Great grouping! Thank you for sharing!

Most readers know that I am an avid cyclist, be it on antique or WW2 Military bikes or more contemporary cruisers and more modern ones... I ride about 5000 Kilometers per year and for my everyday rides I have been riding an e-bike on which an electrical motor assists the pedalling for quite some years. It is great for riding longer distances and defy the wind which is always present near the Flanders coast.. It was time to replace my old model so I ordered a new bike made by THOMPSON,  a Belgian company which has been building pushbikes since 1921... Given the brand name and the fact that I could choose frame color and markings, I simply had to get one in matt olive drab with blue drab markings.... I now have 5 Thompsons (haha) and this latest one matches the Jeep in color... LOL So this is how it turned out.... Delivered last Thursday and already over 80 miles on the odometer... Great bike!!      

Cleared out a hipster garage sale where denim was being sold. Pile of surplus was sitting on the concrete patio. Found a $40 industrial rack to start going through the pile. Lots of m65 parkas and wool liners. 

Do you think that the box is original to the pendant?  I think it more likely, since the box is titled, that it was just a convenient size for the Purple Heart pendant.

Went to a local antique store over the weekend and found this old Navy ship light. Thought it was interesting looking so i grabbed it. I cant find any kind of information on it. Can anyone help identify what years these were used and any web sites that may tell information about it? Thanks for any information provided.  

. American car show Carentan 05 April 2026   We took my friends HotRod to the Carentan show this morning this morning, Sadly it started as a cold, windy drizzling day which we think put a lot of people off attending, by mid-day it was raining, we called it a day and headed home, late afternoon the weather changed the rain stopped, the sun appeared but all too late for us to consider returning. The attendance was definitely down from previous years.  And THERE WAS Line-Dancing !!!!!                                       Norman D. Landing, Forum Normandy Correspondent, 05 April  2O26.   ...  

While this seems to be the answer,  the question is, those ribbons were used for WWII Ohio State Guard, which stood down after the War in 30 Sept 1947. The Ohio Defense Corps was stood up in 26 May, 1949. By this time those ribbons were not issued, maybe worn as the WWII guys were the basis for the new ODCs. However by the time this SM could have been a member of the ODC there was a slew of awards designed and was being used, so their for the red ones were no longer being used.    Just my two cents.    

I enjoy putting the tracks together. They give a more realistic look to the model. But I hate when they are so fragile that they easily break. When I did my JagdTiger, and decided for AM tracks I got some 3D pri ted tracks that were also fragile. I was lucky to find tracks from Modelkasten. Good luck Lars. I'll be looking forward to more WIP pics.👍🏽

Also Painted on a Rock

. From my Shoebox Collection.   Imagine this same 1944 product being made and produced in 2026 ' WARNING, this egg product may contain eggs ' .       Norman D. Landing, Forum Normandy Correspondent, 05 April  2O26.