I don't know if active duty units still have what we used to call the "Cup and Flower Fund" run by the S1. Every officer was docked about $10 - $15 per month in "dues" and the fund bought preapproved gifts under defined situations:
Baby = Silver Plated Cup, engraved with the baby's name.
Death in the immediate family = A wreath of flowers from the Battalion.
Hence the name "Cup and Flower Fund."
PCS = A Bowie knife like the one shown. It comes with a belt sheath that hangs down to about my knees, and a wooden display plaque for hanging in the den. Mine hangs in my office. To be blunt, it's physically unremarkable and you could buy one a a pawn shop for about $25.00.
Looks something like this:
I got a 3rd Group GB statue and later a 6th Group GB statue out of the fund in late 67 and again in late 69 or early 70. I think those statues ended before 75? I did not pay into the fund. I think it was just the married officers who paid in.
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