forces


Gulfport Mississippi Seabee Readiness Group

AF 0095 11 New York & Bermuda Pin Traders

U.S. Merchant Marine Academy Kingsport


U.S. Military Academy West Point

AF 0097 11 Connecticut Pin Traders

U.S. Coast Guard Academy


U.S. Naval Academy


350th Bomb Squadron SSI


350th Bomb Squadron B-24

AF 0101 11 Mike Morris (NY)

Remembering Sam Swan U.S. Seabees

AF 0102 11 Dave Armstrong (MT)

163rd U.S. Infantry Regiment


163rd Armored Cavalry Montana National Guard

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SALUTE TO THE ARMED FORCES May 2011


AF 0104 11 AF 0105 11 AF 0106 11 The Forefathers of Verle Malik (VA)

Captain John Grant Captain George Grant Private Elegy Grant Rogers Rangers Somerset Militia Ringgold Cavalry French & Indian War U.S. Revolutionary War U.S. Civil War

AF 0107 11 Colorado Pin Traders

U.S. Air Force Academy

AF 0109 11 AF 0110 11 Bob Walker (SC)

Captain USAF 1965-1970


Waves of WW II Honoring Susan’s Mother

Purser Mary Burdett

AF 0111 11 Virginia Pin Traders USS Virginia Submarine

AF 0112 11 Ed Barry (TX) Battle of Gonzales

175 Years of Freedom 1836-2011

AF 0113 11 AF 0114 11 Byron Watkins (KY)

U. S. Army U.S. Army 398th Regiment 399th Regiment

AF 0115 11 Lana McCaulley (PA) Lady Marine WW II Poster

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May 2011


AF 0116 11 North Carolina Pin Traders

Pin Swap Registration Honoring the U.S. Army Jeep


U.S. Military Police Badge Honoring the U.S. Army Jeep

AF 0118 11 Dark Purple State

AF 0119 11 Green State

North Carolina Pin Traders Honoring the Vehicle “Workhorse” of the U.S. Army During WW II

AF 0124 11 Engine

AF 0125 11 Coal Car

AF 0126 11 PFC Gabe Voss, US Army

AF 0123 11 Ron Jordan (MO) “Protectors of Peace”

Ron as a Sergeant Major

Jim Newman (VA) “Remembering WW II Troop Trains & The Men & Women Who Rode Them

AF 0127 11 1st Lt Robert Morse, US Army Air Corps

AF 0128 11 Seaman Fred Phelleps, US Navy

AF 0129 11 PFC Joseph Sirkoch, U.S. Marine Corps

AF 0130 11 1st Lt Teresa Phelleps, U.S. Army Nurse Corps

AF 0120 11 Black State

AF 0121 11 Light Purple State

AF 0122 11 Blue State

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May 2011


AF 0131 11 Ed Henke

State of Alabama

AF 0132 11 Carolyn Marlin State of Arkansas

AF 0133 11 George Weaver

State of Florida

AF 0134 11 Don Wagner State of Georgia

AF 0135 11 Byron Watkins State of Kentucky

AF 0136 11 Walter Johnston

State of Louisiana

AF 0137 11 Jerry Townsend State of Mississippi

AF 0138 11 Jerry Craiglow

State of North Carolina

AF 0139 11 Bob Walker

State of South Carolina

AF 0140 11 Art Lewis

State of Tennessee

A Salute to the State National Guards Mississippi Pin Trading Club 2011 South East Pin Swap

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Jun 2011



WW II, 3rd U.S. Marine Div. Silver Star


WW II, 3rd U.S. Marine Div. Victory Streamer


WW II, 3rd U.S. Marine Div. Two Bronze Stars


WW II, 3rd U.S. Marine Div. Four Bronze Stars


Mt Suribachi WW II

3rd U.S. Marine Div.


WW II, 3rd U.S. Marine Div.

AF 0147 11 Clive Reid (AUS)

WW II Australian “Slouch” Hat

AF 0148 11 George Weaver (FL)

Vietnam Combat Boots

AF 0149 11 Don Johnson (PA) 101st Airborne Desert

AF 0150 11 AF 0151 11 Jerry Townsend (MS)

114th Military Police Co. 3rd U.S. Army

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Jun 2011


U.S. Marine Corps Helicopter

SALUTE TO THE ARMED FORCES Jun 2011


Chinook Helicopter Puzzle Pin Part

AF 0154 11 Bob Libin (NY)

P-12E/F4B Single Wing Plane Puzzle Pin Part

AF 0155 11 Lance Leak (AUS) 737 “Wedge Tail” Plane

Puzzle Pin Part

AF 0156 11 Jay Puls (CA)

Phantom Ray Plane Puzzle Pin Part

AF 0157 11 Tom Fellows (UK)

Dream Liner Plane Puzzle Pin Part

Reduced Image of the Plane Puzzle Pin Set

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163rd AC Regiment Montana Army National Guard


163rd AC Regiment Tank Montana Army National Guard

AF 0160 11 Charyn Lonneman (KY)

3rd Infantry Regiment U.S. Army


2nd Infantry Regiment U.S. Army

SALUTE TO THE ARMED FORCES Aug 2011


Military Train Engine


Military Train Coal Car

AF 0164 11 Chuck Fields (VA)

Military Train Tank Carrier

AF 0165 11 Ev Gianiny (VA)






AF 0168 11 Steve Fronabarger (VA) Military Train Vehicle Carrier

United States Military Transport Train Set

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AF 0170 11 California Pin Traders

A U.S. Army Tank Visiting the Outhouse

AF 0169 11 Al Stack (CA)

43rd U.S. Army Signal Corps

AF 0171 11 Kaye Stack (CA)

In Memory of My Brother Joe

AF 0172 11 Richard Durham (NC) HH - 46 “Pedro” Helicopter

MCAS Cherry Point North Carolina

NOTE: This page is being reissued to correct the numbers assigned to the last four pins on the page.


AF 0173 11 MD-3 Oklahoma 2012 Prestige

Honoring Mitchell Bobb, Choctaw Codetalker First to Send Codetalker Message in WW I

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AF 0174 11 Mississippi Pin Traders

Honoring the Joint Forces Training Center at Camp Shelby, Mississippi

AF 0175 11 AF 0176 11 Ron Foster (TN)

Salute Ron’s Daughter, AMY, on Salute to Ron’s Daughter, the U.S.S. George Washington JAMIE, a Member of the Mountain Division , U.S.A.

AF 0177 11 AF 0178 11 AF 0179 11 AF 0180 11 Jerry Romig (MO)

World I Memorial, Kansas City, Missouri Painted Copper Silver Bronze

AF 0181 11 AF 0182 11 AF 0183 11 Kent Clovis (OK)

964th Airborn Air Control Squadron U.S. Air Force Tinker Air Force Base 552nd Operations Group Tinker Air Force Base Tinker Air Force Base


AF 0184 11 Don Ager (NH)

USS Jamestown (AGTR3) Research Operations Div.

AF 0185 11 Grant Curtis (NY)

U.S. Air Force Communications Command

AF 0186 11 Rick Elliot (NY)

U.S. Army 10th Mountain Div. “Operation Enduring Freedom”

AF 0187 11 Ray Jackling (NY)

U.S. Army 10th Mountain Div 1-87 Infantry 1st Brigade

Combat Team

AF 0188 11 Allen Jackson (NY)

U.S. Naval Operation Deep Freeze

AF 0189 11 Yves Leveille (CAN) Canadian Armed Forces

Royal 22nd Regiment

AF 0190 11 Bob Libin (NY)

U.S. Army 10th Mountain Div. 87th Regiment

AF 0191 11 Gerry Minkler (NY)

New York State National Guard 109th Airlift Wing

“Pole to Pole”

AF 0192 11 Mike Morris (NY)

U.S. Army 10th Mountain Div. “The Army’s Answer to the Seabees”

AF 0193 11 Art Roberts (NY)

U.S. Naval Officers Insignia

NOTE: The pins on this page were introduced at the 2011 Northeast Pin Swap. Our thanks to Lion Gerry Minkler (NY) for his assistance in the assembly of the pins and the descriptions for each for this Catalog. 16


AF 0195 11 Navy Cross

AF 0196 11 Air Medal

AF 0197 11 Navy & Marine Corps

Medal

AF 0198 11 Bronze Star

AF 0199 11 Silver Star

AF 0200 11 Distinguished Flying

Cross

AF 0201 11 Navy-Marine

Commendation Medal

AF 0202 11 The Purple Heart

Massachusetts Pin Trading Club In Recognition of the Service of Members of the U.S. Armed Forces

AF 0194 11 Bill Prucha (IL) “All gave some —

Some gave all”

AF 0203 11 Ed Barry (TX)

In Honor of Sgt Joe Barry U.S. Armed Forces WW II


“Puckered Penguins” U.S. Navy

NOTE: The MAPTC pins on this page will be introduced at the 2011 Northeast Pin Swap. Our thanks to PCC Paul Viano (MA) for furnishing the pins in advance.

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AF 0211 11 AF 0212 11 AF 0213 11 Kentucky Pin Traders 3rd Annual Pin Swap

Friday Saturday Breakfast


10th Anniversary of 9-11 War on Terror


Camp Breckenridge, Kentucky German POW Camp WW II

AF 0207 11 A 0208 11 Bill Winter (VA) 39th USNG Infantry Division WW II U.S. Army Jeep

AF 0209 11 AF 0210 11 Bill Middleton (OK)

U.S. 5th Corps Germany U.S. 3rd Support Command

AF 0214 11 AF 0215 11 Curt Fitch (CT)

U. S. Armed Forces Rangers

AF 0216 11 Mary Green (TX)

In Memory of Bobby Green Air Traffic Controller

USAF Communications Service

AF 0218 11 Rhode Island Pin Traders

U.S.S. Rhode Island


Retired USAF LITPC Policy Chairman

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A Salute to Col George A Porterfield &

SALUTE TO THE ARMED FORCES Sep (b) 2011


U.S. National Military Command Center


U.S. Air Training Command Instructor


U.S.A.F. Technical Applications Center


U.S.A.F. Communications Service


966th Airborne Early Warning & Control Squadron


U.S.A.F. Office of Special Investigations

AF 0226 11 Harry Fulwiler (VA) U.S.A.F. Office of Special

Investigations

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AF 0227 11 Pat Kerr (VA)

Pat Salutes Her Husband, Paul, and his Service in the U.S. Navy

AF 0228 11 Arlen Eidson (D)

U.S. Navy WV-2 “Super Connie”


U.S.S. Dewey


U.S.S. Wasp


U.S.A.F. Wings of a Pilot

AF 0232 11 Bob Walker (SC) U.S.S. Wasp

AF 0233 11 Kentucky Pin Traders U.S.S. Kentucky

SALUTE TO THE ARMED FORCES Nov 2011

USAF & USMC Insignia Patches Issued in Winchester, Virginia at PTCV Swap XXXI I

AF 0234 11 Jim Newman (VA) Strategic Air Command

AF 0235 11 Jim Golladay (VA) Air Combat Command

AF 0236 11 Chuck Fields (VA)

Aerospace Defense


USAF Military Air Lift Command

AF 0238 11 Don Shoemaker (VA)

U.S. Air Training Command

AF 0239 11 Brock Robertson (VA)

U.S. Air Force Europe

AF 0240 11 Fred Leach (VA) U.S. Pacific Air Force

AF 0241 11 Bill Winter (VA) Fifth U.S. Air Force

AF 0242 11 Verle Malik (VA) Eighth U.S. Air Force

AF 0243 11 Pat Kerr (VA) Office of Special

Investigations, USAF


USAF Pararescue

AF 0245 11 Ev Gianiny (VA) USAF Thunderbirds

AF 0246 11 Susan Evans (VA) 1st U.S. Marine Division

AF 0247 11 Jim Painter (VA)

2nd U.S. Marine Division

AF 0248 11 Randy Suslick (VA) 3rd U.S. Marine Division

AF 0249 11 Dan Visone (VA)

4th U.S. Marine Division

AF 0250 11 Doug Cross (VA)

5th U.S. Marine Division

AF 0251 11 Joe Volpe (VA)

U.S. Marine Air Training Command

AF 0252 11 Chet Kramer (VA)

Heavy Marine Helicopter Squadron 461


Heavy Marine Helicopter Squadron 462

AF 0254 11 Alex Caldwell (VA) Heavy Marine Helicopter

Squadron 463

AF 0255 11 Don Colley (VA) 2nd Recon Battalion

USMC

AF 0256 11 Arlen Eidson (VA)

U.S. Marine Raider

AF 0257 11 Phil Sharpe (VA) USMC Scout Sniper

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AF 0258 11 Mary Lou Newman (VA)

Colonel James Griffith U.S. Army (Ret)


Honoring His Father

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AF 0264 11 John Leggett (UK) This is the Third Poppy Issued by Lion John

11-11-2011

AF 0265 11 Lance Balding (CO)

In Honor of My Father

AF 0266 11 District 6W Colorado

Mountain Division Camp Hale Lions Tom Weir or Lance Balding

AF 0267 11 Jerry Townsend (MS)

114th Military Police Company


Combat Medical Badge


“There is Only One Lancaster”


“There is Only One Lancaster”


“Last Flight RAF Waddington”


“Last Flight RAF Waddington”

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Seal Team One


Seal Team Two


Seal Team Three


Seal Team Four


Seal Team Five


Seal Team Six


Seal Team Seven


Seal Team Eight


Seal Team Ten

The United States Navy Seal Teams

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A Salute to His Granddaughter’s Husband for his 3 Tours in Iraq and

Afghanistan


When Jim Was a 2nd Lt at Fort Knox, KY

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AF 0280 11 Willie Cyphers (KY)

In Honor of our Military Family & Friends

AF 0281 11 District 31-G (NC)

Gold


Copper


Bronze

The U.S.S. North Carolina The Showboat of the Fleet

AF 0284 11 Fred Leach (VA) Apache Helicopter


Chinook Helicopter


Cobra Helicopter


Huey Helicopter


Kiowa Helicopter


Jayhawk Helicopter

A Virginia Salute to the U.S. Military Helicopter

AF 0290 11 Don Johnson (PA)

Remembering Earl E. Johnson, a Seabee

AF 0291 11 Butch Watkins

100th Training Division

AF 0291 11 has been issued by Lion Butch Watkins, son of PDG Byron Watkins, Kentucky. Lion Butch will have the pin for trade in Winchester. Should you wish to trade by mail, please contact his dad, PDG Byron.


AF 0292 11 John Jones (UK)

P-39 Airacobra

AF 0293 11 Ken Johnson (AUS)

P-47 Thunderbolt

AF 0298 11 MD-105 United Kingdon

A Salute to the US Army Air Force World War II


P-40 Warhawk

AF 0295 11 Roger Van Dyke (CT)

P-51 Mustang

AF 0296 11 Deryck Chambers (UK)

P-38 Lightning

AF 0297 11 Peter Carter (UK)

P-61 Black Widow

This is a reduced picture of the 7 pin set as it would appear when you assemble it. It is shown here merely for your information.

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AF 0299 11 Curt Barnhill (NC) In Honor of His Father


Honoring Sergeant Jim Gennity


Recognizing American Naval Forces Service in WW I

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AF 0302 11 Charles Michael, Jr. (OK)

In Honor of His Son’s Service in Iraq

AF 0303 11 Charles Michael, Jr. (OK)

In Honor of his Son’s Service in Afghanistan

AF 0304 11 Kent Clovis (OK)




A Salute to Tinker U. S. Air Force Base in Oklahoma

SALUTE TO THE ARMED FORCES Dec 2011

AF 0308 11 Larry Anderson (CO)

Department of the Army Seal - Gold


Department of the Navy Seal - Gold


Department of the Air Force Seal - Gold

AF 0311 11

Larry Anderson (CO) U.S. Marine Corps Seal - Gold


Department of the Army Seal - Silver


Department of the Navy Seal - Silver


Department of the Air Force Seal - Silver


U.S. Marine Corps Seal - Silver

United States Military Gold and Silver Seals

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AF 0320 11 Tim Newell (MN)

Danville, Virginia

AF 0316 11 Tim Newell (MN) Alexandria, Virginia

AF 0317 11 Phil Baumann (MN)

Hopewell, Virginia


Leesburg, Virginia

AF 0319 11 Phil Sharpe (VA) Winchester, Virginia

AF 0321 11 Don Ager (NH) Hampton, Virginia

AF 0322 11 Jim Hazeltine (MN)

Culpeper, Virginia


Richmond, Virginia

United States National Cemeteries in Virginia


Traron Nine


“Training to Fight”


Training Squadron Seven

Naval Air Station, Meridian, Mississippi

AF 0327 11 MD 22 Pin Trading Club

WW II Betty Grable Pin Up

AF 0328 11 MD 22 Pin Trading Club

Korean War Marilyn Monroe Pin Up

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AF 0329 11 Connecticut Pin Trading Club

U.S. Naval Submarine Base New London, Groton, Connecticut



U.S. Army Field Artillery School


71st Flying Training Wing Vance Air Force Base

AF 0332 11 MD 39 Pin Traders Bart Phillips (ID)

Mountain Home U.S. Air Force Base


Jerry Craiglow (NC) Mountain Home

U.S. Air Force Base

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AF 0334 11 Charyn Lonneman (KY)

Thanking Her son, Jeff, for His Service

AF 0335 11 Clive Reid (AUS) The Victorian Cross


SBU-SEAL-SDV “The Only Easy Day Was

Yesterday”

AF 0337 11 Rich Koch (WI)

Black River Falls, WI Field of Honor Cemetery Sign

AF 0338 12 Arlen Eidson (VA) Airborne Early Warning Squadron 13, U.S. Navy

AF 0339 12 Arlen Eidson (VA) Airborne Early Warning Squadron 15, U.S. Navy


U.S. Navy Achievement Medal

SALUTE TO THE ARMED FORCES Jan 2012

AF 0341 12 Merilyn Langusch (AUS)

Australian New Zealand Army Corps

AF 0342 12 Tim McCaulley (PA)

28th U.S. Army Infantry Division

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Reduced Image of the Set of Pins Shown Below


Capt Albert Ball VC

AF 0344 12 Tina Armstrong (UK)

Sopwith Camel Single Wing WW I Plane

AF 0345 12 Anne Hamilton (UK) Sopwith WW 1 Triplane

AF 0346 12 Al Stack (CA)

Nieuport 28 Single Wing WW I Plane


Capt Ball’s Single Wing WW I Plane


Capt Eddie Rickenbacker’s SPAD S XIII WW I Plane

SALUTE TO THE ARMED FORCES Feb 2012

Reduced Image of the Set of German Iron Cross Pins Shown Below


The Red Baron

AF 0350 12 Jay Puls (CA)

Manfred von Richthofen


Lt Werner Voss


Fokker Eindecker

AF 0353 12 Tina Armstrong (UK)

Hansa-Brandenburg

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DH 60 Gypsy Moth Amy Johnson 1930


Louis Bleriots Cross Channel 1909

AF 0356 12 Bob Libin (NY) Spirit of St Louis

Charles Lindbergh 1927

AF 0357 12 Reg Gemmill (PA)

1st Navy Landing on Ship Curtiss Pusher 1911


First Flight Kill Devil Hills NC The Wright Brothers 1903

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Actual Image of the Set of Powered Flight Planes Shown Below


Actual Image of the Set of the HMS Ark Royal Aircraft Carrier Pins Shown Below

A O359 12 John Leggett (UK)

Upper Structure of the Carrier

A O360 12 Anne Hamilton (UK)

Bow of the Carrier

A O361 12 Tom Fellows (UK)

“Harrier” Last Flight Oct 2010

A O362 12 Lance Leak (AUS)

“Swordfish”

A O363 12 Clive Reid (AUS) “Fairey Flycatcher”

A O364 12 Ken Johnston (AUS)

“F4 Phantom” on the Stern of the Ship

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A O365 12 Bill Middleton (OK)

U.S. Naval Aviation

A O366 12 John Leggett (UK)

DG Michael Phillips MD 105E

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A O367 12 Willie Cyphers (KY)

In Honor of His Father Gold

A O368 12 Willie Cyphers (KY)

In Honor of His Father Silver

AF O369 12 Bill Winter (VA) Eighth Army Korea

AF O370 12 Bill Winter (VA)

25th Infantry Division Vietnam

AF O371 12 Ed Barry (TX)

Clinton Sherman U.S. Air Force Base

AF O372 12 Jim Herbert (MS)

8th U.S. Army

AF O373 12 Jim DeRouchey (TX)

Special Forces Green Beret

AF O374 12 Curt Barnhill (NC)

Special Forces Camouflage Helmut

AF O375 12 Harry Fulwiler (VA)

Special Forces Red Helmut

SALUTE TO THE ARMED FORCES Mar 2012


United State National Guard Gold


United State National Guard Silver

AF 0378 12 Larry Anderson (CO) United State Reserves Gold


United State Reserves Silver


United State Coast Guard Gold


United State Coast Guard Silver


United State Army Medical Department Gold


United State Army Medical Department Silver

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United States Military Gold and Silver Seals II

SALUTE TO THE ARMED FORCES Mar 2012

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AF 0384 12 Bart Phillips (ID)

USS Boise Black

AF 0385 12 Bart Phillips (ID) &

Jerry Craiglow (NC) USS Boise Dark Green

AF 0386 12 Jerry Craiglow (NC)

USS Boise Green

NOTE: It is very difficult to detect the difference between the Black and Dark Green USS Boise pins. The green color used on AF 0386 was the color originally intended for AF 0385. You can obtain AF 0385 from either Phillips or Craiglow.

United States National Cemeteries in Virginia II

AF 0387 12 Jim Newman (VA) Ball’s Bluff Cemetery


City Point Cemetery


Cold Harbor Cemetery


Fort Harrison Cemetery

AF 0391 12 Phil Sharpe (VA) Glendale Cemetery

AF 0392 12 Ron Foster (TN) Quantico Cemetery


Seven Pines Cemetery


Staunton Cemetery


U. S. Navy Retired


U.S. National Defense Medal


U.S. National Defense Ribbon

AF 0398 12 Randy Suslick (VA) U.S. Marines Okinawa

Running Club



Salute to his Son Greg


”Climb to Glory” 10th U.S. Mountain Division

AF 0404 12 Pennsylvania Pin Traders

“Rosie the Riveter” WW II Poster

AF 0405 12 Jim Moffitt (ID)

Dark Blue

AF 0406 12 Gordon Blair (ID)

Green


Purple


White


Light Blue

AF 0410 12 Steve Staudinger (WA)

Gray

A Pacific Northwest Lions Salute to the WW II Paratroopers


Vietnam Era Vet

AF 0401 12 Ray Jackling (NY) In Honor of Ray’s Uncle


USMC Pilot

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SALUTE TO THE ARMED FORCES Apr 2012


U.S. Army Gold Gnome


U.S. Army Silver Gnome


U.S. Navy Gold Gnome


U.S. Navy Silver Gnome

AF 0415 12 Larry Anderson (CO) U.S. Air Force Gold Gnome

AF 0416 12 Larry Anderson (CO) U.S. Air Force Gold Gnome

AF 0417 12 Larry Anderson (CO) U.S. Marines Gold Gnome

AF 0418 12 Larry Anderson (CO) U.S. Marines Silver Gnome


U.S. Coast Guard Gold Gnome


U.S. Coast Guard Silver Gnome

The Gnomes of the U.S. Armed Forces

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AF 0421 12 Reg Langusch (AUS) Kokoda Track Tribute WW II

AF 0422 12 Kentucky Pin Traders

Salutes the 3rd U.S. BCT 187th Infantry regiment

“Rakkasans”

AF 0423 12 Southeast Pin Swap

Salute to America’s Armed Forces


Navy Cross


Navy Distinguished Service Medal


Bronze Star


Silver Star


Medal of Honor

Ribbons of Valor Don Colley (VA)


AF 0429 12 Deryck Chambers (UK)

A-29 Hudson


B-17 Flying Fortress

AF 0431 12 Warren Emerson (MA)

B-25 Mitchell


B-26 Marauder


B-24 Liberator

AF 0434 12 John Jones (UK)

A-20 Havoc

AF 0435 12 MD-105 United Kindgom

Salute II to the U.S. Army Air Force

This is a reduced picture of the 7 pin set as it will appear when assembled. It is shown here merely for your information.

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A Colorado Salute to the U. S. Armed Forces Academy’s Larry Anderson (CO)

AF 0436 12 U.S. Military Academy

Gold

AF 0437 12 U.S. Military Academy

Silver

AF 0438 12 U.S. Naval Academy

Gold

AF 0439 12 U.S. Naval Academy

Silver

AF 0440 12 U.S. Air Force Academy

Gold


Silver


Gold


Gold

AF 0444 12 North Carolina Pin Traders U.S. Marine Corps Military Police


2012 Asheville The “Hummer” for Busan, Korea

AF 044612 North Carolina Pin Traders

2012 Asheville The “Hummer”

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A Special Congressional Medal of Honor Tribute to PFC David Paul Nash, Whitesville, Kentucky, who was killed in

action in Vietnam in 1968. President Richard M. Nixon presented the medal to the family in 1970.

PDG George and his wife, PDG Charyn, made a special presentation of the pin to the Nash family during a recent

visit to the Whitesville, KY Lions Club. This truly is what makes this Salute to the Armed Forces

so very special.

AF 0448 12 Virginia Pin Traders

U.S.S. Virginia

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AF 0449 12 Lana McCaulley (PA)

PTCP President Salutes the Battle of Gettysburg

AF 0449 12 Lane Leak (AUS)

Honoring the Armed Forces of Australia

AF 0451 12 Yolanda Middleton (OK)

In Honor of her Nephew, LTC Erick Brunken, U.S. Army

AF 0452 12 Marlene Barry (TX)

1st Cavalry Fort Hood, Texas




Green

AF 0455 12 Jerry Craiglow (NC)

Blue

AF 0456 12 Dale Dupree (NC)

Dark Purple

AF 0457 12 Richard Durham (NC)

Light Purple

AF 0458 12 Gene English (NC)

Black

North Carolina Pin Traders Honoring the Hummer “Gun Vehicle” of the U.S. Armed Forces

AF 0459 12 Bill Botzow (MO)

“Ready for Action”

AF 0460 12 Andy Hoedl (KS)

110th Maneuver Enhancement Brigade

AF 0461 12 Ron Jordan (MO)

Missouri State Army Command

AF 0462 12 Craig Lehman (MO)

35th Engineer Brigade

AF 0463 12 Tommy Owen (MO)

35th Infantry Division

AF 0464 12 Barb Van Ark (MO)

“Get In Done”

AF 0465 12 Dakota West (MO)

157th Air Operations Group

Missouri Pin Traders Honoring the U.S. Armed Forces

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“Sack Time” Nose Art


“Surprise Attack” Nose Art


“Lil White Rocket” Nose Art


“Baby Doll” Nose Art


“Lady Luck” Nose Art


“Briefing Time” Nose Art


“Take Off Time” Nose Art


“Sweet Pea” Nose Art


“Heavenly Body” Nose Art

A Salute to the World’s Famous WW II Nose Art on American Bombers

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Reminder: This Armed Forces Series will end June 2013 at the LITPC Alternate Site Meeting in Iowa.


AF O475 12 Lance Balding (CO)

Battle of the Bulge Memorial

AF O476 12 Harry Fulwiler (VA)

U.S. Coast Guard Memorial

AF O477 12 Bob Walker (SC) Confederate Memorial

AF O479 12 Phil Sharpe (VA)

MG Philip Karny Memorial

AF O480 12 Larry Anderson (CO))

U.S.S. Maine Memorial

AF O481 12 Verle Malik (VA) Seabees Memorial

AF O484 12 Paul Viano (MA)

U.S. Marien Corps Memorial

AF O485 12 Ron Jordan (MO)

Arlington Cemetery Amphitheater

Honoring America’s Burial Grounds

Arlington National Cemetery

AF O482 12 Bill Prucha (IL)

Space Shuttle “Columbia” Grave

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AF O478 12 Don Ager (N

John W. Weeks Memorial

AF O483 12 Phil Baumann (MN)

Spanish American War Nurses Memorial



Jacksonville National Florida

AF 0487 12 Ron Jordan (MO)

Jefferson Barracks National Missouri


Fort Snelling National Minnesota


Beaufort National South Carolina

AF 0490 12 Bob Walker (SC) Fort Jackson National

South Carolina


Fort Sill National Oklahoma


Vicksburg National Mississippi

AF 0493 12 Jerry Townsend (MS)

Biloxi National Mississippi

Honoring United States National Cemeteries

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AF 0494 12 Harry Fulwiler (A)

54th Field Artillery Brigade Fort Picket

AF 0495 12 Fred Leach (C) 224th AV Regiment

Sandston

AF 0496 12 Jim Newman (E)

1030th Transportation Battlaion Gate City

AF 0497 12 Phil Sharpe (C) 192nd Fifhter Wing

Langley-Eustis Joint Base

AF 0498 12 Bill Smith (A)

29th Infantry Division Fort Belvoir

A Salute to the Virginia National Guard



U.S. Fleet Cyber Command


24th Air Force


North American Aerospace Defense Command


U.S. Air Force Space Command


U.S. Army Cyber Command


USSTRATCOM JFCC SPACE

AF 0505 12 Bill Guthrie (MN) U.S. Cyber Command

AF 0506 12 Jim Herbert (MS)

U.S. Strategic Command


U.S. Tenth Fleet

AF 0508 12 Jim Minnich (DE)

U.S. Air Force Frequency Management Agency


U.S. Space Command

AF 0510 12 Bob Walker (SC) U.S. Space & Missile

Systems Center

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A Salute to U.S. Strategic/Cyber Space Commands



Air Educations & Training Command


14th Engineer Squad


14th Flying Training Wing

Mississippi Pin Traders Honors the Columbus Air Force Base

Columbus, Mississippi

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AF 0514 12 Don Johnson (PA)

The Flying Tiger


SHAPE Technical Centre


Co I 161st infantry Regiment In Memory of Michael Carson

NOTE: For all of you who are going to Tampa, please be alert to the fact that PCC Bart Phillips will have a beautiful new pin for the series that would normally be in this issue. Unfortunately, we did not have one to scan when we issued this Update. Check with Bart in Tampa. The pin will be in the next issue.



U,S, Marine Corps “Semper Fi”


U.S. Army “This We’ll Defend”


U.S. Navy “Don’t Tread on Me”


U.S. Air Force “One Over All”


U.S. Coast Guard “Semper Paratus”

Lions Serving & Honoring the U.S. Armed Forces


Patuxent River Naval Air Station 1942

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U.S. Naval Station Argenta NFLD



British 1st Airborne Division Signals Caythorpe to Arnham

AF 0526 12 Anne Hamilton (UK)

The Falklands 1962 YOMPER


In Honor of PFC Walter Newman U.S. Army WW II


In Honor of Cpl John Miller USMC First Gulf War


In Honor of PFC Donald Wilk U.S> Army Cold War


In Honor of Sgt Herman Foster U.S> Army Korean War


In Honor of Sgt Cornelius Obermieir U.S> Army Vietnam War

AF 0531 12 Virginia Pin Traders

Honoring Virginia Military Institute


4th U.S. Infantry Ft Carson, Colorado


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