Is that all they took?

I’ve never seen these in 50 years of collecting.   Very nice!

I love them!  Never seen those before. Very nice!  

You might want to fix the photo of the reverse of the second badge. I don't know what happened, but I am seeing just a small image and cant get that to come up full size. Others might be experiencing the same. Hard to offer an opinion when you can really get a good look at it. 

Indeed they did. 2d SSS. Biggs AFB, TX. C-124.

Back in 1985 or so, Ray Cowdery, author of All American Wonder, offered a substantial reward if someone came up with a genuine jeep-in-a-crate … None surfaced to this day, 40 years on..  

I like your collection too!   Looks like good quality stuff and not the typical junk a lot of younger collects buy.  

I found an assault raft one time that was killer but never an actual wwii life raft.  I always wanted one of those gray netted life ring/boats.  The search continues but just when you think you won’t find one, something will pop up 

Thanks for the response Doyler.  It's also hard to get a handle on price, as I have seen them all over the place.  This batch I bought was $100 for ten.  I have seen the WWII version go for $45 each(old listing in 1944 militaria) , that is, if you can find them.  I found one store in NC that has the Vietnam version for 5 but that probably wont last long.  Back in the old days, i remember getting 2 M1 carbine clips and the pouch for like 15-20 bucks, now 150 or more.  

I’ve found my competition has dramatically fallen off in the past two years.  I rarely see anyone buying military at sales or the local flea markets.  It has worked to my benefit and am now getting many more calls from estate sale people to pre buy.