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?

Hello Spathologist, I've examined my Saber very carefully but I haven't found any markings. The information I have about this Saber comes from here: https://www.springfieldedge.com/sword_m-1872_mount.html

Yeah my kids make fun of my phone. 10 years old? I may get a new one soon

If you happen to have one of the newer iphones, you’d be shocked at how much you can zoom in for pics.    Rob

Those are some really nice uniforms, especially the Iraqi 36 Commando shirt.  Some rare pieces shown there.  

I've gotta get a better loop. I'll work on that asap as I've got multiple images that need some further investigation. Anyhow, no pelican buttons for now. I'll get it figured out. I looked at it through two different magnifications at the show and they're clearly Louisiana ...if any of yall have image photography hints or product suggestions, I'm interested

Stateside I think, with this guy being in the Air Corps, he is handing some kind of Bomblet container I believe