I wanted to get some thoughts on this army officer cap. What is it? What time frame? Is it Army? I ask as there is a local auction. I saw this and it peeked my interest. It looks like the M1912 cap. I have not seen a "tally" on a cap like this before. With that said, I am no expert. Any idea of the value. I dont want to over pay for sure.

. Hi Ron,   I took another look at the video and screen grabbed the identification dash plate,  the Jeep in the video is a Ford and it's dated 5-27-42 and mine is dated 5-25-42 and there's roughly 4,000 units difference between our two chassis numbers.        Norman D. Landing, Forum Normandy Correspondent, April 24 2O25.   ….

It's  not camo.  That's  just shadows.  The branch of service doesn't  really matter to me. Any painted helmet is a good helmet. Unpainted are fine too.

Here is one I currently have.     

Thats funny stuff, nothing to do with inspections, but I remember the latrine graffiti at FIG or Fort Indiantown Gap, written on the wall it said, Last night as I lay in my bunk, I ask God what I am doing here at FIG, God replied, Where?       

The gilded flight surgeon wings look WW2 and are hallmarked A.E. Co. The unmarked wings you have look like graduation wings (3 &4 hash marks in shoulder) and have been attributed to Robbins. The cliche wings (navigator and air crew with a mirror strike on back) look good and would be late WW2 to Korean War.   I've seen another example of the Gemsco Service Pilot wings you have and would guess WW2 vintage.

Bought the knife. thanks again for all the help here.  Started picking up a few older Case knives a while back, so its nice this one is a Case as my 1st M3.     

Thank you, I bought a large lot, and these were part of it. 

I just came across this badge being sold within a group of medals online.  It is for the Sons of American Veterans.  I couldn't find much information about the group with some simple google searches.  Is this group related to AM-VETS?  I don't know.   The badge is uniface and had no maker's mark on the reverse.  The design bears likeness to other medals I have seen issued by states to commemorate WWI.  However, those are usually in the form of an eight pointed star.  This is more like a four armed cross with rays eminated sideways from the arms, rather than radially from the center.   Does anyone know anything more about this badge, or group?  

Depends on what you define as good and bad. The command service pilot is definitely bad as that was not a real rating to my knowledge.  Vanguard wings are post WWII.  wings with alpha-numeric makers codes are post WWII.  Meyer wings with long nailhead pins are probably post WWII.  The Observers in post 8 look like souvenir junk.  Marty