The only thing mentioned that’s is a little odd was the casket.  In fact there are thousands of people that collect fire alarms and fire memorabilia, I have sold several over the years. Victorian death or casket pictures are extremely popular as are lockets or frames with people’s hair in them. I have had several military trash cans and everyone has sold almost immediately. I know a guy that collects fire hydrants, and another person that collect fire extinguisher sprinkler heads.

You left out the part where two other members shared that they owned them, and that it was saved from being used to store junk in a plumbing warehouse.  Then there is the historical research that was done connecting it to a young man that was killed in a historically significant mission, one who was awarded the silver star for his final acts.     Also, it’s not a casket.  It’s the wooden shipping crate that the casket was shipped inside of during its repatriation to the United States.    But yea.  Total weirdo.  A loon.  

It’s 100% legit, no reason to question that one. 

Makes perfect sense, no reason to throw away buckles just because a new model came out.  I retired from the military in 2014, we were still getting WWII items from the stock system!!! 

I wonder how many of these exist, seems like something that could be purchased if you chose, but nothing mandatory. Kind of like the Navy/Coast Guard mess dress jacket.  I wore mine once and then chucked it. 

Hi EE87, I’m sorry I missed your earlier post. If we could see the bottom of that Zippo better we could read the date code and know when it was produced. 

I haven’t been able to find a picture of 66-1219 yet. Apparently it went to Davis Mothan around 1977. 

After I retired I kept 1 pair of ACU pants and turned them into shorts (they are still the hottest non breathing fabric shorts I have) and took the rest to the thrift store.  I also had 5 new sets of OCP FR uniforms direct from Afghanistan I could not wear CONUS and I sold the crap outta them for good $$ cause they were hard to obtain then. People collect everything; so everything has value to someone.

In the case of OCP uniforms, IMHO probably the best way is ask someone you know (who is still in) for a set that has been worn to the need of replacement, or someone who just got out and is willing to part with a set......that way you have provenance from day one.

The main problem with “collectability” for these is the Velcro insignia. It’s too easy to create a uniform for a rare unit. Just pull off the First Army patch and slap on a  SF patch.   In future decades, there will be no way to truly confirm if the patches are original to a jacket.  So, my belief is this really limits  interest. (I know it does for me)