Original tallies from all the ships involved in the Battle of Manila Bay, May 1, 1898. Lest we forget! 

Thanks Matt. I'll take a look at those three. 

I thought I would resurrect this old post in honor of the anniversary of the Battle of Manila Bay. 

If you go to David Decker's website "Fairbairn Sykes Fighting Knives.com/case-v-42" you will see an article on the CASE V42, which states "only the first 500 were serialized."  The website shows a CASE V42 stamped with "U.S." and the serial number 138. 

Just fantastic. Not enough of this material gets showcased! Thank you for sharing!

I saw a helmet a few months back at an antique store. It had a gray foam liner in it. Seemed like a Vietnam era shell.

Or Taiwanese, they had similar post war items as well.

Great pack! And an Awsome early date.

Just received this Irvin Air Chute Co. Caterpillar pin presented to Al Wilson. With my limited research ability the only Al Wilson I could find was the first professional motion picture stunt pilot / barnstormer from the 20’s . He parachuted to safety 3 times during his career, in 1933 he was killed in a crash at the National Air Racers show. I’m hoping there’s a military connection to a Al Wilson , but if this could have been presented to the first ever Barnstormer that’s pretty cool too.

Picked this bullion 34th patch up from the estate of a gentleman who was in ww2. I know he was in the 1st rotation sent to Italy but I can't seem to find an exact patch like this if anyone has more info or opinions on it id love to learn more.