What is going to be my specialization !

Because of the fact that I have the same problem as most collectors have, lack of space, I have decided that I am going to have to specialize.

It was all ready recommended by other collectors, who saw my collection, but now it is really necessary !

I have decided that I am going to specialize in U.S. and British paratrooper's items and all kinds of escape and survival equipment! (this has changed > check the wanted list and read the homepage)

The escape equipment can be all sorts of concealed compasses, but also anything that belongs in a dinghy, and for example, in an U.S. C1 vest.
In the picture you can see some escape items that I all ready have. They are: an escape map on silk of the Italy/Greece area. A buckle compass, a compass in a waterproof hanger, 2 small escape compasses that were issued in survival kits, a double button compass and a "swinger" compass.

The paratrooper items can also be a lot! They can range from helmets and speciall airborne equipment to personal belongings, as identity disks and cigarettes that they carried. More the standard issued infantry equipment!
The paratroopers interest me because my father has a farm on the edge of the drop zone of the 101st Airborne Division during WW2. I even found parts of a glider, which had been part with the U.S. star on it, in the attic of the farm when we were rebuilding it!
That is when I got interested in the airborne units in general!
In the picture, you can see some airborne items that I all ready have.
They are: an U.S. M42 jump jacket, a British red beret, an U.S. M3 knife, a British paratrooper helmet with leather lining and a British F&S dagger.

H.J.M. van Meel © 1999