I bought a cut down UHF 1905 -> M1 bayonet mostly just ot have an example to go along with the rifle.  After reading Bayonet Points and examining, and rereading here and Bayonet Points, I have a theory and some questions.   Questions are: Could this have been made very late 1942 - early 1943 from a M1905 that was still at UHF  ?  Do others agree the grip panels are likely CAB even though mold mark is gone?    Mfc.: Union Fork & Hoe,   Blade: Fuller  rounded at end and continues through tip. (Rounded ends began by late 1942). Edges not sharp.   Stamped UFH U (Bomb) S and on right ricasso ordnance bomb typical of M1905 blades 1942   Guard: Barrel loop is chamfered both sides (Typical of WW2 production) Stamped C-64035-HF (Union Fork & Hoe)   Catch: Stamped UC. (Utica Cutlery began supplying catches to all manufactures before Feb 1943).   Grips: Brown with no stamps. About 29 grooves inch. Comparing with the examples in Bayonet Points the shape and color suggests Cellulose Acetate Butygate (CAB) manufactured by Columbus Plastic Products Co.  Also the shinkage could be damage from chemicals or ageing.  However Gary had posted most of the examples he had seen were on AFH bayonets.      

My only frame of reference for theater flags are WWII AAF flight jackets… star count was largely representative/symbolic only…   which led me to think this was a theater made flag, that and the vets sister was adamant about him wearing it in Nam.. buy the jacket not the story…it is a nice M65 with a good date👍✌️🇺🇸

I really like it.  

USAF / 132d Fighter-Interceptor Squadron (Maine Air National Guard). Dow AFB, ME. F-101B "Voodoo". Japanese-made "Vulcan".

Well done! Sorry I was bidding against you but fell off a couple bidders before your last competitor. 

US Navy / Attack Squadron 43 (VA-43) "Challengers" 1961-1973. NAS Oceana, VA. A4D-1 (A-4A) // A4D-2 (A-4B) // A4D-2N (A-4C) // A-4E/F // TA-4J // TF-9J. Japanese-made "Vulcan".

I was the successful bidder on this paratrooper wing.  I have been collecting variations of WW2 era US paratrooper wings for going on 50 years now and I have never encountered this hallmark.   True this is an older hallmark used by Robbins and shouldn't be on something they produced in the 1940s but I looked at the wing itself and it isn't mint in that there is some wear on the high spots and the pin isn't straight as if it has been placed on and off of a uniform numerous times.  I also looked at what this eBay seller was selling and it wasn't purely militaria.   I felt it was unique and decided to take a chance however if a couple of months from now another pops up for sale then we will know that these are being re-struck using their older hallmark.  

I have a handful of "keeper" out of the woodwork uniforms, this is probably the nicest set though.  Still undecided if I want to restore the ribbon rack or not.   

Thanks, Marty.  Those early days are hard to decipher who was doing what to whom....  I think between about 1935 and 1955ish CC. Moseley started with the Curtis-Wright school, renamed it the Grand Central Flying School, then Cal Aero, then added Mira Loma and Polaris, ETC, and finally returned to the Grand Central Rocket Company (all this makes my head spin).     To me, this started as a relatively general question... "What, exactly, were these wings given out for?"  Then it became a kind of mental breakdown that preyed on my scientific background.... "Lets see how many of these unique wings I can find and what I can glean from them by the date they were awarded".    Now its a bit of an obsession (They can call me Dr. P Rainman) as I have my Moseley Excel file that I proudly add to once or twice a year.   But a story begins to form.  C.C. Moseley apparently liked to have wings engraved with his name on them that he could give out to either outstanding cadets (E.B LeBailly) or employee instructors (e.g. J Bowen),  I suspect that he used a local engraving shop to have them made starting in 1940 and going well into 1944ish).  Maybe something will show up from post WWII?     I wonder if there is an advert in one of the old yearbooks for a "Bob's Trophy and Engravings Shop, Downtown Ontario, CA" that could give us a hint. I seem to vaguely recall that I once found a likely candidate but like so much in my life, I didn't write it down and forgot the specifics.   Pretty cool stuff if you are a wing ding

This piece may not stand out to anyone else, but it's extremely sentimental for me personally. This is my great uncle's M41 Arctic Field Jacket, which he wore during the frigid winter of late 1944 through early 1945. From what I've heard, he had extreme emotional/psychological impacts from the war on a completely different level from his three brothers, who served. As a result, I have practically zero stories to help understand what he experienced. I'm honored to have been passed down 3+ duffel bags' worth of uniform gear to preserve and respect.  Outnumbered, outgunned, overlooked... but never outmatched. The 95th Infantry Division