That fire destroyed American records in St Louis I don't think they would have had the recorders for the Seaforth Highlanders.

It is well documented online about the fire if you look up military history documents fire. It happened in 1973  

My dad’s records were destroyed in that fire. Last name begins with C. 

In the 70s the records dept did burn destroying many records. If memory serves me it was near the M-Z names that were lost.  

When I tried many years ago. 30 to be precise,  to find information on my grandfather's Seaforth Highlander service. The Army sent back some information and penciled lightly on the form were those words "burnt records".  Was there a fire at storage facility or was it just the Army getting rid of old records?   More recently I have found his Medal Cards and some lists with his name and Medals entitled to online. But not enlistment papers or discharge or transfers to HLI. So I was thinking that they were lost at that point.   Anybody heard of this "burnt files"

Would the forms show information like age, birth place, parents names. The ones I am looking at are from the mid 1800s.  I  found them for download but at a cost $ . I want to use them to verify my great-grandfather.

Is there any way to find out how old this Argyll and Sutherland badge is. The color is actually silver, not the brass tone the camera shows'

For SARGE:   I enjoyed every minute of that "distraction".  In fact, I picked up some Luftschutz items myself, and have started researching and studying the Luftschutz and its functions.  I loved the artwork in the Luftschutz posters. Only wish I had the disposable income to pick up one of those "gladiator" helmets (one in my size!).   Here's a good source, and a cool website for further information:   https://germanhelmetvault.com/luftschutz/      

Sorry I distracted you but... I really enjoyed the treatise on the Luftschutz awards.  It answered a lot of questions for me.  

Your sword hangers appear to be home made examples.  Not official items of issue IMHO.      

Rakkasan187 and Marshallj,   Thank you very much for your input!  Just the info I was looking for.  The willingness to share knowledge are what make this Forum and the sister USMF great!

Left side is air raid warden “Luftschutz” helmet. Looks like the decal is nearly 100%. Right side is civilian rural police shako missing the cockade. As you say condition is everything and that includes the interior. Now that you know what they are you can do your own research. If I were buying the Luftschutz the max I would pay would be $200. The police I would go as high as $500. I swear Rakkasan187 and I were typing the same time!