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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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