Newly released Indian POWs The American liberated them, have no idea where this is unfortunately, as the caption the uploader used is given as Camp Dilligen, it is a Stalag somewhere, but the use of Camp is wrong in this contest. could be Dillingen, Dillingen an der Donau in Swabia, but we havent seen a Stalag located there,

A large group of Sisters who have been sent to Italy in 1918.

This Sunday, Jan 25th is the first SOCALMICS show in Bellflower of the new year. Public hours are 7:45 to 10:30am. The first one of the year is usually pretty strong as most vendors haven't set-up since November. Feel free to share.

My father was with the American Army 509 Parachute Infantry Regiment in World War II. This is a set of British Paratrooper wings given to him during joint training exercises with British Airborne.

Don't know where this is taken. But here we se one is wearing the U.S. 1st Cavalry Division patch for whatever reason.

He might be one of those Panzer Assignees to the new  Sturmgeschütze units as seen in Post #18 in this topic.

Well, got it today. Was missing the dust cover I had some spares and one fit. The crown I had on order also came today they sent the wrong one hoping they sent the wrong one or I want my money back on their 40-buck crown. I collect wings and like to have pilot watches to go along with them main reason I picked up this watch. The crown looked like the one on a USAF Waltham A-11 I have their distinctive same as the one in the seller's ad but not the one they sent me was smaller to.

A young man donated another gem to us – a WWII German Kriegsmarine (Navy) EM/NCO Regenumhang or Rain Cape made from rubberized field gray fabric. These were used by Kriegsmarine Küstenartillerie (coastal artillery) units. They had to be ready for action in any weather, and these would certainly be a necessity along the French coast with it's notorious rainy weather.   The cape is made from medium weight rubberized material, and is field gray in color, as used by Kriegsmarine land based units. It features a 5 button front closure, as well as slits on the side for the arms, which are held closed with 2 buttons on each side. The Navy pattern buttons are painted in the field gray typical of Coast Artillery uniforms. They are maker marked on the back with “C.T.D.” the manufacturers code for Christian Theodor Dicke from Ludenscheid. This company also produced belt buckles and other insignia for the Third Reich.   The cape features a lay down collar to which are sewn Kriegsmarine enlisted litzen, with gold stripes on green backgrounds.   Attached to the top of the cape is it's rubberized fabric rain hood, made large enough to cover a steel helmet. It's secured to the cape by buttons on the shoulder and collar areas.   Rain gear from WWII is somewhat uncommon as it was used after the war, or thrown away when the fabric stiffened due to poor storage.

Good pickup and glad we were able to ID it...   Leigh 

I'm sure glade I passed this up, some poor buyer paid around $225. 

It turns out this rig most likely is for Rifle Grenades.    It seems to be quite rare indeed.    

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