A333
25.5
cm tall galvanized tin folding candle lantern with isinglass windows and wire handle. Top embossed "The
Stonebridge Folding Lantern Pat'd", with patent dates and contractor address. Has smoky interior as is normally
encountered but isinglass is unbroken. Folds to a convenient size, II
$55
WWI Stonebridge Folding Lantern
A334
25.5
cm tall galvanized tin folding candle lantern with isinglass windows and wire handle. Top embossed "The
Stonebridge Folding Lantern Pat'd", with patent dates and contractor address. Top is embossed with Medical Corps
caduceus insignia. Isinglass has normal wear, and interior is covered with soot from use. Scarce to find a Stonebridge
lantern with genuine military markings; the same lantern was available commercially but without insignia. II
$95
WWI Stonebridge Folding Lantern: Medical Corps Marking
A335
Blank log book, to be completed by the officers in the trenches and turned over to their counterpart at time of relief.
Includes pages for maps to be affixed, red tabs for home trench information, and black tabs for enemy information.
Though nothing is filled in, the book is heavily water-stained, giving it a real, "in-the-trenches" look, III+
$95
WWI Trench Log Book
A336
Medium blue wool trousers have 3.7cm (1-1/2") wide white wool stripe down the outer seam of each leg, side seam
pockets, and a watch pocket on top of right side of waistband. Associated Military Stores / Chicago tag and bone
suspender buttons are sewn to the interior waistband. Style worn from 1895 through the late 1930s, II
$95
Pre-WWII Infantry NCO's Full Dress Trousers
A337
Matching pair of shoulder straps have hand-embroidered gold dead bullion border that measures nearly 1/2" (~1.3cm)
and are 4" long. The blue wool field has gold bullion embroidered lieutenant bars on either end. Both are backed with
navy blue wool with printed "MYR GOLD" and the Meyer's shield logo. Four black japanned snaps are on sewn on the
back for attaching to uniform, II
$95
Pre-WWII Infantry Lieutenant's Shoulder Straps
A338
Leather-covered album measures about 20.5cm x 28cm has embossed cover that reads, "Log album / U.S.S. SALINAS".
The USS Salinas (AO-19) was a United States Navy Patoka-class oiler, commissioned in 1921. It remained in service
through the end of WWII. The front of the album has several pages for recording log activity, but unfortunately,
nothing is written. Album contains 63 photos with the usual mix of girls, fellow sailors, ports of call, and a few ship
views. Appears that most of the photos were taken in the mid-1930s and 1940s, II
$75
1930
s USN Sailor's Photo Album: USS Salinas
A339
10-1/2"
x 12-1/2" leather bound photograph documents the family life, military service in the Philippines, training at
Camp Funston, Kansas, and post war return to the Philippines of Buffalo solider, Benedict Mosely. The album begins
with 26 images of a tornado devastation in the Philippines on July 4, 1920. Then it goes into about 90+ photos
documenting Troop E, 9th Cavalry at Camp Stotsenburg, PI in the 1920s. This is accompanied by a typed page
recording the soldier's memories of this period in his service. Following this is probably the most compelling images
(50
+) taken earlier and with a different camera, documenting training at Camp Funston, Kansas, of 92nd Division
units with emphasis on the 317th Ammunition Train and the 349th Machine Gun Regiment. The following 70+
images document Mosely's family life in the 1930s leading up to WWII. Almost every image is identified with either a
typed note or handwritten inscription. The album concludes with 30+ pages of newspaper clippings from WWII, most
of which are focused specifically on Adolf Hitler. Leather spine is cracked, and like all albums from this period, the
pages are brittle. Regardless, this is a very rare opportunity to own a record of a Buffalo soldier who served in the 9th
U.S. Cavalry and the 92nd Division! III+
$765
WWI 92nd Division and 9th U.S. Cavalry Buffalo Soldier's Photo Album
A340
Refitted WWI helmet as worn by U.S. servicemen soldiers at the beginning of (U.S. involvement in) WWII. Exterior
retains 85% olive drab painted finish with cork texture, shows normal light wear and is dusty from storage. Interior
has M1917A1 modified leather liner system which is in overall good condition, pliable and Pecard-free, but dark from
storage and wear with some white paint specks. Complete with the detachable small crown pad. Khaki web chinstrap
shows stains but remains solid. II
$175
Early WWII US M1917A1 Helmet
A341
Refitted WWI helmet as worn by U.S. servicemen soldiers at the beginning of (U.S. involvement in) WWII. Exterior
retains 85% olive drab painted finish with cork texture, shows normal light wear and is dusty from storage. Interior
has M1917A1 modified leather liner system which is in overall good condition, pliable and Pecard-free, but dark from
storage and wear with some white paint specks. Complete with the detachable small crown pad. Khaki web chinstrap
shows stains but remains solid. II
$175
Early WWII US M1917A1 Helmet
A342
Westinghouse high-pressure composition liner retains 85% olive drab painted finish with scuffs and stains as well as
chalky marks from exposure to other materials in storage. Obverse has red and black painted 34th Division insignia.
Just to the wearer's left of this, there is a 6cm long split in the liner from the brim, working it's way toward the crown.
Interior has light olive web suspension with incorrectly installed sweatband that is nearly torn through on one side.
Lacks the liner chinstrap. Painted insignia conforms in every way to other known period examples with provenance.
Despite the damage, a good example from a unit that did tend to have painted insignias. III
$110
WWII 34th Division Soldier's Painted M1 Helmet Liner
A343
Nice M1 helmet retains 80% dark olive drab painted finish blending with patina on the worn spots; left and right sides
with small white painted Corporal rank chevrons, and the back has a white painted Engineer castle insignia. Left front
side has a small ink stain. Has fixed chinstrap loops with heavily soiled olive web chinstraps, one of which has heavy
wear on one side which is nearly torn through, which a previous caretaker has stabilized by simply fuzing the strap to
itself. St. Clair company low-pressure molded fiber liner has khaki-olive web suspension with clip-in brown leather
sweatband, nape strap, and removable brown leather liner chinstrap with olive painted cam buckle. Has several places
where the soldier's initial and partial service number are inscribed. Interior of the crown has yellow stamped "SC"
trademark of the St. Clair Rubber Company of Maryville, Michigan. Has a 4-cm edge fracture near the brim as is often
found on these rather fragile and scarce liners. II
$545
WWII M1 Helmet with Painted Insignia and St. Clair Low-Pressure Fiber Liner
