US items

US M1 front seam swivel bale helmet ID’ed H-506 on the back of the shell. This is a textbook late war US M1 helmet with Seaman paper co liner and the helmet shell heat stamp 948 B. Textbook US issued example with the tell tale staining from shaving soap inside the shell!

Textbook First World War issue US Colt 1911 lanyard in unissued condition. These lanyards are mostly if not all dated 1917 on the snap hook. This is a excellent example!

US Colt 1911 holster marked BOYT Jr. J. in excellent condition!

Textbook, unissued US Navy foul weather hats in unissued condition. They are dirty and could easily be cleaned but are in unissued condition! Could be easily cleaned with a damp cloth!

Textbook half inch escape compass. These were hidden in clothing to be used during an escape or emergency. These small brass compasses are quite rare. This example is in good and working condition with luminous marked dial.

Excellent and named 82nd Airborne class A jacket with period sewn insignia. The garment is in very good light worn condition and comes with the Tie and Garrison cap found together with the jacket. The garment is named Gerstner which could be a good base for further research. The Jump wing oval indicates he served in a Airborne Artillery Battalion. For me, the favorite detail on this garment is the British half Pennies used as backing for the Collar disc insignia. Typical detail for a soldier who was stationed in the UK prior to D-Day. The garment is a killer piece that would very nicely display in any Airborne focussed collection!

Textbook combat used US Pistol belt.

Textbook US overseas cap for a EM/NCO in a airborne unit. The cap is in excellent, worn condition. The cap retains a combined paratrooper and glider infantry patch and a red white mixed piping. Nice named example!

USAAF officer’s shirt, British made patch in good worn condition. Hard to find original shirt.

US combined Glider parachute Infantry cap patch in very good, most likely unissued condition.

Textbook  Privately purchased bullion patch. Hard to find variant!

US M1941 field jacket in worn condition. The fabric is somewhat stiff and looks to have been impregnated at some point. The garment is a size 38L. The zipper on the jacket is missing its bottom lead, otherwise looks complete and moving but I can’t seem to get it to zip up. The buttons hold up just fine. The garment has ghost of several rank and unit insignia, a nice example!

US Navy RH-35 PAL knife named LT David Green in very good used condition with a possibility for further research!

Typical US army jumpboots with cats paw soles. The jumpboots are named Welch with a unreadable ASN in the top. Nice pair in good used condition!

Modified first pattern US Bazooka rocket bag in good used condition. This is a first pattern, single lift the dot example dated 1943. There is a interesting field modification with two German leather straps and buckles. There is a 2nd Lieutenants name ‘Renard’ on the side of the bag which is a typical French name but I have also found numerous US army enlistees with the same last name. Hard to find!

US Custom made fighting knife made from a bayonet blade with a cast aluminum grip.

US Glider wing marked Sterling in very good condition.

Hard to find original US Army pencil eraser in unissued condition. Not to be confused with civilian or post war manufacture; this is a original US Army issue pencil eraser straight from the wartime packaging. I have obtained a small amount of these and will not get a restock. Hard to find original example in unissued condition wich was issued to anyone with a mapcase in the US army during world war two.

Original US airborne command patch in good unissued condition.

Original 1st Allied Airborne patch in very good condition.