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I have two, both in horrible condition, both size 58, leather straps, dark brown leather liners. One has Crown over AT mark on strap holder which confirms it is WWII vintage. The other is in about...

That's one reason I try to stick to flats with my autograph collecting. I started collecting them before I got serious with the military stuff. But even then, I was conscious about space. Cost was...

I had to go dig up my MK IV. I had been told it was WWII when I bought it years ago and never made a serious effort to find out. It's a 1952. Both the liner and the helmet should be marked, and...

The Finns marked everything they used SA so this isn't Finn used. Some may have been if these are early. The Finns inherited all this stuff as they were part of Russia up till the revolution.

I've seen some call the oilers Russian, possibly Soviet so they are assuming the same thing. I don't think any of my Soviet oilers have stars on them. My books weren't real helpful Early ones were...

Not sure what this is and it might not be military but it looks U.S. due to the hanger. No markings that I can find. It is very similar to a S&W Victory model holster I found and these were not...

I'm going to have to go to this one more often. I found a lot of military items but not a lot I wanted to buy. Prices were very good, and I had a hard time passing some items up but I already had...

Heading out this morning to a flea market I haven't been to in three years. Not sure what to expect. Weather doesn't look promising but this one has only been open for two weeks this season.

First big yard sale day of the year and ended up filling up the car, a lot of it military but nothing super exciting. A guy I bought two large storage crates off of last year was out again and had...

This isn't new, I have a lot of autographs. Been collecting them for almost 35 years. My first was OJ McDuffie, Penn State player who was drafted by the Miami Dolphins, my college and NFL teams so...

There's this Reuzit shop I go too often multiple times a week to buy military books. I've posted a few of them here on occasion. I stopped in yesterday and military books were slim pickings, but I...

Is the DND embroidered? It's "painted" on the two I have. They don't appear itchy either, but I haven't tried putting one over me, just handling them. Says they were treated with something to keep...

They seem very nice, a lot nicer than the green wool ones we were issued. Neither are better than the Polish blankets. They gave them to us when we went to Desert Storm. Brought mine back. And...

Yes, various shades of grey with a black stripe. They do seem pretty common as everyone is selling them or sold them, most seem to be sold out. Very nice, brand new.

Could DND be Department of...

Nearby surplus store got a bunch of unissued Canadian Civil Defense wool blankets in that I had to check out. EHS Emergency Health Services and DND which I’m not having much luck finding. One place...

Spotted this worn little mess kit today and almost kept walking. But something made me go back and check it out. WWI mess kit no date and the price too much for one in this condition so I did walk...

As I tend to be crazy when it comes to correct setups, it's looking like I'll need two extra magazines. Not for this one but I do still want a French issued one, plus the holster which is odd in...

That's good to know but the prices on all of them are ridiculous.

I thought they looked like Japanese POW's but kind of hard to tell for sure.

He actually isn't a sailor; he was a Coast Guardsman. I wouldn't have known the difference if I hadn't looked him up.

Heinz is from Pennsylvania. The heir John was a US congressman and then Senator representing PA for many years in our federal government. He was a conservative Republican and very popular. He was...

A friend of mine told me he had one when I showed him pictures of this one. He sent me photos and serial number. It's a first series 2000's serial number, likely first year of production. I told...

Could be for relish or pickles also but it's odd that it's square. Even early 1900's Heinz bottles are 8 sided. May be older than you think. I was at the Heinz museum in 2021 and took some photos....

Other than being chipped here and there, the paint doesn't look bad. I just need to figure out if it's supposed to be there or not. I suspect the ROTC program stopped using swords long before the...

Picked up this Ohio State University ROTC sword at an antique shop Sunday. The 5-digit number is the same I've seen on another OSU sword so not sure what it is. No sword image I've found so far has...