Estate sale find, anyone know what it is or what it held? The paper came inside, the container is very heavy. Curious for a value, as I’m looking to sell.  Thanks. (Pencil for scale)

Do you know, what the number was meant to signify on the former examples you owned?

I respect you immensely as colleagues and experts, but please, I know what I have.. and I don't want to make money from it, so can someone from this community check everything I know and what I found out and complete this puzzle, please, I have something unusual and you know it... however, I know that this forum is also monitored by a team of historians and I will only be happy if they contact me and I actually understand that, because this should not exist.... and please consider this as closed....

This is a direct quote from Joe *************** book (page 136) on hallmarks (FM 82-102 Field Guide to Hallmarks and Button-backs of US Military Insignia):   "Gordon's Fort Meade IOH 5D, 13G, G13, M24 Military Manufacturers of Maryland (by Gordon's Fort Meade - M24) Yale Gordon Enterprises   Products were sold under three names as listed above. The business was started in 1964. It is not known when they stopped."

I figured out what this jacket was shortly after making the original post, thanks to the forum search. I bought it in 30 minutes distance from Caddo County. I believe I’ve identified the original owner, who is buried in Caddo County, but my research trail has gone cold. Aside from his enlistment record, I haven’t been able to find anything about his service. Does anyone have suggestions on where I should look next?

“If this forum is about putting people down, then that’s fine. I only asked for help. Please verify all the information carefully and show me a period photograph from 1953–1955, in A1 quality, with the same markings. If you can show such an example, I will accept that this has no value. But I know very well what I have. I only wanted this item to find its way back home, and if it wasn’t for people from the Czech Army, I wouldn’t even be writing here.”  

Some nice items.

Someone’s initials.

Thank you Kurt A I was kind of thinking that that might be the case.