POSTING NICKs COLLECTION!

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Luftwaffe

Luftwaffe. Note G43 pouch! LW holster!

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troops

troops

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japanese Navy related

Japanese Navy related and Japanese civil attached to military + unit patch of Americal Division as group came from Americal Div vet

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Japnese Army related

Japanese Army group

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Japanese Naval Air

Japanese Naval Air

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Nskk

Light Blue = French volunteers
Red = Dutch volunteers
Yellow = Walloons (French Speaking Belgians)

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admin

verwaltung

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General Luftzeugmeister and related

General Luftzeugmeister and related (Luft Bau)

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Light Blue = French volunteers
Red = Dutch volunteers
Yellow = Walloons (French Speaking Belgians)

Isn't yellow for the Flemish NSKK-vollunteers?

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No Michael... regarding NSKK nationality colors used in Belgium, Yellow is definitely for Walloon volunteers and Flemish volunteers used Green as their national color in the NSKK (eventhough their national shield had a yellow back ground... so I can understand your confusion!)

Note that actually early in the recruitment it was even more complex: the Flemish NSKK volunteers associated with DeVlag used black as branch color and the Walloon members with ties to AGRA (Amis de Grand Reich Allemand) used rust brown farbe instead of Rex Yellow!
So infact initially 4 branch colors were chosen for Belgian NSKK volunteers depending on their political loyalty (and they wore sleeve shields matching those affiliations)!
Later in 1943 all this got streamlined and the Flemish used green and Walloons Yellow. Nick

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Handschar fez

Here are 2 fezzes, the one with (alas) its insignia stripped is the real deal !!! and most likely ex Dachau stores, as its in unused condition based on the mint stainfree leather sweatband,
the other is a Moroccon wannabe (wicker reenforced liner with fake metal SS schirmmutze insignia...)
What a difference!

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interieur shot

liner detail of the good one! Note classic insignia red thread still showing!

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Luftschutz breast badge

Here's my latest acquisition a uniform removed Luftschutz breast badge! Nick
PS: in the upper right corner you'll notice the bottom part of a Luftschutz BeVo cap insignia
(just a downsized version of same design!)

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US Caps

2 USAAF cadet caps, one regular model and the other a crusher type with that 50 mission look (rare!!!). The blue band and winged prop insignia would be removed after graduation! Both 1941 dated.

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USAAF caps

tan and chocolate Army Aircorps crushers