The poles look similar to those that came with my 1950 arctic tent.

Buff, that's a great find. You have most of the hard stuff to find. Here's the contents for various Lineman TE. The bag BG-44 was used for other TE kits as well.   TE-21 (Lineman): TL-13 - 6 in side cutting pliers TL-144 climber spike gauge LC-1 Ax (same as the entrenching hatchet) LC-5 climber (there are various climbers with different size spikes for trees vs poles) LC-10 leather gloves LC-23 lineman belt LC-24 twisting pliers LC-25 lineman wrench LC-29 rubber gloves TL-106 screwdriver TE-23 (Lineman Assistant)  LC-1 Ax LC-10 Leather Gloves LC-23 lineman belt LC-25 lineman wrench TL-106 screwdriver TE-27 Tool Equipment for construction of lines BG-44 Wrench Monkey 12 in TL-39 hammer Ruler 4 ft Mallet carpenter Tape measure cloth 50 ft Draw knife folding 10 in blade Hacksaw frame + blade 10 in, 18 tpi Brace ratchet 12 in BG-47 tool roll Flat file bastard, 10 in Bit, ear 11/16 x 14 in Bit, heelbanger 3/8 x 18 in Oilstone combo fine and coarse Chisel wood Peter

Looks like a type of hot stick for working the lines hot or giving the lineman clearance from live wires. Closing in fuses, changing out hardware without turning the power off.

What are the long wooden poles? I have a few and have not been able to ID them.

The Two Rivers Reporter, June 10, 1940.   Wisconsin Historical Society via Newspapers.com   Aalto served as a propaganda officer in the Finnish military during the Winter War. His 1940 visit to the United States combined the pursuit of professional and personal business interests, a public relations campaign for Finland, and fundraising for Finnish reconstruction. In October, Aalto had just begun a professorship at M.I.T when he was suddenly recalled to Finland by the War Department. Aalto would remain in Europe for the duration of WWII. (Source: Aalto and America. Anderson, Fenske, Fixler.)     Alvar Aalto (center, with cigarette) and Finnish colleagues visiting German sculptor Arno Breker (far right) at his studio, Wriezen, 1943. (Goran Schildt, Alvar Aalto: The Mature Years)  

How do these look? I’m pretty sure the navigator ones are original, but the observers wings are really nice and I have heard that people fake this manufacturer sometimes. 

Hello! I just picked these two wings up at a local antique store and wanted to see if they look legit. I’m pretty sure the navigator set is, but the observer one looks almost too good. What do you think?

I picked this lid up a while back from an estate sale in Idaho, it's a fixed bale Schlueter that was later reissued in I'm assuming Vietnam. What's neat is that it's named to a "Cochran", and also has what I am guessing is his service number "19677627", along with "63rd Div." It'd super cool to learn the provenance of this lid, I'm aware you can request service records and such, but where do I start? How do y'all go about researching these things? Besides the historic aspect, I also have some general questions about the helmet itself. It's a fixed bale Schlueter, with what appear to be standard OD#7 chinstraps with steel hardware. However, the chinstraps are very clearly sewn on by hand. How common was this practice with reissued/in the field helmets, assuming this was done in military service in the first place? The helmet also came with a P64 liner 6 June 66 contract. It isn't named. Thanks for looking!   

New information just received from one of my other cousins negates this. They told me their WW1 Grandpa was 6 feet 2 inches tall. The guy I thought it was is nowhere near 6'2". END OF TOPIC!

I have been inventorying my collection and when I got to the DCU uniforms at least the ones I know were worn in Afganistan I noticed what seems to be laundry numbers. I have not been able to do a deep search of this thread so I am asking if this has been addressed before?