a friend of mine has a Mite he loves it. parts can e a bear.
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a friend of mine has a Mite he loves it. parts can e a bear.
he may have just not put one on. or he stayed in the rear with the gear.
I have bought 2 CMP rifles 1 was a rack grade and it was WW II I di dhav eto replace the stock as it had a Greek replacement stock that was odd sized. the second was a service grade and it was 53...
Alot of guys that served at the end of WW II and got out were drafted again for Korea. that is probally the reason he has WW II and Korean service ribbons. the hash marks on the sleve mark years...
WOW That beats me to all end!! I am sure it is not US and I am thinking Brit. I am also thinking it is not a issue item but for personal use. but that is only guessing.
a friend of mine has one of these and he has the WW II german markings and some hebrew marks on the top of the barrell.
It is a radio bag. I believe it is for the GRA39 a remote radio system that is 2 peice.
I collect and have found that smaller Museums are most appreciative if this type of stuff. Mabye one attached to a VFW or so. The larger ones have alot more dinations comming in and unless it is...
alot of rules were not enforced alot during combat in WW II. It is not like being in Garrision. If you look you can see his PFC stripe on his left sleve. as afr as the "invention" leave a bored GI to...
This is my SP1 it is a new lower but the rest is USGI.
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I say "Semper Fi" to Marines and they appreciate it My Uncle fought on Okinawa and Iwo in WW II
Once you pull the pin Mr grenade is not your friend anymore!
a line from a US Army training manual
I have a WW II Diamond Calk Pick/mattock in my collection.
fine helmet collection. I seem to have gotten into collecting helmets and canteens. I have a fair amount of WW II My Vietnam era helmet I wore in Panama and a few of the newer ones. I intermixed some...
I would love to see them sometime I live down the street in Titusville.
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Most rear seams are very late war after D Day. the lack of wear patterns makes me wonder if it was issued, worn arelund the base but not in the field and then put up in a barn and forgotten. I think...
I don't have a ton of patches but I was thinking of starting a patch blanket using a GI wool blanket. they did that some in WW II.
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that was only for the first half of the auction. the 2nd half is yet to come.
I have a couple with broken parts also.
Sorry been off line for a bit. I put my money down on the AO 1911 should have it soom. It is on a lay away program righ now. I did have hands on it and it looked great and felt good. I do need to...
I should have hands on a AO 1911 This weekend it is stamped as being made in Md so tha tis a good thing. will report next week.
the Air Force is smart they send their officers out to fight and they don't us M-16s. They have a slightly larger caliber found. BTW I was Army.
Lackland was the giveaway for the Air Force.
clear as mud. now I am properly educated! Thanks guys.
I have settled on the AO 1911. A friend has one he want 450 for it. he has shot maybe 2 mags through it. The big question is how do you tell it is one of the new AO's that is machined and not one...
I have gleaned alot of good info from this post and thank everyon but don't stop.