New Military Show to be held in Des Moines, Iowa, September 19-21, 2025. Held in conjunction with a Gun Show.

Anyone hear how many tables have been sold for this?

I have confirmed that I will have a table at this show. I will be set up Friday and Saturday.

We are packed and heading out tomorrow. I will have lots of shoulder patches, medals and misc insignia. Mostly US but a few foreign pieces. I am selling, trading and buying so stop by and say HI

As an update, I attended this show last weekend.  I have attended the predecessor to this militaria show for years and I have some thoughts on the new show.  First, I am supportive of all militaria shows and I hope this one takes off.  I did see some new dealers from outside my usual prowling grounds and that was one of my hopes for this show.  I was able to pick up a few things so the show was good for me.  Two interesting things I picked up was a small Kindersabel made as a WW1 German Cavalry sword by Wyersberg.  These small kiddie size swords are usually made by toy makers but this one was made by Wyersburg who was a sword maker.  Another item that I picked up was a set of artificial oak leaves that attach to an Austrian steel helmet for parade wear. I have been looking for a set of these insignia for years.

 

So, all in all a nice show that I hope continues.

I'm very interested in this event.  I have a large Military Field Phone collection and live locally. My concern is paying $200 to get 4 tables to set up my display.  I don't buy or sell items I just display.  I should be able to a discount price.  I've run into this at several events that I've been asked to display at.