Sorry Ski, we have all been there!    What I now tell myself (and my wife, who has a harder time making buying decisions at Flea Markets than I do) is that while holding it, imagine you put it down and someone picks it up and buys it. If you are sad, buy it. If you don't care, put it down and walk away.   I have seen Europeans at shows "ask" of they can see something some one is already looking at, do not hand it to them! That seems to be a signal of "I am not interested" and they could then buy it. 

2nd case.   Soviet extras    Bulgaria    Poland 

Another nice display.  Rich A. in Pa.

Total OUCH! This is life lesson learned. Possession is the key! 

Michigan's Military Heritage Museum recently added this nice French Colonial Artillery Officer with Dardanelles service to our ever growing WWI exhibit. We have 19 participant nations on exhibit at this time and are always working on more. This will soon be placed on a full mannequin as we have boots and trousers as well as other equipment for him.    Scott

Here's a nice close up of one of the above helmets at the Mussolini do, got a nice shiny lacquer finish to it.

Thanks, my canteen is the same but for the carrier. The cap has a cord riveted to it while the other end of the cord is sewn into the carrier.    

Based on the images I am seeing now (Thank you patches) I don't see any glaring red flags..But I will do some more research...   I will say it was cut a bit off centered as there appears to be more of the blue material at the top and less around the bottom as well as the left wing (as you look at it)..   A blacklight may also be helpful to see if it glows...    Leigh 

Danny,   Here is a link to another forum to broaden your search for information   Leigh   https://www.warrelics.eu/forum/    

Excellent display, thanks for sharing!

Very nice.. I am getting ready to start going through all my East German uniforms and equipment that I collected after the Berlin Wall came down... I brought a ton of stuff home, just don't remember all that I have...   Leigh