My Truly Humble Collection

[ParaCollector45]

For my 100th post, I thought I would show you guys my collection. It is super small, I am still in school (Im 17, Senior in high school), and can (proudly?) say that nothing in my collection has cost me more than $200, so It is a really small collection, but I hope you guys can enjoy it.

Here are just overall pics of the two spots of items in my rooms

My Display cabinet, with my Sword (E-stand purchase) and Flag that was given to my mother by her great-aunt, a family heirloom that I hope to pass down.

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Here is a small display that I have been playing with that is dedicated to the man who started me on militaria, my uncle who fought in world war 2. I never met him, but my grandfather heard that I was interested in ww2 and he gave me everything that my uncle brought back, but unfortunately his uniform was lost. He was a member of VD-1, a photo recon squadron and I have TONS of stuff from him that I will show at the end of this thread. The newspaper is a repro that I bought at a local museum, the USS Midway Aircraft Carrier here in San Diego.

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More to come....

[ParaCollector45]

Here are some assorted US Badges

http://img175.imageshack.us/img175/4683/dsc008520fs.jpg


Some Cased Medals, the Order of the Flying Kite 7th Class was brought back by my Uncle, (best Christmas Present I ever got!)

http://img175.imageshack.us/img175/3885/dsc008538oj.jpg

My German Collection with some assorted photos, The Iron Cross was the first Medal I bought, was at the San Diego Show two years ago, and Ive been spending my money ever since!

http://img175.imageshack.us/img175/7875/dsc008545rz.jpg

I'll show off more later tonight, I hope you guys enjoy what I have shown so far!

[Glenn McInnes]

You are off to a great start.



Glenn

[gregM]

You are off to a great start.



Glenn

I second what Glenn said--Great start

[Allan H.]

You are off to a great start.



Glenn

For some reason, I cannot get a single link to work. Is it just me?
Allan

[ParaCollector45]

Thanks for the kind words on my collection guys!!

I'll post some more pictures now that i got some time on my hands tonight (no work today!!! )

This is my Naval Career Group to a man who went from ww2 through Vietnam, some of you might recognize it, I purchased it off the E-Stand. I have researched it, and sent off a request to the National Archives, which I have eagerly awaited for about a month now, I can't wait!

http://img158.imageshack.us/img158/6775/navy0018jo.jpg

Here is another great group I got off the E-stand, a ww1 british medal bar trio! (I guess I got a really good deal on it! )

http://img158.imageshack.us/img158/6...shtrio39fw.jpg

My Uniforms next!

[ParaCollector45]

Here are my uniforms, I only have 3 right now, but I hope to get alot more with your advice and help!

The first one is a real beauty, just bought it a little while ago off the e-stand. A 1 star Marine Corps General uniform. It is currently being discussed in this thread, and if any of you have any info that could help, it would be much appreciated (especially if you can find me a picture of General Richard Vogel)Here is the thread with a picture:

http://dev.wehrmacht-awards.com/foru...d.php?t=107439


The Next i also just purchased from Advance Guard Militaria, a group of Armored Uniform Set, I am unsure of what division it would be, but I haven't recieved it in the mail yet. (pictures supplied by dealer)

http://img158.imageshack.us/img158/2068/v2780212fm.jpg

The Last is a Desert Storm Era Uniform I have purchase off of ebay.

http://img158.imageshack.us/img158/9043/b11b0rj.jpg

More to come, I hope you enjoy what you have seen so far!

[ParaCollector45]

I am having some pc troubles So tomorrow I will post the rest...

Cheers,

Eric

[Nick_since_1985]

I to started collecting when I was 17 and still in school, I will post some pictures of my collection tonight...

[ParaCollector45]

Here are some more pics, Hope you enjoy them:

My Uncle's Ribbon Bar that I set representative examples of his medals under
http://img147.imageshack.us/img147/134/dsc008605nx.jpg
One of Several books stuffed full with photos from back in the day!
http://img147.imageshack.us/img147/9918/dsc008610xf.jpg

Cloth maps
http://img147.imageshack.us/img147/2866/dsc008627bp.jpg

Piles of Pictures and Documents, there are literally hundreds of photos in these, I am trying to devise a plan to preserve these packets, I would love to hear some input and the best way

http://img147.imageshack.us/img147/6131/dsc008651dm.jpg

http://img147.imageshack.us/img147/8145/dsc008664an.jpg

Well that's everything! Hope I didn't bore you guys to death, Thanks so much for looking!

[marc brans]

Great collection already!