CATALOG HIGHLIGHTS

A normal catalog has 600-700 items.  This one started with approximately 1,150!  Here is what you will find inside:

> We are very pleased to offer an impressive collection of WWI Austro-Hungarian and Italian enlisted issue uniforms, headgear, field equipment, insignia, etc. that was assembled over the course of 40 years by our good friend Bill Combs.  Bill has shifted his collecting focus to items from the Spanish Colonial Army (1868-1898), so it was time to let the Isonzo Front collection go.  There are items in here that I have not seen available on the market in decades.  Even if you are not an active collector of WWI Austrian or Italian items, you will want to browse through the Other Nations sections of the catalog while everything is still up just to see things that you are not likely to see again for quite some time.  (After you are done shopping for your collection, of course!) 

> The AEF is well-represented again on this catalog, with a small collection of 35th Division uniforms & helmets, single uniforms and small groups from numerous other AEF units, and some extremely nice ’trunk groups’, a Postal Express uniform with bullion insignia, etc., etc.  We also have a very scarce French-made WWI USMC officer’s insignia, a Navy presentation sword, and a good Marine officer’s summer issue uniform.  This of course is just the tip of the giant OD iceburg - you’ll have to browse the catalog to see it all. 

> The US WWII section is back, with field gear, uniforms (a number of which have great shoulder insignias), limited issue canteens, survival gear, Marine Corps items, and some nice Navy material as well.

> The Imperial German section is smaller than it has been recently (we simply ran out of time) but we did get some good items posted including the nicest condition stick grenade that we have had in years and several field gray uniforms.

> There is a new (online only) section for Catalog 82 comprised of US shoulder insignia and related patches from 1923-1975.  Patch collectors will really enjoy Catalog 82!

With 1100+ new items, I am sure that I am forgetting quite a lot of interesting highlights, but you get the idea.  Can’t list them all here anyway - that would spoil the fun of browsing the catalog!