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Anyone got any relics/items in decen condition from previous wars?? (pics)

This was a compus my grandfather took from a dead german soldier after her was freed by the Russians. From what I was told, they look whatever they could. Bodies everywhere Ill bet. Long walk from Poland to Hungary...

Our generations are such cucks compared to our grandparents its insane....





Edit: I have looked it up, its not worth much, like 100$ USD. Better to keep it.
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I got another picture of it opened up, but for the love of me I cannot embed, not sure why.
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My grand father served 2 years in Korea and....acquired a Type 50 chinese burp gun (before china started stealing the world's tech and replicating it with cheap materials so it was a sturdy machine gun) and he tried and tried to get it back stateside but every route he tried, he ran into brick walls. Rather than have a central issuing facility (like today) where all equipment gets recorded as it gets issued, he said they just ordered them all to "throw them all in a pile over there." Not even "Stack arms" or anything semi-formal.

After WWII, the US military made it real difficult to bring back souvenirs thatfoundon enemy soldiers or other sensitive items (If you order supplements while deployed and you open it, you cant bring it back. You can leave it in your garrison fro the next rotation though). If they were given to you by civilians, like a shagmag or an islamic talismen with qur'anic inscriptions (like some of us got int he middle east) then those almost always get the green light. I still have a few shagmags and a few hand carved wooden crosses that some locals carved and handed out because they knew that only a tiny portion of us were islamic. But they would still give out the islamic talisman here and there though.
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Bought one of these on ******** marketplace
http://www.antiques.com/classified/A...by-Beare---Son
I like this one says it’s likely the only one of its kind. Mine is exactly identical, stamp and all. Not sure what it’s worth.



Also have my grandpas WW2 dogtag (American I believe but he was canadian military as well (before or after I’m not really sure). It says special forces and then a number, no name.
My other grandpa was a youth on the other side (srs). His parents were executed by soviets in front of him. His younger brother was conscripted into the hitler youth but he went as his brother instead. He says to save his brother but probably also to kill some soviets.

Edit:fukk the pic can’t get to work.
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Originally Posted By tank2003⏩
My grand father served 2 years in Korea and....acquired a Type 50 chinese burp gun (before china started stealing the world's tech and replicating it with cheap materials so it was a sturdy machine gun) and he tried and tried to get it back stateside but every route he tried, he ran into brick walls. Rather than have a central issuing facility (like today) where all equipment gets recorded as it gets issued, he said they just ordered them all to "throw them all in a pile over there." Not even "Stack arms" or anything semi-formal.

After WWII, the US military made it real difficult to bring back souvenirs thatfoundon enemy soldiers or other sensitive items (If you order supplements while deployed and you open it, you cant bring it back. You can leave it in your garrison fro the next rotation though). If they were given to you by civilians, like a shagmag or an islamic talismen with qur'anic inscriptions (like some of us got int he middle east) then those almost always get the green light. I still have a few shagmags and a few hand carved wooden crosses that some locals carved and handed out because they knew that only a tiny portion of us were islamic. But they would still give out the islamic talisman here and there though.
This is true. Although when the war was raging on, lots of GI bleached and sent their wives/gfs japanese skulls (creepy)... Honetly the Japanese did just as bad to the Americans. They used to crucify American soldiers for "fun". You're a real smart dude (ded fkn srs), you probably know lots more than me on these subjects. NH
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Originally Posted By blindsideflank⏩
Bought one of these on ******** marketplace
http://www.antiques.com/classified/A...by-Beare---Son
I like this one says it’s likely the only one of its kind. Mine is exactly identical, stamp and all. Not sure what it’s worth.



Also have my grandpas WW2 dogtag (American I believe but he was canadian military as well (before or after I’m not really sure). It says special forces and then a number, no name.
My other grandpa was a youth on the other side (srs). His parents were executed by soviets in front of him. His younger brother was conscripted into the hitler youth but he went as his brother instead. He says to save his brother but probably also to kill some soviets.

Edit:fukk the pic can’t get to work.
Jesus man.
So your family fought with the USSR.

My family never fought, we were rounded up and shipped to Auschwitz. Come@me jew haters. (since i know misc is full of em!)



before some nut says its not true.
post 1626572013 12-25-2020, 01:50 PM
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When I get to my parents house I will try and take a pic of my fathers WW2 issued Luger. It has the eagle on the side under the barrel. More than likely legit. He got it for cheap in the 1970s
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I got a US military water canteen from goodwill that might have been in a war.

Looks like this

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I had a 1943 WWII Coke bottle that I found in Tuvalu but I can't find it and think my wife threw it away.
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Originally Posted By stevebec⏩
I had a 1943 WWII Coke bottle that I found in Tuvalu but I can't find it and think my wife threw it away.
That would be a nice piece of history to keep no lie... never bring it on pawn stars (brb i got friend whos an expert in WW2 coke bottles From Tuvalu)
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The GOAT tank, until it ran out of fuel all the time and moved 20km a hour lol

Think this one was in the film fury, with Brad Pitt, and Shia


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Originally Posted By tank2003⏩
My grand father served 2 years in Korea and....acquired a Type 50 chinese burp gun (before china started stealing the world's tech and replicating it with cheap materials so it was a sturdy machine gun) and he tried and tried to get it back stateside but every route he tried, he ran into brick walls. Rather than have a central issuing facility (like today) where all equipment gets recorded as it gets issued, he said they just ordered them all to "throw them all in a pile over there." Not even "Stack arms" or anything semi-formal.

After WWII, the US military made it real difficult to bring back souvenirs thatfoundon enemy soldiers or other sensitive items (If you order supplements while deployed and you open it, you cant bring it back. You can leave it in your garrison fro the next rotation though). If they were given to you by civilians, like a shagmag or an islamic talismen with qur'anic inscriptions (like some of us got int he middle east) then those almost always get the green light. I still have a few shagmags and a few hand carved wooden crosses that some locals carved and handed out because they knew that only a tiny portion of us were islamic. But they would still give out the islamic talisman here and there though.
My grandpa somehow smuggled back a Soviet AK while serving as a colonel in Vietnam. I remember being shown it a few times when I was a little kid. He kept in hidden in his basement for years until one my dad became scared that he would get caught with it and made my grandpa surrender it. While I understand that was the best thing to do considering you would get some major jail time for having it, I still wish he would have kept it.
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Originally Posted By THE-BEEF⏩
My grandpa somehow smuggled back a Soviet AK while serving as a colonel in Vietnam. I remember being shown it a few times when I was a little kid. He kept in hidden in his basement for years until one my dad became scared that he would get caught with it and made my grandpa surrender it. While I understand that was the best thing to do considering you would get some major jail time for having it, I still wish he would have kept it.
My grandma at the time was 11, she she didn't understand fully what was going on, besides starving. Her older brothers served in the Hungarian resistance which was obviously squashed in under a day. No one heard from them again. War is hell. Its always the civilians who have nothing to do with it who get decimated along with soldiers.
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cool as hell bro. had a couple great uncles who were kia during ww2. would have been bad ass to get some German ear necklaces
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Originally Posted By THE-BEEF⏩
My grandpa somehow smuggled back a Soviet AK while serving as a colonel in Vietnam. I remember being shown it a few times when I was a little kid. He kept in hidden in his basement for years until one my dad became scared that he would get caught with it and made my grandpa surrender it. While I understand that was the best thing to do considering you would get some major jail time for having it, I still wish he would have kept it.
Dont know about the laws in Canada, but my father owns a luger from WW2, prob belonged to a German officer (I posted this above), ill provide pics when I go over to his house. Its illegal for him to sell it. Its called "grandfathered" the government calls it that. Meaning he can't sell it at all, only keep it, and pass it down to following generations. Also ammo, and magazines have to be locked in separate safes on different floors. And there is a max mag capacity.
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Just a few nodes of shrapnel from that unexploded landmine.
























Not srs.
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FUARK i dont know to turn it around, but these are my grandfathers papers.

Read the last name, its my username backwards.

Sorry for sht quality, its an old pic, taken on a sht phone
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Originally Posted By nielk⏩
That would be a nice piece of history to keep no lie... never bring it on pawn stars (brb i got friend whos an expert in WW2 coke bottles From Tuvalu)
Unfortunately, I think it's long gone along with the 1950s one I found while fishing in Christmas Bay. I also had a canteen cup that I used for a pencil holder but I left it there when we moved back to the US.
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Originally Posted By stevebec⏩
Unfortunately, I think it's long gone along with the 1950s one I found while fishing in Christmas Bay. I also had a canteen cup that I used for a pencil holder but I left it there when we moved back to the US.
Those are cool too. Back when the US army made thngs to last lol. Some of those canteens saved soldiers lives by being shot in it.

My goal when Im rich is to own as much US civil war, WW1, and WW2 memorabilia.

I remember an ex of mine asked me what I wanted most in the world, and I told her to have a massive military history memorabilia collection.

That conversation didn't end well.

I have my grandfathers (participation) trophy he got 7h from the 1952 Helsinki Olympics when he did 1,000m 2 canoe with his brother.

I love history items, so much.
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Originally Posted By spacecowb0y⏩
I got a US military water canteen from goodwill that might have been in a war.

Looks like this

Looks like a 1980-1990s era
Originally Posted By THE-BEEF⏩
My grandpa somehow smuggled back a Soviet AK while serving as a colonel in Vietnam. I remember being shown it a few times when I was a little kid. He kept in hidden in his basement for years until one my dad became scared that he would get caught with it and made my grandpa surrender it. While I understand that was the best thing to do considering you would get some major jail time for having it, I still wish he would have kept it.
It would have been MUCH easier for ac full bird colonel (or even a Lt Col) to smuggle some awesome chit back. I dont think he would have gotten in much trouble though. Probably just threatened unless he was still in the military and then the UCMJ would still apply
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Originally Posted By nielk⏩


FUARK i dont know to turn it around, but these are my grandfathers papers.

Read the last name, its my username backwards.

Sorry for sht quality, its an old pic, taken on a sht phone
when my grand dad died, my mom got his military stuff and i was looking through it all. I dressed his medals on my Dress greens. I had a back up and not sure what happened to his (I got out RIGHT BEFORE the Army moved to the dress blues). Anyway, i found my great grandfathers separation card from WWI. He and i have the same first name and when i write it in cursive, we write it exactly the same way
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Originally Posted By tank2003⏩
when my grand dad died, my mom got his military stuff and i was looking through it all. I dressed his medals on my Dress greens. I had a back up and not sure what happened to his (I got out RIGHT BEFORE the Army moved to the dress blues). Anyway, i found my great grandfathers separation card from WWI. He and i have the same first name and when i write it in cursive, we write it exactly the same way
Thats awesome man.

This card was probably filled out by an Russian Soldier (many spoke yiddish). I believe this card was written in English, German, Hungarian, Czech, or Slovak. I wish we kept that card. It got lost when my parents moved. I have my grandmothers too.

Crazy how your cursive writing is the same, genetics play a larger roll than we may think!

Also mirin' the WW1 stashes

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