RustyCanteen Posted October 27, 2016 Share #1 Posted October 27, 2016 Hello forum members! We are now approaching the end of October, and as there are 'only' 67 days left before 2017 arrives, this is a good time to reflect on your collecting goals of 2016. Did you find that special piece, or find a bargain of a lifetime? Share it with us! Whether you found a hundred items, or that one piece that spoke to you, now is the time to showcase it as we look ahead to a new collecting year in the not-so-distant future. Hopefully 2016 has been a good year for all of you! RC Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Persian Gulf Command Posted October 27, 2016 Share #2 Posted October 27, 2016 These are my WW2 U.S. Militaria prizes of 2016 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Blu1989 Posted October 27, 2016 Share #5 Posted October 27, 2016 This year's been tough moneywise since getting laid off in August but I've tripled the amount of uniforms in my US collection and received a massive gift/donation from a collecting mentor of mine of several Japanese rifles and bayonets but those wouldn't be appropriate to show here as I have no history on them. However my finds of the year are as follows: My pre WW1 USMC summer tunic named to Pfc Harold M Baer, who served aboard the USS New Mexico and in Shanghai China under the command of then 2nd Lt Lewis B "Chesty" Puller and I have some of his paperwork showing him under Puller's command in 1928. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blu1989 Posted October 27, 2016 Share #6 Posted October 27, 2016 Then here's an officer's tunic named to 2nd Lt Robert L Bauer who served with the 21st Marines on Guam and was WIA there. Then he went on to serve at Iwo Jima in the 3rd JASCO's as an air liaison. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blu1989 Posted October 27, 2016 Share #7 Posted October 27, 2016 Then there's my damage control/fire brigade fixed bail M1 that I bought for a whopping $20. It was found in the attic of a cottage in England while doing renovations and given where it came from it was a heck of a find for me at a heck of a price. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blu1989 Posted October 27, 2016 Share #8 Posted October 27, 2016 Finally I have probably the most significant find for me this year as it has a very personal attachment to me. I found these items in my grandpa's paperwork when my grandma moved in with us and she let me have them along with an old Mahogany table that my grandpa brought home from India. I had no idea these items even existed and my dad never knew about these items either so discovering them was an absolute joy for me and they are displayed in a special place in my collection so that I can always look at them and remember my grandpa. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigDogMilitaria Posted October 27, 2016 Share #9 Posted October 27, 2016 I'll have more than one, but this was one of the coolest finds ive ever had. The Captain in the 13th FA passed away in the late 70's. Im pretty sure everything he ever had during WWII was in it when I got it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigDogMilitaria Posted October 27, 2016 Share #10 Posted October 27, 2016 the patch collection of the Veteran whose Riddell jump helmet i purchased 2 years ago: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
38Driver Posted October 27, 2016 Share #11 Posted October 27, 2016 Didn't really grab much this year. I did spend time working on getting some stuff restored however and I guess that's what I'm happiest with in 2016. I did finally get a mannequin for the uniforms so I guess that counts. Also added two more copies of "Silver Wings" to my collection of Williams Field graduation books, 43-J and 44A. Missed on a couple too but that's another story. So I guess the restored Flighter along with the name restored dress uniform for a 370th FG P38/P51 pilots tops my list. Shown below. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bellasilva Posted October 27, 2016 Share #12 Posted October 27, 2016 This one's a no brainer me- two pairs of dog tags to SSgt Mark Ronald Lee, 1st Joint Assault Signal Company, 4th Marine Division. He made the initial landing at Iwo Jima and was wounded by shrapnel on the third day of the assault. He went on to serve in Korea with the 1st Marine Division. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bellasilva Posted October 27, 2016 Share #13 Posted October 27, 2016 I'll throw this one in there too. It came in a trade from a forum member. James J. Kelly served as a 60mm mortar gunner crewman with the 8th Marine Regiment, 2nd Marine Division. He landed on Guadalcanal on November 4th, 1942 to reinforce the 1st Marine Division and participated in combat there until February 1943. He served the rest of the war as a rifle and mortar NCO stateside. This tag was likely one of a pair he wore while on the Canal. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
klinsmann Posted October 29, 2016 Share #14 Posted October 29, 2016 This is my favorite purchase in 2016. A cased navy cross Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mes Posted October 29, 2016 Share #15 Posted October 29, 2016 Here is my favorite find Posthumous Purple heart to a Co. L 3rd Battalion 5Th Marine kia on Peleliu (Ngesebes island) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bellasilva Posted October 30, 2016 Share #16 Posted October 30, 2016 Guess I should add this as I just received this man's file. He was a Seabee who was transferred to the 19th and 21st Marine Regiments, 3rd Marine Division, and served on Guadalcanal and Guam. The group includes his dog tags, a watch band he fashioned out of metal he salvaged from a downed Japanese zero on Guadalcanal, a Japanese dog tag he may have picked up on either the Canal or Guam, a spec plate from a Japanese zero, and a couple other assorted goodies Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dirk Posted October 30, 2016 Share #17 Posted October 30, 2016 It has been a great year with some amazing items coming to market....some I was able to acquire, and some not....but this one is one of those pieces that yield tons of research information and has allowed me to to make some great discoveries or allowed me to tie events to specific fighting positions for the Marines along the Soochow Creek. A map of Shanghai prepared by the intelligence section of the 4th Marines that highlights at the battalion level every Marine fighting position along the Soochow with zones of fire, billet locations, observation points....using this as a reference guide I was able to match many of these positions with photos in my collection. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sgtdorango Posted October 30, 2016 Share #18 Posted October 30, 2016 11AB helmet....MAX show score......mike Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chris3bs Posted October 30, 2016 Share #19 Posted October 30, 2016 MES has mine. Marine uniform. I was fortunate to have found it.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Garandomatic Posted October 31, 2016 Share #20 Posted October 31, 2016 Possibly the best find of my life... Still on an armored kick (along with about a half dozen different interests) since Fury. I saw my find a few times on ebay, and really gave the markings inside a strong look. Saw the last name Myers and enough of a laundry mark to start thinking... Lo and behold, he showed up in the 714th Tank Battalion, Co. C. So I knew he was a Sherman Tank crewman... I emailed the DIvision Association, and not only did they have a photo of him, but the 714th's unit rep said that Howard is a great guy, wrote a memoir, and may be interested in talking to me! Seems his Ike was split from him when his father died and his stepmother got everything in the house, and I somehow turn it up from a seller 30 miles away from him... I've been busy for a few weeks, but we've talked quite a bit, and he's been extremely helpful. His memoir was pretty amazing... First tank was an M4A1 with a 75, but was knocked out when the .50's ammo caught fire from a Panzerfaust, bailed out under fire, and the entire crew made it without a scratch. Later became a gunner, second tank was an M4A3 76 (W), which I have acquired a model of... I plan to give him a call this week to touch base. Here's his Ike, ribbons were added by me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Garandomatic Posted October 31, 2016 Share #21 Posted October 31, 2016 And here he is on VE Day, I think it was. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Collector .45 Posted November 7, 2016 Share #22 Posted November 7, 2016 I thought I would bring this back to the top. Here is my favorite find for the year. This came out of the woodwork last February and just fell into my lap. An identified Minnesota Marine Raider Grouping. He served with 3rd Bn. until its disbandment. He also fought at Iwo Jima where he was WIA. He returned to Minnesota after the war. I intend on doing a write up on it here in the next few weeks. - Henry Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Timberwolf Posted November 8, 2016 Share #23 Posted November 8, 2016 Best find of my year had to be my BIN 147th FAB Ike jacket and shirts, along with the soldier's brother's navy jumper who was lost at sea in October of 45. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AustinO Posted November 12, 2016 Share #24 Posted November 12, 2016 I bought a new house this year, and recently discovered that a friend knew the first owner of this house (he dated the neighbor after returning from VN). Turns out the original owner of my house donated many things to the Minnesota Military Museum. I just received copies of the documents from the curator of that museum (who happens to be the same VN vet mentioned above). Neat to tie some military history into my military-history filled house. Asleson was a 2nd generation Norwegian immigrant who served with the 99th Infantry Battalion from 1942 through the Bulge, carrying on to join the 474th Regiment (Separate) when they went to Norway. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kurt Barickman Posted November 12, 2016 Share #25 Posted November 12, 2016 P5290384.JPG P5290381 (Small).JPG Here is my favorite find Posthumous Purple heart to a Co. L 3rd Battalion 5Th Marine kia on Peleliu (Ngesebes island) Great set Mark, L/3/5th was my brother's company in VN. Kurt Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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