Collette canteen cover

These were made under contract for the Marine Corps in 1952. I got this from the estate of Sgt. Major.

1965 Vietnam War leather boots

These are the leather boots issued concurrently with the jungle boots during the Vietnam War. These have apparently never been worn although they were made in 1965. They are size 6R and have no laces. They are $20 plus shipping. Contact me if interested.

Navy WEST PAC cruise jacket

Saw this one in a thrift store today.

Stalag Luft III POW YMCA WARTIME LOG FOR SALE

I have now listed this very extensive grouping for sale from a WWII pilot: it includes his WARTIME LOG (a POW diary) plus everything seen in this composite photo and over 145 pounds of documents, plus several official 16mm films (including gun camera film) and even a projector to play the film. You can see all the details here: www.hudsonmilitaria.com/jonesy

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USMC M-1951 Field Jacket

One of many finds in a 140 mile thrift store circuit today is this US Marine Corps M-1951 Field Jacket in size medium with an Oct 5, 1951 contract date. It has a few stains here and there but seems to be in sound condition.

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Vietnam Veteran's wife's vest

This is an interesting: a leather "biker" type vest apparently owned by the wife of a Vietnam veteran.

US Constabulary School Album

An interesting find today is this photo album from the US Constabulary School which operated in post-WWII Germany. A US Army website says this was published circa 1948. Each photo is hand-printed and pasted into the album.

WWII P-51 Fighter Pilot - POW

I am preparing the FOR SALE listing for a massive collection of documents, photos, books. medals, flight gear and other items that belonged to a WWII fighter squadron commander who was shot down over Germany and spent time as a POW at Stalag Luft III. His POW diary - a Wartime Log - is included in the grouping. I have done more than 180 photographs and will take some time to get them organized into a listing but you can see this work in progress at www.hudsonmilitaria.com.

Teitzel Jones boots

The boots are now on Ebay: http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&rd=1&item=300247737681

Teitzel Jones Dehner started repairing boots for cavalrymen at Fort Riley in about 1875 and made custom riding boots for Army officers up until about 1875. These probably date from the late 1930's.