Sentinels of Liberty 1942 membership card... a new find!17937
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BuffJake09 private msg quote post Address this user | |
| Hi all, As many other on here have probably known seeing from my other posts, I had spent years (a decade to be exact) trying to hunt down a Sentinels of Liberty club badge before acquiring one summer of last year. I'm ecstatic to share here that I've recently added an original membership card now as well! I came across the membership card not long ago and knowing how scarcely they come to market, made a big push for it and went all in. I feel that I made out alright on it but am not 100% sure. Nonetheless, I wanted to share it with others upon its discovery and acquisition! The card is of the second type of design which was most likely produced in 1942 following the departure of Simon and Kirby from the series as it features a completely redrawn image of Captain America with a slightly tweaked layout. The card here is numbered #72799 and was signed by Joe Sanderlin Jr. in pencil. After doing some more digging, I was abler to find a Joe Sanderlin Jr. on the 1940 census who lis recorded as having been born in 1931 in Arkansas and being 9 years old. Therefore, we know that he would have been 10 or 11 when sending away for his membership in 1942. This age would also have fit squarely within the target demographic of Timely. Unfortunately when looking into Joe, I came across an obituary for a man named Joseph Garrett Sanderlin Jr. who passed away at the age of 90 in Virginia earlier this year. Virginia also happens to be the location that the membership card came out of upon my purchase of it. Therefore, I think we can safely assume that Joe Sanderlin Jr, of both Arkansas and Virginia and who signed the card are all one in the same. Knowing that he passed is saddening and probably explains why his card has just now become known and was probably put up for sale. However, Mr. Sanderlin's card also carries a bit of inspiration as well as he most likely held onto it after all these decades since becoming a member in 1942. In fact the extensive wear makes the card seem as if it indeed spent a lifetime in a wallet or billfold. Who knows... after all these years Mr. Sanderlin may still have been inspired by Cap? Pretty neat when you think about it and at the very least, he was an original fan. I did have some questions however as there are a few differences with my card which I haven't seen before. First, there appears to be a small rectangle shaped indentation on the bottom right portion of the card's front as well as on the bottom left of the card's reverse. It almost looks like it was held on something at one point, perhaps a wallet or money clip but I'm not sure? Also, the word "FORTY" as well as a "dot" are printed in red italicized lettering above Mr. Sanderlin's signature which again, is something I haden't seen before? Regardless, the card is an incredible piece of history and even more amazing when you consider that it is a paper medium that survived all these years, the addition of which now completes my trifecta along with my original badge and recruiting ad from Cap #5! I hope you enjoy!    |
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tonnage71 private msg quote post Address this user | |
Very cool! Thanks for sharing…  |
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| FANTASTIC! | ||
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Cool!  |
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 Where's his Bat-package?
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Byrdibyrd private msg quote post Address this user | |
I am in awe!! That is so cool!  |
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| That's really neat, @BuffJake09. Thanks for sharing. | ||
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 I hear their hourly rate is outrageous!
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| That is amazing!!! Congratulations on your purchase. |
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 I don't believe this....and I know you don't care that I don't believe this.
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Very very cool!!  |
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| What an amazing find!! | ||
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CatmanAmerica private msg quote post Address this user | |
Super kewl, Jake. And that "FORTY" is an enigma. You can see a faint impression on the front too.  |
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| Thanks for all the kind words, glad to know that others find the membership card to be interesting and exciting as well. After reaching out to the seller who was very kind, I found out that the card was purchased through a recent estate sale and was found buried in a box of ephemera along with post cards, roadmaps, theatre tickets and so on. The seller had purchased the box because of an interest in a baseball ticket that was within and this was essentially an extra item that I can only assume they had no desire for, hence its sale. They also informed me that the estate sale was indeed in Virgina as well, so my hunch was correct. |
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BuffJake09 private msg quote post Address this user | |
Quote:Originally Posted by CatmanAmerica Hadn’t noticed it on the front till you pointed it out, thank you! I wonder what it means and why it’s there? |
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| Amazing find! Congratulations! | ||
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| @BuffJake09 awesome find. I cant even fathom your excitement. It's always a good feeling when you find that one thing where you felt like it was a ghost. | ||
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| @BuffJake09 Amazing find and I'm glad your search bore fruit! We need this club to be reformed. I'd carry one of those in a NY Minute.  |
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| That's so very cool. Congrats! | ||
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BuffJake09 private msg quote post Address this user | |
Quote:Originally Posted by dfoster43 I agree 100%. To me, the custodians of the badge portion of the kit still carry the Sentinels of Liberty club and the core virtues of Captain America into to the modern age. Unlike the membership card which is already tied to an individual and spoken for once signed, the badges by themselves are different. I only have one badge and even though the condition is lacking, I very much consider it to be MY badge and as a big fan of Cap and someone who often related to skinny Steve Rogers as a kid, I feel as the current keeper of the badge, it represents my very own membership as a part of something pretty darn cool and historic in the Sentinels of Liberty. In this way, even as we discuss it eighty years later, it still endures. |
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Where's his Bat-package?
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I'd be over the moon to have my own card and be a member of the Sentinels of Liberty.  |
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BuffJake09 private msg quote post Address this user | |
Quote:Originally Posted by Byrdibyrd For sure! Perhaps somewhere, Marvel has the records of the memberships including the total number that were issued as well as the last number before the cutoff buried somewhere. It probably wouldn’t take much to resurrect and I feel it would be quite popular! |
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Byrdibyrd private msg quote post Address this user | |
Quote:Originally Posted by BuffJake09 That would be so cool. I would join in a heartbeat. Maybe they'd be interested in resurrecting something like that if it tied in with an MCU release. |
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esaravo private msg quote post Address this user | |
| That would have been a great promotion to run when they released Captain America the First Avenger! Or maybe they could have included them in the DVDs. | ||
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Byrdibyrd private msg quote post Address this user | |
Quote:Originally Posted by esaravo I'd be buying myself another DVD, then.  |
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BuffJake09 private msg quote post Address this user | |
Quote:Originally Posted by esaravo That’s a great idea. They could even do it to promote Sam Wilson as the new Captain America when the 4th film comes out. It would probably aid in getting a new demographic of younger fans interested at the very least and kind of bridge the original era with the new with a common shared theme in the Sentinels of Liberty. |
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Here’s a quick update with the complete set, minus the mailing envelope but with the original ad from Cap #5 urging young Americans to join the club! |
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