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The Cable has certainly had at least two wartime owners and therefore may have been formally re-issued or just passed from one serviceman to an other. Fortunately it has not been re-painted in a USAAF depot!
With the painting on the left and over the previous name tags, it sure brings up some questions.
Making it through two full auctions at a reasonable price also makes it somewhat if a hot potato.
This is a good time of year for those looking for originals.
Dave