Great patch on that World War One Uniform !

You found some nice patches there !

It is always great to come home with stuff !

. Hi Doc,      Maybe he was an early volunteer into the newly formed paratroops and wanted his wings to indicate that he was there from the beginning, not a later conscript.  Sadly no longer there to question about his wings . . . . . . . . .   regards lewis.  

It could be a low order HE round but most likely an M60 WP which don't fragment the body like a high explosive round.  The central burster just need to break it open and let the phosphorus out.  I have similar M15 grenade bodies and an M57 81mm WP mortar that are split open like that.  Nice piece.

The wings appear to be made from AAF wings with the parachute from regular jump wings added

. Hi Doc bond,   Great photo, The style of the wings doesn't surprise me,  here's my pillow case / sham from Fort Benning in 1941.  I believe the first wings were copies of the straight wing airforce style but these weren't considered elite enough for a new style fighting unit and the curved wings were introduced to make the newly formed Paratroops stand out from any standard Airforce units.        regards lewis 

I found this magazine while cleaning out my long ignored bookcase yesterday. I did not know why I had saved and displayed this particular April, 1893 Harpers Weekly. I could not remember who this admiral was. So I opened it up to look inside. Now I remember! In it is the first American publication of the Sherlock Holmes story “The Adventure of the Gloria Scott”!!!! Holmes and Watson are my absolute favorite literary characters.  So there you go, a bit of slightly obscure military history and a big bit of Holmes history , all in one!  Anyone else have any cool two-fers to share?  mikie  

Does anyone know what the yellow means on this M1 helmet?