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Original Vintage 1970's POW Bracelet Nickel Silver LT COL W N NEWK GRUBB 1966

$ 18.45

Availability: 29 in stock
  • Modified Item: No
  • Condition: NEW OLD STOCK 1970S PRODUCTION. MAY HAVE SPOTS OF TARNISH/ PATINA AS THESE ARE MADE FROM NICKEL SILVER & ARE NEAR 50 YRS OLD. BAG WILL BE DIRTY ON OUTSIDE FROM LONG TERNM STORAGE. EACH BRACELET COMES WITH PAPER DETAILING PRISONERS STORY & WHO MADE THESE . SEE ALL 12 PHOTOS.
  • Conflict: Vietnam (1961-75)
  • Metal: NICKEL SILVER
  • Country/Region of Manufacture: United States
  • Original/Reproduction: Original
  • Style: Statement

    Description

    NEW OLD STOCK IN WRAPPER,ORIGINAL, VIETNAM PERIOD P.O.W. M.I.A. BRACELET PRODUCED IN NICKEL SILVER AND SO MARKED INSIDE BAND.
    WRAPPER IS FADED/ DIRTY FROM LONG TERM STORAGE!
    BRACELET BODY IS IMPRESSED "LT COL = W.N. "NEWK" GRUBB, JAN 26 1966" IN ORIGINAL, SEALED PLASTIC BAG WITH INFORMATIONAL LEAFLET. DISTRIBUTED BY THE ORGANIZATION - "CONCERN FOR POWs" FROM SAN DIEGO, CALIFORNIA.
    BRACELETS WERE PRODUCED BETWEEN 1970-1976!
    Wilmer Newlin Grubb
    On January 26, 1966,THEN Captain Newk Grubb was the pilot of an RF101C Voodoo reconnaissance aircraft sent on an unarmed photo reconnaissance mission over Quang Binh Province, North Vietnam. The flight occurred during a Christmas bombing halt. As Grubb's aircraft was about twenty miles southwest of the city of Quang Khe, it experienced difficulty in gaining altitude and crashed into a hillside.T
    he next day the communist New China News Agency began publicizing the capture of Newk Grubb, followed closely by the Hanoi propaganda machine.