If you could go back to summer 1945...

[MD Helmets]

Im with Mo on this. My "one item" would be a duffle bag filled with whatever I could fit. We also have the luxury of knowing what all these items are worth now and how scarce some of them are. But if I had to pick one item, it would be a complete black pre-war SS uniform with parade black DD helmet, the best of both worlds. They just look bad ass. Close runner up would be a Knights Cross with oak leaves, swords and diamonds with the award document (bonus would be the recipients complete uniform).

Ask me again tomorrow, it will probably change.

[RichieC]

piles of discarded helmets

There is no doubt that I would be rummaging through those...

[harryamb2]

for me 2 things,save the Prinz Eugen and a uboat.they would look great moored at chatham now.

[stuka f]

I am reading a book at the momment about the delivery of Mons...you wouldn't believe what there was to be found.
I'll share it with you guy's when finished!
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[Steve Newman]

I was rethinking this again and as has been stated values of today were not known then, but i know I would have collected souvenirs heavily (as I did whilst working in Bosnia 1993-95 and glad I did!!) so maybe just going for one evocative item that would be completely provenanced from an epic battle, like a red beret from Arnhem, or an FJ helmet from Crete, a Army Group Courland piece, or of course we come back to a unique TR item from Berlin... Havent really added much have I after thinking I was reaching a conclusion

Keep em coming interesting reading

Steve

[Panzer trooper]

I think it would have to be an fw190 for me!!

[CBH]

I'd take a nice camo Schwimmwagen with back seat full of SS camo and a nice complete Britishes Freikorps uniform , maybe a couple of guns in the trailer .

[ian]

interesting subject
i think a visit to the steyer-daimler-puch factory in austria, to loot as maney k98 and mp40 as i could load into a lorry

or mabe a visit to the mauser factory to get as many lugers as i could

[Thanatos]

A simple map (if obtainable) or word of mouth which gives the location of Wewelsberg SS Deaths Head Ring burial site.
Not to much.
All the best
Dave

[AmericanKraut]

If I could go back I would talk to my Great Grandpa that I never got to meet and thank him, and take his B-24 or B-17. Or Talk to my Great uncle when He was my age on Iwo Jima and take the landing craft he landed on