thank you If you are looking for rare original Japanese pieces, I am at your disposal.

I don't feel very comfortable with the eagle, the wearing or lack of in the swaz area, looks a bit odd and it looks a lot like this newer fake, but not exactly. I'll defer to one of the more experienced helmet guys though. Decals are such a minefield, almost as bad as the dang chinstraps.  

Just found this explaining the use of Sailors of the RN. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Royal_Navy_State_Funeral_Gun_Carriage  

Thanks Marshallj, Edelweisse, & jmd62 for confirmations.   Anyone know a site I can find the manufacturer codes for these? Only getting “LDO” codes which do not go that high.

Guy I know I selling these. These are the pictures he texted me. The Luft dagger has been personalized but no research has been done on who did it or who it belonged to. The Luft is unmarked as well. What do you guys think? If real. What would the value be? 

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Here are some Deutsche Arbeitsfront items which I’ve researched, but again want your feedback. During the course of my research, I’ve seen the same Lieferant # on many, but cannot find the correlation to a particular maker/location. In addition, the examples I found all have what looks like a sloppy job with regard to how the tab was soldered/attached. Some a lot worse than others.

Now I could be wrong but this just doesn't look right to my eyes as it is too mint and it looks like the copy in Post 28 (second from top).  

The Pegasus SSI doesn't look right at all and does not match any known examples that I am aware of.  It might even be post war Belgium that wear a similar SSI.  The SAS wing is harder to authenticate as supposedly there are very good copies that are floating out there in the collector's market.  I can't tell them apart so I stay away from this wing.  I have come across a number within the past couple of years with a black paper backing but do not know if this is the key to determining if you have a copy or not.  Some say this is a WW2 era piece and others say it is post war.   My understanding is that this was produced during WW2 but the vast majority of the photographs of it being worn are post war so it is associated with post war Malaya.  There are photographs of it being worn in the 1950s and 1960s but again it was supposedly manufactured during WW2.