. Hi Kevin,   made in 1951 but still with some good pieces of kit and equipment about, 1951 look at this early unissued Hawley liner, AND on a Ford GPW.       Norman D. Landing, Forum Normandy Correspondent, May 22  2O25.    ….

That stretch of road has no places to stop, probably for the best as it gets clogged up quite bad as it is. Likewise I couldn't stop to get phone to take a picture.  Good job you didn't go digging for that pot of gold at the end of the rainbow, they tend to frown on that sort of behaviour.

Bonjour. Read 123 ! Here are two possibilities. On the left, the 143 is missing the letter K. On the right, you need to find an infantry with the letter K.   Voici deux possibilités. Le 143 de gauche, il manque la lettre K. A droite il faut trouver un infanterie avec la lettre K.       

A friend sent this Picture to me and was wanting some info about it .   Thanks for your help !!  Dave

Anyone have any insight on the white paint? Original or not? 

Picked up this Hector Aguilar sweetheart / “V” for victory bombardier wing recently.   Large lightweight cliché style wing, 4 1/16 x 1 7/8 inches, 16.2 grams.   Multiple hallmarks, stamped with Nat. Silver Co. & Hector Aguilar Made in Mexico Sterling logo. Also, faint raised Made in Mexico Sterling marks.   Research indicates this wing was part of Aguliar’s “Wings for Victory” series.     Hector Aguilar was a prominent silversmith in Taxco Mexico. His firm was in business from 1939 - 1986.   With the National Silver Co. hallmark this wing appears to be part of their homefront jewelry offering.  Aguilar entered in a jewelry contract with Coro in 1943, but those items had a different hallmark. Found another thread referencing Aguilar wings in the way back machine.  

Wow, that is quite something. Sad about how Alzheimer’s slowly took him away. But, thank you for doing the research and posting this! Although I don’t collect military rifles this was definitely an interesting read, especially with the added family information. Again, thanks.

There is another thread, linked here, about this Com-Z patch, and the confusion out there about it, with many calling it the "ETO patch." Please find my entries and graphics on this thread about the Com-Z, ADSEC, and the various administrative patches worn in the ETO.