Off the top of my head I have; It's all American, most should be WWII, and the clothing is a mixture of olive drab and khaki American helmet with repro liner Orginial American liner Cricket P-30(?) Can Opener repro Leggins Trenchcoat Medikit Mittins Pack Numerous Bullets 50 cal ammo can 4 30 cal and smaller ammo cans of varying sizes M8 bayonet Radio Infantry Periscope Mess kit Naval Uniform CCC Uniform Thompson airsoft gun A desk that may or may not have came from the local Army base around WWII Foot locker Pictures of Paris from WWII medals/ insignias USO papers A record Entrenching tool Bibles/ other books Laundry bag and a Duffel Bag from the USS West Point US Marines Blanket Army Blanket V-Mail Most of this I got through inheritance.
Last Edit: Dec 29, 2008 21:39:56 GMT by Mac Bargett
3 Dec 09, 06:54 IO: Goodnight, Owen. 3 Dec 09, 05:27 Owen: There, I finished that. Goodnight IO.
Owen, come back! -JT I did -Owen Yeah, but you left again! -JT And then came back again! - Owen You should come back a third time, I've heard it's a charm! -JT
Post by S.SGT David Bevan on Jan 20, 2009 22:00:22 GMT
Not much.
My great uncles South Wales Borderers cap badge from WW2. My grandfathers Royal Enginner cap badge after being conscripted just after the war. A deactivated .303 round for a Lee-Enfield.
Post by Nicholas Ealing on Jan 23, 2009 7:09:21 GMT
I've got my great-grandfather and great-great uncle's medals plus this weird Nazi cutlery set that my great-grandad got given by a dying Nazi soldier in the desert. Its' pretty cool; s'got swastikas all over it - have decided it would be a tad weird to use the utensils to eat...yoghurt....or something, so have kept it in a safe place. (In my closest alongside Tom Cruise and co.).
Not as potentially deadly as PuNK's bayonet but you could scratch someone pretty bloody bad with the fork. ;D
Well, we have my dad's military uniform, which has the Patton "Hell on Wheels" emblem. I have a British WWII cantine that was actually used by a British soldier. That's it for WWII.
In regards to the American Civil War, we have my great, great, great, great grandfather's Springfield, which he wielded at Gettysburg, Spotsylvania, Antietam, and other major battles. We also have a Lamat Pistol, a few rifle rounds, an officer sword, a pain bullet, (used for biting during amputation. It actually has teeth marks in it) buck shot, Confederate Money, and an artillery shell. All actual battlefield artifacts we bought or acquired.
A tad late, but I just found out the other day that during one of the 3ID's lootings of a taken German town, my great grandpa took a Nazi flag. My dad was given that flag, so it's another part of our collection.
Just a small tid bit I found out, might not fit the bill precisely, but I thought this would be the best place to put it. A good buddy of mine, his great great grandfather was a fighter pilot in WW1 for the Germans, I thought that rather interesting and figured I would share.
-JT
"As I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I have no fear, for I am the meanest motherfucker in the valley." -Gen. George S. Patton VICTORIES: 4______________________________DEFEATS: 0
Post by Stabsgefreiter F. Blutstein on Jun 27, 2009 23:19:23 GMT
I have a Karbiner 98k. It was made in Belgium and was to be shipped to Germany. I also have the bayonet with scabbard and frog. Both weapons have original and identical markings.
Death is imminent. The only way to control it is to choose how you die. A coward or a hero.
Not really any reenactment stuff, (yet) but I do have some originals.
I have a hakenkreuz flag captured from a factory near the eastern front, an iron cross with no ribbon, my dad, (born 1941, so he's kind of an antique himself) plus a decorative sword whos origins I have not been able to trace yet.
Plus, a TON of patches from ww2 and on. I have one taken off of a dead japanese soldier... still a little dirty, too.