Yes, the 1936 order also introduced the lightweight wool (Palm Beach or other tropical wool) that would become standard for post-WW2 khaki/tan "TW" uniforms. https://archive.org/details/us-army-officer-dress-uniform-documents-1936-1937 Also to correct my earlier post, under "Trimming" it should be "white flat braid," not "fat" braid!

doyler, Thank you for sharing this well-documented  Case V42.  Out of curiosity I read about how diffiult the  assault was on Monte La Difensa , lives lost, and brutal weather. The provenance that this V42 dagger comes with is priceless!

Thank you for the information. I thought the dress white uniform prior to the m38, was the m1895 but I wasn’t sure. I knew there was the m36 blue dress uniform, but I didn’t know the white one also changed that year.  

I inherited this gun and have seen many different price ranges. Anyone have an idea?

Thanks a lot for your comment. Here's another one , a fine quality hat with a comparatively small visor. Sadly name and date are difficult to read...

Welcome aboard Carl. My daughter and her family are moving to your neck of the woods soon.  You'll enjoy it here, lots of great helpful people. Ken 

Yes. This is a nice, clean WWII era example.

I agree. The design on the helmet certainly has a Freikorps flavor. Several Freikorps units used a swastika design. That's a very neat looking helmet. I wish there were more and better pictures.

Typical antique mall display of fake and or overpriced schlock.  

Hello,   Competitive sports were very popular in the Asiatic Fleet (I speak only of the Asiatic Fleet as that is the topic I am interested in), and instilled a lot of pride and competitive spirit within the various units.  Various Asiatic Fleet-related magazines (i.e., The Orient, The Asiatic Fleet Magazine, The Asiatic Fleet Review, The Walla Walla, Bamboo Breezes) and ship's newspapers (i.e., Augusta Cracker, The Blue Bonnet, The Asiatic Four Stacker, The Far Easter, The Oriental Patrol, The Open Door), as examples, routinely had content about the various sporting events - sometimes the sporting events were the main content.  Boxing and wrestling were big, but there were also competitions in baseball, basketball, tennis, golf, rowing - I am leaving out many others, but you get the idea.  The oldest paper of which I have an example, The Open Door - published in Chefoo, China, August 28, 1903 - references baseball and boat competitions.    I can't say how rare or scare the boxing belts shown are, or what the values would be, but I would guess a lot were made and awarded over the years.  The two belts shown were apparently for the 1931 Asiatic Fleet boxing events, which would include the U.S. Navy and the U.S. Marines Corps, and the 1931 Asiatic Station Inter-Service boxing events,  which would include the aforementioned Asiatic Fleet units as well as the U.S. Army units on the Asiatic Station.       I have seen examples of such belts for boxing and wrestling.  The Asiatic Fleet belt appears to be one that could have been used for other events, as the "Boxing" and "Featherweight" (as well as the recipient's name and the year) were engraved, while the other information was part of the casting.  The Inter-Service Championship belt looks to also be a multi-use award type.  I am not sure what types of awards were given for other competitions, and I am not sure of the procurement process.  There are other members on this forum who are much more knowledgeable about Asiatic Fleet awards, medals, etc.   Thank you for posting these interesting belts.   Take care,   Steve Bryson