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ramramThis thread will probably be as popular as Siberian sunlotion but...personally I probably like the military collectibles more than the baseball (Blasphemy!! - that statement alone will probably make Leon delete this thread). I mostly collect soldier's diaries and artwork done by soldiers in the field. I've got material from the Revolutionary War to Vietnam but mostly the Civil War and WWII. Diaries I have include both Union and Confederate diaries, WWI infantrymen as well as naval (British Naval diary covering the battle of Jutland) and several WWII diaries. As far as WWII diaries, I've got a German KIA covering Stalingrad and Kursk, Italian covering the invasion of Ethopia, Japanese, American - POW, bomber pilot and bomber waist gunner and a B29 flyboy (he writes about the low-level bombing of Tokyo and says that "you could smell flesh burning at 7,000 feet"), Medic diary covering the Battle of the Bulge and a few others.
What about your items??
Rob M.
Some soldier artwork:
