Interesting.  I didn’t know that.

Nice find. It's a sleeve "striker" , WW2/Post WW2 US Navy Parachute Rigger. Is this striker on Gray fabric? If so this should be posted on this separate topic page;  Study: USN WWII Gray Uniforms 1943-1949   

Copy that, thanks.

I know this is an ancient thread but that's the Disston tool co. logo. not sure what they are doing on a Collins knife though.

I should add that POW correspondence attributed to a member of the “SS” is scarce.  You may want to do some research and see if Fort Dix was one of the camps where Nazis were held.  There was an attempt to identify these men and to send them to more secure installations.  This was also done to reduce their potential influence on other POWs.  Many were labeled troublemakers.

I can tell you this man was in the Luftwaffe.  This is indicated by the “German AF” notation (Air Force) on the front of the postcard.  When POW mail was forwarded on to the censors in New York, it was sorted by branch of service.    The POW’s number can be deciphered as follows:   4—Processed in the Fourth Service Command   W—Processed by the War Department   G—Served in the German armed forces 4251—His unique POW number   Co. 3—He was assigned to Company No. 3 in this camp.  The company number is part of his mailing address and not his POW number.  

And the results were (less than) spectacular! I made the fills oversized intending to file them down to correct size and shape once it turned solid. Unfortunately the stuff separated from the metal during the rigors of filing away.  While it would be nice to connect the two receiver sections, I’ll probably just leave them as-is for now.  I think I’ll just concentrate on filling in the missing area of the barrel thread area. 

yes on the outside and on the feet you can see the original paint.  You can also see overspray of the newer paint on the chinstraps.    thx  

Thank you for the information on heat numbers.  That helps a lot!   Craig  

I bought some metal filler and experimented with filling in the gaps in the cut receiver. I used some tape to mask off the areas to fill in. My dear daughter Kassidy had a crafting hobby in Junior High School making things out of duct tape. She grew out of it and gave me her surplus tape. Years later it still comes in handy when rebuilding demilled firearms and other projects.  mikie