Tony Fitzgibbon sent me this picture of two TL-122 style torches I hadn’t seen before. One is an RAF torch marked 5a/ 9105033 with a Broad arrow and the other is an Italian Pagani torch marked TL-122-C. You can see … Continue reading →
Curt Cheeseman send me photos with three versions he has of the Taylor made wrist compass: with markings, without markings and with an aluminum base. It’s the first photo I’ve seen with all three types together and it makes for … Continue reading →
While on our battlefield trip in and around Bastogne, we picked up this Airborne beer. The gift pack comes with a ceramic mug shaped like an M1 helmet. It is marked ‘Airborne’ on one side and ‘Battle of the Bulge’ … Continue reading →
These two new markings on WW2 gas detection brassards were sent to me by different collectors on the same day. Jason Claire sent me the photo of his green brassard with the marking “5/44 1 SL/DE” and Pierre Hardouin of … Continue reading →
I just fixed a broken link to an article from May 2007 that somehow disappeared. It’s fun to see it back again. Have a look. This is a nice wartime children’s book I bought in 2007. It was published in … Continue reading →
This question has ended my article about jump wings for a long time. Recently I was contacted by Joe Weingarten who was able to shed some light on this. The US Army changed to clutch back in late 1944 for … Continue reading →
These photos of a small German compass were sent to me by Nikolaas Ottevaere. The compass is 25mm wide and 8mm tall. That’s a bit large to have been an escape compass, but I recently stumbled upon a very similar … Continue reading →
For the occasion of the holidays and the 10 year anniversary of my web site, I have listed many new US WW2 collectibles for sale. This also includes rare paratrooper items: PPN-2 Eureka beacon set, BUPS beacon, M-227 signal lamp, … Continue reading →
In his search to find the meaning of the CL letters on the invasion armband, Brian Soper wrote to a magazine published in the States called World War II. They have a section where readers send in information concerning artifacts … Continue reading →
Eric Eaton sent me photos of screw-on type luminous disks, also known as bridge markers. They would be attached to bridges, buildings, vessels. He got this from a WW2 US Navy veteran, so presumably it would have been used on … Continue reading →