Unboxing War Trophies & Relics From WWII!!! | American Artifact Episode 90

[@Jerry-fn5nx]

It's like Christmas morning for history buffs lol. Love the box of medals. Un opened and untouched. Like a time capsule

[@TheHistoryUnderground]

👍🏻

[@BenitaGrattan]

My exact thoughts

[@ericscottstevens]

I think were going to need a bigger museum. ~Chief Brody.

[@TheHistoryUnderground]

😅

[@HistorySavior1941]

So glad I was finally able to visit this museum. I have NEVER seen another museum as cool as this one! The place is absolutely amazing!

[@TheHistoryUnderground]

Pretty wild.

[@HistorySavior1941]

It indeed is! I could spend days upon days in that place.

[@b-man-reviews85]

You obviously haven't been to the Colorado springs military museum it would blow your mind it's got things that no other museum or even allowed to have.

[@HistorySavior1941]

Going to have to check that one out for sure. I have never actually been to Colorado. That would be awesome to get to see.

[@b-man-reviews85]

@@HistorySavior1941 You would not be disappointed. I went a year ago and it blew my mind. I didn't know things like that still exists. I mean I've been two other military museums before. None of them even came close to the Colorado springs military. It's amazing.

[@WendiintoancientHistory]

I love unboxing episodes!!! These are true history items, and its fun to see these items. It also helps the gravity of the horror of WWII feel real to us today in this day and age. Thanks J.D and Eric, you guys reign supreme as History teachers!!!

[@TheHistoryUnderground]

👊🏻

[@1psychofan]

One more comment, Erik is brilliant about these artifacts….please thank him for sharing these with us! ❤

[@TheHistoryUnderground]

👍🏻

[@Wreckdiver59]

The railroad eagle is very cool, but I like the uniqueness of the clock 👍 Thanks for another great unboxing video Erik and JD

[@TheHistoryUnderground]

Thanks for watching!

[@BigRedRockeater1930]

My Dad had aquired a Japanese soldier's suitcase containing a few letters and photos among some personal items that were left behind in their cave in what must have been a hastey retreat. In 2005 I located an organization in Japan that facilitated the return of these war souvenirs to the original owners.or their families. My father returned the letters and what turned out to be photos of the soldier's mother, father, and brother. Sadly, he did not survive the war, but his brother and niece were still alive and very moved to be reunited with these memories of their long passed brother and uncle.

[@EthanYohn]

was just here in may. Love the history! I'm only about 2 hours from Gettysburg. going to go there more this year

[@walterheinen5298]

Incredible collection. Gloves will make items last longer, especially photos for future generations.

[@tracym9225]

So wonderful to see you both again! My favorite thing - to hang out in the museum!

[@WW2Wayfinder]

Great episode JD! I really NEED to come and visit the museum as the collection there looks utterly incredible! Thanks for the work you and Erik do to document these artefacts!

[@TheHistoryUnderground]

👊🏻

[@jackhammer7776]

That national Eagle Is incredible condition what a great find for the museum.

[@cyndiebill6631]

Love unboxing day. It’s fun to see what surprises Erik comes up with. The Clock and Eagle are amazing. Thank you both for sharing. It was fun !!👍😁

[@tommyking2344]

This is one of my absolute favorite channels. Always look forward to the videos. Especially unboxing videos. Love seeing the history. My dream is to one day visit the museum

[@TheHistoryUnderground]

Wow, thanks!

[@tommyking2344]

@@TheHistoryUnderground thank you. I live on disability. So sometimes don’t get to do a lot. But your channel gives me the chance to see things I would love to see. But may never get the chance. So it is I who thank you for everything you do.

[@jacobmasters438]

The letter opener is the best.

[@charlottereed8060]

JD, you and Eric are two of my favorite guys ever!!! Did you get anything back that was stolen? How are things going?? Still praying for you!!!

[@garymittelstadt7821]

Yup, they're razor sharp, but only if you sharpen them.

[@brucebieber3692]

Thank you guys for sharing these unboxing videos! The items are always interesting,but the best is the knowledge you share about every artifact.

[@missmissy2490]

Excellent. But it sure is chilling to see artifacts from such an evil time.

[@zachary-du8mm]

top notch, as always man! thankful for your guys work and what you do, hands down my favorite channel!

[@TheHistoryUnderground]

Much appreciated!

[@terryeustice5399]

Great JD of these artifacts. And Erik does an awesome job with these. I had a WW2 a Helmet from the Luftwafa Air Force. Sold in an Estate sale when I moved. Regretting it ever since. Seeing these things. Just makes me want to get it back. Never will happen. Thanks for the history behind your items! ❤️👍👊

[@searchingforaway8494]

I have one of those knives!!! It was my grandfathers!! NO WAY!! I didnt know that was that special of a knife!

[@TheHistoryUnderground]

Interesting!

[@philippxxx1895]

I wanna thank you and youre team for your work. It is very important to safe all of these parts, for the next generations. Not only in the US, also in Germany. US Soldiers bring These stuff home, but in Germany everything is destroyed or in private hands.

[@TheHistoryUnderground]

👍🏻

[@BenitaGrattan]

I so look forward to "opening mail" its just like what Mama said "You never know what your going to get" 😊😊😊

[@maverick4177]

😂 that gravity knife looks like it would struggle to cut butter, needs a good sharpening and honing by looks of it

[@AwesomesauceME08]

I thought you were going to take that ash joke a different direction... Stay Classy JD

[@caractax.3110]

The clock is so beautiful

[@barbaragravely920]

Wow I would love to have all the items from the very 1 war to the last war. to me the price man paid to get us here today is so priceless they paid with there blood to let us be free here in USA. Thank you for Unboxing the past Love em ashtrays not that one anyways thank you for sharing the treasures of yesteryear.

[@b-man-reviews85]

You really need to go check out the biggest war museum in America. The Colorado springs military museum has everything from the revolutionary war all the way up to desert Storm. Everything you can imagine is in this museum. You really need to go check it out. It's got things from world war II from the Nazis that no other museum has. Please go check it out. I think we all would love to see you go there for your channel. Thanks for what you do and keep up the good work. ✌️

[@TheHistoryUnderground]

I reached out to them awhile back but never got a response.

[@williamcummings4894]

Amazing artifacts found by the underwater orv. Thanks for sharing the history hunter and Eagle Eye's Eli

[@1psychofan]

Woe!!!! This episode is wow!!!! Erik just gets stuff that blows my mind 😮 amazing

[@TheHistoryUnderground]

👍🏻

[@tacosandfrenchfries4561]

Really interesting video. Thanks

[@TheHistoryUnderground]

Glad you enjoyed it

[@EstellaBeard]

Wow! Everything is absolutely fascinating! Cant wait for the next unboxing!

[@TheHistoryUnderground]

👍🏻

[@tellergaming5643]

I went to visit the museum this past Saturday and I felt like a kid in a candy store I absolutely loved it

[@timwirasnik5878]

Dude, you do such a Fantastic Job with these Videos, I am SO glad a place like The Gettysburg Museum recognized this!

[@TheHistoryUnderground]

Thank you very much!

[@duanelawrence78]

Very cool pieces of history thanks for sharing!!✌️🇺🇲

[@AN-nt3uv]

About that train eagle, the signs/letters in the lower center are not from the manufacturer, but RZA 4 Bln means Reichsbahnzentralamt Berlin, being responsible for development, procurement and technical documentation.

[@TheHistoryUnderground]

Thanks!

[@AN-nt3uv]

@@TheHistoryUnderground You are welcome, best wishes from currently Norway, Narvik, another WWII site.

[@tonemarieantonsen1597]

Fun fact Lemmy from Motorhead had a big collection of Nazi artefacts and uniforms .He was accused of being a nazi sympathiser .He simply said he like them simply because of the great quality and fascination .Sad he is gone it had been so cool if he had been in an episode on your channel. 🙂

[@earlshaner4441]

Good morning from Syracuse NY everyone thank you for sharing your information and details

[@csaint6780]

WoW!!That railway eagle and desk top eagle are Cool!! thanx for the video!

[@paulw176]

JD: have you ever visited the 1st Division Museum at Cantigny Park Winfield Il? It is extensive and impressive...also Colonel Robert R. McCormick's Mansion makes a great tour...He led the 1st in battle in the Argonne Offensive...St. Mihiel, Cantigny...good stuff.

[@TheHistoryUnderground]

On my list.

[@all.day.day-dreamer]

I attend a lot of these shows and I have a few very rare and troubling pieces but these Railway Eagles, you see them all the time. Every show someone is selling there's. I have a collection that has an SS honor dagger, SS honor ring, all the paper work, and various daggers, helmets. Also have a larger 150+ bronze bust of you know who, a few flags, several arm bands, ash trays, dedicated cigarette cases, silverware, etc etc, looking to get out of the hobby. My favorite pieces is the flight log book for a German WW2 ace, his paperwork, some of his medals and a leather helmet ( not his ) but one that he might have worn. Also have a few ( 3 ) instrument panel gauges from a FW-190. One is brand new in the box that I bought off eBay 12 - 13 years ago for $200+. I think it should be worth much much more but maybe not.

[@haywoodyoudome]

A flag and that bust would make nice pieces for the office remodel....

[@Lyssa72]

My granddad’s brother fought in WWll, he had brought back several things he had taken off of Nazi’s which included a couple of pistols, rifle with bayonet, a swastika flag among other things. The only remaining items that are left are 5 photographs that I have only because he gave them to me in 1982 for a 5th grade book report I was doing. Once he passed, his wife’s brother come in and cleaned out everything before the items went to my granddad per his will. It’s truly sad what greed does to people because all our family wanted was to persevere everything so it could be handed down through generations as to not be forgotten the atrocities that happened and all of the sacrifices.

[@johnjacobs1625]

Nice JD & EriK!!

[@charlescomly1]

In regards to the American soldier who brought Nazi items home from the war. I believe warriors through out history have done this, one example would be the Native Americans who always kept items they found on there conquered enemies.

[@renegade8558]

Like their scalps ?

[@robertmoore4637]

Just incredible what you guys have. I plan on visiting some day before I'm gone.

[@camdodge9891]

JD epic video thanks for sharing wow beautiful clock and keep up the good work JD

[@tomstreet5266]

Need a Bob Burns cutter!!!

[@jonorr7984]

Very interesting guys. Thanks for sharing.

[@TheHistoryUnderground]

Our pleasure!

[@thEannoyingE]

Despite its history, it’s a beautiful clock.

[@Wilders53]

When my father was alive he collected ww2 memorabilia and had a few snap shots of Hitler. He had lots of neat stuff 👍 thanks guys

[@TheHistoryUnderground]

Thanks!

[@larryburwell8550]

Thanks for sharing. Great items. I have a railway eagle they are nice and expensive

[@TheHistoryUnderground]

👍🏻

[@edglass9912]

Great work and very informative. I want to know where I can get a knife like Eric’s? Ed from Lynchburg

[@LoraxOfLiberty]

Cool! I have a twice captured kar-98

[@TheHistoryUnderground]

Wow!

[@Bigfoot1962]

Love the clock. Love Art Deco

[@tubapower94]

I find it kinda funny that at the beginning: Germany was making all of these frivolous things and by the end of the war, they basically hollowed out a branch and threw a KAR98 action in it.

[@TheHistoryUnderground]

😅

[@dradden1556]

Very cool 👍

[@TheHistoryUnderground]

Thank you! Cheers!

[@1psychofan]

JD, I am watching this while waiting to watch Oppenheimer ~it’s gonna be a GREAT day!

[@TheHistoryUnderground]

Really want to go see that.

[@1psychofan]

@@TheHistoryUnderground it was ok, but used the F word and had nudity and sex, absolutely not necessary to tell the story. I was disappointed in that. As for the history, they did pretty well I think. But seriously didn’t need the nudity to tell the story, there was plenty of that! 😢

[@pauldouglas3084]

Enjoy the video mate can't wait for the next one

[@TheHistoryUnderground]

Thanks 👍

[@serget2168]

Sad to see what society has turned into that they don't appreciate history and especially the men and women who RIP 🙏 gave their lives

[@RB-zl7mr]

Does he often get Revolutionary War items in to sell on his website? Getting some kind of artifact from that war is my dream haha

[@rickgregory9616]

I'm having a hard time keeping up with you. One video you're at the Gettysburg celebration. Next video you're in Greece. The next video your back in Gettysburg. You're keeping Scotty busy with the Transporter!

[@LindaStein-ze8bk]

I enjoy the unboxing videos a lot.

[@Aethysbananarama]

It's astonishing that you keep collecting, yet most Americans I meet know very little about WWII and the Holocaust. However for the dogmarks and sold books they should be shipped back to Germany, because the German archives needs them to track down who died and stuff. All of this is stored in a national archive for reasons.

[@ronnylee8393]

Maybe a show on Booth escape route after assassination of Lincoln.

[@ardcavegan7377]

Welcome again ❤

[@rw9866]

Very cool video thanks for showing

[@stigmajosh]

I was in Gettysburg a little over a week ago and was bummed that each time I drove past the museum, it was closed. Oh well, next time.

[@geoffthiessen646]

Great video guys!!!

[@cynthiacarter514]

“That’s not a knife. This is a knife”

[@dimwitt461]

Looks like you might want to sharpen that Fallschirmjager knife. It’s kinda dull

[@Demon_Outlaw]

Amazing history items

[@patrickmccrann991]

Made it to Gettysburg finally on July 4th. Unfortunately, I missed you guys on the 3rd. Maybe next time.

[@TheHistoryUnderground]

Oh dang. Next time!

[@johnmccann1067]

Awesome video, amazing stuff! Note to cameraman, please continue to show the item, with greater detail while it’s being narrated.

[@Jimb1981]

Hello I’ve been watching yours videos new and old and really enjoy them But I want to ask a question have you ever gone to the Nimy bridge where a ww1 battle was fought it was the battle of mons

[@TheHistoryUnderground]

Not yet.

[@Jimb1981]

@@TheHistoryUnderground I hope that you would get a chance and be interested in going out to check that out cause I hear that that’s where some of the first Victoria crosses were given out especially for this one guy Sydney Godley who held the Germans back so that his platoon could get away he was eventually injured, and stayed the duration of the war in a prisoner of war camp

[@hiphophead211]

I love these unboxing ones!

[@fireabend_1226]

😊👍 great work..!

[@TheHistoryUnderground]

Thank you! Cheers!

[@candvdz9618]

I live about an hour and a half south of Gettysburg and am making plans to visit this museum in the near future. I have a few items left to me by my great uncle from the war including a 1920 Luger, a Nazi banner, and an SS handbook. I’m wondering if they’d be willing to look at the banner at least to confirm it’s authenticity, I’d be curious on what an expert would say about them.

[@sharonrigs7999]

Anyone know the approximate value of a VG to EX condition 1936 HJ knife with scabbard? Thanks

[@billmagowan1492]

Can’t believe he didn’t wear gloves for the documentation fgs……unbelievable!

[@charlielaudico3523]

My father brought many items back from WW 2,nothing wrong with that

[@kennethreese4659]

Erik, you need to light a cigar and make a drink for your unboxings just like Whittman.

[@TheHistoryUnderground]

😅

[@Pirelli1979]

Hello guys. Really Nice videos. Im Just wanted to ask. In the very beginniing you film a Rifle with scope on it. Can I ask wich model This is or type please.

[@lefty5757]

Thank you for all of the great WWll videos top notch. by the way who’s playing the killer music?

[@judygrandstrand9784]

This is amazing!

[@12345678927164]

Wow I did na zi this coming. Those awards are still waiting to be given to hero’s. Hopefully in the coming war they will be.

[@corydunaway]

I've bought several items from them

[@nonamesplease6288]

It must kill the postman wondering what's in the boxes he's delivering to Eric.

[@The.Original.Potatocakes]

12:07 what kind of golf clubs are those?

[@Mikza90]

So much cool stuff. Would love to have Hitlers autograph.

[@phantomtitan9792]

Interesting video

[@BillsHistoricSites-ip3su]

JD , I will be visiting Chesty Pullers grave site for my channel next week

[@TheHistoryUnderground]

👍🏻

[@ScottBryant-wi7gb]

Churchill wrote a 5 book collection about ww2... The Gathering Storm. I have all 5 first edition. Do you have these books at the museum, if not would you like a set?

[@Kapdad]

I wanna see jds home collection..!!

[@TheHistoryUnderground]

Erik’s collection is where it’s at. 🙂

[@6omega2]

Great video, but don't slip with your fingers that close to that knife when you are opening those boxes, bro!

[@TheHistoryUnderground]

😅👍🏻

[@stevegrepps4600]

I recently went to Nashville to Antique Archaeology, they had few things that were purchased from the actual show. Most items were just store items. A lot of the items that were for sale was WAY over priced. Are your items that way?

[@kennyvandenbergh9392]

Do you know that the museum ships to belgium ?

[@TheHistoryUnderground]

Unfortunately, international shipping has posed some problems in the past, so no.

[@judybridges4199]

What ran the clock?

[@timf2279]

I can hardly wait for the "looting" vs. "war trophies"comments.

[@kylewood8327]

Interesting items but that’s got to be the dullest knife I’ve ever seen!

[@kennethstickney8819]

And when opening boxes with a knife,away from the body!