Thank you so much Robinb!!

You're welcome Mark.  Take care and God Bless! 🇺🇸

I have that book. It's not exclusively covering horse equipment. It also covers equipment for enlisted men and officers.

Agreed. That was a lot of work to end up with one ugly holster.

M1903 suspenders.

Thank you for the response, I figured so, but the confirmation is nice. Sincerely, Boonie

These helmets and liners pop up frow time to time here in Detroit.   Everyone here knows they are police helmets.   Sometime they come with visor or just the metal visor mount parts.

Hey everyone! I'm glad to be here. I'm a collector out of Iowa. I got gifted a SOAMXS challenge coin from an aviation maintenance tech a while back and have been hooked ever since, digging into the history behind AFSOC units, 1st SOW/SOAMXS, and gunship lore (Spectre, Spooky, etc). Also picked up an interest in 160th SOAR (Night Stalkers) coins and patches along the way, plus some Desert Storm-era Navy/Air Force squadron patches and Prussian/WWI-WWII European militaria on the side. I try to verify provenance where I can (NSN, DLA contract data, unit history) before adding anything to the collection, still learning a lot as I go though. Right now I'm hunting for a specific AC-130 Spectre "Fire Control" patch if anyone's got leads or has seen one floating around. Looking forward to learning from everyone here and talking unit history. 

Asian made for sure. No earlier than 1960s. Doubtful even that early. Not WW2

It's nice to have the name, but I don't think it adds much/anything. Buy the item not the story. Even the story in this case isn't the greatest. It's still a great piece that any collector, myself included, would love to have.