Show us your militaria...

ok a couple of small pieces seen elsewhere on these forums at one time ....

Beholla 7.62mm WW 1 aviators piece used by WW 2 Luftwaffe pilots-private purchase



P-38 9mm

 

No replicas this time....

 

Martin what are the markings on your P-38 ? and to add to his ammo here is a closeup of one of the 9mm ammo containers .....





I know Martin has more WW 2 aircraft material to photo and place on here as well I'd like to get some of the SturmFw pieces placed here though I suppose instead of militaria it would be placed as archaelogy/air

 

armbands anyone ? from the Luftwaffe : I hate to copy and paste but I do indeed own an armband such as this ........



and then the famous or little known late December 44 instituted flieger ID friend from foe armband worn almost exclusively by day fighter pilots:



this is somewhat of a rarity now and asking big bucks for purchase ..... why ?

 

Martin, you betcha! Also, I still need a nice set of officers boots and belt, to finish my Majors uniform.

BTW, nice P-38, if you ever want to trade grips? I like the brown bakelite grips better than the black. The grips on mine are brown as well but one is chipped in a corner.

 

The P-38 is a 'byf 43' so nothing exceptionally rare. At time of purchase, I had the choice of brown or black grips and chose the brown ( vanity, pure vanity... )

 

Heres a couple of pics of just a taste of my collection...

This is the U.S. 91st Engineering Battalion's original 1933 battalion flag...

This battalion was sent to Australia in mid-1942 I believe and, was busy building roads and airfields for the U.S. Army Air Corps. to use in Australia. The U.S. 96th Engineers were dissolved into the 91st which retained its original designation as the U.S. 91st Engineering Battalion. Of all the engineering battalion's in Australia, only eight were colored and with the 96th being dissolved into the 91st this left only seven. This flag belongs to one of only seven colored engineering battalions that were in the PTO.

The 91st went on to do further construction in and around Port Moresby and in the Philippines shortly after the invasion there in 1944.

I found it hanging on a wall by a piece of rope in an antique shop and, I bought it for $55.00...





This is a guidon I saved from a vendor at a flea market here in my hometown of Savannah, Georgia who had it tacked up on a wall...yes, you heard right... it was wrongfully tacked up on a wall.

I was told by the guy I bought it from(who is reputable dealer) that he bought it in Eastman, Georgia U.S.A. from an elderly lady who owned an antique shop in Eastman and her late husband who had served in WWI had brought it home with him.

So, with that being stated it could be as early as WWI or it could just be WWII. It is made of Dark Blue Wool Bunting(one piece) and it has the letters and the numbers embroidered into it, on both sides.

I belonged to a Georgia National Guard unit from Georgia up around Macon area which would confirm the WWI history to this guidon.

The unit:

1st Battalion, Charlie Company
U.S. 121st Infantry Regiment
(WWI): U.S. 31st Infantry Division(Old Dixie Division)
(WWII): U.S. 8th Infantry Division(Golden Arrow Division)

I bought this guidon for $50.00...



I hope you enjoy this small taste of my WWII collection...

Kind Regards,
MARNE

 

I used to have a BYF-41 (November 41 to be exact) until it was stolen from my flat back on Jan 6/2000. The P-38 I have now is an AC-43.

PS, brown looks better on the P-38. When I see one with black, it reminds me of the cheaper ones produced in the early 60's--though are still nice but; now near as nice as the WWII made pistolen.

 

funny my smaller WW 1 piece shoots better than my P-38. and no I do not shoot ww2 ammo I really do not care for a back fire in my lovely face

 

Erich, I had not had the time to say (till now) that your private purchase pilots pistol, is a nice one. I like the "corduroy" grips as well. That piece just screams of "being there and done that." If that pistol could just speak?????

 

no kidding, the little sucker is so accurate it has surprised a very good friend/gun shop owner and every time we take er out to pop targets he drools to have a hand on it. the little thing has a matching holster and clip as well

I'll be retiring these pistols this year, no more firing, it is getting to the point it is unsafe.

now if I found a round or 2 of Panzerschreck ammo ................ nah

 

Still down at the grubby end of the militaria spectrum - two variations on the same theme....

 

I've got a few more interesting items to put up, first off some interesting soviet shoulder boards. Both these pairs date from the immediate end of the war to 1946 and are parade pogoni made in the field by soldiers who didn't get issued them but wanted them to look smart. The interesting thing is that they are smaller than usual and so possibly made for female soldiers, secondly the materials. First off a pair of infantry pogoni, note the patterned floor material used for the strap:




Secondly a frontier guard set, note the date and the fact that they are made around a steel frame and the piping is made from the insulation of electronic wiring:




Another pair of wartime frontier guard pogoni:



Next, rare 1924 (ish) soviet naval ensign, interesting design eh?



Original 1935 pattern Gymnastroika with 1941 insignia, used by LenFilm and marked up for a prisoner of war in the 50's:




The obligatory soviet banner, wartime, from a small naval vessel:



Final item of interest, a set of padded winter kit. They are the pretty rare black version for armoured troops, all the more interesting because post war they were issued to a German POW who took off all the buttons so the jacket could be worn as some sort of liner and the trousers could be fitted with buttons for braces. From the same set as the hat posted earlier, one set of kit I intend to look after but never wear.

 

Shown below is the Afrika Corps armband for which I gave five fags to its owner as our trains stopped alongside each other on our way up to Tunis.
I was going to join my regiment...he was going into the bag.

It is pasted permanently into my Album on Page 62.
http://ronsactualarmyalbum.blogspot.com/

 

Amazing stuff hussar!

 

Now that's what I call Militaria Ron.
Nice one.

Cheers,
Adam.

 

Shite! I had one of those when I was younger and didn't know it was Russian!!

 

It's always the way of things though isn't it Gordon? You only find out what that prized childhood toy was when you grow up (not that I've grown up, but I'm reliably informed that's how it works).

 

I have to say Stefan some how Im not surprised at your collection....

But I am very impressed!! Good work as you definately got yourself some rarities.

 

Stefan, ex4thHussar, great items.

Stefan, I can really appreciate your collection of shoulderboards as I collect WWI and WWII German rank insignia.

ex4thHussar Sir, I can also greatly appreciate your Afrika Korps cufftitle--being German is my only area of collecting interest--at this time.

Perhapse Mr. Bill Smith when he has time, can show us his collection of cufftitles?