Hope to make it there this year.  I couldn't last year.  It's nice it's in OKC as I live right in OKC.  I look forward to going.  Thanks for the heads up.

No freaking way! He was born in Elmira NY,  that's my home town! I just happened to find this on ebay, that's insane! Many thanks to you!

I remember seeing a video of Guadalcanal Santa floating somewhere around one of the reenacting Discord servers I'm in...   Looks like fun!   Wade

The Heartland Militaria Show will be held at the Oklahoma State Fair Grounds, in Oklahoma City, from 20 to 21 June.  For more information, please contact Matt Hindi, 405-503-3665.

This is a rather interesting piece. It appears to be a Korean War era M1936 pistol belt with a large gap between the female buckle and the ink stamp. Its marked "USMC" on the front with no snap for an ammo pouch. The manufacture stamp is too faded to read what it says, but the baby monitor trick could be a solution. If anyone has any idea as to what exactly it is, that would be much appreciated. I found a similar one on a website for sale but have found no additional information. This belt is also named to a "VALACROIX." Anything is helpful, and I can provide more photos if needed!   Thanks,  Hayden  

Good evening.  I'm hoping you guys can help me. I bought a small collection of items over the weekend; medals, wings, insignia, uniforms, etc. One of the wings in pile was a Firmin Technical Observer wing. I wasn't sure about it when I was looking at it as I couldn't find many examples online to compare it against. It’s not cast, shows some wear some (you can see what appears to be brass showing through on a couple spots on the “O”) and the pattern seems correct.  It’s got a different catch than the few examples that I can find online.  The hallmark isn’t obliterated, but it isn’t mint either.  I’m curious to see what you guys think.  Frank

What is interesting in this picture is the officer on the right is wearing the large 9th Infantry Regiment belt buckle.

Good evening ... I have been collecting AAFES Pogs for over 20 years. I am hoping some one with in these posts might have some ideas on how to obtain the 1 cent pogs. I have several AAFES POGS from all 16 Printings ... armysgti  at the Yahoo would be a great place to respond to if you could please.   Thank you ...     Tracy 

That is good news.  I heard that the reason for the change was that the yellow and red represented the SVN flag but it also represented the teams and personnel that were from1st and 7th SFGA that were assigned to the 5th.  From guys that were assigned to the 5th with the white border, the border was added to make the flash stand out from the beret.

This has been a very interesting thread to read.   Had no idea dummy TSMGs (original parts kits with dummy receivers) had become so valuable.   I have four of these.   Two 1928A1s, one with a steel receiver (Phil Ord, I think) with no engraving. The other '28A1 has an aluminum receiver with complete engravings. Both have original Lyman adjustable rear sights.   The other two are an M1A1 (engraved aluminum receiver) that I got 25 years ago from IMA for $450.00 and a M1 (engraved aluminum receiver) The latter receiver was actually engraved as an M1A1 but I filled in the "A1" and added the simple "L" rear sight to create an M1-looking receiver.   I think the Phil Ord 1928A1, 25 years ago, cost me $1k. Don't recall off hand what the 2nd '28 or the M1 cost. The M1 was a bunch of parts I'd had until I found a barrel, a dummy receiver and decided to turn it into an M1.   About a year ago I bought a dummy Reising M50 (original parts, dummy receiver) and that was $1.5k but it's a fairly uncommon SMG with a niche market so I didn't balk.   Guess I need to update my collection values!