Thank you for this additional information.

I've been metal detecting for aver 40 years and finds like this are why I keep doing it. The farm "land" dates to the 1700's but there are only two dwellings listed. One in the 1800's that evidently burned down and this one built  in 1900. The farm was in real need of some serious renovation when we bought it and that was my priority for many years so with a full time construction job and the farm too, metal detecting just wasn't possible.

If I was to regret letting anything go during my first adventure into collecting, it would be some of my flight helmets. I know the pain, doing an awesome job rebuilding so far. I'm not looking forward to starting the hunt for an H1 bottle or the H2....

Thanks Dave.  I appreciate the comments.

Great job rebuilding your collection of flak helmets there Dave.  That display looks AWESOME.  Love it!

Really beat up, but no insignia applied... or it might have come off. This lighter has been up on PoshMark for a bit and I'd thought add it here. Rod and Gun Club, Hanau, Germany    

More Info   The Pave Cave - MH-53 PAVE LOW History In 1968, eight HH-53 B/Cs received the first of several modifications, called Limited Night Recovery System (LNRS), which incorporated a low light TV and a hover coupler. The B-model was an A-model airframe, which Sikorsky separated into three sections to add supports (struts) for the auxiliary fuel tanks. The tanks were needed to increase the range of the HH-53 for CSAR duties in Vietnam. As for your patch, I'm thinking that this is a circa mid-1970's "Jolly Green" associated unit PRIOR to installing the LNRS, i.e. a unit without the modification.   "We Did Our Best Without LNRS"   There ya go Kurt

Neat group! Here's his Air Medal award card

Here's some I found online.

Excellent!   Thank you!