As everyone knows, genuine and original WWII items are not only expensive, some are also becoming scarce . Moreover, since WWII a lot of 'military' goodies have been modified, adapted, or simply disappeared . We therefore have chosen (sometimes with limited means) to construct and recreate some of these ourselves ! Of course it should be noted that some items tend to be more of a complex nature and thus require more time and skills. In order to avoid damaging or ruining vintage stuff during our WWII impressions in the field, we prefer to try and recreate some of the more common items ourselves - for this we need a scanner, a good photocopier, quality paper or cardboard, a lot of time and good sources i.e. primarily a WWII-specimen and a correct WWII-documentation ! The majority of our members are true US Army WWII collectors, so we know where to look … we strive to make it all look as convincing as possible, while for the foodstuffs, our purpose is to make it edible !

Following photographs illustrate field use of some of our 'homemade' items, produced by "Strictly-G.I." members.

This page shows some of the items which have been manufactured and/or constructed by our members - our purpose is to use these for our WWII impressions, so they are not for sale !

            

"Brookie's PX" - array of goodies recreated by Pvt "Ron T. Brook", including such items as shaving cream-razor blades-cigarettes-shaving brushes-pencils-writing tablets- pipe tobacco-toothpaste etc

K Rations components recreated by Pvt "Ron T. Brook" & Sgt "Andrew S. Vilinsky", including cigarettes-matchbooks-D-bars-K rations-candies-gum and P-38 wrap

A bag full of medical bandages, i.e. Small First-Aid Dressing, US Army Carlisle Model, Sterilized
(recreated by Pvt "Ron T. Brook")

Emergency Medical Tag (EMT) Book) with blue cover and brown cardboard boxes for Medical Supplies
(recreated by Sgt "Andrew S.Vilinsky)

M2 Demolition Blocks (Tetrytol), (recreated by Sgt "Andrew S. Vilinsky")

M1A1 Bangalore Torpedoes & Wooden Box,
(recreated by Sgt "Andrew S. Vilinsky")

One of our men with a copy of the Pliofilm Cover (recreated by Pvt “Ron T. Brook”) used during amphibious operations, he also wears a Gas Detection Sleeve on his left upper arm (recreated by Sgt “Andrew S. Vilinsky”)

Refurbished & repainted M1 Steel Helmets illustrating miscellaneous units e.g. NCO,1st Engineer Special Brigade (D-Day Utah Beach), Medic, 329th Medical Battalion (104th Inf Div), Buck Sergeant Vilinsky , Medical Section (D-Day Utah Beach 2d Naval Beach Bn), Lt (JG), Beachmaster (USN) Pvt, 5th Engineer Special Brigade ( D-Day Omaha Beach) NCO,MP, 3d United States Army USN Seaman,6th Naval Beach Battalion (D-Day Omaha Beach)
(artwork recreated by Sgt "Andrew S. Vilinsky")

Detonating Cord on Spool(recreated by Sgt “Andrew S. Vilinsky” )

MkII Fragmentation Handgrenades + M41 Fiber Containers
(handgrenades recreated by Pvt “Roger M.Lohman” & container labels recreated by Sgt “Andrew S.Vilinsky”)

Miscellaneous Armbands from L to R and from top to bottom – Third United States Army,Military Police, Counter Intelligence Corps, Photographer, Geneva Convention, Transportation Corps,Third United States Army Orderly, General Staff Corps(Army), XXth Army Corps
(all recreated by Sgt “Andrew S.Vilinsky”)

Grenade, Hand Fragmentation, MkII “the original” left “the copy” right
(recreated by Pvt“Roger M. Lohman“)
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