Forum for general discussion by collectors of combat gear such as helmets, hats, uniforms, boots, patches, canteens, web gear, grenades, etc.
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Hey all! New here. I just ran across the pictured item and can not for the life of me figure out what it is. Any help or ideas would be so greatly...
I have a Lyman Alaskan All-Weather 2 1/2 X scope with a serial number 29XXX. It has a fine cross hair w/ dot recticle and has caps on the 2...
$20.00 Flea/antiques shop..Looks WW1
Picked up this GSW manufactured Brodie today. MkI, 1941 dated. Liner is dated 1951. I believe this was used after the war by the Dutch. I understand...
Looking on the internet for Swiss rucksacks and can't get a handle on which one is really Swiss and which would be the proper one for the WWI-WWII...
Hello all. I am once again casting out the net to see what comes back. I need help identifying something I have. Well, I know WHAT it is but I was...
This helmet has sat on my coffee table for the last year and I'm not exactly sure what it is. I think it's some kind of M1, but I really don't have...
Harlan, today I picked up a GI steel helmet with liner, web netting like I used to see on WWII helmets over the steel pot, lining has para chin...
I don't know much about web gear, so need some help on this sling. I "eyeballed" it a gun show and it looked to be for an '03 or a Garand, but...
Do not see many 45s, nice set of 7x50s
I'm curious if anyone might know the colour code/paint code for the colour of green used on the Canadian Forces G-Wagon's. Was this paint made by...
Hello, I walked into the local gunshp today and they had a USGI rifle case they thought I might like (because Im about the only military collector...
This should not be difficult to identify these tools and the weapon that they were used with - they are the same tool only made at a different period
what is this part and what does it fit ?
A friend, knowing how much I'm into British military history, gave me a medal today that he said 'looked like it might be British.' Well, it's a...
Saw a web site recently that had parts for repairing the snaps on ammo belts and other gear but I cannot find it again. Does anyonyone have a link...
I am looking for an identity for the below metal so I turned to the experts here for some help. Does anyone know what it is? Thanks in advance.
I have this Camouflage Shirt that may have been a part of a Navy Seal Team Uniform, I am thinking 70's but really have no idea. Regarding the name...
I found a brodie helmet at an antique shop, its been painted black (going over several peace signs in black sharpie). I have never seen one with a...
Never being sure which way the wind is blowing on any given day I have a question. Is it legal to import a Vietnam era helmet into Canada and is it...
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