Estate sales mostly, one from an auction and one from Facebook market place. Enjoy your weekend as well

The view is quite nice as long as you don’t look directly down into a small business yard. But look up a little and there is a great view of my beloved San Jose Sharks NHL hockey stadium which is nearby. It’s been a rough past 8 seasons, but we are sure to be Stanley Cup bound next year! No, really!  mikie

Its a very nice legitimate 1895 Officers cap purchased by a state militia (i.e. state national guard) officer. By the 1890's the uniform regulations of many state units conformed to those of the US Army. The one distinct change some states made was the use of buttons with their state seal on them - to distinguish them from the regular army. Officers generally all were required to purchase their own uniforms. Uniform companies were big business in the day, catering to the army, navy, national guards, military schools, police, lighthouse men, bands, fraternal organizations, medical organizations, maritime companies and so on. 

Im not a specialist on PH engraving but I’ve had a few and I agree that I’ve never seen anything like it.   Those branches coming off the S are they actually engraved or did the gold finish chip off?    I don’t know if it’s just the picture or if blackened finish looks unusually black and not tarnished.     

Hi :) Thank you so much for the clarification and it is great, that you were able to track Mr. Densford down! Where did you acquire these shirts and jackets?   Kind regards and wishing a splendid weekend, Jules

I looked at that and nothing specific on the T7A

Very nice parking job Mikie!   And the view is amazing.

https://www.theriggerdepot.com/t-7-assemblies.html   Here is a link to The Rigger Depot page with T-7 information.  Below is a copy of part of the text on the page:   The T-7 parachute assembly was standardized on  March 13, 1944, but did not see service in-theater until late 1944. Although pack trays remained virtually identical to the T-5, the new single point release harness was introduced. The harness took a step away from the double layered Type VIII black dot webbing and instead used a thicker, single layer 5,000 lb Type X webbing.The earliest T-7s were manufactured with the OD painted hardware, but by early 1945, cadmium became standard.  At this time, a mixture of 4th and 5th model static line snap fasteners were used.The T-7 continued into the postwar era with numerous minor modifications. The T-7 soldiered on until its replacement by the T-10 in 1954.  

Hello all, I am seeking a WWII submarine diving alarm contact maker, always green painted, star shaped version. I am attaching photos of representative examples. Knob is square or rectangular shaped. Thanks. To

They come up for sale on eBay fairly frequently, especially the post-war French army bags (which are essentially identical to the US bags except for the markings inside the top flap).  I may have one that I could sell you.  (I'll check to see what I have in my spares / surplus to needs.)  However, I suspect that postage to NZ might make the total cost unreasonable.