Thank you! That's certainly very helpful.

Not that eBay is a great price guide but one sold on there recently  for $366.  I’ve had a couple and never gotten that much.  I was gonna say around $150. But I stand corrected.  

I am holding a -43- canvas 1911 mag holder marked BOYY or BOYD First and last letters too worn to tell for sure but I feel it is BOYY Patrick Murray

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mess_dress_uniform#U.S._Army Here is a site that helped me when I found my first US Army mess dress uniform at an estate sale.  It is a little confusing at first but through time..it makes sense.  Maybe (smile)

> Has anybody here laid hands on a WWII Jeep land-leased to Soviets?    If so, any major differences between theirs and ours?

Hi robinb,   What is the date / source for that image? I've seen other images of that attachment, similarly marked "CARGO." Can't remember where. Just when your post showed up, I had been looking for an edition of "Infantry" that briefly discussed early packboard cargo attachment development. I've read it a number of times, but now it seems to have vanished from Internet Archive. (Vexing.)   This is from TM 11-242,  RADIO SET  SCR - 300 - A,  February 1945:                            "... there are several specialized types of carrying attachment available for use with the packboard in addition to the regular cargo attachments."      

The wool is an original Raider patch.

GOSH! STOP! Ok now, I'm leaving, you guys are only here to waist time and create arguments that don't go anywhere! STOP! I'M FREAKING SERIOUS. I'm leaving! First it was Discord, then YouTube, now here. What's wrong with this generation?!  If you're "trying to help", that's NO WAY to do so!!! Why not encurage??? Because you're (all you guys) internet users with 4 hours of screen time and no one to help you. Just think, like ACTUALLY THINK... Why are you trying to discurage someone younger than you? "And if you aren't", why help when you can't be nice about it?? See y'all I'm done :)

When it comes to painted M1’s, everybody is an idiot.   

Great info Kevin! I like the chock block details too. Might make some for the Jeep...! Cheers Graham