Yard Sales, Flea Markets and Antique Shops 2025

[painter777]

Was there only the one Scabbard used during WWII for the Schrade-Walden H-15? If Yes, Was it the one with 9 Rivets that encased the blade.
9 Rivet Example Picture Attached.
I see similar that have 6 Rivets. I assume these are newer (?)

Thx,

[browningautorifle]

I was referring to the odd front angled scabbard here... The left side scabbards bring to mind the Cattauraugus 225 Q and the Case 337 Q. Many knives have found their way into K-Bar scabbards over time.

[Aragorn243]

Knives are tough. It seems like knives are in all sorts of different scabbards, whether issued that way or mixed up in service which is the most likely. If they went to the Pacific, leather probably didn't survive long and they put it in something else.

[browningautorifle]

. It seems like knives are in all sorts of different scabbards, whether issued that way or mixed up in service

Yes, sometimes hard to sort out and could easily have been chanced at a point.

[Aragorn243]

Last stop of the day yesterday, the 4th antique market. Nothing interesting in the first three except a book on Normandy today.

Unsorted stuff they just got at an auction. I picked out the best stuff and was told $20 for the lot which I did not dispute at all.

WWI unissued grenade pouch, 2nd I have. The vast majority of these are unissued. This one hasn't even had it's straps removed from the pockets. No idea why they never used them, even in WWII.







A WWII issued belt, says it's 36, I didn't measure it but it seems way too short for 36. Can't tell what the upper line says. Part of it looks handwritten.





A WWII Phone equipment bag, third one I've seen in the last month and in the best condition. Passed up on the first two because of condition and price which was higher than I paid for the lot of these.

[browningautorifle]

I used to see those grenade carriers, they would have been great even decades later. I think the handwriting on the belt is upside down.

[Aragorn243]

I think the handwriting on the belt is upside down.

That's what I think too but I can't read it either way. The "left" side the way I posted are numbers and I can make half of it out The right side I can make out the last three letters MEN. What's interesting is I wear size 36 pants and this isn't anywhere near long enough for me. I measured it and it was 34 but it stretches to 36 and that's when I can make out the numbers.

[Aragorn243]

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.

[browningautorifle]

Too bad we can't rig up to swage on and roll down the drive bands again. So many projectiles would be restored...

[Aragorn243]

Weather warmed up today, slightly above freezing, so I ventured out to my favorite antique flea market. Nothing outside but found a mess kit I didn't have inside. CARROLTON MFG CO 1965 with a SKOCO spoon and unmarked fork.







On the way back I stopped in the shop where I picked up the WWI artillery shell earlier in the week. There was another weird shell there I have been trying to research. I've found nothing. So I figured I'd take photo and as the experts in a Facebook group I belong to. Consensus there is that it is an experimental round which was never adopted and I was advised to buy it since it had a low sell price of $37.50. Seller claims it is a 30mm Warthog shell. Looks to be correct. One collector says he's seen a few on the market in three different types, 20, 25 and 30mm. Says this is the first one that was actually painted.