~The Things Military Surplus Tell Us~

[Aren't we all]

I have a mosin 91\30 that had it's owner's name engraved on the bolt and floorplate.
translates to ivanovich- son of ivan.
and the same rifle had a little blood under the stock cap.

Marsh

 

[B.D. Turner]

I have collected military items off and on all my life.
One of my best finds is a small flag from Lebanon that had been folded inside a USMC flack jacket. I bought the armor from a Marine who had worn the armor during the bombing of
the marine barracks in Beruit.

 

[B.D. Turner]

I also have a Iraqi helmet from Desert Storm. The helmet is a yellow sand color. The interesting thing is that there is an outline of a gasmask burned into the helmet. Sort of like an X-ray. You can even see the elastic strap marks burned into the helmet. This is a very interesting and unusual find.

 

[B.D. Turner]

My only cold war left over is a chunk of the Berlin Wall. My buddy brought back a suitcase full when the wall came down.