3RD ARMORED DIVISION ARTILLERY OFFICER PLAQUE CUSTOM WOOD INLAYS (GIVEN TO ALL LEAVING OFFICERS) Start Price USD 375.00 Current Price USD 375.00 Time Left - Bid Count 0 Buy It Now Price - Reserve Price - Start Time Sunday, October 26, 2008 End Time Monday, January 05, 2009 Location Picture Rocks, PA See more about '3RD ARMORED DIVISION ARTILLERY OFFICER PLAQUE' Description UP FOR BID IS AN AUTHENTIC 3RD ARMORED DIVISION ARTILLERY PLAQUE.  THIS PLAQUE IS SOLID WOOD AND HAS WOOD INLAYS FOR THE ENTIRE DESIGN. THIS PLAQUE WAS GIVEN TO ALL OFFICERS IN THE 3RD ARMORED DIVISION’S ARTILLERY REGIMENT AS AN EXIT AWARD FOR THEIR SERVICE TO THE 3RD ARMORED DIVISION (SPEARHEAD).  THE REGIMENT'S HEADQUATERS WHERE ON HUTIER KASERNE, ON LAMBOY STRASSE, IN THE CITY OF HANAU IN GERMANY.                   THIS PARTICULAR PLAQUE WAS AWARDED TO A LEUTENANT WHO SERVED WITH THE 3RD ARMORED DIVISION FROM 1988 UNTIL 1991.                                    THIS OFFICER WAS BOTH AIRBORNE AND RANGER QUALIFIED (HE WORE BOTH JUMP WINGS AND RANGER TAB ON HIS UNIFORM).      THIS PLAQUE HAS BEEN IN THE POSSESION OF THIS OFFICER SINCE THE TIME OF BEING AWARDED IT, UNTIL THE PRESENT. UNFORTUNATELY, DUE PARTLY TO THE STRESSES OF OVERSEAS ASSIGNMENTS AND RANGER SCHOOL, THIS OFFICER DEVELOPED A DISEASE KNOWN AS SCHIZOPHRENIA A FEW YEARS AGO. THE DISEASE RAN IN HIS FAMILY BECAUSE HIS GRANDFATHER WAS A DECORATED WW2 BOMBING PILOT WHO DEVELOPED IT LATER IN LIFE ALSO.  THE GRANDFATHER SELF-MEDICATED HIMSELF BY DRINKING A HALF OF A FIFTH EVERY DAY.  SCOTCH, GIN, VODKA, IT DIDN’T MATTER WHAT KIND, AS LONG AS HE HAD IT TO DRINK EVERY NIGHT.         THIS PLAQUE BELONGS TO CAPTAIN JIMMY STEVENSON, AIRBORNE, RANGER, RESIGNED.  JIMMY STEVENSON IS MEDICATING WITH LITHIUM AND ZYPREXA UNDER THE ADVICE OF A MEDICAL DOCTOR.  I AM SELLING OFF HIS POSSESSIONS IN AN EFFORT TO KEEP HIM FROM BECOMING HOMELESS. THANK YOU FOR LOOKING.     Place a Bid!