I knew I had seen this helmet listed before but it looks to have been altered from the original condition. Either the liner has been switched out for a better one or the felt pad has been added or both. Buyer beware.

Here’s the current ebay listing,

And the same helmet listed by a very reputable dealer and sold several months ago,

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Hi all - what do you think of this plaque? Original? Please advise. Thanks.

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Hello,
need help with one bayonet, it is clasic K98 bayonet cof43 with waffenant marks, but any numbers or series marks on other side, just clean place, blade is in perfect original condition…I never find or see something like that, photo I can add, this one is ilustration. Thanks all for help

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Hi can someone please advice me on this item . I havent been collecting long and i seem to be buying fakes presented to me as originals .would like to carry on but cant spend any more on copies many thanks

I’ve been told that the curved eagle device is for a trumpeters cap/hat? but it has no pin/pins on the back or any foreseeable way to mount it. The pennants are nice and have reinforced "tips". And the HJ little flag is for what use? It’s small w/reinforced corners. The little swaz flag is two piece, and has a "tube" (hole) sewn into it so’s to be put on a stick I suppose. Lastly there are the veterans patches for the armbands…. yet to be sewn on and a War Merit Cross. Curious if anyone knows how the eagle was to be used, and any help w/values on these items.

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Any thoughts or help appreciated,

Regards, mitch[/QUOTE]

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Please forgive me if this is the wrong place to post this, I’m still trying to learn my way around the forums.

My local antique shop has a lot of neat 1930’s-1950’s memorabilia, including some WWII stuff. I’d been eyeing this unique silk painting for about a month but I finally broke down and bought it yesterday (it was only $20 so it wasn’t a huge purchase or anything). It’s really well-done, there’s something very striking about it. The other items in the booth were all very well-documented, but this painting is somewhat mysterious. It has no signatures or other markings that I can see, even on the back/inside the frame. It was tagged simply as ‘WWII Soldier Silk Painting’ in the antique store.

This morning, however, I noticed that there was a dark spot on his shoulder, and carefully lifted the painting up out of the frame slightly to get a look at it. It was part of a division patch. After a bit more research, I matched it to the Americal (23rd Infantry) Division. It looks like the silk may have possibly been cut to fit inside a frame, since the edges are a bit ragged, which is a real shame.

I actually found a similar silk portrait on an auction site. It’s of a sailor, and looks like it was done by a Japanese artist in occupied Japan, dated 1950. It was marked Yokosuka. It can be seen here, if you’re interested. That makes me wonder if this portrait was done by another artist in a similar fashion, since the Americal Division also took part in the occupation of Japan.

I’m trying to find out who the soldier is, but so far I’ve had little luck matching up his facial features with any of the photos I’ve found. I think I can safely rule out any Americal soldiers who died prior to the occupation of Japan, which is when this portrait was most likely painted. That narrows down the field a bit, but there’s still so much more research to be done.

Just wanted to share! Any advice and information that would help me identify the artist/soldier would be most appreciated.

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I’m looking to buy my first SA dagger, an early one. I really like this one by Haenel. Doesn’t look like parts have been moved around and everything seems like a matching set to me. As always, your opinions would be highly valued!

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