Any WWII memorobilia collectors out there?

May have lead on important piece of map memorobilia. Folk artish.

[pendanticist]

This map is painted on burlap.

That is all I can say at the moment.

Not interested in a website, but a human would be cool.

[roscoepico]

Nice! Hard to say, any chance you could post a picture of it?

[pendanticist]

I hope to. Currently, I am awaiting a few pics myself.

The map is framed, hand painted on burlap and is over 7ft. tall. The subject matter is that of The Battle of Leyte Gulf. I gather it was painted during, or just after the battle was over, as it is from the home of a deceased veteran who passed away.

If it is as described to me, this is an old piece of folk art that may be quite valuable. The provenance is quite a story, but until I get the pics, I can't elaborate more.

[pendanticist]

Well, I got the pics. Is there a common site WebmasterWorld likes to use as a postable URL? I'd like to show them off. :)

It's beautiful...if you like folk art that is.

[pendanticist]

Is there a common site WebmasterWorld likes to use as a postable URL?

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[vkaryl]

Guess not, huh? Seems that most folks use some quasi-personal webspace....

For this sort of thing, you might consider one of the free "photo album" pages out there. Yahoo has one, there are others....

[pendanticist]

Thanks vkaryl.

With every passing day, I find out just a tad more about this painting. The lady whom I've been communicating with told me her father ( a WWII vet who does not like to re-live anything relative to the time ), suggested it looks like it may have been painted in appreciation by a Phillipino near the end of the war.

I'm gonna scout those you mention and try to get them up soon as I'm anxious for whatever input, especially any Phillino veterans, or survivors.

The massive size alone makes it an impressive piece.

I've also joined military.com and will post them there as soon as I get, uhm, what they call 'permissions'.

Well then, [pg.photos.yahoo.com...]

Did all that and stil able to get in to edit. <g>

Enjoy and let me know if anything strikes a bell. The shield, background images etc. :)

[vkaryl]

My gosh - what a neat thing! I would I had the space for it! My dad was in the south end of the area displayed there (he did wind up on Mindanao for a few weeks) - too bad he's dead, he'd have had a ball with this! He loved to go back over where he was, and who else was there, and even getting shot at and shot up (shrapnel in his knee, which I'm sure hurt like hell at the time and scared him poop-less too, but made a great story later!)

Wow. That's a truly truly great piece of historical art. I don't think it fits into the "folk art" category....

[pendanticist]

It's been my understanding that...

"Art originating among the common people of a nation or region and usually reflecting their traditional culture, especially everyday or festive items produced or decorated by unschooled artists." Courtesy Dictionary.com

As genre goes: "genre of art of unknown origin that reflects traditional values of a society."

I guess whichever weighs heavier, the Military significance or Folk Art and I can see where a dual classification is possible. :)

[Essex_boy]

When I was about 15 I made up a collection of occupation money from every country that was occupied by the Axis forces in WW2.

However, I left them by my stereo which was at ground level and our (then) puppy chewed the freaking lot.

Never bothed since, all that work gone to waste still makes me mad now.

[pendanticist]

Sorry to hear that. You know? I can't even think of the last time I've even seen occupation money. Too bad.

I brought back a Russian K-44 single action bolt w/bayonet from 'Nam but someone liked it better than I did. I still look for it at gun shows once in awhile. Nice piece too, all the numbers matched and the stock sling was intact.

Wish I coulda scarfed one of them SKS's boy. YeeeeeHa.