Sailorjerry45 Posted April 30, 2022 Share #1 Posted April 30, 2022 Good afternoon everyone, I recently was able to acquire this grouping if items belonging to Corporal Joe Verburgt of battery D 121st field artillery 32nd Infantry Division, it came with his uniform, helmet, extra buttons/ insignia and a few souvenirs, my favorite one of them being the 8th lieb garde regiment and what looks like a crest for the city of Selm prussia? It looks like Corporal Verburgt was lucky enough to have gone overseas with the 121st original compliment of men and survived for the duration of the conflict. Id love to hear everyone's thoughts and opinions on this group! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
30thguy Posted May 1, 2022 Share #2 Posted May 1, 2022 Great looking grouping Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
manayunkman Posted May 1, 2022 Share #3 Posted May 1, 2022 I agree very nice group Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eaglerunner88 Posted May 1, 2022 Share #4 Posted May 1, 2022 Incredible grouping to have stayed together all these years. Congrats! Do you intend on displaying the uniform on a mannequin bust? Would look outstanding with the helmet sitting beside it on a head form. And some of those smalls in a riker mount to finish it off! Have you dug up any additional research on Mr. Verburgt? Finding a photo of him would be amazing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sailorjerry45 Posted May 1, 2022 Author Share #5 Posted May 1, 2022 2 hours ago, eaglerunner88 said: Incredible grouping to have stayed together all these years. Congrats! Do you intend on displaying the uniform on a mannequin bust? Would look outstanding with the helmet sitting beside it on a head form. And some of those smalls in a riker mount to finish it off! Have you dug up any additional research on Mr. Verburgt? Finding a photo of him would be amazing. I would like to get all this in a display like that some day but unfortunately for now all the souvenirs and small stuff is in the tin he kept them in for years and the uniform is on a hangar, also I haven't been able to find any real in depth information on him personally. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
katieony Posted May 4, 2022 Share #6 Posted May 4, 2022 A really nice, complete group...congratulations! Mike Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hookedonguns Posted May 24, 2022 Share #7 Posted May 24, 2022 Such an amazing grouping! Would love to find something like that. I have been piecing together a display from several Soldiers in the 32nd. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sailorjerry45 Posted May 24, 2022 Author Share #8 Posted May 24, 2022 11 minutes ago, hookedonguns said: Such an amazing grouping! Would love to find something like that. I have been piecing together a display from several Soldiers in the 32nd. They pop up on ebay fairly often! You just have to have deep pockets and be able to buy all the lots when the dealers separate them. Makes my blood boil but I'm glad I finally had the money to keep something together. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hookedonguns Posted May 24, 2022 Share #9 Posted May 24, 2022 3 minutes ago, Sailorjerry45 said: They pop up on ebay fairly often! You just have to have deep pockets and be able to buy all the lots when the dealers separate them. Makes my blood boil but I'm glad I finally had the money to keep something together. I absolutely agree. Is that where you found this one? Its the same situation with estate sale auctions. I saw a listing for "WWII Japanese Cigarettes" looked at the photo and saw it was in a navy tin. The same estate sale had an arisaka and a few other milsurps. When I got the tin, i opened it up and there was bring back papers for the arisaka. My heart sank, somewhere out there I have someones bring back paperwork. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sailorjerry45 Posted May 24, 2022 Author Share #10 Posted May 24, 2022 7 minutes ago, hookedonguns said: I absolutely agree. Is that where you found this one? Its the same situation with estate sale auctions. I saw a listing for "WWII Japanese Cigarettes" looked at the photo and saw it was in a navy tin. The same estate sale had an arisaka and a few other milsurps. When I got the tin, i opened it up and there was bring back papers for the arisaka. My heart sank, somewhere out there I have someones bring back paperwork. That is exactly where I got this one i hate seeing groups get split, I have even gone as far as sending the sellers messages ro see if they'd keep it together but they'd rather try and get more money by splitting it than taking one large payment. Its a shame because even if you have the money you may not always have the timing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr.Jerry Posted May 25, 2022 Share #11 Posted May 25, 2022 Great grouping! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luxview Posted May 31, 2022 Share #12 Posted May 31, 2022 Great grouping - One thing to add regarding the crest: I assume the insignia originates from a firefighter's helmet of - indeed - the city of Selm in the former Prussian province of Westphalia, the horse being the coat of arms of Westphalia (see example I found from Calle, another town in the same province). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sailorjerry45 Posted May 31, 2022 Author Share #13 Posted May 31, 2022 3 hours ago, Luxview said: Great grouping - One thing to add regarding the crest: I assume the insignia originates from a firefighter's helmet of - indeed - the city of Selm in the former Prussian province of Westphalia, the horse being the coat of arms of Westphalia (see example I found from Calle, another town in the same province). I do believe you are correct! Thank you Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MAW Posted May 31, 2022 Share #14 Posted May 31, 2022 Good save! That strikes me as a good, old fashioned WW1 estate lot. The type I used to find at estate auctions every so often. It's been years since that's happened now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sailorjerry45 Posted May 31, 2022 Author Share #15 Posted May 31, 2022 I wish I could come across a group like this in the wild haha for now ebay will have to do Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sailorjerry45 Posted February 18 Author Share #16 Posted February 18 I was finally able to get a mannequin for this grouping. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dan Posted February 18 Share #17 Posted February 18 Beautiful group! Love WW1 32 Division uniforms. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
katieony Posted February 18 Share #18 Posted February 18 A really nice display! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nack Posted February 18 Share #19 Posted February 18 Spectacular group! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lind007 Posted February 29 Share #20 Posted February 29 Fantastic group! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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