[Jewelry making - Article 00524] - Re: [Orchid] Coins Rings

[diamondeddy2]

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    My father wears one, that he spooned from a silver dollar while he
    was on a ship in WW2. They were headed for New Guinea as his 1st
    stop,at the time. My father is now 83 years old and his health is
    failing. Its about 10mm wide, smooth and plain on the outside, but
    inside you can still make out some of the writing from the coin, and
    bits of the picture(at least you could still see this stuff 40 some
    years agowhen I was a kid. Its very possible that its all worn
    smooth inside nowadays). He said he drilled a hole in the center,
    and then took the spoon from his messkit, and I assume a hammer(dont
    know where he got one onboard a troop transport), and he tap, tap,
    tapped it into a ring. He said there wasnt much to do for weeks as
    they were shipped over to the Pacific front. My father told me an
    interesting side story from this journey. The troops were given
    individual serving size cartons of ice cream once. They were hard to
    come by , so  they were very coveted by all. Some loudmouth jerky
    soldier kicked my father's carton overboard, and when my father
    retaliated by punching the guy, the man went overboard, and was lost
    at sea, never to be found again. This makes my father sound like
    some kind of roughneck, but actually he has always been one of the
    kindest, most gentle people you will ever meet. 

Ed in Kokomo 

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