Hey all,
After taking the advice of some of my fellow collectors, i’ve decieded to give my metals a petroleum bath. This included soaking them in petroleum for 24 hrs. I applied a lot btw. Everyone talks about to do/ or doing this, but not the final step. So my question, and for futher research is; what do you do after 24 hrs? Scrub off? Wipe off? Waste off? Thanks to whom knows!
C.S
Was wondering why it seems most helmets that I have been looking at on dealer web sites seem to have the chin straps missing,is there a reason for all these missing chin straps.
Hello All
Some know that I’m putting together a collection of WW2 AAF Gear to honor My Uncle Joe’s service. I am very fortunate to have the left waist gunner on the B17 that my uncle was shot down in still alive and sharp as a tack. So I was thinking about adding a Flak helmet to my collection. So I called Phil to talk to him and asked if he ever wore a flak helmet while flying his missions, He said "No, nobody on the crew wore one, We would just use them to piss into and when the pee froze we would toss it out the window’!!!!!!! I just LMAO and then he said "No really thats what we did"!!!! So I guess I’ll skip the flak helmet for my collection or if I do run across one, I’ll have to see if it smells funny first!!!!!So if you got one and it smells funny you now know why.cool militaria
Semper Fi
Phil
