. Hi Bluehawk,   Regarding Russian Jeeps.   Well strange how events unfold, today I had the pleasure of meeting the owners of fifteen Jeeps visiting from Prague.   The one gentleman now aged 67 owns various WWII vehicles, these being several Jeeps a Bren gun carrier and others.  He related to me that when he and a couple of friends were around 20 years of age they saw an old Jeep sitting in a small village outside Prague, they enquired at all the houses within the village and the story was it had been sat there abandoned by Russian troops since WWII, so they set about recovering it,  as it was not owned by anyone in the village.  It happened to be an early Model Willys MA,  today these are amongst the holy-grail of Jeep collectors as they are so rare.   This gentleman was obviously emotional as he spoke,   it had long been his dream to visit Normandy and it had been impossible whilst Prague was under Russian control.    This is a stock image of an MA, also shown a wartime Willys advert showing Russian troops using Willys Jeeps.        Norman D. Landing, Forum Normandy Correspondent, 01 July  2O26.   ..

Here is what I have found: NARA contains records for government contracts from FY66-FY75. Searching for this contract gives the following information:    Contractor: Canadian Commercial Corp (probably a parent of WCW) Location: Canada Award of $200,000 or more in support of South East Asia (made to be used in the Vietnam War) Contract Date: June 1969 Estimated Completion Date: June 1970     It seems that the posters suggesting these are Canadian-made are correct.   The FY1974 example posted in this thread is likewise listed as Canadian made. I don't think it would list Canada if it was produced by a subsidiary in the US. For example, Ingersoll also made canteen cups, but you won't find any entries for that under Ingersoll in NARA records as they're all listed under the parent company Borg-Werner. Despite this, the state/city point to where Ingersoll specifically was located. This was all pre-Berry Amendment, so military equipment could be procured from foreign sources as a matter of course

Got to thinking, are they for the Vandergrift jacket?

. Hi Kevin,  Manuals are not always a great help,   and I agree, the 1956 Willys M38 manual is an example of this,  as the Jeeps on the flat car are not M38's, possibly wartime Willy's MB's at best, however the first vehicle is definitely a Ford GPW and possibly so is the one to the rear of it.  !!!!   Ad-Infinitum. as they say in Rome  🤣       Norman D. Landing, Forum Normandy Correspondent, 01 July  2O26.   ..    

US   Dominique

I owned one in the 1990's where they took a grinder and just went down the middle of the blade, leaving the upper and lower portions of the inscription intact. I sometimes think they did the minor grinding just to say they complied with the removal.      Mark sends

The experienced ribbon bar collector knows that missing ribbons on early multibar ribbons or ribbons out of placement (order of precedence) does not necessarily mean a ribbon bar is fake.  Also uniformity of a ribbon bar's components does not always guarantee authenticity.  Shown is an example of a composite bar.  The ribbon bar mounts/basebars are from N. S. Meyer and the Aronoff Service Product Company of New York.  The ribbon slides were manufactured by both Meyer and Wolf Brown.  The clutches were manufactured by Jandy.  Sometimes to make things happen you have to use what you have in hand.  

Is this a British or American WWI Brodie Helmet? Thanks John

Thanks again. Best Laurence

26th Manuver Enhancement Brigade SSI.  Soldier from the 972nd Military Police Company, Massachusetts Army National Guard, walks through the fan experience zone at Boston Stadium before a FIFA World Cup game, June 26, 2026. The Mass Guard MPs are part of a larger security presence at the stadium, including police from Foxboro, Attleboro, and numerous towns across the Commonwealth, Massachusetts State Police, and federal authorities, including the FBI. (Photo Credit: Sgt. 1st Class Steven Eaton)