Yard Sales, Flea Markets and Antique Shops 2025

[Aragorn243]

One more time.

I have the actual helmet, there is no leg on the "L". I even looked again, just to be sure. The photo is very clear and very large, it shows no leg on any computer because there is none.

The 8 is a smeared 6 as an 8 is impossible as the M51 was last made in 1976.

Germany never used or produced the M1 or M51 style helmets. It is thus not Mossel but Mossei which is in France.

Why are you still pointlessly arguing this?

“When you have eliminated all which is impossible, then whatever remains, however improbable, must be the truth.” The ONLY thing which is improbable in this case is the "6" which looks like an "8". Everything else makes the "8" impossible.

[42rocker]

As a coin dealer of over 37 years and collector way before that I will state that it is a "6" without a question. I've looked over too many coins with well-worn dates. If the left side does not have a step in, then it Can't be an "8". Look at the typed numbers in this thread/post. 6 straight left side, 8 has a step in on the left side. Believe what you want too.

That said, Enjoy Life!!

Thanks for this thread.

Later 42rocker

[Aragorn243]

Older stuff for the most part today.

First item is a blank round for a Spencer rifle. These seem to be pretty common, but I didn't have one. Unmarked and unfired. Most likely produced after the Civil War in 1870 so would be "Indian War" period.







Next a dug fragment of a shrapnel shell. No idea of what type. Said to be Civil War.





And finally, what appears to be a Civil War type sling, most likely an older reproduction due to the condition. No marks that I can find.







And a more modern toy Solido XM706 Commando that looks mint, no box however. Not sure how accurate it is, could be a 50 cal but kind of looks like a cannon. I never knew we had these. Vietnam, 1963 to 2000 production (the real ones).

[Flying10uk]

One more time.

I have the actual helmet, there is no leg on the "L". I even looked again, just to be sure. The photo is very clear and very large, it shows no leg on any computer because there is none.

It is odd then that you can't see the leg yet I can, albeit feint.

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The 8 is a smeared 6 as an 8 is impossible as the M51 was last made in 1976.

You have predetermined that it is a French M51 helmet shell, I have NOT. (Because I don't believe everything that a dealer/trader/seller tells me.)

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Germany never used or produced the M1 or M51 style helmets. It is thus not Mossel but Mossei which is in France.

Like I said many European countries used the M1 style of helmet post war which you know just as well as me.

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Why are you still pointlessly arguing this?

I am NOT.

[Aragorn243]

I found another weird one today. An O.S.U. ROTC 1902 officer's sabre. No manufacturer marks that I can find but the chain clip has Made in US with an anchor on it. Sword is marked O.S.U. and has a 5 digit number on the same side as the O.S.U. The other side has 181 on it. The scabbard has two digits that match the first two numbers of the 5 digit number. Black plastic handle.

The scabbard has been painted with a heavy crackle type paint in what I believe are OSU red/maroon.

I've found two others like it on the net with no paint on the scabbard, so not sure if this was done at OSU or much later.

Too late for photos today.

[Sapper740]

Your Commando armoured car even correctly has the Chrysler 361 V8 engine.

[Aragorn243]

Here's the Ohio State University ROTC sword. 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 a painted scabbard but it does look like OSU's colors. Having gone through ROTC myself, no swords that I can remember, I don't think they would approve of alteration of this type but who knows. I have not found a good photo with these swords in it. I found one that has an older model sword and one that has this model but they cut the photo off just below the handle. This is on OSU's ROTC history page.

[Aragorn243]

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 away but only about 10 feet. Something wasn't right.

This is an 1874 model US mess kit. This is the third and final variation which production started in 1880. What kept me looking was the size, it just looked too small and it is a half inch smaller in both directions. The pull ring is actually a ring also. Many but not all 1910's have a slight point on the circle. The dead giveaway is it's made of steel, 1910's have aluminum bodies.

These were used in the Indian Wars and the Spanish American War and lasted as a substitute standard into WWI

This is my first and I didn't mind paying the exorbitant WWI price of $22.50.

[42rocker]

Thanks for sharing that with us. Nice.

Later 42rocker

[Flying10uk]

It looks as if they were tin plated originally, tin plated steel, but not much of the tin left now. A bit like some of the WW2 manufactured British mess tins, made out of tin plated steel. I'm not sure how good it was for the user's health but people didn't worry too much in the past.