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Jsalgado Valued Member Portugal 179 Posts	Posted 01/03/2008 11:58 am I have this vending token (?) obverse airplain reverse A O M 5 c LAJES brass 24 mm LAJES is a place in Azores Islands - Terceira Report this Post to the Staff

Amazon99 Pillar of the Community United States 2443 Posts	Posted 01/03/2008 8:02 pm Maybe has something to do with this? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lajes_Field Would make scenes because it has a plane on it. Edited by Amazon99 01/03/2008 8:03 pm Report this Post to the Staff
chrisild Pillar of the Community Germany 1238 Posts	Posted 01/06/2008 11:33 am AOM could be short for "Aircraft Operations Maintenance" then. By the way, might the side with the plane be upside down? Christian Report this Post to the Staff
Sap Moderator Australia 16808 Posts	Posted 01/07/2008 03:40 am It appears to be in the style of American military canteen tokens of the 1960's and 1970's. I've posted a couple of my Vietnam military tokens here before, and they look similar. I can't find the old thread, but the pics are still in my downloads: I believe "O.M." in these instances is normally short for "Officer's Mess", with "A" presumably "Air" or "Airmen". Lahej is a base used by US personnel, so this seems the most obvious choice. Don't say "infinitely" when you mean "very"; otherwise, you'll have no word left when you want to talk about something really infinite. - C. S. Lewis Report this Post to the Staff
Jsalgado Valued Member Portugal 179 Posts	Posted 01/23/2008 11:19 am Sap I agree with you. Could be " Airforce Officer's Mess "? JSalgado Edited by Jsalgado 01/23/2008 11:21 am Report this Post to the Staff
SeatedNut Pillar of the Community United States 2797 Posts	Posted 01/23/2008 12:58 pm jsalgado, I would offer A.O.M. refers to "Airman's Open Mess" ... what we old Air Force relics call the "chow hall". The "EM" on Saps tokens refers to "Enlisted Mess". The Officers Mess and Enlisted Mess were "clubs". The AOM was strictly for eating. Report this Post to the Staff
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