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Just for something different, I thought that I’d post a US ring for a change. I picked this one up some time ago in my old home town from a grand daughter of a WWI Vet. It’s made of 830 silver-which tells us that it’s a European made ring. Most countries stopped using 830 silver in the 1920’s, so that pretty well marks it as a WWI period ring as well. This one sports some attractive royal blue enamel stripes and has a nicely decoration on the shoulders. Oddly enough, the table of the ring with the enamel looks to be attached by a center rivet and makes one wonder what Other designs the maker may have used with the setting, besides the 3rd Division’s.
The 3rd Division was raised in 1917 and proved itself bravely at the Marne, where it stoutly held it’s ground despite the other units falling back in a rush. It came away with the nickname "The Rock of the Marne" for this action. The Division is still, of course, in operation today and has been in action in just about every conflict since.

And for our self-proclaimed ring expert…No, it’s Not "cast"…

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I took a small drive to local auto swap meet and came away with this, along with a few other goodies. I noticed the Japanese kanji on the ear cover and the back portion of the cap. Anyone have any idea what this cap was for? I know that most pilot caps have the leather Japanese star on the front forehead of the cap. This one does not.

The inside has black fur, which is beginning to fall out. There is also a makers tag on the inside which I have included photographs of. Any help would be appreciated.

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I came in possession of this cleaning cord pull through ? (if it is one). The cleaning cord pull through however gives me riddles. The handle is of brass and there is a fine wire mesh in two rows were the rope goes through of about 1 ½ inches long and not rusted. There is a thick layer of green patina around the weight? area. The screw at the handle is not rusted at all.

This piece is old no doubt, but I can’t place it, nor can I find it online. I thought this might be interesting. I don’t want to Unravel the rope to try to solve the mystery. At first I thought it was a lanyard, till a nice gentleman redirected me.

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Hi guys this helmet arrived today and I am chuffed to bits. The smell when I opened the box was great cool militaria old, rusty, musty, helmet and full of dust, spider webs and dead insects This helmet has stamped on the skirt II (size 2) 5 and 61 (year 1961) the MP helmet cover is very worn and dirty as you can see in the pics. The name B.Werner is written in red on one of the impact sponge, I can’t help thinking his name was Bertie Werner Thanks for looking guys.

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Hi guys been doing some hunting last week and found this M1 helmet in an online Canadian militaria shop and was very cheap to boot. It is a fixed bale (1st pattern loops) McCord M1 with a stamp number of 367A (dates to December 1942). The chin straps have the flat brass buckle with J hook with the sharp milled tip both blackened. The liner is an MSA liner (Mine Safety Appliance) and was one of the lesser produced liners of WW2 (1.4 million produced) and harder to come by than the likes of a Westinghouse (23 million produced) or a Firestone liner (7.5 million produced). The liner itself is fitted with the green painted steel washers which I can date from early 1943 to mid 1944. Thanks for looking guys and if I have missed anything out please let me know cool militaria

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