Hi all

Thought I would share my map case collection so far. (Not sure if this quite the right section for field items mods?)
Hope to add to it as I put together my oberleutnant uniform.

What I have so far

My list of items I’m still looking for:
Deckungswinkelmesser
Kurvenmesser
Kartenwinkelmesser
Kilometermesser
Zielgiverttafel
Planzeiger
Wooden rule
Eraser
Fur der Wehrmacht pencils
Grease pencils
Pencil sharpener
Protractor
Map sleeve
Maps

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Found this in a junk section on a pickers auction site, well for 9e you cant go wrong…

Anyway i saw that bakelite wheel, dark green paint and the K4323 plate looks distinctive german to me.

Could this be an army issue gas torch?

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Picked this up the other day seller stated it was a German 20mm Flak shell but a friend said it could be Italian
20mm x 137mm what are the thoughts on this I am also looking for the correct projectile I have a 20mm AP projie sit in there for display but the copper driving band is gone and besides its off a Hispano-Suiza round. TIA

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Hi. I recently bought this frame and components at a local yard sale in New Jersey. What I now know as the Tommy-bar on the stem struck me. I was extremely surprised to discover that this is a WW II Airborne Paratrooper folding bike!

It is from about 3/4 into the production run (serial # is in the low 50, 000s).

My two questions are:

Is there a way to figure out the exact year this bike was manufactured from the serial #?

Is it possible that the cranks and pedals are from an earlier version of the BSA folding bike? I noticed the pedals are not the spindle-only type, however, mine do look like the pedals some has on their BSA WWI folding bike.

Thanks for the help.

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My wife brought home some old "Popular Mechanics" magazines from a yard sale
and I found this add in the July 1953 edition.

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A recent addition to my tag collection. I don’t really have any doubts as to the authenticity of this tag but If anyone would be willing share some information on this unit or point me in the right direction, I would be grateful.
Ralph.

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