Amsdorf

I wasn't sure where to share this video, but I thought you guys might enjoy watching me unbox a fairly good collection of World War II gear and other WW2 stuff. I picked this box of stuff up on ebay, and I've priced each item out as best I can and let's just say I definitely got my money's worth on this haul. I thought it would be fun to open it up and take it out on camera and just discover what is in it. I have no idea what a few of the things are, if any of you do, please let me know.

Here's the video:

303lithgow

Nice stuff. I also collect WWII items.

bwinters

Hopefully as teh older ww2 vets pass away memoribilia do not get lost or destroyed. I was at a church the other day and they had a gun turn in. i was not there for that. An elderly woman was going to turn in several colt 45s and a springfield 30-06 and the police officer recommended she go to a certain gun store to get more money she followed the advice. The woman followed the advice and the police officer who made the recommendation was chewed out by his boss.

MZ5

Neat collection!

Mom showed me a bunch of Grandpa's memorabilia recently. He was in Europe; went through France in June of '44 as a medic, all the way until the end of the war (plus he stayed for a little extra time). I wish I'd talked to him about those experiences, but I never did. I'm not sure he would have talked much. Even his kids didn't know that much, except that Grandma used to have to wake him up with a broomstick for a while, else he'd think his nightmares were really happening.

He'd made a friend later in life who had been in the Pacific, including the Bataan Death March. I know they got to talk about some things that Grandpa wouldn't talk to most anyone about.

The memorabilia is really neat to read through. The Luger he carried (only thing he'd ever say was that he got it from a soldier who didn't need it any more) is still with my uncle, but I'm unclear about most other things.

Amsdorf

Interesting!! My Uncle George was a medic and got his leg blown off in the Battle of the Bulge.

As for that Luger....the Germans did not look kindly on Americans carrying Lugers and they were known to shoot prisoners found with a Luger on them.

AK107

I have collected militaria for over 35 years and I can tell you that a lot of items, especially the high end collectibles are being faked. From the Civil War to present day Afghanistan. It used to be that the fakers were sloppy but today there are items out there that fool even well seasoned collectors. They are even faking Special Forces patches from OIF/OEF & Afghanistan now. BTW My Dad was a Combat Engineer in WW2 in the ETO and a fellow GI stole a captured Luger from him that he had.

renosj

My grandfather returned from ww11 or korean war ( he served in both) with duffle bags full of stuff some of which I still have 2 Japenese swords a German sword a walther flare gun he had alot of ammunition 50 cal. 30.06, different handgun ammo we used to play with it as kids. I don't think you would get by with that today.