Yard Sales, Flea Markets and Antique shops 2021

[Aragorn243]

It keeps getting harder every year but I still manage to find things off and on. Today was a rather mixed bag. Yard sales turned up a brand new current issue backpack in the digital camo. Flea market yielded a British 1945 dated ammo pouch the seller kept claiming was a gas mask bag. Not sure how he figured a gas mask was going to fit in it but I didn't say anything $3 for that. Same seller had what I believe to be a Vietnam era portable shower bag that appears to have never been used for $5. I swear I am accumulating the most eclectic collection of military items ever. Antique flea market yielded an entire box of Ballentine books for $45. Not sure how many, perhaps as many as 100. I have to sort them and figure out which ones I already have. Antique shop yielded a Lahti holster for $18. Didn't know what it was at the time, took a chance. Not a super steal but less than what they are going for. Now to find the matching pistol.

I also learned a lot about Hitler Youth knives. Found one for sale. Looked appropriately used but upon researching it on the web, it failed almost every "good" test there is.

I also enjoyed explaining to another seller why his Turkish Mauser bayonet converted for Garand use wasn't worth $185.

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