A Kentucky man and avid military collector made a remarkable discovery at a local garage sale.

Zachary Kahmann from Cold Spring has had interest in militaria ever since the age of 12, when he was given several items belonging to his great grandfather from World War I. Since then he’s visited countless flea markets as well as multiple garage and estate sales in search of items worthy of preservation.

“These guys went through hell and brought home items to prove it,” Kahmann told Newsweek . “If it didn’t mean anything to them they would’ve been discarded sometime in the past 100 years. They are gone, but someone needs to take care of these items and to share the story .”

An estimated 165,000 garage sales take place across the U.S. every week, according to figures published by US

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