. From my small Shoebox collection.   back in the mid and late 80's American Jeep enthusiast Ray R. Cowdery wrote two books on the ' All American Wonder ' the quarter ton truck,  note he used the correct term quarter ton truck.  I bought this page of ' stamps ' he published mid 90's with the intention of framing and hanging on a wall. These could not be used for mailing they were simply an image that could be attached to letters and envelopes.        Norman D. Landing, Forum Normandy Correspondent, 16 July  2O26.   ..

https://tioh.army.mil/Catalog/Heraldry.aspx?HeraldryId=17971&CategoryId=20&grp=2&menu=Uniformed Services&ps=24&p=0   It could be the one shown at the above Institute of Heraldry website link. The fold in the uniform makes it look curved.

Even to find that many contraband (un-registered vet bring backs) MG's in the wild would be next to impossible, certainly not in a closet, let alone that M20 Super bazooka. Unless maybe it's John Gotti's estate sale. When many of the dummy guns that IMA sold originally (they have bought back many and resold them for premium) they were all under $1000, even the MP-40. I remember the WW1 Vickers were around $900 shipped with the tripod. Bren's were like $350 shipped. M20 Super Bazooka's were like $400. Not sure what the MG34 were priced however they could be purchased under $1000. Now I think a WW1 Dummy Vicker's brings like $3500 to $4000. Dummy's were cool and gave the average joe an opportunity to have a famous MG (non-functional) for a fairly affordable price. IMA imported thousands of them from post-cold war Europe and the UK for dirt cheap. Used to love looking for their ad in Shot Gun Magazine back in the 90's. Even if those are all dummy's there is about $20K there if sold through a national auction house that specialized in Militaria. 

. From my small Shoebox collection.   looking through a carton of paperwork today I rediscovered this page of French postal stamps celebrating the thirtieth anniversary of D-Day, which I bought in 1974 with the intention of framing and hanging on a wall.  Sometimes it takes a while to getting around to doing things !!!!!!       Norman D. Landing, Forum Normandy Correspondent, 16 July  2O26.   ..

Here s 2nd Japanese made Vietnam era.

No, i have not. 

Very nice, I have serial # 5764, according to my S&W letter, mine was shipped on Dec 17, 1917. mine is in excellent original condition, but unfortunately, someone over the post war years replaced the plain military grips with dished wooden grips with checkering, they are excellent fit, but are not as built.   Thanks for sharing.

Unfortunately, it's pretty common to replace fixed bales for D bales to increase the value of a shell. The chinstraps look reproduction as well, especially the metal hardware. I'd stay away from this one.

Thanks Tod,       I compared it to a WWI standard pattern Robbins and it is exact. Have you ever seen another company using the Robbins pattern style in a die with no cuts? Just curious. If there's one like it, there must be others.   -Gerard

There's a few all-metal wire screwdrivers online, somewhat similar only much smaller than yours. One description is 'Vintage Small Metal Screwdriver Fishing Guns Sewing'