Outstanding!

Very nice, I wonder what kind of machine gun he had and was it amnesty registered with the ATF?

That's a solid list. A lot of it still applies today, especially thinking before posting and remembering you don't have to respond to every disagreement.

You might want to revisit this topic via the last auction of Thomaston Auctions in Thomaston, Maine. 

Ranger, thanks for taking the time to write this up and spell it out with clear regulatory evidence and dates. Tod

Very nice coat for a Major late Indian War to early 1900 Private purchase and very possibly militia.

French victory medals were authorized initially for US troops assigned to French units. This was later withdrawn as part of an “ one allied medal” thought process in 1921?  However, a number of US troops were issued the ribbons and diplomas. I have seen several to the Harlam Hellfighters.  What is interesting is that is no other bling here- no Verdun medal, no French volunteers medal…..no other awards, not even society medals. That hints this was worn in the mid 1920s on a NY Guard serving mess dress.  Very nice bar. I would bet cash money this guy was either a translator or in medical services as those were the guys who tended to stay attached to French units the longest.  Pity the NY medal is not numbered. 

Two patches arrived with WW2 USAMC Ike jacket. One plain wreath and one with #2 within wreath. I want to have them sewn on to three right sleeve 4" above the cuff or the end of the sleeve ( not sure which) . Do I attach both one above the other? Hire far apart

A similar mixing of types has happened on the trailer photo, it was taken from a 1952 TM 3/4 TON 2-WHEEL CARGO TRAILER M101.