Good morning,   I posted this on the Civil War forum also. I was not sure which forum was to use.   My grandson gave me this item that he purchased on Ebay for a birthday gift. All the information that we could find was that it is German made for the civil war. I have contacted the seller, and he does not know anything else about the item. I would like to be able to find any information that I can on it. Would you fellas be able to help me? Thanks!

FS: SURVIVAL VEST DYE MARKER DATED '74 - SOLID NAM $28.75 INCLUDING MAILING CHARGES TO ANY U.S. ADDRESS.  Satisfaction guaranteed, return for any reason within 48 hrs of receipt in same condition as shipped for full refund less shipping.

The only markings that I can see are these.

FS: SURVIVAL VEST DYE MARKER DATED '74 - SOLID NAM $28.75 INCLUDING MAILING CHARGES TO ANY U.S. ADDRESS.  Satisfaction guaranteed, return for any reason within 48 hrs of receipt in same condition as shipped for full refund less shipping.

Good morning,   My grandson gave me this item that he purchased on Ebay for a birthday gift. All the information that we could find was that it is German made for the civil war. I have contacted the seller, and he does not know anything else about the item. I would like to be able to find any information that I can on it. Would you fellas be able to help me? Thanks! Antique US Civil War German Import Bayonet Short Sword w_ Scabbard _ eBay.html

I don't mean to cast aspersions on your ribbons but it dose not look right to me, the bottom three rows appear to be one set, the next two rows another and the rest individual all with different wear. The Space Medal of Honor has only been awarded 28 times and none of the astronauts were old enough to have been in the Navy before 1941 as the American Defense ribbon indicates. John Glenn, the oldest astronaut, joined the Navy in 1942.   

. Hi Kevin,   I can't recall ever hearing anything about RAF Silloth, probably because it way up the North of England and not one of the famous Battle of Britain fighter airfields  on the southern coast, apparently it was built around 1938 /39 and used by Coastal Command aircraft.        Norman D. Landing, Forum Normandy Correspondent, April 21 2O25.   ….  

I see a copy on eBay for $15 not including tax. https://www.ebay.com/itm/125881024145?mkcid=16&mkevt=1&mkrid=711-127632-2357-0&ssspo=I4p16u-bRdG&sssrc=4429486&ssuid=AEdxIhTjQ5y&var=&widget_ver=artemis&media=COPY

I just bought this M-6 scabbard with M-3 knife . It was from the estate of a well known firearms and edged weapons collector. I have seen many M-6 scabbards but have never seen one with metal reinforcement at bottom and at top. Can anyone help identify? Is this a prototype?   Thanks

. Awaiting an email . . . . . . . . . .   Today I was invited to a gathering at Tansy's house who is the organiser of the ' Longest Yarn ' D-Day panels currently starting its tour of America.  The reason for the invite was for one of the women knitters to take measurements of my Jeep as the mayor of Carentan has requested that the knitters make a full size knitted Jeep for display in Carentan.   One of the other ladies there related a story to me about the property that she and her husband own.  One day a few years ago a large articulated truck pulled up at their farm  and the two occupants climbed out and approached them.  The older man was the father of the driver and he said that during WWII he had been a German soldier aged about 18 and he was one of the 300 soldiers stationed at this farm and wished to see it once again before he died.  I believe the troops were possibly members of the TODT organisation that built and maintained the coastal defences.    He passed on many photographs that he took of the farm and the soldiers stationed there, which is the email I am waiting for,  sharing the photographs with me.  He also told them which room he had occupied and that he had made a painted frieze around the room at the top of the walls, they still have that frieze which had previously been taken down and stored in the loft.     Norman D. Landing, Forum Normandy Correspondent, April 21 2O25.   ….