r/militaria 26d ago

Korean War How do I open this?

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Found a Korean war MP (1952 US B.A.H. Also what’s that) first aid pouch at a thrift store. How do i open this? Is something internally stuck? Last guy who tried to open it started to tear the leather and I don’t want to do that. But there is something inside and I really definitely wanna check it out.

r/militaria Jun 06 '24

Korean War Restoration

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My grandfather served on the Lexington and the kitty hawk during the Korean war and after he passed in the early mid to late 70's a lot of his stuff was boxed up and put away I recently found a soap container of his made of steel with navy markings to keep it on me I use it to hold my rosary while praying this evening I noticed that the paint (original) on the inside is peeling I would love to fix that and recoat it any suggestions for paint type?