Commando niche.    

At least that's what I think it says. Picked up this sign at the city wide garage sale in Minster, Ohio. It's made of a heavy gauge of steel, 2 feet long and has the same thing on the other side.  Based on the paint /color scheme, any guess as to age? I'm a sucker for signs and for $20, I bought it.

The dirty, Godless Commies….but they destroyed the German Army, so…    

I’m interested in the 36th/45th/77th Divisions in particular. And there’s quite a big D Day emphasis for the American kit.    

The Nazi section. No - I’m not a Nazi or Neo Nazi….    

The metal frame thing has a little bit of a shape of the front end of a car. You can always say you assembled a jeep but it does have the windshield up.   ...Kat

A few more pics of the room. I’m on ‘Recruit’ status, so I’m fairly limited to daily posts.    

Another special gem is my NIB Sierra Engineering-made T56-6 CVC helmet. I was able to see enough of the nape strap to read the details: Manufactured by Sierra Engineering, size regular, contract number DSA-1-4567-64-E, and June 1964. This contract produced helmets that used the old MK-525/G headset-microphone kit and the newer MK-1039/G headset-microphone kit. Unfortunately I didn’t look for this, but I believe it was a MK-525/G. In the last photo you can see the plastic bag with the foam earphone adjusting disks. Oh, I forgot to mention, someone wrote “Army Helmet” in black marker on a large part of the box’s exterior. Fortunately, they didn’t deface the details. 

And the 1917A1 was still hanging on and would still be hanging on to some extent on Guadal Canal.

Another outstanding build, Manny.  Love the background as it really gives this diorama that extra POP.