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Old December 19th, 2006, 20:26   #9
Oberst39
 
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Join Date: Nov 2005
Location: Beautiful British Columbia
Price wise...I think for the M40 with medals would cost approx $220-$250 U.S.

The HBT Reed Tunic is approx $75 US.

I purchased them both from www.ww2militaria-kcs.com.

The Medals I purchased from MilitaryTour.

As for wearing them in the field, I purchased them more for putting an entire impression together for display. I now have everything kit wise and am working on the smaller personal items that the soldier would carry such as shaving kit, butter dish, blankets etc. I have most of the items, just require a few of the smaller ones. Most of my kit items are named originals, such as the gasmask and carrier, bayonet, refinished original M35 helmet etc, and some are replicas such as my oakleaf zeltbahn, boots, etc....

When all is said and done, I believe my collection is worth approximately $2000-$2500 US.

I will try to post a complete picture of the entire collection within the next couple of weeks. I am looking for a mannequin to display the collection on but full sized ones are difficult to come by not to mention expensive.
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