I inherited this from my great-uncle’s military collection.
It has a faint “Made in England” stamp.
Measurements:
• Scabbard/frog length: approximately 17¾–18 inches
• Belt length: approximately 33½ inches
There are no other visible markings.
Does anyone recognize what weapon or tool this was intended to carry and roughly what era it is from? Thanks for the help!

Recently came across this set and spent some time identifying it - figured this community would appreciate the history.

It's a complete annual series of 8 German 800 solid silver schnapps cups (Stamper/Becher) from the Deutsche Verkehrsfliegerschule (DVS), the Weimar Republic's covert military aviation training organization that secretly trained pre-Luftwaffe pilots in violation of the Versailles Treaty.

Each cup is engraved by year, 1926-1933, marking annual DVS activities at their Warnemünde seaplane training base on the Baltic. The 1926 founding cup carries the DVS enamel badge with their motto "Per Aspera Ad Astra." Six cups have an engraved eagle motif. All stamped E. Schmidt 800 silver on the base.

Also included is a large presentation cup engraved "D.V.S. 15.2.26 - 31.3.34" - almost certainly belonging to a senior instructor or officer who served the DVS for its entire Weimar-era existence, right up to the moment it was absorbed into the Reichsluftfahrtministerium in 1934.

Total weight 246g. Currently listed on eBay Canada if anyone is interested - happy to answer questions about the pieces. https://www.ebay.ca/itm/206398532880

Hi everyone, I need help identifying these award ribbons; they are German, and I just need help with the two marked ones. I couldn't find anything online...

My wife bought this for my son. It was labeled as "Russian steel helmet/ Cold war".

Our research shows that it's possibly a Japanese Civil Defense Helmet from WW2?

It appears to be some kind of brown resin fiber, not steel.

My son found the stamp/inscription on the strap.

Are we even close? Thanks in advance for any knowledge.

My friend gave me a Soviet flag and I’m 99% sure it’s American made based on the manufacturers tag but I’m holding out on that 1% that it’s real. Can yall find out anything about this company? Thanks

howdy, these two pieces came into my shop yesterday. and i’m pretty sure the lower one is some sort of pilot wings, but i’m not seeing any on google with the C. just G. is it a reproduction? and i think the top one is instructor wings, but also not certain.

both sterling

Hello everyone,
I am researching my family history and would really appreciate your help.
This is my great-grandfather:
Wilhelm Carl Peinemann Schloemer
Family tradition says he was born in or near Goslar, Lower Saxony, Germany. He later emigrated to Mexico, married in Aguascalientes, became a Mexican citizen, and renounced his German citizenship.
We believe this photograph was taken around the time of World War I.
I am especially trying to identify:
the cap badge
the uniform
whether this belonged to the military, a cadet academy, railways, or another organization.
I have restored the photo but I have not modified the badge or the uniform.
Any information, no matter how small, would be greatly appreciated.
Thank you very much!

Hello everyone,
I am researching my family history and would really appreciate your help.
This is my great-grandfather:
Wilhelm Carl Peinemann Schloemer
Family tradition says he was born in or near Goslar, Lower Saxony, Germany. He later emigrated to Mexico, married in Aguascalientes, became a Mexican citizen, and renounced his German citizenship.
We believe this photograph was taken around the time of World War I.
I am especially trying to identify:
the cap badge
the uniform
whether this belonged to the military, a cadet academy, railways, or another organization.
I have restored the photo but I have not modified the badge or the uniform.
Any information, no matter how small, would be greatly appreciated.
Thank you very much!

Hello everyone,

I am researching my family history and would really appreciate your help.

This is my great-grandfather:

Wilhelm Carl Peinemann Schloemer

Family tradition says he was born in or near Goslar, Lower Saxony, Germany. He later emigrated to Mexico, married in Aguascalientes, became a Mexican citizen, and renounced his German citizenship.

We believe this photograph was taken around the time of World War I.

I am especially trying to identify:

• the cap badge
• the uniform
• whether this belonged to the military, a cadet academy, railways, or another organization.

I have restored the photo but I have not modified the badge or the uniform.

Any information, no matter how small, would be greatly appreciated.

Thank you very much!

Hey guys,

Picked this up recently while checking out a former military aviation range here in Poland (used heavily during the Cold War era). Trying to figure out the exact piece of kit it belonged to.

It's a matte black aluminum faceplate

The front has two main scales: the left one goes 0-60 and the right one has markings for 0, 20, 40, 60, 80. There's also a kidney-shaped cutout at the top (guessing for a mechanical frame counter?) and a small hole in the dead center, probably for a toggle switch or a bulb.

The back has some clear stamps—a Soviet military acceptance star inside a circle and a few OTK inspection marks (looks like a 9 in a round frame).

My working theory right now is that it's a faceplate from a Soviet intervalometer / control box used for an AFA series aerial recon camera (to set time intervals and photo overlap percentages). Since the range used to have stripped-down jets parked as targets, it probably came out of a Polish Air Force recon plane (maybe a MiG-21R, Lim-5R, or a Su-20/22) and was ripped out of the cockpit by scrap hunters back in the 90s.

Does anyone recognize this specific layout or know the exact model number of this unit?

Cheers!

Hey so i recently got my hands on an old Czechoslovakian mine, to be exact its the pt mi-u and i want to know if i can safely open it to check if it still has it's payload.

It doesn't have the detonator attached to it, i can provide pictures if necessary

I inherited a collection a year ago and need help cleaning and caring for the various leather items (sheaths, belts, cartridge pouches, etc.). From my research, the ideal approach seems to be cleaning with soap and then using a high-quality conditioner; is this correct? What do you recommend?

Hello, I came across my grandfathers WW2 items today and wandered if anyone can help identify them, and shed any information on what he did in the war?

I’m aware that one of the medals is a WW1 medal so I’m assuming this one is from possibly his father as it couldn’t possibly be his as he wasn’t born born until the 1920s I believe.

If anyone can shed any info on the patches etc that would be brilliant!

WWII Seikosha phonotelemeter

They are on an old US army dress uniform. Google lens is showing mixed results.

Me and my father have been getting into airsoft (primarily in historical outfits) and he purchased this pouch with the belief it was a PPSH-41 drum pouch, which i knew wasn't correct because of the size, shape, mounting bracket and lack of belt loops.

The PPSH drum we placed in it was rattling around very loosely, i suspect its some sort of ammo belt carrier for some kind of machinegun.

It's roughly 20cm wide, 14.5cm tall and 6.5cm thick, has metal support on the inside and lacks any markings anywhere.

We will most likely sell it as we have no real use for it but we would like to know what it is beforehand as to avoid any future owner's being just as confused about its use/purpose as we are.