War memorabilia..what's in your closet?

[bobbysocks]

anyone have any relics or memorabilia from ww2 or any war for that matter that they would care to share pics of here?

[Davedog74]

all my stuffs in my mums loft,so cant do pics till this place is decorated,but i have 2 large boxes of stuff,mostly things i picked up in the early 80s using paperound money,so not worth much but interesting things like:compass from shot down brit plane,ww2 dressings,ww1 water bottle,3 gasmasks,brit tin hat,all the brit stars(medals) but one,commandocloth badge,raf hat,tank reg beret,enfield spike bayonet,mortars and shells,ww1 trench art and great grandads trench tool with ww1 mud still on it.im looking forward to digging it all out.
my 1940 c/d indicator is on my profile page

[FOZ_1983]

I dont have much really :( i do have is a copy of my grandads log book (he has original) detailing every mission etc he flew during the war and time to target etc etc, its posted somewhere on this forum actually.....

I also have a flying jacket which has been handed down, not sure where its come from. I got it from my dad. It weighs a ton!! But damn its warm and comfy. Also have a flight manual for a hawker hurricane and a shell casing from a .505 round.

[winny]

I've got this..
http://i822.photobucket.com/albums/zz147/winistrone/LuftwaffeEagle.jpg

My Grandfather cut it off of a Luftwaffe officers jacket in a Pub in France. The germans had literally just run out of the backdoor as there were cigarettes still burning in ashtrays and there were half drunk drinks on the tables.

I also have a coin which was in his wallet when he got shot and it deflected the bullet. The coin is a right mess but it saved his life, I'll get a pic of it.

EDIT: Gutted! Can't find the coin, will have to see my mum I think..

[Lost Apiarist]

http://i160.photobucket.com/albums/t170/lostapiarist/IMG_2645.jpg


1927 Mosin Nagant. Manufactured in the Tula Arsenal in Russia. Don't really know if it was in WWII but it is a distinct possibility. I take it out to the range fairly regularly, fires the "Russian Thirty-ought six" or the 7.62X54r cartridge. Has a nice little kick, this rifle is one of he most manufactured rifles in the history of combat rifles and amazingly enough can still be found on some battlefields.

[bobbysocks]

OK i have a few things. a lot of the stuff has disintegrated like the mae west and flight jacket. but still have some keep sakes. the swastika supposedly hung in the nurmeberg stadium where hitler gave his speeches to the people...that is what the GI who sold it to my dad said anyways. no way to verify it but its pretty cool. to its left is a 37mm cannon round from a P39 which is what the 357th originally flew and to the far right is a 50 cal round. the pistol is an officer's walther P38 ( brought home from the war ). next is a couple shots of my dad's flight cap and goggles...the ox mask is from the era but bought later for the display. and last is the officers cap, gun camera film cartridge ( and yes i do have the 16mm gun film), and 2 silk scarves with maps of europe on them. depending on the mission they carried one of them in case they were shot down.

[iannik]

I have many flight helmets, maps, headgear, goggles and papers from ww2.

[bobbysocks]

I have many flight helmets, maps, headgear, goggles and papers from ww2.

Got pics of these??

[Davedog74]

very nice rifle
(note to self -dont upset lost apiarist )

[PantherAttack2]

very nice rifle


I agree. It looks like it just came out of the factory. :cool:

I've got lots of WWII stuff, but don't have a camera available right now. I'll post pictures as soon as I can.

[winny]

OK i have a few things. a lot of the stuff has disintegrated like the mae west and flight jacket. but still have some keep sakes. the swastika supposedly hung in the nurmeberg stadium where hitler gave his speeches to the people...that is what the GI who sold it to my dad said anyways. no way to verify it but its pretty cool. to its left is a 37mm cannon round from a P39 which is what the 357th originally flew and to the far right is a 50 cal round. the pistol is an officer's walther P38 ( brought home from the war ). next is a couple shots of my dad's flight cap and goggles...the ox mask is from the era but bought later for the display. and last is the officers cap, gun camera film cartridge ( and yes i do have the 16mm gun film), and 2 silk scarves with maps of europe on them. depending on the mission they carried one of them in case they were shot down.

They're great things for you to have. Have you seen the gun camera footage? If so what does it show? And the Swastika (if it is from nuremberg stadium) is a museum piece.

[bobbysocks]

yeah i have seen it...interestingly macabre. most of it was in bad weather but there is a lot of clear footage as well. at first you look at gun footage as pretty cool...cos we are used to gaming and hollywood...but then you think a little more and know someone didnt get out of that plane.
and if the swastika was from nuremburg stadium i doubt there would be a way to prove it. who knows if really is...the GI might have been blowing smoke to make a sale to a flyboy lol.

[PantherAttack2]

This is a 1930's French gas mask. Not exactly WWII, but almost.
https://sites.google.com/site/worldwariidatabase/home/rsz_gasmask.jpg
In this picture is an ammo case (era unknown, probably post-war (EDIT: The container has "M60" stamped on it, the M60 being a machine gun introduce in the late 50's), WWI trench mortar, a .50 cal bullet, and a chain of empty shells that I just thought was cool.
https://sites.google.com/site/worldwariidatabase/home/rsz_1ammo.jpg
The following ones are my favorites. This is an U.S. M8 knife in an M8A1 scabbard. This is post WWII.
https://sites.google.com/site/worldwariidatabase/home/rsz_usbayonet.jpg?attredirects=0
This is a German dress bayonet from WWII. It's just to look nice, it was never used in combat (although it's still just as effective).
https://sites.google.com/site/worldwariidatabase/home/rsz_dressbayonet.jpg?attredirects=0
This is a WWII Japanese Type 30 bayonet. The other side of the blade has a small engraved marking on the blade indicating the armory it came from.
https://sites.google.com/site/worldwariidatabase/home/rsz_bayonet2.jpg?attredirects=0
This is a WWII German Mauser Kar98K bayonet.
https://sites.google.com/site/worldwariidatabase/home/rsz_bayonet1.jpg?attredirects=0
And finally, this is a WWII German NCO officer's saber.
https://sites.google.com/site/worldwariidatabase/home/rsz_saber.jpg?attredirects=0