Militaria Collecting (2 Viewers)

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This is a Wilmer eyeshield. I bought it at a junk shop way back in the 1970s thinking it was some kind of WW2 flight crew gear.About three years ago I found out it was a very rare U.S. WW1 item that clipped onto helmets that had little holes on the rim. It was stated that only about 25 were known to exist (which is why I could not find info on it) On a Militaria forum when I showed, it a collector in Europe who specialized in US body armor bought it from me at a very good price - $900.00
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View: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=Z0fo2tXMWks&ra=m
 
I changed it though
 
SaparotRob said:
After my grandfather's passing, my mom and her sisters sold his house. I was told by my cousins that there all kinds of treasures in the basement. Among them were his Great War uniform. I regret it was not preserved. Do you you have aviation militaria?
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I have an accumulation rather than a collection.
 
SaparotRob said:
After my grandfather's passing, my mom and her sisters sold his house. I was told by my cousins that there all kinds of treasures in the basement. Among them were his Great War uniform. I regret it was not preserved. Do you you have aviation militaria?
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Yes some aviation stuff.

I hope his uniform ended up in a museum or at least at someplace that will respect it.
 
Not watched yet, will do when i get chance
 
DerAdlerIstGelandet said:
Released another video:


View: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=AFVr7F616q8&ra=m
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Another great and well researched video. A question about a scene makes me wonder. At 12:25 just as the two trains have passed, an Officer(?) walks out into the muck and retrieves something, shakes it and walks back with it. What could it have been? Perhaps a bolt from a wagon, difficult to find, or a riding crop dropped?
Another question: Why the Haines/Haynes spelling? I know from WW1 vets from south Louisiana, the sergeants filling out the paper work often did not like all the letters in a name and on occasion anglicised the surname. One example I knew, was the change from Campeaux to Campo. Mr. Campo told me, since he had no birth certificate and only a church baptismal certificate, Campo would do. That vet's four sons, when I asked about changing to original family spelling, told me one had, and the other three said to leave it alone.
 
special ed said:
Another great and well researched video. A question about a scene makes me wonder. At 12:25 just as the two trains have passed, an Officer(?) walks out into the muck and retrieves something, shakes it and walks back with it. What could it have been? Perhaps a bolt from a wagon, difficult to find, or a riding crop dropped?
Another question: Why the Haines/Haynes spelling? I know from WW1 vets from south Louisiana, the sergeants filling out the paper work often did not like all the letters in a name and on occasion anglicised the surname. One example I knew, was the change from Campeaux to Campo. Mr. Campo told me, since he had no birth certificate and only a church baptismal certificate, Campo would do. That vet's four sons, when I asked about changing to original family spelling, told me one had, and the other three said to leave it alone.
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I'll have to go back and look at the video. The WW1 video is chopped from archive footage. Might need to watch the film again.

As for the name, its actually part of what is making it so difficult to research. I'm finding the name spelled both ways.
 
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