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The frog shown is sold on various websites (including EBay) as a "Lee Enfield" or "No 4/9 bayonet frog". Is this indeed of UK origin?
Simple question for you guys, I think I know what this is, but some of you wore it so it'll be an easy answer. This webbing needs a positive ID and...
Looking for some background information. Found in Northen Ontario. Looks to be from 1943.
Here is another pouch I'm unable to identify. From the shape it appears to have held a tubular object. "148787" is written on the front. On the...
I have several pouches that I got at a garage a few months back and have googled till my fingers have bled with no luck identifying them. Can anyone...
I've run across some field gear that I'm told is Czech, would anyone know if that's true, and how do I put this <censored> together (I think I'm...
Need help identifying this light. If anyone has any insight, it would be appreciated.
Hey everyone. I came into these uniforms from different sources a little while back but I have a bit of a debate as to which could be more historic...
The attached Marine Corps Equipment Board minutes for June 25, 1940 may be of interest in general and to Marine Corps collectors in particular. The...
Picked this up cheaply in a rummage pile at the War & Peace Show: It measures approx W15cm, H10cm and D5cm. I assume it's for carrying...
Just picked up a Vietnam era frag. jacket DSA 100-69-C-1785 O.D. 3/4 collar in excellent condition. What would be a good asking price? Thanks.
The WW1 period shovel covers can be difficult to locate and the later cover had the belt hooks set at an angle The MD marking on the USS WYO cover...
Gentlemen: I have a question that I hope you can answer or at least steer me in the right direction. Years ago I purchased a bandolier to go with...
Good afternoon war heroes, I have come across a British brodie helmet at an antique store. Im trying to identify which version it is. I know that...
Old metal trunk I have had it for years looking for any history on it, or the unit or the owner it says , MAJ. A.H. RODGERS
hi there. a friend of mines father passed away and he had this ammo can (powder can?). i've been attempting to find any information about it i can...
Call me Bubba the seamstress. I had a minty Canadian ZL&T holster with a tear in the flap. So I unstitched it, recut it to resemble a tanker...
Just picked up a WWII Independent Awnings 1945 belt worn medical pouch, empty but in good condition and a 1945 George S. Rumley canvas M1 carbine...
I have had this Army Air Force leather flying helmet for nearly 20 years. It was given to me by a client at a time when I drove a Lotus Super 7....
Since I was a kid I've always wanted a real WWII era P.38 and I recently realized that my 1977 Walther P1 retired German police gun just wasn't...
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