US Army

ARTIFACT: This is a circa World War I "No-Man's Land" Doughboy bring-back: a 1915 dated Prussian 98/05 butcher blade bayonet. It has a grooved wooden handle and is maker marked upon the blade. This bayonet came to us in the company of a few other items,...

ARTIFACT: Circa 1959 large Randall Knife of Lieutenant Colonel Robert E. Stewart. This knife, deaccessioned from well-known Randall collector Tom Clinton's collection, is displayed on Tom Ziemba's Air America Web Site www.air-america.net as having...

ARTIFACT: This is a rare early World War II British Airborne paratrooper wing made in Egypt of silk-embroidered khaki. The SOE (Special Operations Executive), the UK version of OSS, operated out of Cairo in the latter days of World War II with heavy...

ARTIFACT: This is an extremely rare World War II 3rd Contingent Operational Group shoulder patch in bullion. This patch was most likely made in northern Italy or in the Balkans. It came to us along with an English paratrooper wing made in Egypt (sold...

ARTIFACT: This is a copy of "The Aviation Pocket-Book for 1918: A Compendium of Modern Practice and a Collection of Useful Notes, Formulae, Rules, Tables, and Aeronautical Data Relating to Aeronautics" by R. Boriase Matthews. The volume was published in...

ARTIFACT: This is a reference book entitled "Thirty Years of U.S. Army Pilot Wings: 1917 to 1947". This book was written by collector, war veteran and pilot, Charles I. Fitzsimmons Ph.D. It was published by SDS Americorp, Incorporated in 199Not all of...

ARTIFACT: This is a circa 1943 hardcover copy of "Combined Operations: The Official Story of the Commandos". The book's dust jacket is intact: it is rare to find this book in this condition. The book has a foreword by Vice Admiral Lord Louis Mountbatten,...

ARTIFACT: This is a very nice copy of "Get Tough! How to Win in Hand-to-Hand Combat Fighting" by Captain W.E. Fairbairn. Fairbairn began his service in the British Armed Forces in 190He also became a police officer, worked for the British Secret Service,...

ARTIFACT: This is a signed paperback copy of "Special Forces in Southeast Asia" by Cecil B. Smyth, Jr. This is an illustrated guide to the insignia used in Southeast Asia by both the United States Army Special Forces and the Republic of Vietnam Special...

ARTIFACT: This is a paperback copy of "Army of the Republic of Vietnam Infantry Insignia" by Cecil B. Smyth, Jr. This is a black-and-white illustrated guide in numerical order to the insignia used by the infantry divisions of the Army of the Republic of...

ARTIFACT: This is a paperback copy of "Army of the Republic of Vietnam Ranger Insignia" by Cecil B. Smyth, Jr. This is a black-and-white illustrated guide to the insignia and tabs used by the Army of the Republic of Vietnam (ARVN) Rangers. The Rangers...

ARTIFACT: This is a circa World War II Blue Point CF-12 valve lifter tool. The tool is for use on valve-in-block engines, including the Willys Jeep used by the United States Army and the Ford GPW model. These two vehicles were manufactured only between...