Hy I have one in France. The guy who sold it to me says he bought it before 1989...    Does anyone has infos?    PX?    Civilian?    Thank you. 

Can anyone tell me what this is. I am not sure if it is some type of veteran group keepsake or post war piece.

https://www.extremesealexperience.com/weblog_Bottom-of-the-Barrel&srch=yes&words=hopkins

Thanks otter42! This is the first Liberty Loan patch I've ever bought. Maybe a little less color fading in my copy? Looks like I hit a home run!  

Good observations Titanfan.  I came upon a picture of a grouping I forgot about- I once had the grouping.  Well,  wouldn't you know.  It shows an Italian made ribbon bar with  unique rarely seen theater made clusters.  

Found this on a pasgt helmet. Anyone know what this means? C2D.

Don't know if anyone is still following this thread, but as an FYI, one of these Camillus 90's reproductions sold on e- bay auction yesterday for $ 205.50. This was a blade marked M3, paired with a M8 BM CO scabbard ( period correct). The seller stated in the description that he was not sure if the knife was ww2 production or not, so I think technically  he was covered on his description. I have one of these single pommel pin reproduction Camillus M3's,except it is guard marked. It was interesting to me to see what one of these would bring on an e- Bay auction. I bought mine several years ago at a local knife and gun show. It was paired with a M8A1 MADE IN W. GERMANY scabbard ( obviously  not ww2 issue) .  At the time, I did not really know nor care if it was a reproduction or not, I just thought it looked cool, so I bought it for $ 125. I'm currently shopping for an original Camillus ww2 M3 and I am aware it is going to cost alot more than $ 125 , but I'm going to hold onto the repro, I still think it's cool.

Thanks for the recommendation. 

Anyone able to ID this maker?  

Hello everyone, a few months ago I got myself an X-Large SPH-4b shell and a SPH-4 earcup retention assembly.   Original condition:     After cleaning the shell and waiting for the correct SPH-4b retention assembly to arrive, I almost had all parts needed to assemble the helmet.  Most parts I took from an SPH-5 which didnt fit me.     I used the ANVIS 6 singlevisor housing with a ANVIS 6/9 replica, since the dualvisor I have is the wrong color and missing the correct visors.       I used some spare earcup spacers to stop the visorknob from digging into the helmet.         The Velcro for the NVG battery and liplight is original.     Perhaps the nametag and rank of the pilot?         Also looks like there was some liquid inside the helmet which also seeped down into the earcup chaffingpad.       The only things missing would be the liner, green cross straps and maybe the correct flat earpads. I still dont really know what to do with the dualvisor, I was thinking about either painting it fully black or colormatching it to the helmet, or if I should just keep the singlevisor ( if historically accurate).   Thanks for reading, any help or feedback is welcome!