Isn't the leather stamping kit that was used to make those markings the Model of 1910 Leather Stamping Kit?

Maybe. Or maybe it never left the armory.

Interesting piece of history, particularly considering the current situation in lalaland. Nice ole warhorse you got!!

. Normandy Finds WWII Medical field.   Back in 2012 I reported on finds we had made in a neighbours field that had been used as a hospital field in WWII.  I found a short German barbed wire stake, initially looking at it in the ground it appeared damaged as the bottom plate was bent away from the upright stake. To my amazement when I removed it from the ground the bottom plate had been purposely angled away from the stake and painted on the underside with ' CLASS 4 '.  Yesterday whilst visiting Philippe owner of the Collins museum I saw that his son had also recovered an identical German stake from the same field two months ago but painted with ' CLASS 3 '.  Philippe also told me another friend had recovered a ' CLASS 2 ' plaque.   The Medical classification chart was found on Ben Majors medical website.              Norman D. Landing, Forum Normandy Correspondent, June 13  2O25.    ….

. military Vehicle Parade Carentan  06 June 2025.   Amongst the convoy were two WWII veterans on board a Dodge weapons carrier, they were surrounded and applauded every time the convoy stopped. I managed to hand USN veteran Milton Ripple a WWII USN Pull-Match packet.              Norman D. Landing, Forum Normandy Correspondent, June 13  2O25.    ….

In for an answer too.  I’ve seen no inspiring copies either.  

Interesting and helpful. The guy in the picture might not be who we thought, then. It's in the collection of a guy called Frank 'Lee' Rettinger, who served in Troop C of the 24th Cav Recon from the get-go. He was a Tec 5. He wasn't a replacement and there's no record of him transferring. Frank's granddaughter had her doubts that this was him, so you might have confirmed that her instincts were right. 

Thank you Marv! This is very helpful 😀🤝

Hello everyone,   This is my first post on this great forum. I'm mainly a german helmet collector but this helmet did wake my interest in US helmets.  This helmet was bought in the early 80s in Arlon (Ardenne Belgium). It's in a bit salty condition but I very much like the looks of it.   What I notice on the helmet is that the rank is lateral on the sides of the helmet witch what I was told is only used by the 11th Armoured Division. There is a laundry nr. Inside the helmet and inner helmet.  A unknown sign on the back of the helmet. What looks like medic tape on the inner helmet.   We already did an intense search to find the soldier of this helmet but as of now without a 100% match.  I hope that people here can help me with this one. How to understand the signs and hopefully find the right person who wore this helmet.    thank you for all possible help.  Best regards Nick

Is there a good CORRECT imitation of the M1905 wood grips available out there? I seem to recall an excellent US based wood-worker making them along with 1903 handguards at one point. The Sarco ones look absolute trash (and would take more work than its worth making look right). For now I will use GI WW2 plastic/phenolic ones on my project, but even though legit, still aren't really right.