well, the military show was awesome for me today.
Kriegsmarine flag- 1 TINY pin hole, $300 dollars. its about 3' X 5.5' these often sell for $450 for ugly ones, up to 650 for ones in this shape.
WW2 German army back pack / rucksack. JKH '43 stamped on it, the leather straps are damn hear perfect, very good shape. He was gonna try to sell it for $165, i got it for $125.
picked up a VolksSturm arm band, what the German civilians wore when they took up arms at the end of the war, very good shape,
also picked up a very nice WW2 German War Merit badge with swords, and ribbon.
thats three things i had on my list of items to find, the backpack was just a bonus. i was hoping to find a nice Edelweiss pin, and other things on my list- Jap bayonet, Jap flag, they were there but i was holding back from spending any more money.
This was a great show for me, truly an example though of how it pays to know people, as some of those items came to me through friends / collectors / dealers.
I walked through the big gun show, just didnt have anything on my list there, one German Mauser K98 looked promising from afar, a BYF '44 rifle, which unfortunately, someone had buffed off the front band numbers and restamped it to match
so the rest of the rifles serial numbers could have been screwed with too. its a shame they have to do that to a rifle to try to earn more $, when they could just leave it alone and let someone appreciate it in its current form.