Yard Sales, Flea Markets and Antique Shops 2023

**Aragorn243** · 08-07-2023 04:25 PM

I was out of town all week but stopped at some antique places I like to hit on the way home. Picked up three mess kits I didn't have, a 1942 Leyse, a 1943 Wire and Metal MFG which is unusual in that I believe it is tinned or galvanized steel rather than stainless or aluminum. Looks a little rough because the coating didn't last. The third is a 1944 E.A. Co. I also picked up a set of WWII utensils with only the knife dated 1944. I got two elastic helmet bands, one without cats' eyes and one with two cats' eyes. Both marked but not dated. Both also have the soldiers name on them. The last military item is a 37mm AP shell from 1943 which is different than the others I have. It has a pointed aluminum cap on it, peened in place. It needs some serious cleaning. Non-surplus but still military I made out great with some very unusual books. Armored Trains, An Illustrated Encyclopedia 1825-2016, Naval Institute Press, a three-volume set of The German U-boat Base at Lorient, France icon

, Shiffler, The Devil's Garden, Stackpole, which is about the fortifications at Normandy with before and after photos and the last book is Last Days of the Luftwaffe, Frontline, which has a lot of photographs I've never seen on the very late and experimental aircraft of Germany icon

. I've seen photos and drawings of these planes but not these photos. And finally, three diecast toys, a fuel truck and an ambulance I didn't have, I believe these two are Midge toys which have open bottoms and the last I'm not sure what it is, a jeep type vehicle. This one I already had but it was cheap. I really should stop buying the books, but these are really nice, it's one of my life's biggest weaknesses.

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