Original U.S. WWII Goldfish Club 534th Bomb Squadron DFC Recipient’s Uniform & Ephemera Grouping - Lieutenant John A. Martyniak, B-17 Pilot Vietnam A great collector’s item from

A great collector’s item from the British WWI era

Messines and Passchendaele

There is an Army Examiner "Passed" stamp in the lower right corner

This has made the factory polish final grind cross grain on the obverse somewhat faint

The grip ferrule and pommel are steel

Original U.S. WWII Goldfish Club 534th Bomb Squadron DFC Recipient’s Uniform & Ephemera Grouping - Lieutenant John A. Martyniak, B-17 Pilot Vietnam A great collector’s item fromOriginal Items. One of a Kind Grouping. This is the tremendous uniform grouping of 1st Lieutenant B 17 Pilot John Andrew Martyniak, 534th Bombardment Squadron, 381st Bombardment Group, 8th Air Force. Martyniak would not only be awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross and the Air Medal with four OLCs, but was also a member of the Goldfish Club, membership of which was only available to aviators who have ditched out or Baled out over the sea. Martyniak