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His CIB Orders, Co D 346th IR, dated 21 May 45: Source: NARA   Dan

Thanks all!    In the time since, I’ve also located another Ike jacket, his m41, an HBT cap, a BG license plate, a lighter, some coveralls, a duffel bag, one of his small general flags, his musette bag, and misc insignias/photos with another collector out in CA. We’ve discussed letting these go, but I’ve not heard back in awhile.   I believe I now know where his medals are, but have not made contact with the collector yet.   Other pieces I know that are out there are his modified tanker jacket, helmet, some field gear, dog tags, field binoculars, and others I am still probably not aware of! It was a very large group sadly split over the years. There’s some potential given the above leads, but it’s generally pretty sporadic!

I don't have any maternity items. That has to be a narrow collecting field. We were putting hay in the barn last night. I will drag more mannequins out tonight.

It appears to be a cavalry saber from the War of 1812 era, based upon the type of handguard. None of the Rev War cavalry sabers in my 2 reference books have a similar guard. Not saying that is definitely the case here, but it wouldn't be the first time that something was handed down in a family with an incorrect or embellished history, especially with an item over 200 years old.

Aloha Dennis,     Not certain about other AFS service stuff but I had been listing insignia spanning from 1898-1939 and I had listed medical related Type I collar discs, collar brass, Distinctive and probably a few Shoulder Insignia.  So, yup that would be me.     This will be some stuff I'll eventually be listing.   A Hui Hou,   John  

My gut says it's repro based on the bright tin remaining.  It shows some wear, but believe me, it doesn't take long for a reproduction canteen to look like this!  I don't think I've ever seen an original that had any significant amount of tin left.  Reproduction canteens are made by the thousands for reenactors and some of them are near-exact replicas, so it can be difficult to tell.   Is the spout cast pewter?  If so, that's another sign it's a repro.  Many Federal canteens had cast pewter spouts but most Confederate canteens used a tin spout.   Where did you find it?  That may give some hints as to originality.

Here is a list of my earlier USN CGM's, some in groups, most singletons now...comment + assistance welcome   13109 Grimes...3 bars only 19456 Justice, Jan 21 1910 44371 Herfuth, Oct 1 1920 45271 Dungan, Aug 22 1919 47786 Johnson, Sep 6 1919 54939 Cardell, Apr 9 1919 58503 Ham, Jan 29 1922 64767 Krause, Oct 2 1927 73014 Defew, Feb 26 1927 74221 Lockwood, May 21 1923   Earlier US medals are hard to find in the UK but I keep trying none the less. I miss FJP and shipping charges aren't getting any less!  

The cover is most definitely reproduction 

Thanks John     As i suspected not war period, but much earlier than i imagined :) BTW I see A lot of American Field Service items seem to be coming from Hawaii ?  was there a major collection parted out over the last few years that became available there ? Interesting as every time I see wwi  American Field Service items up on ebay they seem to be located in your state. Thanks for the info  Dennis