My great great grandfather had command of the unit when It was designated as the 121st and then after their redesignation my great grandfather had command of the unit for 5 years at the geneseo armory. This is an article about my grandfather: https://www.thelcn.com/news/local/recipient-s-service-is-widespread/article_babdc8a0-238e-57a2-8369-48c75e1b5685.html   Someone also did a not so great interview of my great grandfather in the 2010s and here is some of the transcript: ROBERT: Well, I had a lot of experience with the armory, as a kid my father was the superintendent of the village there for about 35 years, so I spent a lot of time at the armory. Consequently, I ended up joining the National Guard when I was 17 at the end of my high school senior year. And I went to officer's candidate school and came out as a second lieutenant and eventually had command of the unit in Geneseo here for five years.   KRISTEN: No way!   ROBERT: The last year I was there they built the new armory which has been there for a long time now. The armory used to be an old farmhouse in the same location and they just used the rooms for officers and things like that and built a drill hall on the back of it which was a good sized building. Then the new building was for a cavalry unit so they had 72 horses there at one time. Right there in the village. And that stable is now used by the present guard unit and what they did was build on the end of that and connect it to the riding hall with the sawdust tarmac in there and they put concrete floor in and it was an armory unit when I was there. And now they're an infantry unit and they've been called up three times since 9/ 11. 

how long ago was that?

Beautiful helmet! Congrats. Not an expert either, but that's an early Schlueter and the Hawley liner is obviously very early WW2.  Who knows?      You need a web lace to pull together the suspension.  They are readily available, I believe J. Murray has originals. 

That print quality is great, looks really good. I myself have just gotten a 3D printer and been messing around with it, I’ve learned fusion 360 to be able to make more detailed models for 1/35 and 1/48 scale models including some Jerry cans, tank stowage, and I’m currently working on designing a printable Fokker D VIII. Looks really great. Do you have a picture of it in a holster yet?

Very impressive,  and a great holster filler for displays

“ESMC” is the acronym for “Eastern Space and Missile Center”. This AFB is about 30 miles south of Cape Canaveral.

Looking for pictures of a setup like this, preferably Mekong Delta mid '68 

Applying a slight curve to the boards made them "salty".

Can anyone please tell me if this is a period piece, or not? Thanks in advance.

Hello robinb,   I thought the same, and from what is available online, the cases were used to store the SMG in a vehicle.  Definitively not smart to store it when in combat.   Drew