posted on July 17, 2003 11:50:28 AM new
NOTE: I'VE POSTED THE PICTURES OF THESE ARMY CLOTHES FURTHER DOWN IN THIS THREAD. Old Uncle Ben, who served in WWII, has died. Left a boxful of his army uniforms. Professionally laundered pants and shirts (shirts still have the old paper tape around them, too). I've looked on eBay and there is some value to these pieces.
The pants appear to be plain khaki. Is there another word for them? Uniform pants? Something secret and coded?
Long-sleeved plain khaki shirts, ditto.
And one shirt which is a much darker, deep khaki green, appears to be a light wool. Says "regulation military shirt, dry clean only" in collar label. Special name for this?
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posted on July 17, 2003 12:24:58 PM new
I recently listed some WWII pieces... shirts, sweaters and a jacket. I tried and tried to research them, but couldn't really find anything to identify them. I did discover that the tags on those things can be very hidden. I went over the coat at least a dozen times until I found the tag. It was on the underside of the inside of the pocket ... between the coat and the liner... hard to explain, but it was the most hidden place on the coat. For the pants in was on the hidden side of the inside pocket. Like if you put your hand in the pocket, it was where your knuckles would be... but inside the pants. If you can find the tags, they might say what kind they are. Mine were wool field trousers and had the date they were made.
I did very well on my army clothes, so hopefully you will too. I was very surprised that one of the items that got the highest bids was 2 sweaters with no markings that had holes in them.
posted on July 17, 2003 06:59:54 PM new
You say plain shirts meaning nothing on them as in Rank, then he was an Officer. (OR! never got past Private! I doubt that) Pinks, that's what their called. Those rambled numbers have the DATE of manufacture.....Mar.6 44. 3/6/44....or dsa 100-42- blah blah,,,you get the pict.
What is sought after is medals,,were there any medals? Was he a flying type or a grunt? mud type.......Was he Army Air Corps? Are there any unit patches? Hmmm, plain shirts,,,,??? Combat uniforms is what's really in demand,,,,Esp. if it's you've seen it in the Movies MARINE combat fatigues. Army Air Corps and Marine Corps stuff is TOPS! Just my selling experience.
posted on July 17, 2003 09:46:59 PM new
Okay! Here are 7 pictures of the army clothes. Heck, I just now see that the pictures are too small. Sorry. Not sure what I did wrong. I've deleted the pix of the labels--much too small to read.
The FIRST THREE are the light khaki shirts. The FOURTH PICTURE is the much darker loden green wool? shirt
THE FIFTH, SIXTH, AND SEVENTH, are the pants (note the button fly--no jokes please!).
Uncle Ben was a lieutenant and then a captain in the army in WWII.
posted on July 17, 2003 09:54:55 PM new
He must have been a small man ... bad joke in reference to the tiny pictures posted.
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posted on July 17, 2003 10:32:12 PM new
Here are the caps that came with the uniforms, and a picture of a metal pin in one of the caps.
And never mind, Lucy, I figured out what you meant above about the thumbs bit. I've never seen that in a link before; has it just appeared or such? Never had to removed it before!
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posted on July 17, 2003 11:27:54 PM new
You better not use the slang name for those types of caps or hats in your auction.
Another bad joke.
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posted on July 18, 2003 05:39:56 AM new
A complete set would be more desired by collectors. Matching, shirt, pant, jacket, hat and tie with unit patch insignia of rank would be a plus as are formal officer dress uniforms. Some officers and inlisted men had a short jacket which was called the Eisenhower jacket collectors like these. I think officers had to buy their unforms which might account for varations in the Khaki color. Tropical zones used a ligher Khaki than cold zones, The hats may match a uniform set.
This is what I recall from a tv show about a person who collected uniforms.
The reason the service used button flys instead of zippers is simple economics. Buttons are easier and cheaper to replace than zippers.
posted on July 18, 2003 12:17:13 PM new
This would be a close spelling, anyone who's been there knows, a curt cover/cap and or a pi$$ cover/cutter. I did the best I could and kept it clean?
posted on July 18, 2003 02:11:26 PM new
Jack, I've always heard it called a 4 letter word and thought it was derived from it's folded shape.
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posted on July 18, 2003 04:44:27 PM new
Speaking of that word ..,
I once worked with a very young co-worker that had joined the Naval Reserves a few years earlier. He told me an entertaining story about his boot camp ordeal. Their unit had the typical mean-as-all-hell drill instructor that tried desperately to break the young men. My co-worker said the Drill Instructor called them the 'C word' night and day. He screamed at them that they were all "c words"! One day while they were lined up and the DI was screaming at them and calling them all a bunch of C words my co-worker noticed the young guy next to him in the line started to tremble a bit. As the screaming increased so do the trembling of the next guy. The DI noticed and started yelling at the cadet personally, always with the C word. The guy snapped and told the DI that he was not a C word and resented being called it. The DI calmly told the cadet was he was indeed a C word and he could prove it. The cadet smiled and asked how he would prove it. The DI asked him if he was not indeed a 'Civilian Under Naval Training' ?
Well, yes I suppose so was the reply.
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