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    Default Help Identify these WW2, or WW1 era sunglasses

    Hello All, found these Sunglasses in an old wooden shotgun shell ammo crate with and embroidered handkerchief, the handkerchief has the Union Jack, Lady Liberty and the Stars and Stripes embroidered with the words " A souvenir from the Great War" I cannot find anything about them on the internet, if anyone knows let me know thanks
    Last edited by Nobama2012; 04-23-2010 at 08:01. Reason: may be ww1 or ww2

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    The great war is ww1

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    You are correct, but I am not sure if the handkerchief says A souvenir from the Great War or A souvenir from the World war, I am at work and dont have a pic, and I was going to put that in my post but I didnt know if they even had any kind of sunglasses in WW1, but man that would be awesome if they were from WW1

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    Inexpensive mass-produced sunglasses were introduced to America by Sam Foster in 1929

    -wiki

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    http://www.aaapilots.com/html/americ...tor_sungl.html

    contact these guys, since they produce shades since the 1800's and produced for the .gov during every war.

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    http://cgi.ebay.com/WWII-Army-Air-Co...item335c588a57
    yours pre date ww2 glasses

    this guy claims his are ww1 pilot glasses but which country?
    http://cgi.ebay.com/WW1-Pilot-Aviato...item4aa06f2db1

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    Sent some pics to AO eyewear, I really appreciate the tip, hopefully they can tell me.

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    Wow, thanks Wulf, what a find I appreciate that I was also thinking about taking them to the Wings over the Rockies Air Museum to see if they knew anything about them.

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    The only marking I can find is on the right ear stem hinge, it has two vertical lines a square standing on one corner (kind of like a diamond but definitely square shaped) then followed by two more vertical lines

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    second pic down looks close, but the bridge area is wrong

    http://www.patrickwilson.com/gogmore.htm

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