Thanks for the help John

This is a fantastic little WWI grouping.  Beautiful knit sweater. Those US Army stamped razor heads aren't the easiest to find. Is there a serial number on the reverse? 

More than that. F*****d up. What some people do... I question every day.   Wade

That would look great hanging in any mancave/war room!

That is messed up.

Wearing the flag on BDUs when not deployed became standard Army-wide in 2004 (ALARACT 018/2004, dated 20 JAN 2004)   Reposted here:  https://www.marlowwhite.com/faq/f-flag-patch-ar-update.html   When the BDU was worn, the flag was always supposed to be worn below the combat patch (yes, I know this goes against flag etiquette). This was not changed until the adoption of the ACU. 

Anything is collectible, and anyone collecting GWOT either now or in the future will not be able to ignore ACU/UCP.    The pants will eventually be harder to find and likely to the point of being expensive in large sizes and good condition, as that’s always the case with Militaria from any era. 

Only one of us retiring, I can't see me stopping any time soon although probably be taking Jane out with me on some of my trips buying and delivering. Luckily we've been working in the same space since covid and Jane has been working from home most days since then. Not felt the need to strangle each other yet. Her office did a nice send off for her. Tenby time beckons plus a visit to see how the Anson is getting on, have a box of bits for it. Jane and the family walk around Carew Castle and I get to play aeroplanes for a couple of hours.

Really interesting, thanks Austin.