I agree with Sarge, very hard to find and in this nice condition                Bill

Addendum:   "A directive to allied troops in 1945 read 'US forces and other Allied forces will use Allied Military marks and Reichsmark currency or coins in their possession. AM marks and Reichsmak currency and coin now in circulation will be legal tender without distinction and be interchangeable at the rate of one AM mark for one Reichsmark. German military currency and Reichkreditkassenscheine will not be legal tender in Germany.'"   Source:   https://hatchfive.wordpress.com/2017/03/22/1-reichsmark-allied-military-occupation-currency/        

Addendum:   "A directive to allied troops in 1945 read 'US forces and other Allied forces will use Allied Military marks and Reichsmark currency or coins in their possession. AM marks and Reichsmak currency and coin now in circulation will be legal tender without distinction and be interchangeable at the rate of one AM mark for one Reichsmark. German military currency and Reichkreditkassenscheine will not be legal tender in Germany.'"   Source:   https://hatchfive.wordpress.com/2017/03/22/1-reichsmark-allied-military-occupation-currency/  

Ein  anderer Nederlander

Thanks for showing Ted ,great to see rare pieces of NZ military history. Phill

Yes, a sword knot for a Japanese NCO sword.  Scarce and a very good find in this condition. Here is an example on a Japanese Police NCO sword.     Congratulations.    

I got this belt and I cannot figure out exactly what it means 1AM 33 or LAM 33 ideas maybe another set of eyes can see something I cannot  thanks  GR

Not anything major.  I couldn't pas up really good deals and this is the result.  I already had the majority of the patches (which were $2 each), but the army ones are graybacks which I consider the true "originals".  The WWI trio to the Royal Fusiliers has a very low number, 559 which is pretty rare.  The guy was an original regular at the start of the war. I need to get a replacement Bavarian 9 year service medal to "fix" the German medal bar.  The East German medals were $2 each and amazingly, I didn't have any.....   -Ski

hello.. I picked up this leather strap at a flea market yesterday.. it seems to me that it is for a Japanese sword.... I would like to have confirmation

1938   Nach rechts — Richt euch!

Left side top to bottom reads 2,2. Right side 2,6,0,2

I have this Japanese dog tag from WW2 and I would like to know the inscriptions on it and which unit it belongs to? THANKS