COLLECTABLES - WW2 Combat Engineers Forum

Engineer's Sign Reproduction Kit

Alain147 — Sat, 26 Mar 2022 18:01:54 +0000

Hello to everyone from France!! A few day ago, I drove to Belgium to pick a massive chest I haven't seen anywhere before. Unfortunately, there is no inventory sheet stuck inside of the lid (as it usually lists the content). Does anybody have information about this chest? its content? any pictures? I would greatly appreciate any help. Regards Alain

Lt. Col. John Berry

Jim Webb — Sun, 13 Jan 2013 03:28:10 +0000

My free time today was spent taking a short break from the 24th, and spending time working on the first unit I researched. It was not as thorough as the 24th though.

These are of a grouping in my collection from the C/O of 1/504 PIR, John Berry.

He joined the 504 just in time for the Market Garden jump, and was the XO of 1st Battalion at the time. He made the 2nd wave of the WAAL River crossing.

He became the C/O at somepoint after Market, and stayed with the Battalion till the parade in NYC. He and his men were also the first American unit to "blunt" the advance of Piepers armor, and received a PUC for that action.

I have his BS, PUC W/OLC, and picture of the Tucker Tumbler. It is the original of the picture used in the 82nd Airborne history book.

Let me know if you guys want a clearer close up of something.

Christmas presents

Anonymous — Tue, 01 Jan 2013 17:33:28 +0000

I got some "new" goodies for Christmas.

I got six mess hall trays and an assortment of knives, spoons and forks. These will be great to use for cookouts or for guys night watching WWII flicks!

Though I must say my best Christmas present (besides my newborn son) was a visit with my Mothers Aunt and Uncle to talk about their WWII experiences. She worked in Pittsburgh, PA wrapping wires for the ammunition belts for airplanes and he started off in an anti-aircraft outfit here in the states and then went through Africa, the invasion of Salerno, Corsica and then up through France ending up in a laundry outfit. A very cool visit!

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year everyone and I would love to see posts with presents you received!

ID a Patch

Anonymous — Tue, 11 Dec 2012 02:20:21 +0000

I saw how fast it took for the great people on this site to identify the last Patch ID question so I figured I would see how you do on this one.

This is my wife's grandfather in Europe during the war, or just after. I got to visit with him often before he passed and he told me some stories but just as is the case with my Grandfather, I didn't know the important questions to ask, I just listened (and tried to remember).

I do know that he was in the army and I believe part of a supply depot. I do not have much experience with patches but it looks like it is theater made and probably not one approved by the army. Unfortunately this is the only photograph of him with the patch showing and the quality is not the greatest. I look forward to seeing if you all can help with this one!

Thanks,

Brian

Posters

Anonymous — Sun, 25 Nov 2012 18:58:55 +0000

Hello Marion,

I found two WWII posters in the Museum of German History in Bonn today, I haven't found them in your collection.

Christoph

Help to ID a patch

Anonymous — Tue, 15 May 2012 04:58:24 +0000

Hello,

I have some patches from my grandfather and I cannot id. Any help is appreciated. Thanks.

Patchman

Belt Buckel and Dagger

arby — Tue, 07 Feb 2012 17:16:18 +0000

Couple items I have from my gran-dad I thought i'd share..

http://i29.photobucket.com/albums/c286/fudgie04/IMG_3534.jpg

http://i29.photobucket.com/albums/c286/fudgie04/IMG_3566.jpg

1st Lt. - Signal Corps uniform

Anonymous — Mon, 16 Jan 2012 13:56:39 +0000

As I had mentioned to M1, I received the 1st Lieutenant's uniform, of the Signal Corps, of the 5th Army.

Here are some photos. The sharpshooter badge was a gift from the seller, but it's post-war, because it has two safety pins instead of the one only pin.

In the belt buckle of the jacket, there is hand-engraved Verne F. Bragg. I do not know if this is the full name of the soldier, or F. Bragg, is the abbreviation of Fort Bragg...

Enry

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Edged Weapons of WWII

afc7883 — Tue, 30 Aug 2011 20:18:16 +0000

I have always had an interest in Edged Weapons, but they are generally too expensive for my meager budget. I recently sold a few of my collectables in order to buy this WWII Japanese Navy Officer's Samurai sword and I wanted to share a photograph of it with you. I had never owned one before now and I was suprised by how heavy they actually are. There is a reason why the handle is long enough for both hands!

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Huston S. "Hi" Riley

afc7883 — Tue, 19 Apr 2011 21:30:05 +0000

Probably all of you have seen this famous photo of a GI hugging Omaha Beach for cover on June 6th, 1944. For more than sixty years he remained unidentified. His name is Huston S. Riley, who was a PFC with the First Infantry Division, who came ashore with the first wave on Fox Green Beach that morning.

He now lives on Mercer Island..a suburb of Seattle Washington. Ever since this story broke in 2007 I have been meaning to write him a letter to thank him and the other men he served with for what they did for our country and for the people of Europe. Since he lives here in Washington state it was not difficult to find his mailing address, so after I went through the mental process of "should I or shouldn't I" try to contact him I decided a short letter would probably not be invading his privacy. I also squirreled up the courage to ask him for a signed copy of that famous photograph, and just 4 days later (today) I received a happy surprise in my mailbox, which I am sharing with you now :-)