I see a lot of WWII patches offered that are not from WWII. For example, I see good 101st Airborne patches and a greater number of copies, fakes, and mislabelled ones sold without clarifying-or worse claiming...
Collecting WWII Shoulder Patches - Fake or Real? At any given time, Ebay sellers list nearly 5,000 weekly auctions advertising WWII unit patches (shoulder sleeve insignia - SSI) for sale. This is a wonderful...
THE HISTORY OF B.D.U.'s - BATTLE DRESS UNIFORM Since the beginning of World War I these uniforms have been issued as utility, field, training, or combat uniforms and are not intended to be worn as all-purpose...
Buyer’s Guide for World War II British and Commonwealth Militaria on eBay: Avoiding some of the minefields of fakes and forgeries. • Not that long ago “intentional misrepresentations” were largely limited to...
With the advent of several realistically produced films and mini-series based on World War II, America, in general, has begun to take an avid interest in military items from the period. In recent years,...
A long time ago I got into shooting Black powder rifles and later BP hand guns .When I got into Bp guns they were few and far in between . Or you had to buy a Antique and hope it stayed together . I was always...
The Alpha Story Travel back to 1959. Knoxville, Tennessee. The United States Department of Defense recruits Alpha to revamp its military jacket. Why? Because as the jet age takes flight to greater heights and...
Army Combat Uniform The Army Combat Uniform or ACU is the current combat uniform worn by the United States Army. It replaced the Battle Dress Uniform and Desert Camouflage Uniform. It features a number of...
This is the story as reported in the Cavalry Times some years ago: "When,in September of 1921.a new unit designed "The 1st Cavalry Division" was authorized, the question of an identifying insignia...
Army Combat Uniform (ACU) On 14 June 2004 -- the 229th birthday of the United States Army -- the Army today officially unveiled its new combat uniform designed with major input by the Non-Commissioned...