Les Hughes' site also has two photos of fake badges, that are quite obviously very different from the supposed originals shown above: http://www.insigne.org/Fakes-I-Abn.htm    

I had to break it down and move it. When I pieced it back together I think I messed up. I did it spring over and that looks a little high.

Interesting! It has a hitch for a ball. That struck me as odd. It's not a pintle type. I have no idea when the ball type hitch came to be. This is a primitive hitch, I wouldn't trust it over 25MPH.

Hello all, I just picked up this relic buckle a couple weeks ago.  I'm not generally into ACW items, but I thought it would be nice to have a few of the iconic representative items. I am a bit curious, as I don't know a huge amount about battlefield relics. Do most such buckles likely come from fallen soldiers, or were there men losing their belts on the battlefield? Does the bend and cracks on this buckle suggest that it was struck or damaged during the war? Any feedback or interesting info is welcome.

I have the dialer for this unit, shown in your video here. I actually have two of these dialers, and for both dialers, I need to press half-way. I cannot press all the way, people can't hear me if I do that. Is pressing half-way normal? Or, do I have incorrect wiring? Here is my set-up... From my RJ11 surface mount, I have Green going to the LA of the dialer's module, and RED going to the LB of the dialer's module. And then the module with it's two spade forks is fed under the OB unit's LA and LB terminals. Is that correct? I was hoping to see in the video your wiring inside, but you never showed the inside. Please advise, thank you.     

Here's one that I have in my collection; a 55 gallon drum that's dated 1942.

Picked these up off an auction.  Anyone know of the meaning of this patch if any? Any thoughts on where the USMC patch was made? Thanks Ken 

Hi Dale, I have his medals, dog tags and some photos. I am definitely interested.

Aloha Chris,   This is exactly why I love your in depth view on all my posts that you've chimed in on.  The shenanigans  of the past and those that participated in them is generally unknown with the exceptions of the noted observations reported here and they are excellent  works of reference.    I'm certain Marty was extremely excited during his gathering days by adding the latest and greatest acquisitions to his collection.  Unfortunately, and like all of us, he was taken advantage every once in awhile  unknowingly.  He wasn't kin on adding fake to his collection at all and now I can only assume that he believed he was getting the real deal.  The good thing is that he wasn't taken to the cleaners  on majority of his collection being the seasoned collector that he was.   I really appreciate your stance on the balloon anomaly, too!  I notice the very same details that you pointed out and just figured that it was creative doughboy ingenuity to fill in someone whim "Overthere". Now it will remain in limbo until its true origin surface that will either sink or float this duck.   Thanks for all you do for us here at the forum.   John  

I would like to see that if you have any pics to share. We have a 1917 Model T Ambulance that we restored just prior to covid.      Scott