Plating really hurts the value. 

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.