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Hope this is the correct place but i was wondering if anyone can id this camo hat. Hope it not from Walmart. Thanks
I've had this set that I use as a summertime fanny pack for around 40 years and I'm curious as to what it was originally for. I assembled this from...
I was bouncing around different swap meets and found a WW2 M1 Carbine Leather Scabbard that looks to be original. The aging alone looks to me WW2....
What colour would the RAF Sam Brown leather belt, holster etc be in 1918?
I tried to post this message before but it didn't post. I found these gloves at an estate sale and thought they were probably old military gloves of...
Last night I dreamed that I restored my father's old axe. I dreamt that I wanted to keep the old axe handle so I put it in a planer and took off a...
Hi,i got this canteen and i would like to know the name of this maker A-G-S thank you
Well, I got given an estate MkIII compass made by the Canadian Kodak Company in 1942 and it was in pretty sorry shape. I sent it off to Paul Crespel...
An item that has recently resurfaced and which I inherited from my father is this barbed wire picket. I don't know where it came from but it has been...
Found this while de-junking my house. It is a 32 inch belt, where do you find 32 inch soldiers ? The upper edge has two sewn in d-rings for use as a...
I seem to be good at finding these and the odd thing is, this is the same flea market I rarely go to where I found the last two shovels. This one...
Guy I got the Bubba Spanish Mauser also had helmets at his house so I went to ID them for him. At the time I was of the opinion he had two Iraq...
Hi guys, I'd appreciate any info./help that can be given in confirming the identity & age of an ammo tin that I recently acquired. I believe it's...
Thought I would show some of my larger pieces of ordnance that have found their way to a good home. Picked the Centurian 20Pdr shell case @5 years...
Found this in my LAS 2 years ago just as COVID ramped up. It was still there when they reopened this year and although it is not part of my...
I saw a pic at an online auction and threw in a bid. The picture didn't have scale but it looked like 2 small artillery shell casing (37mm or...
Found one of these on eBay last night. Buy it now so I did after some very limited research. They apparently are somewhat rare and having never...
Hi. In the 90s I used to have a jacket that was a little older than that (i think) and I never saw again. Perhaps you can help ID it. It was an...
I learned a lot today. Yesterday I picked up an Eisenhower jacket at an antique shop. Debated on it for quite a while. Price wasn't bad at $48...
Couldn't believe my luck today. Found a canteen and cover for $10 at a flea market today. Figured it was a post war Japanese kit but turns out it...
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