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Original & One of a Kind Pieces
       
All items on this page are original or one of a kind pieces and are sold as is. Items which are listed with an Add to Cart button are items which we have many multiples of and can be purchased via online checkout. Items without this button require a phone or emial order.


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Original M2 Ammunition Vest
Price: $40.00 each
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These vests are unissued but may have some minor storage soiling. Color combinations vary but all are early shade of OD#3 with trim and webbing of various shades of OD. No choice on color. No date or manufacturer markings..


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Original Cover for 37mm AT Gun, M5
Price: $65.00 each
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Designed for the 37mm Anti-Tank Gun, M5 as used in the vehicles listed below. The M5 was the first turret mounted 37mm AT Gun, an adaptation of the M3A1. The succeeding 37mm AT, M6 (as used in M8 Greyhound Scout Cars) was identical to the M5 but incorperated an automatic breech block and deflector. We do not know if these will fit the M6. These covers are unissued but may have some storage soiling. Each cover weights 6 pounds.

Medium Tank: Grant I, M3, M3A1, M3A3, M3A4, M3A5

Light Tank: Stuart I, M2A3

 


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Original M43 Goggles, Red Tint
Price: $10.00 each
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These goggles were designed for automatic rifleman and machine gunners in daytime shooting by allowing tracers to be seen in broad daylight. These were later found to be helpful in preparing vehicle operators and airmen by adapting their eyesight for night conditions. These goggles are mint, unissued. and all dated 1943. Packaging is a variety of original 1940's and 50's repackaging. Sorry, no choice.


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Original M1 Carbine Magazine Pouch
Price: $20.00 each
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These pouches are unissued and have been in storage since the late 1940s. All pouches are dated 1943 and manufactured by Updike Awning. A very rare and collectible color combination of early "mint" green and a brownish OD#3.


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Original 60mm Mortar Round Packing Tube
Price: $9.00 each
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These tubes are unissued original M576 bituminized packing tubes for 60mm mortar rounds. All pieces are dated 2-69. 12.5" overall height.


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Original ARC Toiletries Bed Bag
Price: $7.00 each
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These Bed Bags are unissued original American Red Cross manufacture from WWII and are intended to hang at from a bed end or a cot mosquito bar frame. Red Cross tags and manufacturing chapters vary (sorry, no choice).


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Original WWII Block and Tackle, 1800 lb. lift.
Price: $40.00 each
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Pieces are unissued and still in the original grease with tags. Solid steel construction with original green (OD 319) paint visible (packing grease has lifted some of the paint after 65 years in storage). These pieces (19-B-8320-105) were standard issue for many US military vehicles from early WWII well through Korea. Designed to be a "lift all" hoisting loads, equipment, ammunition or spare tires into cargo compartments, pulling engine blocks, or coupling with other blocks to pull out bogged down vehicles. These pieces are about 15 lbs. each.


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Original WWII Rubberset Shaving Brush (Horse Hair)
Price: $25.00 each
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Pieces are unissued and still in the original boxes with tissue paper. Some possible storage age. Rubberset Shaving Brushes were stocked in PXs across the globe durring WWII as well as given in Red Cross packeges to both US and Allied troops.