Paul R

What a great helmet! The bringback stickers add to the story. I wonder at what point the leather fell off?

The KM Beamter NCO boards are very desirable. They are not easy to find!

I am sorry to say that I do not know much about the SA, but from what experience I have with LW items, the hat itself looks great. Again, I stress that I am not an SA collector, but I do agree that the chinstrap looks very different from what I am used to seeing. Check out the chinstrap on this one: http://www.germanmilitaria.com/Political/photos/N022560.html I can tell you that you did really well to earn this gift!

I love the embroidered insignia.

Very nice. I have some nice berets too, including an officer's orange Fj. I have the uniforms for all of my headgear, but I do not have enough space to display them publicly now. I have my German WW2 and Iraqi Popular Army uniforms out now.

That is a wonderful Prussian Red Cross bar. It looks like it was in a flood. :-(

Here are my DDR caps. They all accompany uniforms.

I hear you! I would not want to be moving folks to the freezer flats after they die either. I've seen way too many horror movies, I guess. I wish I had more to input here! I will have to keep looking for new things then!

Oh nice! I wonder if this is one of the same folks from the movie, "9th Company"

That is cool. I cant wait to see it! Can you give us a taste of the citation? What did he do to have it awarded? Paul

I've never seen one of those before! Those are beyond rare!

I have a nice uniform that matches that hat! There were not too many of those guys!

I would love to see photos. Please.

Hi Michael, Please forgive me for taking so long to find this thread. You have a top notch collection of CG Headgear. I do not have too much to share, but this is what I do have. The two Chief's hats belong to a Chief Pharmacist Mate.

I know! It came from a great source. The medal is common enough, but the document is what really does it for me. We do not see too many of these green covers!

This is better than watching TV! Keep them coming. Gordon, I love the embroidered insignia. I promise that I will take some photos this weekend!

Great headgear! I've never seen the air defense visors before.

It is beautifully crafted!

Wow! this is a most comprehensive set! How many mounts do you have at home!?

I wish to present a new arrival; Soviet Reclamation of the Virgin Farmlands medal with rare awards book.

This just came in today! So now we have two of the higher Reichspost tabs! Exciting!

Thanks for sharing those great sets. I really appreciate the Korean War bar. It is funny how they seemed destined to be in your possession!

Thank you for sharing your medical collection. Are you missing anything? :-) I do not have any British (or territorial) medical items. My medical collection is directed to German WW2 and later and the US Coast Guard. But, I am an admirer!! Nicely done!

Those bullion examples are beyond nice. No one makes insignia like that anymore.

I have some really nice DDR headgear I will share, when I get a chance to snap some images!