Yes Sir!  Quarters was a circus. In the morning, there’d be a jumble. Old issue dungarees, SeaFarer dungarees and Zumwalt Utilities. And there was always dom mix and matching. Old blue dungaree jackets, new utility jackets and some blue windbreakers from the ships store. Leather oxfords, Corframs, soft toe boon dockers steel toe boon dockers , Army Combat boots ( including the old canvas sides. Ships ball caps, issue ball caps. Yep, great time to be in charge of Sailors🤣

S Steve, thanks for all of the great info!  Very much appreciated!

Great looking! And a fine attention to detail.

According to the Clawson book, Colt Model of 1917 S/N 21701-30300 were shipped to Springfield Armory Jan. 31, 1918 in a shipment of 8600 pistols. The cylinder change was at S/N 30451. According to Colt at that time, they had made 10,300 pistols with the earlier cylinder design. The cylinder change allowed the pistol to fired without the clip "in emergency use". Without the clips, the "earlier" Colt cylinder would have excessive head space. Essentially, this change made the dimensions of the Colt cylinder the same as the earlier Smith & Wesson pistols which could be fired safely with or without the clips. The clips also made loading and unloading much faster than loading single rounds.  You have a very nice looking pistol there with the correct holster, belt and ammo pouch. Thanks for showing this.   Steve

Hello Everyone,    I am hoping someone with greater knowledge can provide some information on this helmet. It came from a local estate sale; the family had several veterans in its lineage with a handful of Militaria that ranged from 1920-1960s. The man whose estate this came from played football for Milliken University in the early 1950s and later served with the USMC . Perhaps it’s possible this was a helmet passed down and used for football at some point if that’s not too far fetched? Unfortunately information regarding early plastic football helmets and paratrooper training helmets is very slim. There is an uncanny resemblance between the one I have and the others online advertised. Even though it is painted it appears to be a clear plastic or possibly translucent green, tough to tell with the green interior.    Thanks & Best Regards  Brayden B. 

Well got another strap for it. This one an issued one. Never seen a green one before. Most are black or a dark color.

Man the stuff that gets split and sent around is so sad. 

I picked this up a bit ago and wanted to share for comments/thoughts. Pfc Bedford Fox served with Company F of the 115th Infantry Regiment (29th Division). Based on research that I did, he went overseas with the unit and stayed with them through the Armistice. What I have appears to be the award certificate for the WWI French Victory medal named to Pfc Fox, the WWI French Victory medal, a Verdun award certificate and medal (certificate named to Fox) and the US WWI Victory medal with the Defensive Sector and Meuse Argonne battle bars. I understand that the WWI Victory medal with these bars would be correct for the 29th Div, but what is interesting for me are the 2 French certificates/awards.  The French Victory medal certificate has a stamped stating "French War Veterans * New York", which makes me think that this was some sort of special private purchase award that Pfc Fox acquired as a souvenir of his service? So in other words, he got the standard US WWI Victory medal but privately purchased the other two French awards?    This is beyond my collecting experience so hopefully somebody will have some experience with these sort of award groupings?  Thanks in advance for any thoughts or input.