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Giftmacher

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A fragment of Revi 16B gunsight from Fw 190 F-8 WNr. 932671 that crashed in the near village on 3.IX.1944. Pilot Fähnrich Otto John in the accident died.
 

Giftmacher

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I finally put together a WWII uniform of red army soldier.
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Stearmen

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There was a very interesting show on a few years ago, that compared the German uniforms to the Russian during the winter of 1940. The Russians came out the winner hands down!
 

green papaya

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DDR "Deutsche Demokratische Republik" M56 Stahlhelm [steel helmet]

The East German M-56 helmet was originally designed in 1942 as a replacement for the M1935/M1940 model Stahlhelms. The design was never progressed and was unused until the requirement for a new German helmet for the Volkspolizei and the National People's Army arose, it being realized that the reintroduction of the Stahlhelm would not have been tolerated by the Soviet Union.

This helmet is the Model 1/56 with a M31 style leather liner very similar to the liner used during WWII in the M35/M40 steel helmets

The markings stamped inside the steel shell:

II - 6 - 59

indicate that the shell is a size Medium manufactured in June 1959.
 

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green papaya

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WWII US M1 Steel Combat Helmet circa 1942 - 1943

The M1 helmet was adopted in 1941 to replace the M1917 helmet, Over 22 million U.S. M-1 steel helmets were manufactured by September 1945 at the end of World War II

Technical Sergeant Richard S. Westhoven of Lancaster, Ohio, poses in full field equipment as issued to an infantryman with a U.S. Rifle Platoon.
 

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green papaya

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M1917A1 Steel Helmet

The first American steel helmet was adopted during World War I as the M1917 "Doughboy" helmet. The M1917A1, adopted in 1939, had only minor changes and was visually almost identical. In 1941, the M1917A1 helmet was replaced by the M-1 "steel pot" helmet in all the armed services, although it did not become universal for at least another year.

The M1917A1 was used in many battles in the early part of WWII, WAKE ISLAND, GUADALCANAL, The Solomon Islands campaign was a major campaign of the Pacific War of World War II.

also used at PEARL HARBOR during the attack on Dec 7, 1941
 

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green papaya

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Chinese Type 56

Chinese Military Type 56 semi automatic rifle SKS mfg by arsenal 26
 

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Giftmacher

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Aileron, oxygen tank Ju 188

Tail wheel cover also Ju 188 (unit 4.(F)Nacht)

Porcelain cup found among all stuff above, probably belonged to the airmen (found also empty tin cans from fleischkonserve)
 
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German Reservistenkrug dated 1907 named to a Reservist Reiling of 11th Company, 4th Baden Infantry Regiment "Prinz Wilhelm*" No. 112 garrisoned in Mülhausen (now Mulhouse, France). In 1914 the Prinz Wilhelm Regiment was part of 58th Brigade, 29th Division, XIV Corps (Baden-Württemberg) which served on the Western Front.

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*Prinz Ludwig Wilhelm August of Baden (1829-1897)

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cm289

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Here's some of my WWII collection-
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The uniform belonged to my grandfather; he was in the Coast Guard prior to the attack on Pearl Harbor. During the war he pulled convoy duty in the Atlantic. The sword is a late-pattern Japanese NCO's shin gunto, and the dagger is a Nazi SA dagger in excellent condition.


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cm289

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Here's some other swag- my grandmother's ration books, her father's Selective Service Medal for serving in the draft board, and campaign medals belonging to my dad's dad- he was a Seabee.
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ingineer

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Seabees! "we build , we fight"
The other two are middle the WWII victory medal
Far right the Pacific theater medal
Had this made for my Father's grave:


He wore the presidential citation ribbon
 
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Stearmen

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Can Do! Has there ever been a more appropriate motto? I know the Japanese were shocked at how fast the SeaBees could build airfields. On Guadalcanal, the ship carrying their bulldozers was sunk, so they got the sabotaged Japanese dozers running, ate Japanese rations and built Henderson Field. The Japanese built large numbers of float-planes, because they could not build runways fast. They even put the Zero on floats.
 
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USAF Squadron Ballcap
named to:

2LT Clarence A. "C.A." Johnson II
3305th Pilot Training Group, Malden AB, Missouri
1959

Born: April 17, 1937, Orlando, Florida
Died: November 13, 2014, Orlando, Florida

Orlando native Clarence "C.A." Johnson was a 1959 graduate of The Citadel and after a brief stint in the Air Force returned to Orlando to run the family-owned business Johnson's Men's Shop. There exists several different 3305th PTG patches but this one is rare and unique as The Fireballs were an aerobatic demonstration team in the 3305th made up of the best students.

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German Reservistenkrug named to:

Drummer Martin Guck
6th Company, 19th Bavarian Infantry Regiment "King Victor Emmanuel (of Italy)"
10th Brigade, 5th Bavarian Division, III Bavarian Corps
Erlangen, 1903-05

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