what a great collection of items with battle scars!!  Vietnam defeated the US at the height of its power.  To me, those items represent the courage of the Vietnamese people and their fight against a powerful nation that had no business being in Vietnam.     

In the 1970's Burt Lancaster hosted/narrated a documentary series called, I think, The Unknown War.  American do not know that 80 to 90 percent of the German army was in Russia and that was the main theater of the war.  Lancasters documentary was excellent and provide perspective Americans don't have and desperately need. 

I remember buying Norinco rifle in the late 1980's.   I was always told the Chinese rifles were junk.  I look at it now and I think this is a fine rifle, the SKS.   Was that just brainwashing and propaganda to make Americans believe China did not build good weapons?  

This weekend, July 17th-18th, 2026 is the North Canton Ohio Military Show presented by ASMIC.   The show is held at the MAPS Air Museum 2260 International Parkway, North Canton, Ohio.   Friday 9am-5pm Saturday 9am-3pm.   $10.00 admission.   This is a general all militaria show with most subjects represented, not just insignia.   Come visit a militaria show and one of our favorite museums.   For more info: www.asmic.org   Feel free to share.

The Label says Fisrt Prize  and Wellington New Zealand. Senior Officer Visor Cap. Can anyone identify the label (hard to read) and date the cap?

Great group !

Awesome photo!  Thank you for posting it here!  mikie Thanks everyone for looking and contributing! Much appreciated.  I’ll let you know if I decide to get it. If it’s still there next weekend, and if I have time to go to the shop, I may come home with it.  Retirement is approaching, and a possible move out of state afterwards, so I had resolved to wind up my collecting. Ha! Yeah, right 🤣🤣🤣.  mikie

Soldiers from the Swedish Skaraborgs regemente mid 1970’s. Base maintenance personnel never thought they would be spending so much time unclogging drains.

Here's a photo in my collection of a dispatch rider:    

Here are the battle damaged NVA items in my collection, picked up the chest rig and canteen recently. -Ryan  

Congratulations on a great bayonet. It’s nice to see things from Utica. So am I 😁. I was born and raised there.  mikie