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Harold Ratzburg

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It was Harold’s boyhood dream to have a military Jeep. At 89, he has enjoyed my Jeep for many decades.

2. Quarter Ton Military Vehicles (Jeeps, etc.)

Don’t Tell His Wife!

By Harold Ratzburg
Nov 13, 2019

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Militaria Collecting 101

Collectors, Collections, and Collecting

By Harold Ratzburg
Nov 12, 2019

By the middle of the Vietnam War, the M26A1 / M61 fragmentation was standard issue. The Army of the Republic of Vietnam (ARVN) allies, however, still used plenty of surplus WWII weapons — including MK II grenades. For one Veteran, these old “pineapples” were the ideal souvenir to send home. Photo of US troops marking an LZ (landing Zone) courtesy of the National Archives

Firearms and Ordnance

Trade Ya a New Grenade...

By Harold Ratzburg
Nov 12, 2019

Not every historic military vehicle is intended for combat. Staff cars have played a major roll in transporting officers behind the lines since before WWI.

2. Restoration & Maintenance of Military Vehicles

Sometimes, you just want something different

By Harold Ratzburg
Nov 13, 2019

Some of the miscellaneous albums and photos I removed from the villa during my “midnight requisition.”

Knives / Swords / Bayonets

An Airman Collector in Post-War Germany

By Harold Ratzburg
Nov 12, 2019

The Schnee Eifel is a heavily wooded landscape in Germany’s Central Uplands that forms part of the western Eifel in the area of the German-Belgian border. Two regiments of the U.S. 106th division and all their supporting units, approximately 7,000 men, surrendered to the German Army in this area in late December 1944 — the most extensive defeat suffered by American forces in the European Theatre.

Preservation and Conservation

Collecting WWII Relics

By Harold Ratzburg
Nov 12, 2019

The 2nd Armor Division took part in the VII Corps Tennessee maneuvers in June 1941. Taken during those exercises, this photo shows General George Patton with an industrial-style dust respirator around his neck.

WWII Dust Respirators

By Harold Ratzburg
Nov 13, 2019

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Militaria Collecting 101

Collecting at the Front

By Harold Ratzburg
Nov 13, 2019

Battle of the Bulge veterans on a 2015 tour of Picatinny Arsenal, included Jim Cullen (second from the left) along with Dick Moran, Marty Rosenbaum, John Marshall, Al Sussarman and Ken Shuetz. Photo by Reggie Mays, courtesy of the US Army

Military History

Battle of the Bulge vet shares his tales

By Harold Ratzburg
Dec 13, 2019

6. Military Vehicle Show and Rally Reports

An 'old Geezer’s' take on the Sussex Rally

By Harold Ratzburg
Aug 21, 2020

WWII SIgnal Corps photo captioned, “One of the secrets which made it possible for Allied airborne forces to overrun the rear of the German lines on D-Day at Normandy is revealed in this picture of ‘dry-run’ rehersal in England. Taken from the U.S. Army-produced film, ‘D-Day Minus One’...this scene reveals how Jeeps rode to the battlefields in a glider!” John Adams-Graf collection

2. Quarter Ton Military Vehicles (Jeeps, etc.)

If you must fly there... Bring your Jeep!

By Harold Ratzburg
Nov 21, 2019

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Frontline Feature

Steve Dance Auctions

ESTATE AUCTION - PROLIFIC COLLECTION OF 25 CLASS III FIREARMS.

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