The plate is indeed chipped and would require professional repair. If it were mint it would bring 4-5000.00 as a reasonable number possibly higher with a motivated buyer.

But it has been offered to several dealers but seller is from what I understand difficult and wants payment upfront and will not allow inspection prior to payment and not a regular collector or dealer with a legitimate track record. So its probably worth 18-2200.00 and needs professional repair taking the investment to about 3k. Not bad but would want the piece in hand before I made payment. These were presentations but most were never presented and obtained though over stock at wars end by U.S vets. Kris L actually contacted me to see if I was interested but fell back from the deal based on the damage and stated others had been contacted.