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Jan 07, 2018, 08:56 PM
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Jan 08, 2018, 06:37 AM
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It is exactly as you describe it. A souvenir wallet. Likely picked up while in Paris. The helmet emblem is a fairly typical emblem that was attached to commercially sold photo albums of the period. Every branch on the Wehrmacht had them available. This particular emblem would have been for Army or Navy as they shared the same design.
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Jan 08, 2018, 09:19 AM
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Thank you GregK. I appreciate the confirmation that I was on the right track.
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Jan 12, 2018, 03:59 PM
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Very interesting piece!
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Jan 12, 2018, 04:18 PM
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 Sir
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Jan 12, 2018, 05:11 PM
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 Originally Posted by Honest Samuel
What was the price?
It was my favorite kind of sale, the kind where you make a pile and the seller gives you a bundle price for everything. I had maybe a dozen things in my pile, and the seller actually asked me “How does $20 sound, or is that too much?” Lol I have to admit, that kind of took me by surprise, and I didn’t beat them up on the price. I just paid my $20, which I thought was more than fair.
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Jan 12, 2018, 05:28 PM
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Nice find. I have a slightly different WW2 era German souvenir wallet. It has a Luftwaffe cap eagle on it.
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Jan 12, 2018, 06:28 PM
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 Originally Posted by diggummup
Nice find. I have a slightly different WW2 era German souvenir wallet.

Thanks Dig. I really like the fact that yours has actual insignia on it. Not only does the historical significance seem greater in that I can picture the airman securing his cap eagle to the wallet, but it would probably command a higher selling price as well.
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Jan 15, 2018, 10:07 AM
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Here are a couple more finds from the same sale. I really like this “Keep ‘Em Sailing” lapel pin. I found a similar “Keep ‘Em Flying” pin online, but I can’t find another one exactly like this one. It is unmarked on the reverse.

This cap badge has me stumped. It is matte black and unmarked on the reverse. Do the initials mean anything to anyone?
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Jan 16, 2018, 06:26 AM
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Found the pin that sold in 2013... https://www.ebay.com/itm/WWI-Navy-Ba...p2047675.l2557
Offhand, the initials aren't familiar on the hat badge. Probably a Military school or something. What markings are on the back? That would at least help date it. Everything else has been WW2 era so far.
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Jan 16, 2018, 05:12 PM
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Thanks for finding that pin, Dig. You truly do have a black belt in internet research. I’ve always thought I was pretty savvy doing research, but when I am stumped, it rarely fails that you or another forum member come through with flying colors.
Regarding the hat badge, it is unmarked on the reverse. It is stamped out of a really thin, brassy toned metal under the black paint, The whole backside is essentially a mirror image of the front of the badge.
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