Pebeco tooth powder. Full ½ oz can for 25 cents from start of the war. This can is hard to find. Very good condition.
Wooden 105mm ammunition crate. April 1944 dated. It still has the steel wires. This crate was found in the area of Carentan recently. Please note it is heavy to ship, adjustment of shipping may be needed. Good condition.
Coca Cola insert of thick cardboard. This large sign measures about 76 x 129 centimeters. It is dated 1943 in the lower left corner and was presented in the Coca Cola 1943 Advertising Price List, Supplement (see last photos). During the war Coca Cola could no longer produce advertising signs...
Coca Cola insert of thick cardboard. This large sign measures about 76 x 129 centimeters. It is dated 1942 in the lower left corner and was presented in the Coca Cola 1942 Advertising Price List (see last photos). During the war Coca Cola could no longer produce advertising signs of enameled...
Burial bottles. Six small green vials in their original cardboard box. These bottles were to be buried along with GI's who were killed in combat. They were used to store Graves Registration form No. 1 or any piece of paper with identifying information about the soldier. The bottles in this box...
Stars and Stripes newspaper of July 6, 1944. Rare single page Continental Edition, Vol. 1 No. 3 which was printed 'Somehwere in France', which was actually in Cherbourg, liberated on June 26, 1944. From July 4 to August 19, 1944 the Continental Edition of The Stars and Stripes was printed at...
Stars and Stripes newspaper of July 5, 1944. Rare single page Continental Edition, Vol. 1 No. 2 which was printed 'Somehwere in France', which was actually in Cherbourg, liberated on June 26, 1944. From July 4 to August 19, 1944 the Continental Edition of The Stars and Stripes was printed at...
Staff Sergeant (S/SGT) chevrons. Cotton. Very good condition.
Small bottle containing 100 Halazone tablets. For purifying water in canteens. Produced by Abbott Labatories. The bottom of the bottle is marked with Abbott Lab. and the diamond-oval-I logo of the Owens-Illinois Glass Company. The 4 to the right of the makers logo dates the bottle to 1944....
Prisoner of War Food Packages box that contained four packages. Provided by the American Red Cross. The box is September 1944 dated. It measures about 51x27x27 centimetres and the inside is clean. The box comes from an old collection in Normandy and is a rare find. Perfect for display. Very...
Meritorious service unit badge. Variation, embroidered on fabric with a blue trim. Very good condition.
85th Division patch & insignia. Used patch with super nice snowy back. The insignia seem to be Italian made. It has SAV and what seems to read Startti Artistic Firenze on the back. Very good condition.