ORIENTAL SILVER and OTHER METAL VASE MIXED METALS US MILITARY KOREAN WAR Start Price USD 799.00 Current Price USD 799.00 Time Left 14 days 21 hours 9 minutes Bid Count 0 Buy It Now Price - Reserve Price - Start Time Friday, September 19, 2008 End Time Thursday, December 18, 2008 Location NJ See more about 'ORIENTAL SILVER and OTHER METAL VASE MIXED METALS' Description NO PAY PAL from INTERNATIONAL CUSTOMERS. Only form of payment for outside of US sales is bank wire transfer, or contact us.  SHIPPING - $25 IN USA - PLEASE NOTE - THIS IS AN ACTUAL UPS SHIPPING COST (ESTIMATE) WITH FULL INSURANCE AND SIGNATURE DELIVERY CONFIRMATION (REQUIRED BY PAY PAL).  I DON'T MAKE MONEY OF SHIPPING - ABSOLUTELY NO "HANDLING FEES"!.NO RESERVE.    Oriental silver  with other metals  flower vase, probably Korean, circa mid of 20th century. Wonderful hand engraved decoration with applied copper and brass butterflies on front.About 11 3/4 in. tall,  weighs is about  18+ troy oz - 575 gram EXCELLENT ORIGINAL CONDITION WITH MINIMUM AMOUNT OF NORMAL WEAR, MAY BE A COUPLE UNNOTICEABLE DENTS, SOME LIGHT NORMAL SCRATCHES. NO REPAIRS.Vase is very difficult to photograph - all dark spots you are seeing in the pictures is just a reflection and light tarnishing.  MARKED UNDER THE BASE - MARK IS UNREADABLE. GUARANTEED SOLID SILVER - 900/1000  (OR HIGHER) SILVER STANDARD. HAND ENGRAVING ON THE BACK READS: GEN. L. L. LEMNITZER   and   LET.GEN. PAIK IN YUP.GENERAL LEMNITZER:Born at Honesdale, Pennsylvania, August 29, 1899, he graduated from West Point in 1920 and was commissioned in the Coast Artillery. After graduating from the Coast Artillery School in 1921, he served in Rhode Island and the Philippines. He was an instructor at West Point, 1926-30, and after a second tour in the Philippines, 1934-35. After graduation from the Command and General Staff School in 1936, he was an instructor at the Coast Artillery School until 1939. In 1940, on graduating from the Army War College, he was assigned to staff duty with Coast Artillery units in the South. In May 1941, by then a Colonel, he joined the General Staff in Washington, serving in the War Plans Division and on the Army Ground Forces Staff. In June 1942, he was promoted to Brigadier General in command of the 34th Anti-Aircraft Brigade, but soon received appointment as Assistant Chief of Staff of the Allied Forces Headquarters, under General Dwight D. Eisenhower, in London. After aiding in the planning of the North African invasion, he resumed command of the 34th in February 1943 and led it in the opening phases of General George Patton's Sicilian Campaign. In late June 1943, he became Deputy Chief of Staff of the Allied 15th Army Group (U.S. 7th, British 8th) under General Sir Harold R.L.G. Alexander. He was promoted to Major General in November 1944 and remained with Alexander when the latter became Field Marshal, Supreme Allied Commander, Mediterranean Theater, in December 1944. From November 1945-August 1947, he was the Army Member of the Strategic Survey Committee of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, and then Deputy Commandant of the National War College until October 1949.  After a year as Director of the Office of Military Assistance in the Department of Defense, he underwent parachute training - at the age of 51 - and was given command of the 11th Airborne Division, Fort Campbell, Kentucky. In November 1951, he was ordered to Korea to command the 7th Infantry Division. He was promoted to Lieutenant General in August 1952 and was named Deputy Chief of Staff of the Army for Plans and Research. In March 1955 he was appointed Commander of U.S. Army Forces in the Far East and of the 8th Army, with the rank of General, and in June became Commander of the Far East Command and of the United Nations Command and Governor of Ryuku Island. In July 1957, he succeeded General  Maxwell D. Taylor as Chief of Staff of the Army. He held that post through September 1960 when he was appointed Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. In November 1962, he became Commander of U.S. Forces in Europe, and in January 1963 succeeded to the post of Supreme Allied Commander, Europe. He retired from the Army in July 1969. In 1975 he was appointed by President Gerald Ford to a blue-ribbon panel to investigate domestic activities of the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA). He was greatly respected as a strategist, one of the most durable soldiers of his time, his powers in no degree were diminished even in advanced age. He died on November 12, 1988 and was buried in Section 30 of Arlington National Cemetery.GENERAL PAIK IN YUP:Paik Sun Yup served as Republic of Korea (ROK) Army Division and Corps Commander and Army Chief of Staff during the Korean War. Born in the small town of Kangseo, approximately 17 miles west of Pyongyang, North Korea, Paik finished his studies at Pyongyang Normal School, graduated from Manchuria’s Mukden Military Academy in 1941, and was commissioned a Second Lieutenant in the Manchurian Army. At the end of World War II, Paik recognized the influence the communists were gaining in China and northern Korea and in December 1945 fled south. He was commissioned a First Lieutenant in the South Korean Constabulary; what would later become the ROK Army. When the Korean War began on June 25, 1950, then Colonel Paik commanded the ROK 1st Infantry Division. He was 29 years old. Throughout the war, Paik would distinguish himself as a courageous and competent leader, and his 1st Infantry division would become known as one of the most effective combat units in the war. An example of General Paik’s courage was evident during the battle at Tabudong, also known as the “Bowling Alley”. In August 1950, the ROK 1st Division was ordered to defend the ridgelines along the road leading into the village of Tabudong. Colonel John Michaelis’ 27th Infantry Regiment was assigned to reinforce Paik’s 1st Division, and established positions along the road. A battalion from General Paik’s 11th Infantry Regiment lost its position on the ridgeline to the attacking North Korean Army, exposing Colonel Michaelis’ left flank. Concerned that he would be cut off and enveloped, Colonel Michaelis called Eighth Army Headquarters for support, and then informed General Paik that he was withdrawing. General Paik convinced Colonel Mihaelis to hold on until he could assess the problem. Arriving at the front, Paik stopped the retreating ROK soldiers and inspired them to counterattack and retake the ridge. He told his troops, “We are going to turn around and kick the enemy off our ridge, and I shall be at the front. If I turn back, shoot me.” Leading his soldiers in the assault, General Paik and the ROK battalion were able to retake the ridge. Later, Colonel Mihaelis met General Paik and said, “Sorry about that call to Eighth Army General. When I saw the division commander himself leading the attack, I knew the ROK Army was God's own force.” Upon the outbreak from the Pusan Perimeter, operating under the U.S. I Corps, General Paik led the ROK 1st Division’s successful drive north and was first to enter Pyongyang on October 19, 1950. In April 1951, after ten months of commanding the ROK 1st Infantry in combat, Paik was promoted to Major General and placed in command of the ROK I Corps. Having fought side by side with the U.S. 1st Cavalry Division, General Paik brought with him badly needed experience in coordinating combined arms combat. The corps, comprised of the 11th Infantry Division and Capital Division, lacked sufficient artillery and its only corps asset was an Engineer Field Group. General Paik was then selected to represent the ROK military at the Kaesong Truce Talks in July 1951. But his leadership and experience at the front were badly missed, and he was returned to his I Corps in September. In November 1951, General Van Fleet ordered the Task Force Paik to mount a campaign against guerilla activity in the Chiri mountains of southwestern South Korea. The guerillas were conducting well-coordinated raids on rail lines and rear echelon installations. The ROK I Corps, later named Task Force Paik, began its campaign, dubbed Operation RAT KILLER, in December. When the operation finished in March 1952, Task Force Paik had captured or killed an estimated 25,000 guerillas. General Paik was promoted to Lieutenant General in January 1952, and informed that he would command the new ROK II Corps. Task Force Paik Headquarters formed the nucleus around which the new corps would be built. Unlike his I Corps, this new corps would have a battalion of organic artillery, quartermaster and engineer assets, as well as its complement of infantry divisions. On April 5, 1952, President Rhee hosted a ceremony commemorating the official creation of ROK II Corps. On July 23 1952, three and a half months after taking command of the II Corps, General Paik was appointed ROK Army Chief of Staff; the highest position in the ROK Army. He was thirty-two years old. When General Paik assumed his position of Army Chief of Staff, the ROK Army had ten divisions. By the end of 1953, General Paik would see his Army grow to twenty divisions. On January 31, 1953, General Paik Sun Yup was promoted to full general and became Korea's first officer to attain four-star rank. General Paik would later command the First Field Army, serve a second appointment as Army Chief of Staff, and finally serve the remainder of his career as Chairman for the ROK Joint Chiefs of Staff. He retired from military service in 1960 and began a second career as a diplomat, serving as ambassador to Taiwan, France, Canada, and a multitude of postings in Europe and Africa. He retired from diplomatic service in 1969 and served as Minister of Transportation until 1971. General Paik remains a legend in Korea. In 1999 he and his wife of forty-eight years still live in Seoul.I DON'T HAVE ANY PROVENANCE OF THIS PIECE AND I DON'T KNOW ANY HISTORY.  I GOT IT FROM AN ANTIQUE SHOW SOME TIME AGO. GUARANTEED 100% ORIGINAL. Payment must be made within 3 days after the end of the auction, checks must clear before shipping. ALL ITEMS ARE GUARANTEED AS DESCRIBED. 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