Finding the posters when he did was poignant wigdor said.
Did attics in world war two have boxes.
Signal corps balloon group no.
The uniform belonged to thomas wilson jr and his name was printed on the green bag.
The owner of the house decided to track down the veteran s family.
In the attic was a bag containing a world war ii uniform in mint condition.
By the home owner s estimation the room was used as a hiding place from the germans in world war ii.
Day who died in 1996 wasn t a veteran but wigdor s family has a history of military service dating to the revolutionary war.
During world war i relatives served in the u s.
Given the fact that the box contains all of its wrappings but no candy the team suggests that someone may have.
A box discovered in an attic reveals one man s first world war.
He must have had 50 sweaters the result i m sure of gifts from friends and family including several my wife and i gave him.
Just several decades ago someone may have been fearing for their lives in there.
Cyril mowforth served with a tank regiment in el alamein north africa and germany during world war ii.
Even the buttons were still bright and shining.
Extremely rare colour footage of d day invasion released the only known allied colour footage of world war two was uncovered in the attic of a hollywood.
26 1964 the 84th birthday of its namesake army gen.
But he and bride olga who wed just weeks before he was called up exchanged near daily.
3 and the 101st engineer battalion.
Other attic finds most prominently a box of chocolates date to world war ii.
When volunteers working at national trust property scotney castle in kent first chanced upon an old steel box in the attic little did they know they had stumbled upon a treasure trove of social history and military memorabilia that would generate an entire exhibition about one man s experience of the great war.
World war two as you have never seen it.
Within his apartment in a bottom dresser drawer under many clothes was a fancy box that contained his bronze star for heroism in world war ii more on that later.
As it was obviously a hiding place it seems like some very very dark humor.
When its doors opened on jan.
