War memorabilia..what's in your closet?

[winny]

Originally Posted by 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.

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.

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.

The following ones are my favorites. This is an U.S. M8 knife in an M8A1 scabbard. This is post WWII.

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).

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.

This is a WWII German Mauser Kar98K bayonet.

And finally, this is a WWII German NCO officer's saber.