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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Always had a bit of a soft spot for the CBI because it nearly gets ignored by almost everyone. Picked this up at an antique shop last week and have...
I picked these up the other day cheap. Doesn't seem to be any way to date them other than pre 1941 and post 1941. These two are both post 1941 as...
Most of this I acquired over the last week. Two items I've had for a while, the Utility Pouch and the Holster. I have two others but don't have...
Found this at an antique shop today. No idea what it is but appears to be something associated with the US Army as that's its crest. The L and the...
Is this real or a commercial reproduction? I bought this at a small gun show back in January and am just getting around to it. No markings at all...
Any ideas what this is? Looks like some sort of cavalry holster. US style wire hanger but not US marked that I can see. Coming up empty on...
This is something you don't really see every day. So I thought I would share it. In Mid-December 2022, a local message board had an announcement...
Did a full day of antiquing today. Did a roughly 100 mile round route. Not much luck until the last stop. Spotted a canteen, looked at the price...
I wanted to get collar disks to go with my WWI tunic so I did my usual eBay scanning and picked up these and a US disk in a separate auction. These...
So i purchased this at auction not being sure of the origin country or really much of anything. We were leaning towards Belgian but were...
This is my Christmas Present. My wife is getting pretty good at this. This is not what I went to the auction for but after all the rifles fell...
Here's a head-scratcher. I acquired this brown leather ammo pouch and I can't figure out the country of origin. There is a name, presumably a...
Box lot of three helmets, two A-9's and picked up at auction for a good bit less than one sells for on the WWW. Don't really know anything about...
I bought three flight helmets at an auction today. The first two are easy, A-9 USAAF summer helmets made of canvas with sheepskin ear pieces on the...
I find some bizarre stuff while searching ebay. I don't even remember why this came up. It was rough but cheap but they didn't know what it was so...
Went to a large indoor yard sale today and was just looking at this guys stuff and he made me an offer I couldn't refuse. Buy it all for $40. ...
Does anyone have the military and/or civilian instruction manuals for this spotting scope that they could post or email to me? Swift MKII...
I discovered my little town has a second gun shop on Monday. Today I stopped in figuring due to the decor that they wouldn't have anything I would...
Hi just trying to identify the small patch with the map of Africa, I know the Chindits badge and I believe it to be an original, but I do know...
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