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I am curious how many of you have seen these boxes in your collecting travels? I have not seen them in the past. Do any of you have them in your collection and if so do you have any pictures or further data on them? Does anyone have pictures of them being used by radio personnel in the field?

1st Case - Wehrmacht Case "Fu 23 Anodenbatterien" for field radio equipment?

2nd Case - Wehrmacht Case "FU 52 Schreibgerät" contained a writing device used by radio personnel?

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Gday gents, I’d love to have your thoughts on this helmet. Unfortunately my phone was playing up so it only let me take these pics before it decided to die. Cheers, Dave.

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Hello fellow members,
Not comfortable with picking these out of the weeds. How does this one look? Seller sent blurry obverse photo but reverse seems clear enough. Thanks in advance for your assistance.

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A Medal of Honor recipient who was later called a "one-man Marine Corps" died on Wednesday at the age of 92, the Idaho Statesman reported.

Art Jackson, who served with the 3rd Battalion, 7th Marines, 1st Marine Division, was one of 28,000 Marines who took part in the two-month long of Battle of Peleliu during World War II.

1,800 of them lost their lives, and 8,000 more were wounded.

On Sept. 18, 1944, as Jackson’s platoon was pinned down by heavy Japanese fire, he ran forward by himself toward a pillbox holding about 35 enemy soldiers, according to his Medal of Honor citation.

"Pouring his automatic fire into the opening of the fixed installation to trap the occupying troops, he hurled white phosphorus grenades and explosive charges brought up by a fellow marine, demolishing the pillbox and killing all of the enemy," the citation said.

But he didn’t stop. He charged and took out 11 more Japanese pillboxes singlehandedly, eventually killing 50 enemy soldiers. He was called a "one-man Marine Corps" in a book that was later written about the battle.

"By his cool decision and relentless fighting spirit during a critical situation, [Jackson] contributed essentially to the complete annihilation of the enemy in the southern sector of the island," the citation said.

Jackson was wounded once during Peleiu and a second time during the Battle of Okinawa, for which he also received two Purple Hearts, the Statesman reported.

“Art Jackson was a true American hero," Rocci Johnson, a family friend, told the Statesman. "He was from the Greatest Generation. If it wasn’t for men and women like him, it would be a very different world … We owe a lot to his dedication and hope that his legacy will serve as an example for all of those who are currently fighting for freedom.”

In 1961, Jackson, then a Marine captain, was stationed in Guantanamo Bay when a Cuban spy working for Castro lunged at him with a knife. Jackson drew his sidearm and shot him dead. He then tried to hide the body, but it was later discovered.

Jackson was then arrested and later kicked out of the Marine Corps.

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Requiescat in Pace.

Regards, Ned.

On the front there are the letters IM, M and BDM-Werk gruppe. Is it safe to say that M=mädel? But what would the letters IM stand for?
Stig

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Evening gents, just spotted this fine looking 1940 dated Engineers helmet, all seems in order, a hand painted flash and standard sand texture tan over the "shiney" green. There is one small area of scratching to the flash that would worry me as artificial ageing, but as there is no other evidence of similar marking to the rest of the helmet I feel that it is just an "anomaly"? A nice helmet net "shadow" to it as well.
Anyway, as ever thoughts are appreciated, Leon.

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Evening gents, just spotted this fine looking 1940 dated Engineers helmet, all seems in order, a hand painted flash and standard sand texture tan over the "shiney" green. There is one small area of scratching to the flash that would worry me as artificial ageing, but as there is no other evidence of similar marking to the rest of the helmet I feel that it is just an "anomaly"? A nice helmet net "shadow" to it as well.
Anyway, as ever thoughts are appreciated, Leon.

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Evening all, the beers taking hold and I have just been looking at this cammo M35. Through my alcoholic haze this appears to me to be a superb ex DAK combat helmet to me. It seems to be a factory refurbished M35 that has had it’s first paint scheme stripped completely and then sprayed Luftwaffe blue leaving no trace of decals. The "tan" over paint has a nice pinkish hue and has had a green spray added at a later date when the soldat made it to Italy or alike in my opinion. The naming also seems good to me and shows use from a Luftwaffe flak-artillery soldat.
Your sober thoughts are appreciated as cammo’s like this a very scarce over here in Europe as most seem to reside in the US!
Cheers!! Leon.

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