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Nice period photos (all jackets except A-2's)
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Blackboxr1200S
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From the ELC FB page
Wartime photographs of damaged flight jackets and clothing collected for repair and the Flight Clothing stores at Thorpe Abbotts, home of the “Bloody Hundredth”.
Wartime photographs of damaged flight jackets and clothing collected for repair and the Flight Clothing stores at Thorpe Abbotts, home of the “Bloody Hundredth”.
Chandler
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Reminds me of the scene at the beginning of the latest rendition of "All Quiet on the Western Front."
Grant
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Blackboxr1200S
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Probably a good thing nobody realized these jackets or other piles would be worth a fortune 80 years later...
Enigma1938
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Here in Germany you'll pay around 1000 - 1500 € for a good preserved complete original ww2 german steel helmet, if from the SS the price can increase up to 2500.
So you can imagine what that pile would be worth today.
I have a few of that pots in my collection but fortunately I bought them many many years ago when the prices were better...
So you can imagine what that pile would be worth today.
I have a few of that pots in my collection but fortunately I bought them many many years ago when the prices were better...
Dumpster D
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ironically, if they were that many left, they would not be that be that expensive (supply and demand ...)
Chandler
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That's sort of what I feared....Is...That where all the gear worn by guys that have been KIA wound up?
Chandler
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What about one from the Munich Fire Department?
Seriously, I stood on a sidewalk in Munich and watched a fire truck scream by -- 3 or 4 firemen wearing the old helmets. Painted yellow, IIRC.
Smithy
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Crazy money now. I have a Waffen-SS M42 with oakleaf cover which I'm only keeping because of the prices. I'll sell it when the prices are even more stratospheric.
Enigma1938
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Yeah, I think I can add good money to my pension in the future with that stuff also
Smithy
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The prices now are simply astronomical. Don't sell, hang on, they're only going to go higher.
Enigma1938
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The design of the shell may be the same but they are made of plastic and worth around 50 bucks, nothing someone will care about.What about one from the Munich Fire Department?
Seriously, I stood on a sidewalk in Munich and watched a fire truck scream by -- 3 or 4 firemen wearing the old helmets. Painted yellow, IIRC.
That's what people collecting baseball cards, comic books and beanie babies were saying 20-30 years ago ....
Chandler
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How about 60 years ago? I have some comics from the 40s, collected by my father in the 60s, probably going to help remodel our house.
Chandler
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The ones I saw were in the mid-90s -- had they switched to plastic at that time?
Pa12
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Can I interest you in an original set of rat patrol cardsHow about 60 years ago? I have some comics from the 40s, collected by my father in the 60s, probably going to help remodel our house.
Smithy
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No idea about baseball cards (I'm a cricket man) or any of that other stuff you mentioned, but Waffen-SS clobber is climbing in value at a huge rate, has been for quite a time now and will almost certainly continue to.
