All I can say is WOW!!! House of Swords sure has an "interesting" history as well as conclusion. Thanks

One PH Medal spared from sell off. https://www.kshb.com/news/local-news/purple-heart-of-kansas-city-wwii-veteran-rescued-from-auction

我买到了两枚刻有名字的优良品德奖章，我想了解这两位获得者的服役经历，因为我没有能在美国使用的付款账号，所以我使用不了档案馆的应用，所以想来论坛询问一下，感谢 I have bought two navy Service Medals  with names, and I would like to learn about the service experiences of these two recipients. Since I don't have a payment account that can be used in the United States, I can't use the archives app. So I'm here to ask on the forum. Thank you.

Any chance there is a Clarence E. LaBoyteaux in there?   Thanks Steve

Chère Fred02290, je suis la petite-nièce de Baldwin Julius Krober. Je suis stupéfaite que vous ayez nos chères plaques d'identité « Oncle Julius ». Tous les témoignages militaires que nous avons recueillis indiquent que mon grand-oncle et ses camarades aviateurs n'ont jamais été retrouvés après que leur P-38 a été abattu lors de sa mission le 21 janvier 1944 à l'aérodrome de Solon De'Province, en France. Si ses plaques d'identité portent la mention « Ensign, Kansas », ce n'est pas parce qu'il y est né ou y a grandi. Il est né et a grandi en Oklahoma. On dit « Ensign, Kansas » parce que Baldwin Julius Krober (que nous appelons « Oncle Julius ») vivait avec sa sœur aînée, ma grand-mère, Beaulah Krober Bergen, et sa famille avant son engagement. Parmi cette famille figurait mon père, toujours en vie à 93 ans, qui regrette encore son oncle Julius.   S'il vous plaît, j'espère que vous pourrez nous dire comment vous êtes tombé en possession des plaques d'identité de notre oncle Julius ! A-t-il survécu au crash de son P-38 ? Ou bien ses restes ont-ils été retrouvés ? Auriez-vous encore ces plaques d'identité ou les auriez-vous laissées au cimetière américain du Rhône ? Toute information que vous pourriez nous fournir sur la provenance des plaques d'identité de Baldwin Julius Krober serait grandement appréciée. Je suis profondément touché par le sacrifice ultime de mon oncle Julius et profondément honoré d'être son parent. Je joins la seule photo que je possède de lui en uniforme.   Respectueusement, Sally  

Just wanted to post this on here, recently got this beautiful FS FB with an inland helmet liner from the family of the veteran Samuel W. Ballinger, a veteran of Normandy, the battle of the bulge, and Germany, bronze star with oak leaves and other awards. The liner is a mid war green A washer inland in amazing condition with the exterior of it retaining <90% of the original paint, the leather chinstrap is in amazing condition, and is around the brim of the liner, the interior liner where there was not a rat’s nest is in stunningly good condition and if it weren’t for a rat, would’ve been a beautiful liner, the rat has covered it in a red substance and has chewed through some of the webbing and the chinstrap on the shell. The shell is a great condition McCord marked what I believe to be 432 B/D (hard to tell) it retains the original fixed bailed and chinstrap. Overall a beautiful piece of history and the crown jewel of my collection. Attached below are two stories Sam wrote about his experience during the battle of the bulge and his obituary    https://americanveteranscenter.org/2016/02/remembering-uncommon-valor-night-patrol-sam-ballinger/    https://battleofthebulge.org/2014/03/17/after-50-years-sam-ballinger-26th-infantry-division/   https://www.legacy.com/us/obituaries/legacyremembers/samuel-ballinger-obituary?id=16103069

Here's my undated woman's blue jacket and slacks with matching laundry numbers.   Here's a funny thing, I got the jacket since January and only managed to get a pair of slacks just a few days ago, I was so surprised to see the matching laundry numbers on both clothings!   However, the stock no. and fonts color used on the labels are different, maybe she got issued another pair of slacks?

Hi. Being (very) late to this party and not wanting to start a new heading I just wanted to add my little bit of data into the stream. (I would not be surprised if Dustin had already mentioned these bits elsewhere on the forum as he has been the virtual fountain of info on everything WW2 survival as well as a few other advanced collector/historians.) Anyway this is a boxed late war C-1 vest I was lucky to find a couple decades ago. It was missing several key items but was a nice find and a good trade for a WW1 infantry tunic at the time.The vest was missing 1st aid kit, flares, .45 shot-shells, small booklet and I believe only had 1 ration. (No cooking container either but I figured they were no longer being issued.) I have also posted a couple early "Slant Pocket" vests, both missing the color screen print AAF Winged Star and insect repellant pocket. The Cappel-MacDonald having a black line print Winged Star with AIR FORCES and the earlier contract BRESLEE with the same but small, sloppy white logo. Cheers    

Very nice! 

ScottN still a nice original 40. Google House of Swords..... I've still got this gem in my collection...   1840 NCO engraved sword opinions - (1861-1865) AMERICAN CIVIL WAR - The War Between the States - U.S. Militaria Forum