Where did you find that saw, if I can ask? They have an old WW II
saw at the Western Haritage Museum in Monroe. Came with the Box,
manuals and affew extra parts, both neat old saws.
Engineian
I found this saw in the Ardennes region with a collector of "tools". This retired fella had a huge personal collection of old tools I'd never seen before, quite extraordinary (axes, balances, wrenches, woodworking tools, etc.) He and his wife had 5 (married)children, and every kid bedroom was filled to the ceiling with items of his collection. This guy had a bad degree of TOOL AD instead of CAD
He also had 4 collector saws which he bought on local flea markets, but were taking up too much space. Guess what, they are in my collection now
One of the saws was this reed-prentice. The other 3 were a Mac 35 bow saw, a Stihl 07S and a nice Stihl KS43 two men saw in good condition. An excellent find...
As I mentioned earlier, the Ardennes region was literally shattered with ammo, trucks, jeeps and destroyed army equipment and cannons after WWII.
Many people were able to collect guns, ammo, helmets and such, which today are still in private collector hands or musea. There are also many clubs of army vehicles owners that restore jeeps, trucks, etc. and who collect all the army stuff still around and organise parades from time to time. Quite funny, but these guys are real fanatics.
I also know of a belgian collector who was able to find two Mercury-Disston 2 men saws, a pneumatic reed prentice as mine, A UK Danarm 2 men saw and a KS43, ALL military equipment from WWII, which he found in the sixties and seventies.