Presentation Box From President Marcos of the Philippines- General Lawson Archive – SOLD

Description

Presentation Box From President Marcos of the Philippines- General Lawson Archive.

The box is made of thin panels of wood, painted black with bone or shell decorative inlays on the top and sides of the box. The brass presentation plaque reads, “Presented By / President & Mrs. Ferdinand E. Marcos / Republic of the Philippines.” The box measures 9 inches square x 2 5 inches high. The most convenient time for then Brigadier/MG Lawson to have received this was a the Presidential military aide to either President Richard Nixon, or Gerald Ford.  The gift box is not up to the high quality souvenirs given out to dignitaries, but to lower echelon personnel.

The box was used by General Lawson as a ditty box of misc, and a good number of these items were present when I purchased it. I added some insignia, etc. from the archive to round-out the lot.  I included a few photos of the general from different periods of his career.

Contents are:

• Vietnam 100 Mission B- 52D Patch. Embroidery on cotton. 3.5 inches.
• 3 Air Force patches, SAC Combat Competition 1963, SAC patch in center. Embroidery on cotton, 5 inches; Strategic Air Command Post / 4 ACCS, fully embroidered, 5 1/4 inches high;  28th Bombardment Wing (H), fully embroidered, 4.5 inches high.
• Unopened pack of 4 star collar rank. dated 1981.
• Unopened pack of 4 star embroidered shirt slip-on tabs,
• 3 single general stars on card, Vanguard clutchbacks. Shirt size.
• 1 generals star, clutch back, regular size.
• Captain, major and lt colonel rank pairs.
• Missile Maintenance badge, Meyer, 1 7/8″
• 3 star tie clip
• Air Force pilot wings, clutch back, VANGUARD N.Y., 3″
• Air Force senior pilot wings, clutch back, clutches broken off, no hallmark. 3 “
• Bullion dress shirt size wings, unopened pack. Dover Army Navy Store.
• SHAPE / Allied Command Europe, “Reenlist / “Make It Happen,” and on the back phone numbers for SHAPE, HQ COMD, AND AFCENT.. KEY FOB.
• Unopened pack – Air Force Retired Personnel lapel pin.
• Small photo of Lawson as a captain, and a Paul Revere Lodge membership card.

Also included are two images – 8x10s of Lt. Col and Lt. General Lawson.

General Richard L. Lawson , USAF – Born in Fairfield, Iowa in 1929.  He attended the University of Iowa and graduated from Parsons College in 1951.  While at Parson’s College, General Lawson enlisted in the Iowa National Guard and later called to active duty with the 133rd Infantry Regt. as sergeant major at Fort Riley, Kansas.  He was commissioned a 2nd Lt. in Nov. of 1951, and was then assigned to the 133rd Aircraft Control and Warning Squadron.