I have not seen the "MSG" stamp before, but the white NDSAP marking is usually seen in the Political Leader Armbands (usually with a directional arrow and "Ober" so they are worn correctly) could be a pre RZM maker marking. But I would say a Political leader vs SA armband.

Looks like the police service emblem is glued on. 

I have never come across a "printed" Canadian made Pegasus SSI with a black backing but I do have information about embroidered Canadian made Pegasus SSIs made during WW2.  In the first and second picture they appear to have black backing material which is where your information concerning "black backing" probably came from.    

You helmet with the lugs for the chinstrap is German, either model 1916 or 1917.  (actually there was never an actual model 17, that's a collector term designating the metal liner band from the earlier leather liner band. ) The other helmet is Austrian, and takes a different kind of strap.  The strap on the Austria is certainly not original to the helmet.  Almost looks like nylon.  Austrian straps were mostly a canvas strap with leather fittings.    Steve  

It's perfectly correct, but enhanced if you had, in this instance. said you wanted to know what the IR meant.  You posed no question.  Now, all that being said, I don't know what IR means other than some manufacturer.   Good luck with you quest. Steve 

Hi guys, Was doing research on Pegasus patches from the British 1st, 6th & Canadian versions.  now I have seen these types which are the canvas printed versions online and am told that the Canadian versions have a black backing, but the British versions do not…do you know if this is correct and if this one would be British or Canadian version? I am a little confused as I cannot for the life of me track down a picture of a reverse side of a Canadian version for comparison, so I am hoping someone on here could enlighten me🤷‍♂️😁   thanks

I looked for any reference to that backmark and when I didn't find one, i thought I'd post pics here like the message board is a kind of repository for that kind of thing. if that's not correct, please let me know. 

Hello all, hopefully this is the appropriate area to ask, if not, Mods feel free to delete/move.   I have a basic party armband, "early" as understand, mixed-materal construction, leftover brown thread, maybe off a SA uniform or other Brown color party uniform? Anyway I was wondering what these stampings/markings on the inside of the armband mean/indicate?

Am discussing acquiring a helmet from a seller. I could see modern chin straps had been added. I would want it to stay on my head well. I asked for shots of chin strap retainers. Here's what I got. Obviously these have been on for a long while. are they original? If so, when did they change from the ones I know they used.  Here's the shot.   Here's a shot of a retainer on a helmet I own.  

Yep, that's what it is.     Steve 

Thank you Mr. Bushido. I was hoping you would look. It makes sense as the soldier whose family I got this from was in China during the war. Mark  

On the upper side, the names of the people gathered to inspire the soldiers on the battlefield are signed. There is not much information available from this. Based on the wording, it is highly likely that the unit were scheduled to be dispatched to the Chinese【=大陸】 front.   The lower side is also roughly the same. However, it can be seen that the soldier's name is "Hei-saku Sai-to【=齋藤 兵䇿】". It also contains national song lyrics【=君が代は…】 and slogans related to Shintoism【=神威遍耀】. The sign on the left seems to have been written by the mayor of Taira【=平市長】, a city that existed in Fukushima Prefecture at the time.