POOR MANS MILITARIA

"We Cannot Always Buy What We Want, But We Buy What We Can"

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WWII BRIGADIER GENERAL JAMES GAVIN’s JACKET. 82nd AIRBORNE, 505th PARACHUTE INFANTRY REGIMENT. 1943. TAG “TYPE A-2, DWG.NO 30H1415, A.C…., ORDER NO. 42-5 42, PROPERTY, AIR FORCE, U.S. ARMY AERO LEATHER C.O. CO. BEACON, N.Y.” AWARDED TWO DISTINGUISHED SERVICE CROSSES. ACQUIRED FROM TEXAS MUSEUM OF MILITARY HISTORY (PI-9)

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US Civil War President Abraham Lincoln strands of hair cut shortly before assassination. Originally displayed at Macalester College. (CW-13)

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WWII GERMAN PLAQUE RECOVERED FROM DACHAU CONCENTRATION CAMP IN 1961. WHILE US ARMY CORPS OF ENGINEERS WAS REMODELING MEDICAL BUILDING WORKERS UNCOVERED A STEEL DOOR THAT LED TO SUB BASEMENT. IN BASEMENT WAS OFFICERS RECREATION ROOM INCLUDING TWO 9 PIN BOWLING ALLEYS DECORATED WITH ANTI-CATHOLIC MURALS. THIS 15” x 21” PLACQUE WAS DISCOVERED AND ROUGHLY TRANSLATED “HERE IS THE PLACE WHERE THE SAME CROWD ALWAYS SITS. BUT, IF YOU, A STRANGER WISHES TO JOIN THEM, YOU MUST FIRST BUY THE FIRST ROUND OF DRINKS” (PI-15)

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WWII US Army 82nd Airborne 508th PIR Roy J. Lee Silver Star Grouping. Bronze Star, Purple Hearts, Combat Infantry Badge, shrapnel, camouflage parachute section, patches, dog tags, ribbons with invasion arrowhead, Eisenhower D-Day Letter. Seller reports found in garage sale. (PI-10)

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WWII US Army 11th Airborne KIA Dec. 7, 1944 Memorial grouping PFC William A. Yeager (PI-11)

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GERMAN WWII “LEGENDS OF LOST LIQUOR” AFRICA KORPS ROMMEL’S CAPTURED WHISKEY. RECAPTURED BY US FORCES AND BOTTLED AND LABELED FOR ALLIED CONSUMPTION (PI-14)

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Rare WWII German Army unopened 1940 White Wine Bottle. Seller stated found 2 cases in wine seller. Sold 2 bottles. He drank one and said it was good ! (PI-12)

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CIVIL WAR VETERANS CANE WITH MINNIE BALL EMBEDDED FROM BATTLE OF ATLANTA (CW-11)

WWII US ARMY 29TH DIVISION GROUPING IDENTIFIES TO LUTHER ALDERMAN SR.#6357535 (PI-3)

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WWII GERMAN U-BOAT ANTI-ENGLAND RING. TRANSLATED “WE ARE GOING AGAINST ENGLAND” (UE-14)

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WWII RED CROSS PRISONER OF WAR EMPTY PARCEL BOXES (PI-8)

WWII LARGE MARBLE HEADSTONE FOR GERMAN SOLDIER DIED IN BALKANS 1942 (PI-1)

CIVIL WAR UNION SOLDIERS LETTER (PI-2)

WWII USS EVANS DISTROYER GROUPING INCLUDING PIECE OF JAPANESE KAMIKAZE PLANE WHICH ATTACKED THE EVANS. BRONZE STAR FROM GUNNER'S MATE CONSTANZO FOR HEROIC ACTION AFTER THE ATTACK. PHOTO'S AND DOCUMENTS (WWII-11)

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WWII PURPLE HEART AND DOCUMENTS PRIVATE RICHARD E. QUARLES KILLED JUNE 4, 1944 PACIFIC THEATER. BOTH DOCUMENTS SIGNED BY HARRY S. TRUMAN AS PRESIDENT AND SECRETARY OF WAR (PI-5)

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VINTAGE GERMAN "BLUE MAX" POUR LE MERITE MEDAL (WW1-3)

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WWII BRITISH FIELD MARSHAL MONTGOMERY'S COMB AND HAIR FROM HIS LAST HAIRCUT, A FEW DAYS PRIOR TO DEATH. RETAINED FROM HIS LONG TIME HAIRDRESSER HUGH L. KING (PI-6)

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