This is something you don’t see every day. Ft Knox has put out a solicitation for WWII USGI militaria for use on mannequins. That alone in unusual. Even more so, is that they are using an online reverse auction to buy the stuff. Considering the cost of authentic gear, not to mention reproductions and the large sizes of some of the items, the chance that the Army will get ripped off on this deal is very big. There’s no such thing as a bargain on WWII collector’s items.
001 M1 HELMET; SIZE 7, 7 EACH WWII AND 3 EACH LATE-WAR/POST-WAR 10 EA
002 M1941 FIELD JACKET, SIZE 42 7 EA
003 M43 FIELD UNIFORMS INCLUDING WOOL TROUSER AND WOOL SHIRT, SIZE 42 3 EA
004 ARMY HBT TROUSERS, SIZE 36 3 EA
005 ARMY HBT TROUSER BELT, SIZE 36 3 EA
006 ARMY HBT SHIRT, SIZE 36 3 EA
007 ARMY HBT CAP, M1943, SIZE 7 3 EA
008 ROUGHOUT SERVICE SHOE, SIZE 9 10 EA
009 M1938 LEGGINGS, SIZE 3 10 EA
010 TROUSER BELT, SIZE 45 10 EA
011 HAVERSACK 10 EA
012 M1923 CARTRIDGE BELT 5 EA
013 T HANDLE SHOVEL W/COVER 10 EA
014 M1910 CANTEEN WITH CANTEEN COVER 10 EA
015 M1924 FIRST AID POUCH 7 EA
016 M1942 FIRST AID POUCH 3 EA
017 PISTOL BELT AND THOMPSON MAGAZINE POUCH 4 EA
018 PISTOL BELT AND CARBINE MAGAZINE POUCH 3 EA
019 WOOL SHIRT, SIZE 17X34, 6 EACH ENLISTED AND 1 EACH OFFICER 7 EA
020 WOOL TROUSER, SIZE 34 7 EA
021 JEEP CAP 2 EA
022 CAPTAIN COLLAR RANK, US SET INFANTRY SET, 29TH ID PATCH 1 EA
023 M1 HELMET, ECONOMY 1 EA
024 M1943 FIELD JACKET, SIZE SIZE 36 1 EA
025 M1943 FIELD JACKET LINER, SIZE MEDIUM 1 EA
026 M1943 FIELD TROUSER, SIZE 36 1 EA
027 LEATHER PALM & WOOL GLOVES, SIZE MEDIUM 1 EA
028 WOOL SCARF, GRAY 1 EA
029 SHIPPING
Most of these things aren’t that hard to find or even that pricey if they know where to look. I have quite the collection of WWII collectibles such as these. Have almost everything they’re looking for and the most I paid was probably $150 for the M-41. Now of they want it new and unissued that’s a different story.
The irony is that probably most of this is sitting in DLA Depots