I've used sleeves from "We R Memory Keepers" which come in different pocket sizes and are pvc and acid free. They can be found on Amazon and Ebay. They also make faux leather binders that are decent quality - better than the cheap ones you normally find at an office supply store.

Not all in country helmet sets were salty. as stated by others on this post, some helmets were not used very often. Most bring back sets were bought back by officers.  Lt. Richard Holt with the 633rd combat sport group. 69-70. &nbsp Pictures are from Russ when he was selling it. 

2nd Emergency Rescue Squadron “Snafu Snatchers”  

It’s a beauty. About as flat-new as you’ll find.

Gilbert G. Coen was a P-51 pilot in the 504th Fighter Squadron which was part of the 339th Fighter Group stationed in England.  We were very fortunate to meet Mr. Coen around 20 years ago.  At the time, I worked with Mr. Coen’s son at Hewlett-Packard (HP).  When I learned his father was a P-51 pilot in Europe, I asked his son if I could introduce my 10 & 8 year old kids to him.  So he arranged for us to stop by his folks’ place on a Saturday afternoon.  Previously, I had taken my daughter & son to some air shows which showcased many WWII fighters & bombers.  But I never thought I would have an opportunity for them (or myself) to meet a WWII fighter pilot.  So I viewed it as a chance of a lifetime.   We had a wonderful Saturday afternoon!  Mr. Coen just loved my kids.  He really enjoyed telling some of his tales from Europe as much as we enjoyed hearing them.  He documented one of these stories which I have an original photocopy, titled MID-AIR COLLISION OVER GERMANY.  Unfortunately, the 2nd page is missing but page #1 tells the bulk of the story.  My son Jake, the 8 year old, took his Mega-Bloks ProBuilder P-51 Mustang kit that he had recently assembled.  Mr. Coen thought this was just so cool.  This is a day that my kids & I still talk about.   Within 2 months of meeting Mr. Coen, he passed away.  His son told me we were the last non-family he had seen and that Saturday afternoon with my kids had uplifted his spirits.  Because of this, Mrs. Coen gave us the items pictured: 339th FIGHTER GROUP hardback book, MUSTANG AT WAR by Roger A. Freeman hardback book, three 339th P-51 FIGHTER GROUP decals and an original copy of his MID-AIR COLLISION OVER GERMANY story.   I have met a handful of celebrities in my lifetime (Dan Aykroyd, John Mellencamp & Jerome Bettis), but they don’t compare to meeting Mr. Coen.

One of the items i missed, USAF Korean War duffel bag.    

Todays flea market finds, I must admit that I missed out on some good stuff.

WOW...what a score!

The OP are AN6530 used by every service for a multitude of tasks, mainly aviators but not limited to….    the goggles in #7 look to be post war based on the box, the goggle will have a date on the face plate near the strap..the goggle should also have more data on the top by forehead 

These were kind of unique to the SS TK standarte (pre Division size) I have a small collection of them, different shapes, and you see them for shits, jackets. etc.  the interesting thing is that the unit must have had some sort of embossing machine as you will see dog tags from this unit done like this as well.  That all being said, Please post the GI's info who brought this back or as a non US item, I will have to lock the topic!