What's your newest militaria III

Rundstedt´s "letter to wife" on postcard...

 

Great find Erich! Wow, thats a good looking Fliegerhaube!!!

 

Hi Skip, Kai, E and all, great looking stuff you guys got.

Skip, those two stickpins really look familiar ;-))

 

Cheers Carl, I was hoping you could help me to tell me a bit more about the U.S. medic bag. Have you seen those before?


In the meantime I have another goodie and yes it's another rare brodie. i absolutely love the cammo patern that reminds me of the Canadian D day silk chutes.

I'm not too sure , but I think it could be Canadian. There are no markings on the lid . The 1940 I added today . If anybody could identify this helmet I'd be very happy.

 

Nice painted lid Skip, and you know Christmas is just around the corner and you DO have my address to mail it to ;-))

 

Nice lid Skipper ....I don't know where your finding all these!

I can confirm it's not Canadian but British. On the Canadian lids they have clipped corner chinstrap lugs, where as British (like yours) has pointed corners ....(just different ways of stamping out the metal components).

the liner is a typical mk2 ....somewhere long the line it lost its rubber cross-piece, but still looks good for display.

Pity the markings are not clear....try holding it under a bright light, rotating it slowly round, the markigs may become visible just....this works on many of my tommy helmets with thick coats of paint etc.

The cammo is interesting alright!

 

Cheers Andy , as I said the liner was added by me . I found the shell without a liner. it's a nice 1940 liner so I figured it would fit nicely on this shell. Same for the chin strap.
So if this cammo is British would anyvbody have an idea as to the origin of the patern?

 

I found this for you Skip:

WW2 US Medical Research Centre :: The Medical Chest

I think it's everything you could ever want to know about blanket kits and the Army Medical Corps

 

That's the very one Brad with the same red 1943 markings from Indianapolis . Thanks for your time!

 

When I saw it first it reminded me slightly of Malta cammo, but on further examination I think we could safely rule that out as the pattern and colours used are to different from examples I have seen. Shown below is typical Malta cammo on helmets.

 

I am thinking of a 1944 cammo rather than an early patern. I can't imagine this a sbeing part of the BEF so post June 1944 would seems a reasonble guess. Yhe cmmo scheme really reminds me of Canadian parachutes though. But I supose these were also used by the British RAF crews
Remember the 1944 silk pattern (used for a skirt after the war)

 

Hi Skipper, I wish I could tell you something about that medics bag but im not well versed in most Ami stuff. Glad Brad was on the scene to see this, looks like you guys know what it is now ;-))

 

Only references to disruptive camo paint on British helmets I could find was for Airborne troops (but obviously different pattern helmets), the Maltese camo posted further up and some First World War examples which made me think it could perhaps have been a Home Guard thing, but no actual reference found. In more modern terms it seems a little closer to Australian pattern camo from a while back, but that is tenuous to say the least. Seems like you have something unique or something done out of WW2 context.

 

I'm pretty sure it's WW2 epoch , not only because of the aspect but also because it came from the same old collection as my 8th Army helmet. Aussi cammo? That' a lead I could investigate. I will follow Andy's suggestion and will try to find markings.

 

this forum might give you some info on the helmet camo, but probably unconnected;

Brodie Type B color. - Great War Forum

On further investigation I don't think the aussie camo is much of a lead, although that doesn't rule them out ww2-wise.

 

Thanks again, I believe the brodie they show on that forum is a rusted sand paint one (which was originally green) , hence the two colors. I doubt it was a partially painted cammo .
I have a friend
who told me he saw a very similar patern on Militaria magazine in France and I will hav ethe opportunity to read old numbers next Wednesdays in a library.

Also I can clearly see an emblem on the side . Only the frame is visible, there is possibly a T on the bottom

 

if it could be the handle and cross guard of a sword/bayonet/kukri with the blade rubbed off instead of a 'T' then there are a few Canadian and Gurkha emblems that might fit the bill, all with a single knife handle central at the bottom. especially if it is red or black.

 

There is something that looks reddish , but it's more like a drop of paint that isn't supposed to be there.
I'm out of rep fro another few ours but you're on my list for tommorow.
If this helmet thing is getting too long I may move the whole thing to a new thread.

 

Here's that other scope I told you guys about
1st version of the early 1942 PU scope for the Soviet m91/30 sniper rifle,this one has a brass lens fitting/only a handful contain this feature as it was abandoned soon after,I did notice this scope does not bare the Soviet sickle/hammer logo - considering the time period "1942" I can only guess they were rushing these to the front without taking time to stamp logo's etc... Considering this scope didnt go through the post war refurb process its still in pretty good shape

 

Wow , I'm just speechless, thanks again for sharing this goodie. Her eis my latest, an early war U.S. army clip belt with 1941 markings. It 's in great condition .