Quarantine thread, show some random stuff!

[Eric Queen]

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[Eric Queen]

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[oberjaeger]

just drooling on my keyboard.....

[Willi Z.]

Some really great items gentlemen!!

Since I have been aggressively building a 2nd different collection over the last 6+ years, I have sadly neglected my FJ collection. Have taken advantage of this situation to organize some displays.

Laying out some items for a Tunisian Campaign Fallschirmpionier mannequin.

[Willi Z.]

Squad leader on Kreta

Finished my Gruppenführer auf Kreta mannequin a couple of weeks ago.

[Willi Z.]

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[John Hodgin]

Incredible Eric, thanks for joining in! Love those helmets, and yours too Gustav! Especially love the smock Eric!

Here is another group, Italy, winter of 1944.

[Gustav 43]

It looks like quarantine has some benefits also
Many nice and rare items posted here in this thread,good idea Rob
Willi,happy to see your nice items put on mannequin,the best way how to display certain FJ items IMO.

[Willi Z.]

I agree Gustav. It is a nice way to display items. You have been very inspirational, as well as many other things.

[falls1944]

Hi,

Very exciting thread. Here one mannequin. Hope you like it. An officer from the 2nd FJ Korps in Normandy.

DAvid

[HILL192]

Hi all, 3 from Brest

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[eubank]

Good day A. and Sergey,

Russ Hamilton was the first collector to own this snow camo'ed helmet. In the early 1990s I visited Russ to photograph his jump helmets, his helmet collection then was just mind blowing! Among them was this snow camo. When I saw and photographed this helmet I never imagined or dreamed that it would be mine someday!

The veteran who brought the helmet to the US lived in Tupelo (love that name) Mississippi. The soldier picked the helmet up in the Ardennes. It is a "Battle of the Bulge" helmet. Sometime after I photographed the helmet, Russ sold the helmet to one of his best friends, who is also a good friend of mine. He owned the helmet longer than Russ did. Years later this friend called "out of the blue" and offered me the helmet.

Spectacular items gents, from page 1 onwards from all of you, great to see !

Great helmet, John, I just love to hear these collector stories.
Is this Ardennes via Tupelo M38 a "flared / thick rim" helmet too ? Nice alu bolts also !

[eubank]

Some really great items gentlemen!!
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Laying out some items for a Tunisian Campaign Fallschirmpionier mannequin.

Looks very promising - I cannot wait to see it when complete Willi

[sudfront1943]

Fantastic white camo John...I always admired your photos and your photographic skills and talent .Perfect photos always add more value to the items we are collecting IMO.

Here another composition

maybe i know that camo can.... [emoji848][emoji848]ahah [emoji12][emoji12]
glad to see your pieces posted here ,always a big pleasure!
regards from your Italian friend [emoji6][emoji106]

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[lgdsjmi]

thanks men for sharing,
really beautiful items!
JM