2023 SOS Finds
This year I cannot really call my SOS pickups a "haul" as I normally do. However, the two items that I did find were very high on my list to fill gaps in my collection: A 1st pattern Panzer wrapper and a 1st model Luftwaffe dagger with aluminum fittings. In all my years of collecting, I have never owned either, but now I do.
EDIT: Update! Please scroll down for photo shoots of both the dagger and the wrapper.
Last edited by TWS; 02-28-2023 at 11:28 PM.
Todd
Former U.S. Army Tanker.
"Best job I ever had."
The Panzer wrapper is absolutely beautiful I think I may recall seeing it there, good score!
It was my first ever show, I was told it was not up to the usual standard. However I walked off with a few small early equipment pieces, no nice helmet unfortunately.
Nice finds Todd
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Congratulations Todd! Always great when those items you’ve been hunting turn up!
Andy
Hello, nice jacket with a name !
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Yes very nice looking wrap. Dagger looks great as well.
Congrats Tim
Very nice items
Very nice Todd , congratulations !
Fantastic pickups. Quality over quantity.
That wrapper sure has seen its fair share of action. Just the right amount of Salt. If it could only talk.
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Hi guys, thanks for all of the comments. Sorry for the single photo last night. It was quite late by the time I was able to post and I was (and still am) tired from the show and the travel. Here is the Luftwaffe dagger. It is the nicest 1st model aluminum fitting example I could find in the entire show. And I looked and looked until Saturday noon when I finally purchased it. I've had the earlier nickel version for a while as well as some 2nd model examples, but I never had an aluminum 1st model. Therefore, "if you can only have one, make it a nice one" - right? It is a WMW - Waffenfabrik Max Weyersberg.
Todd
Former U.S. Army Tanker.
"Best job I ever had."
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