July 21, 20251 yr #27 Here is another Favorite This time a SILK SCARF 11th Bomb group Nickname FLYING DRAGONS I did find his name in the Units History Book +++
July 21, 20251 yr #29 Wow GAZOO! I didn’t even know FFI groups existed. I didn’t know they had paperwork, I thought that it was pushed under the rug post war. That’s awesome 👍 17 hours ago, Preppy Picker said: I remember that posting
July 22, 20251 yr #32 22 hours ago, Gear Fanatic said: Wow GAZOO! I didn’t even know FFI groups existed. I didn’t know they had paperwork, I thought that it was pushed under the rug post war. That’s awesome 👍 Until I posted that thread I really had no idea of the rarity of these documents BUT it stands to reason the resistance was not keen on having documentation as the punishment was Death upon discovery So it was not very common at all. i have since learned very few of these documents are available BTW this group also came with his Green Smock & Boots Actual drop canister from the union II mission that was located in a barn on the mountain His war worn smock His Boots and Knuckle knife and Sten Gun clip Home made display flag for this group, this was a work in progress it now has a 48 star US FLAG and sewn up a little better squared off I have a few other REALLY COOL and rare Groups but dont want this to become a thread full of my stuff so I will wait for some other posts before I add anything else
July 22, 20251 yr Author #33 That canister is the nets level of rarity You all can post more then ine
July 25, 2025Jul 25 #34 ESCAPE FROM ALBANIA The following Group IS attributed to US 2nd Lt. Flight Nurse Wilma Dale Lytle She was One of the 13 Flight Nurses of the 807th Medical Air Evacuation Squad (MAES) aboard a C-53, Army Aircraft # 42-68809 of the Sixty-first TC Sq. 314th TC Gp in route from Catania, Sicily to Bari, Italy Crash landed 8 Nov 1943 in Nazi-occupied Albania On 22 march 1944 Nearly 5 months later, she was One of the last 3 flight nurses who evaded and made it back with the help of the OSS and Britsh SOE The story was not well published due to it being a matter of safety for the people and towns that helped them. The story is well documented in the book "ALBANIAN ESCAPE The True Story of U.S. Army Nurses Behind Enemy Lines" The Black and White photos below are copies taken from the above book I imagine she was wearing those ID Tags during this mission NOTE SHE is wearing the Gold Nurse Graduation pin below Her Wings
July 26, 2025Jul 26 #36 21 hours ago, Rakkasan187 said: Fantastic grouping Gazoo,,, Very impressive Leigh Thanks Leigh I had never heard of this Story Until the Group turned up ++++ It was almost lost forever but rescued just prior to home demolition. She had No Children, 1 Brother and married only once. Both Brother & Husband had passed prior to her passing at age 80. Her brother had 1 child a daughter but that line looks to have All passed as well . No Family Left to Remember, so I will do my best to keep the memory alive + OH BTW this will make a Great Movie One Day
July 27, 2025Jul 27 #39 The rare cap is SS-VT early earth brown with the short winged eagle and button skull. The German Cross in silver is a light weight Zimmerman.
July 28, 2025Jul 28 #40 The SS-VT cap is stunning… Another one of my favorites with a funny story. Technically this is a dug buckle that was found in Italy. Anyways, for a bit of background my father is in the Mtn. Bike industry and he is always around and at the world cups and a few years ago he was in and around Milan for a week between races so he was riding local trails, etc. on one of the trails he ended up crashing because on a hill the ground beneath him had collapsed And when he crashed this little buckle popped out from the ground he had fallen on. So thinking it was interesting and seeing a swasitika, he thought it was probably wartime and when he got back to the states a few weeks later he gave it to me. Not rare by any means, but very funny and EXTREMELY lucky the way it was found. Sadly this one will be going up for sail shortly. Need some money to help replace other endeavors…
August 4, 2025Aug 4 #41 Keep the buckle- that story and getting it from your dad is worth more than the buckle will ever be. Sell something else. You will never be able to replace that.
August 5, 2025Aug 5 #42 Good advice for sure. I could sell everything in my collection if I had to, but my Dad's bring-back items aren't going anywhere.
August 5, 2025Aug 5 #43 As SARGE mentioned earlier in this post, "Picking a favorite item is sort of picking your favorite child." but this item is certainly in my top three. RAF tunic to P/O Hugh Card Brown, 133 Eagle Squadron. Posted MIA after he disappeared on a flight March 16 1942.
August 9, 2025Aug 9 #44 Hello everyone, here is my favorite, an RZM Party Leader PPK with holster, given to me by the veteran himself.
August 14, 2025Aug 14 #45 Here is a group that I was overjoyed to get. This Canadian was in the first group of men to be trained as paratroopers in Canadas airborne history. They were trained in the USA
August 30, 2025Aug 30 #47 Any uniform pieces anyone has? Would love to see them! Tunics, smocks, German, Japanese, British, French Indochina?
August 30, 2025Aug 30 #50 Here is a German Third Reich Schutzpolizei (Municipal Police Tunic). Rank on Shoulder is for Meister. Meister was the highest enlisted rank of the Ordnungspolizei. Ribbon bar (left to right) consists of Iron Cross 1914 Second Class ribbon, Hindenburg Cross Second Class ribbon with Swords. City sleeve eagle is for W. Gladbach-Rheydt area. Rheydt is a borough of the German city Mönchengladbach, located in the west of North Rhine-Westphalia. Loops on the pocket may have been for a WW1 wound badge or Sports Badge.. Leigh
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