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My small size soldier. Gotta find him some trousers. I had the helmet made. It has a toy liner that was modified for airborne use.

Definitely looks like an Airborne tab to me. I think there’s some distortion in the photo that is obscuring the center of the tab. Note the faint white line that goes from the B in the Airborne tab up onto his shoulder

Any ideas?

Nothing to report, I did get to see his officers sword, and few other bits and bobs.

Hey I just got one. But it says 1939-40 no games where played that year?

Recently have put eyes on two of what I am assuming are reproduction/costume house made P41 patch pockets. Any input is welcome

The things I’m interested in are simply “Family” items. SM, EM, CT, CS Rates of family members. I do like the right arm SM though!

I have to correct my previous post. It was an insurance company that provided these.

Yeah I agree. I think I should just figure to out another ranger on there. Prob is that right sleeve person may be in an entirely different unit but it is MACV and dad was that for sure. Was that Viet-Nam tab ever an official tab? Could be that

Thank you for your insight. I was abit unsure after trying to research these for a day or two. It came out of a USMC grouping with other gear

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A real beauty for sure, congratulations!

I have something similar to this from Great Uncle. It was provided by a local bank and had a place for a photo and a place to list his war service. Great piece!

Just aquired this from the estate of a Marine master sergeant. Thought I would post it because it's not a patch I've ever seen before. Korean made. From the 1982 Team Spirit activities.

My dad as a USAF Captain 1961-62 at Thule AB Greenland. He was a weather forecaster.

Well, condition and other factors (like gear being "named" and/or having UNIS markings) add value to the collector. I found this previous post about a "3rd pattern" haversack & knapsack set I got a year ago: https://www.usmilitariaforum.com/forums/index.php?/topic/390890-november-finds-2-post-veterans-day-to-113023/#comment-3047065 The 3rd pattern set of named packs came with a pair of suspension straps, two depot blanket roll straps and I think a web tourniquet, for $250.00. Both packs are in nice shape and not easy to find a matched, named set. I note the buckles on your pack have been reinforced with what appears to be copper rivets. This is not uncommon as the strap/buckle arrangement lead to the buckles easily being torn away due to poor support. IMHO, you would probably be looking at around $75.00 for your haversack +/-.

nice... I have its twin.

I’d like to share a few images of a tough-to-find, full-size, Technical Observer wing with a “LG Balfour-Sterling” hallmark on the reverse. I’ve always liked that extra bit of quality and detail the Balfour Company put into the wing feathering on many of their aerial badges!

Well..... we've all been exposed to Asbestos (Those of us older for decades) driving down a road or living near one or a highway as asbestos was and still is used in brake pads. Trains too. It was used all over the US for decades. Even for siding for houses. Phased out in the US made brake pads since 2010. But how many brake pads are made in the US anymore? Even now some asbestos is allowed in brake pads. The spare barrel bag for the M60 machine gun contained asbestos gloves.

Finally was able to find a shell to fit this projectile. I’m thinking it should have a windscreen?

it looks like too much of a gap to be Air---borne

So you see two on the right sleeve? Dad wasn’t SF tabbed. I guess either ranger or airborne would be ok just seems odd to have airborne and ranger tabs on left and then again on right

looks like a Ranger and Special Forces

Hi all. I need some help. This photo was taken in 1975. Dad was instructing the rangers then. I know all of the patches on the left sleeve shown but everyone seemed to have different ones on the right. Dad says his recollection is that they all had a patch of whatever unit they were in during the war and I do have various photos of rangers with patches like cav or whatnot. Dad says his was MACV likely subdued. The question I have is what tab would be above that on the right? I have one grainy photo of a right sleeve from that day from a macv guy and his appears to be two words. Dad says he recalled airborne or ranger but both of those tabs on the left. Any expertise appreciated. This is also the photo from my avatar. note: the MACV photo is not dad but one of the others I found. These photos are available at the Gerald Ford Library online for the 200 year infantry festivities at Benning. June 14, 1975 you can see them there.