Original Wwii Army

A ONCE IN A LIFETIME CHANCE TO GET A LARGE AND ORIGINAL WW2 IDENTIFIED GROUPING THAT BELONGED TO U. ARMY MILITARY POLICEMAN''FRANKLIN Z. BAGDY'' WHO SERVED AS AN INFANTRYMAN THAN A MILITARY POLICEMAN DURING WW2 IN NORTH AFRICA AND IN EUROPE. DURING 1945 AND 1946 BAGDY SERVED AS A MILITARY POLICEMAN AT THE NUREMBERG INTERNATIONAL MILITARY TRIBUNAL (WAR CRIMES) TRIALS IN NUREMBERG (NURNBERG) GERMANY. BAGDY WAS BORN IN NIAGARA FALLS, NEW YORK ON MAY 29, 1922 AND DIED ON FEBRUARY 8, 1991.

BAGDY'S HOME IN THE CITY OF TONAWADA NEW YORK IN 1992. THESE ITEMS HAVE BEEN IN MY PERSONAL COLLECTION SINCE. ALL ITEMS IN THIS LOT/GROUPING ARE FROM MR. BADGY'S WW2 SERVICE; THEY INCLUDE THE FOLLOWING. RARE LARGE SIZE (LONG) SOLID BROWN WOOD MILITARY POLICE MAN'S NIGHT STICK, STAMPED U. TO HANDLE WITH LEATHER RETAINING STRAP. THIS NIGHT STICK WAS ISSUED TO MR. BAGDY DURING HIS TIME AS A NUREMBERG TRIAL PRISONER GUARD. NIGHT STICK MEASURES 36 IN TOTAL LENGTH AND IS IN EXCELLENT CONDITION, SHOWING LIGHT WEAR AND AGE. FULL SIZE DARK BLUE WOOL U. ARMY MILITARY POLICE "MP" MULTI PIECE SEWN ARMBAND IN VERY GOOD CONDITION. RARE GERMAN MADE BULLION U. ARMY ALLIED FORCES IN EUROPE BULLION UNIFORM INSIGNIA PATCH. PATCH IS IN EXCELLENT CONDITION AND IS ALMOST IMPOSSIBLE TO FIND. ARMY ALLIED FORCES IN GERMANY BULLION UNIFORM INSIGNIA PATCH WITH BULLION "BERLIN" TAB TO TOP. ARMY CONSTABLE "C" UNIFORM INSIGNIA PATCHES BOTH STILL HAVING GERMAN MAKER'S HAND WRITING AND PRICES TO BACK SIDE. BOTH ARE IN EXCELLENT CONDITION, AND ARE ALSO VERY HARD TO FIND THESE DAYS.

ARMY DOG TAGS ON ORIGINAL LINKED DOG TAG CHAIN, ALL DOG TAGS ARE NAMED TO''BAGDY, FRANKLIN Z. TWO DOG TAGS ARE DATED FOR (19)43 AND TWO DOG TAGS ARE DATED FOR (1943)-44.

ALL DOG TAGS AND CHAIN ARE IN VERY GOOD CONDITION. CASE RETAINS IT'S REMOVABLE TOP, NEAT DESIGNS TO BOTH SIDES, ALTHOUGH THE CASE IS CRACKED TO BOTH SIDES AND ONE SIDE OF THE OPENING TOP IS MISSING A SMALL PIECE. SEE ABOVE PHOTOS FOR FURTHER DETAILS.
SEVERAL ORIGINAL WW2 PHOTOGRAPHS OF MR. ARMY UNIFORMS WITH INSIGNIA, ONE PHOTO SHOWS BAGDY IN A HIS WHITE MP HELMET AND WITH MP ARMBAND (THE ONE INCLUDED IN THIS LISTING) AND WHITE GLOVES TUCKED IN WAISTBAND. ONE OF THE PHOTOS SHOWS THREE OVERSEAS BARS (FOR 1-1/2 YEARS OF OVERSEAS SERVICE) AND TWO ARMY SERVICE STRIPES (FOR FOUR YEARS OF ARMY SERVICE, TWO YEARS PER STRIPE) SEWN TO HIS LEFT UNIFORM SLEEVE CUFF. ONE ORIGINAL WW2 PHOTOGRAPH SHOWING MR. BAGDY WITH A SUB MACHINE GUN IN FRONT OF HIS MILITARY POLICE PROVOST MARSHAL MARKED JEEP AND STANDING NEXT TO A MILITARY POLICE OFFICER (CAPTAIN). BOTH ARE STANDING BEHIND A LARGE "REICHSAUTOBAHN GERA 13 km" ROAD SIGN. TWO ORIGINAL WW2 PHOTOGRAPHS SHOWING GERMAN ARMY OFFICER PRISONERS OF WAR AND ONE ORIGINAL WW2 PHOTOGRAPH SHOWING GESTAPO HEADQUARTERS IN MAY OF 1945.