. Hi Kevin,    nice Jeeping images, however I feel quite sad and nostalgic seeing this image, and we sadly will never know the background story to the image and the numerous signatures added to the image.   Purely peeing in the wind with this association,  notice the nick-name ' Rikki ' added towards the bottom, quite an unusual nick-name in the English language I believe,  and that name and  the drawing of the Jeep makes me think of the early post war London Jeep dealers Metamet and there was a ' Mr Rikki '  or maybe ( Mr Ricky ) connected with that company            Norman D. Landing, Forum Normandy Correspondent, 10 May  2O26.   ..

Thanks!   -Ski

Well, I know how that sort of thing feels, so I am sorry. Next time....

They were designed so guys could open them up and send as a post card. 

. Hi JMadison,   I had a set of these back in my collecting days but I sold them about twenty years ago , mine was more heavily washed and used than this set you have,  which has to be the best set I have ever seen.  Congratulations on finding such a nice set and sharing with the forum.     regards lewis. 

Oh nice. I collect camp crowder items. This is one of my match boxes.

Will save you some time:   https://www.usmilitariaforum.com/forums/index.php?/topic/420475-authentic-usmc-ww1-helmet/   Was nice that the other member didn’t clip out the auction logo.  

Thank's for your rocket responses.   I'm waiting for pics of the hole.   Dominique

Can you see the hole that the EGA is fixed to?   Does it look drilled or punched through?

I was at Ft Jackson, SC attending a USAREC NCOIC course in 2007 and saw lots of Navy personnel there in Army ACUs.  When asked they said they “volunteered” for a rotation helping the Army in order to get a prime choice next duty slot guaranteed.  By 2007 the Army had rotated almost every Brigade thru Iraq once and had a personnel shortage that some high up Navy official concocted this idea to help. Most were used to guard ECPs and do On-FOB duties for the tour.  They kept the Navy rank which got confusing at the officer level as none of the officers matched Army officer rank names. we actually felt sorry for them.