About Us

Jerry is the smart partner. Jerry has been collecting military items since he was 9 years old when he first discovered a box in the attic of U.S. divisional patches leftover from his grandfather's collecting days. Jerry now focuses mainly on WWII European theater items.  He also collects military unit flags and unit painted U.S. helmets. He has an extensive U.S. Women's military and home front uniform and insignia collection that he has displayed on several occasions. Jerry also actively collects WWII Vocational school fighting knives made in Wisconsin.  Jerry is a published author with several articles on military topics to his credit. He published his first book in 2020 on the home front blue star service flags titled "In The Service Of Our Country - The History Of The United States Service Flag" . Jerry serves as a Moderator on the U.S. Military and World Military forums. Jerry has been selling since 1997 on e-bay as "Mr.Jerry".  Jerry is also a CAGA Certified Personal Property Appraiser.

Mark is the good looking partner. He also sometimes wears a pirate hat and says things like "Arghh". Mark's father was a Sergeant Major in the Wisconsin National Guard which sparked Mark’s interest in collecting military items. Mark started building military models and collecting U.S. Military unit patches in the 1960's. He became interested in German items and bought his first Iron Cross when he was 13 years old. Over the many-many-many years Mark has been on this planet, he has collected a wide variety of U.S., German, Italian, and Japanese WWII militaria. His own collection includes patches, pins, medals, flags, field gear, firearms and edged weapons. He has since moved along most of his firearms and is now focusing on collecting a wide range of German uniforms and award badges and medals. Mark also seems to like overcoats...and cannon, which is the plural of cannon...and they are heavy... Mark also does "farmer re-enacting" with his original vintage 1923 Case Steam Engine Tractor!

Our store provides a unique shopping experience  whether you are just learning about military history or have lived through it. Our showroom features an ever-changing inventory of original, period military and historical items from the Revolutionary War through the current Desert wars. We also, on occasion. deal in other historical memorabilia such as U.S. political items and Native American artifacts and relics.

We buy, sell, trade all military items from any time period. While most of our inventory contains original items,  we do also buy and sell re-enactor and living history uniforms, gear and supplies.

Please contact us if you have anything to sell, whether it be one item or an entire collection. Or if you are looking for that special item. We accept collector "Want Lists" to help you find those elusive pieces.

All our original items are guaranteed to be original. We offer a 7-day inspection period on all items with a lifetime guarantee of originality. 

Within your 7 day inspection period, if you are not happy with an item for any reason, just return it to us in the same condition as it was sent to you (intact, un-cleaned, un-disassembled, un-sharpened, etc.) and we will gladly refund your money! (less postage). We want happy customers!

We travel to various shows throughout the year in WI, IL, MN, IN, OH, and KY.  We bring a cross-section of our inventory that best represents our store. There is something for everyone at every price level. It is great to see "big ticket" museum quality items at shows, but we like to bring items that everyday people and younger collectors can afford to add to their own collections.

We also volunteer at several local antique appraisal events, including the Milwaukee PBS Channel 10/36 Antique Appraisal Fair and the Oconomowoc Historical Society Appraisal Event. 

Jerry has also displayed his own collection at local events and shows.   He displayed part of his extensive American home front flag collection and other artifacts in the Wadsworth Library for the 150th anniversary of the Historic Milwaukee Veteran’s Administration Home.  He also displayed his Wisconsin Vocational School knife collection at the Badger Military show. He set up a "tribute to WWII veterans" display as part of Harley-Davidson Memorial day event and set up part of his Woman's Uniform and artifact collection for other memorial day events at the Wisconsin Memorial Park and a local college.

Jerry and Mark are currently sharing some of their Civil War artifact collection with the Cedarburg historical museum.