CATALOG #123 posts FRIDAY December 13
at 3:00 PM US Central Time

So, what do you need to know about this one?
As is our practice, the new stuff will under the very mysteriously titled category NEW LISTINGS. Everything else that is currently available will be listed in the regular categories.  If you have had your eye on an item that had not yet sold when we closed down #122 to prep the site for #123, it will be there when #123 opens up, but listed in it's native category.
View the Preview from the link which will appear on the home page.  There will be an early preview for all registered AGM users opening at 12:00 noon.  Unless of course there is some sort of technical snafu as has happened in the past with our old out-of-date website!  If that happens, it is normally fixed quickly, so just come back in a few minutes.  The preview link will appear under the big catalog button on the home page.  Depending on your browser, you may need to refresh.  To see the link, you will need to be logged in.  (Not visible to guests.)  During the preview period, we are often still uploading images, finding and correcting errors, reshooting items where necessary, and making other small changes.  If you don't see photos of a particular item, check back later.  Remember: the preview is just that - a preview.  Instead of a "BUY" button, a countdown to the catalog opening is displayed.  At 3:00, start from the home page (item pages don't pop up with a buy button at 3, they just reset to the home page.)   Also please note - we do not take calls until the site is open for sales.  If you want to beat your pals to the item you want, the fastest way to do it is to be logged in and press the "buy" button yourself, rather than psycho-dialing us at 2:00 so that you can explain why the rules should apply to everyone except you.
AGM NEWS, 123 Highlights, and an exciting new venture!
Word has already leaked through a few friends, but this I suppose is the official announcement: AGM is shifting direction, and with the help of some wonderful people, is opening up Bannerman Auctions.  AGM will continue to exist, as it is certain that there are always going to be clients who wish to sell their collection (or individual items) directly, and do not wish to go the auction route.  However, I have discovered that the transparency and ease of an auction paradigm simplifies operations to a great extent, and opens up the availability of a number of collections that would otherwise have gone elsewhere.  So even without having made an official announcement until now - we have wonderful militaria coming out of our ears here, just waiting for the launch of Bannerman Auctions in 2025.  For more details about this change and what it means for both AGM and you, click here.
Reinventing AGM and building Bannerman is exciting, but expensive!  We also need to keep the lights on and paychecks flowing for the wonderful folks that I have recently hired.  So, just like we did on Catalog 122, this is an opportunity to remedy the situations where I have failed to live by my own policy "you can't become your own best customer."  Or from pop culture: "Don't get high on your own supply" (Scarface 1983).  In order to keep my own collector's impulse from getting in the way, I have adopted a fairly limited collections policy.  But... I will confess - a number of extremely interesting things come in here and though they aren't necessarily 'kept', they just might hang out for an excessively long time looking great in the office before finally making their way to a catalog.. or not. There are a number of new aquisitions in this catalog of course, but like the catalog before it, this is mostly comprised of pieces that I have been hanging on to for years or decades in several cases!  Two of these go all the way back to the Dadizele Belgium War Museum purchase of 1998!!
Here some highlights:

Those are just a few of the many images that appealed to me while cruising through Anna's photos.  So what else will you find on Catalog 123?

• WWII USS Pompon Submariner's Group with TWO Painted N-1 Deck Jackets!
• WWII USS Apogon Sailor's Painted N4 Style Jacket & Submarine Veteran's Vest
• AEF Signal Corps 'Hello Girls' Theater-Produced Souvenir Album & Roster
• Kaiserliche Marine U-Boat Periscope Top: Salvaged from UB-116
• WWII Army Assault Gas Mask
• British WWI 9.2 Inch Heavy Siege Howitzer Shell Fragment
• M1911 Automatic Pistol: Carried in France by 1st Lt. Nigel Cholmeley-Jones
• WWII 8th Air Force B-17 Ball Turret Gunner's Painted A-2 Flight Jacket: Impatient Virgin
• WWI USMC Aviator's Uniform & ID Tags: Northern Bombing Group
• Civil War US Enlisted Mounted Trousers
• War of 1812 Pomeroy 1808 State Contract Musket & Matched Bayonet
• WWII AAF 14th Air Force P-51 Mustang Pilot's Coat A-2 Flight Jacket: 16th Fighter Squadron
• WWI M1917 Trench Shoes
• Belgian WWI Combat Veterans Organization Flag: Dadizele
• WWI USN Yeomanette White Service Blouse
• Late 19th / Early 20th Century Mexican Sombrero with Patriotic Emblems
• AEF Officer's French Made Aviator Style Leather Coat: 1st Lt. Howard Shattuck, MC
• M1902 US Artillery Officer's Display Featuring Colt New Army M1901 Revolver
• WWII AAF Quick Attach Chest A-4 Harness & Parachute First Aid Packet
• WWII Submarine Escape Apparatus: Momsen Lung
• AEF Air Service Bombing Military Aviator's Uniform with Bullion Wing
• Spanish-American War M1883 Blue Shirt: Mint From 1898 Contract
• WWI British Royal Flying Corps Aviator's Leather Flying Coat
• WWII AAF 533rd Bomb Squadron Aviator's A-2 Flight Jacket w/ Chenille Squadron Patch: ID'd
• AEF 1st Division DSC Recipient's Painted Portrait
• WWII AAF / RAF Flak Armor: Wilkinson Sword Pattern
• WWI Air Service Pilot Wing: Robbins
• Prussian Infantry Officer's Field Gray Tunic w/ 1914 Iron Cross 1st Class & Black Wound Badge
• Baden M1887 Infantry Helmet
• Deluxe Quality 1927 Presentation Hunting Association Hirschfanger by WKC
• Mexican War M1832 Artillery Short Sword: 1842 Date
• Siberian Expeditionary Force Overcoat
• Austro-Hungarian WWI Trench Club
• French WWI M2 Gas Mask
• AEF 89th Division 353rd Inf. Medal of Honor Recipient Photo First Lieut. Harold A. Furlong
• WWII USS North Carolina Sailor's Chambray Shirt, Dungaree Trousers, & 'Dixie Cup' Hat
• WWII 101st Airborne Soldier's Customized British ETO Jacket w/ White Tongue 101st Patch
• AEF 142nd Aero Squadron NCO's Souvenirs including Two Royal Flying Corps Wings
• Civil War M1851 Enlisted Saber Belt
• WWI US Aviator's Fur-Lined Flying Coat
• AEF Railway Artillery Reserve Ordnance Sergeant's Uniform Set
• M.16 Helmet Stirnpanzer Armored Brow Plate
• Battle Damaged Camouflage Painted M18 Helmet
• Camouflaged M16 Helmet
• British WWI Private Purchase Body Armor: The Franco-British Cuirass
• Martially Marked Colt Model 1860 Army Revolver: Early 1863
• Hussar Regiment Nr. 3 Musician's Attila, Medal Bar, and Sash
• Artillery Luger / MP-18 9mm Snail Drum Magazine
• USAF Korean War Era P-1A Flying Helmet with Oxygen Mask and Goggles
• WWII 9th Air Force 647th Bomb Squadron (A-20's) A-2 Flight Jacket
• WWII US Navy Aviator's Seat Pack Parachute
• Saxon 108th Schützen Regiment M1867 Shako
• AEF in Italy 332nd Infantry NCO's 'Triple Patch' Coat with Numbered Disc
• AEF in Italy American Ambulance Service Section 520 Soldier's Overcoat
• Civil War Remington New Model Army Revolver
• WWII AAF B-3 Flying Jacket: Rough Wear Contract 42-18653
• Presentation Grade Hunting Association Hirschfanger by Eickhorn
• European Late 19th Century Hunting Association Cutlass 
• WWII AAF Quick Attach Chest AN6513-1A Parachute and AN6513 Harness
• WWII M1 Helmet: Fixed Loop with Hood Rubber Liner
• WWII AAF Pilot's Seat Pack Parachute & Harness
• USAF Pilot's Flight Helmet & L-2B Flight Jacket: 772nd Troop Carrier Squadron Insignia c.1958
• WWII AAF AN-J-4 Fleece Flying Jacket and A-3 Trousers
• WWII Hawley Liner for M1 Helmet: EXCELLENT Condition
• WWII US Naval Aviator's M-592 Survival Backpad & Contents
• AEF in Italy Medical Corps Soldier's Coat
• WWII US M9A2 Paracaisson
• Kriegsmarine M42 Single Decal Helmet
• Spanish-American War Infantry Branch Colored 1898 Khaki Field Uniform: Connecticut

We look forward to hearing from you on Friday!

Best regards,

Jeff
www.advanceguardmilitaria.com