Just fantastic. Not enough of this material gets showcased! Thank you for sharing!

I saw a helmet a few months back at an antique store. It had a gray foam liner in it. Seemed like a Vietnam era shell.

Or Taiwanese, they had similar post war items as well.

Great pack! And an Awsome early date.

Just received this Irvin Air Chute Co. Caterpillar pin presented to Al Wilson. With my limited research ability the only Al Wilson I could find was the first professional motion picture stunt pilot / barnstormer from the 20’s . He parachuted to safety 3 times during his career, in 1933 he was killed in a crash at the National Air Racers show. I’m hoping there’s a military connection to a Al Wilson , but if this could have been presented to the first ever Barnstormer that’s pretty cool too.

Picked this bullion 34th patch up from the estate of a gentleman who was in ww2. I know he was in the 1st rotation sent to Italy but I can't seem to find an exact patch like this if anyone has more info or opinions on it id love to learn more.

Great patch and congrats on finding it. 

A fantastic family archive. Thanks for sharing   As for the numbers I know there has been a lot od study and recall the man who stamped many of these is known. I know its been stated that 500 were done but did it actually stop right at 500?  In the Force there were 3 Regiments with 6 Companies each numbering 1-6 . The question is was the number random or did it follow a system per regiment for accounting? The number being a Company and regiment marking saying 5th Company 1st regiment knife number/soldier roster number 6? just speculation on my part but just wonder if the numbers were random or had a purpose and more examples would have to be examined. Its possible there was also just a little over 500 numbered and no complete list is known. I have a numbered knife from a 2nd Regt member who had two knives one was his one was his best friends knife. I was able to purchase the other but the prior owner decided to split them up and never sold me the second as promised and its now in another collection. I also have an unnumbered example.   The story is widely known by Force and knife collectors that the stamping was stopped due to the stamps wearing out and all were hand stamped. Looking at your example, the number looks either miss-stamped or double struck to make the number more visible at the time.    Would love to see the picture of the 45 and being a 1911 is more than correct. Many WW1 era 1911s were in inventory and being issued to the armed forces in WW2. I knew a 2nd Regiment vet who also had his 45 and recall it to be the 1911 not a 1911a1. Probably one of the most well know 1911s is the one oof Major Dick Winters and is displayed in the Gettysburg Museum of History.    Thanks again for posting

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Hello Here's my brand new little collection of flashes and Crests. For Crests sold individually, I'm looking for the corresponding unit and flash. For flashes sold individually, I'm also looking for the corresponding Crests. Enjoy your visit!