Yard Sales, Flea Markets and Antique Shops 2025

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Early in the week I found this US WWI HE shell at an antique mall.













Yesterday I found this in another antique mall. East German cold war era canteen.







And today an eBay purchase arrived: West German Cold War era helmet:

















My biggest purchase of the week was silent auction bid at re-uzit. I haven't been able to take photos yet but it's a WWII long jacket with matching pants a leather belt, three hats, and numerous pins. I'm pretty sure the pins did not originally go with this jacket as they are form the Pacific Theater and the patches indicate a European theater of operations for this Jacket. The pants are dated 1945 and the jacket is dated 1943. It does not have the belt loops and I'm not sure if the leather belt is appropriate for the pants or not. Haven't had a chance to look into it. They also have Pacific theater pins on the shoulder boards which don't belong there. Jacket is in great shape, no holes or tears that I've seen so far. Haven't taken the pants out to look at them yet. Only one hat has a date and it's 1945. Jacket has the "wounded duck" on it. Pins appear period correct but have a vinyl type protective cover on them I haven't seen before. Badge for rifle and carbine also, never saw a carbine qualification before either.