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WW1 british No 16 lemmon grenade

WW1 british No 16 lemmon grenade £60.00 :eek: or open to swaps

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Soviet Flag Pole Top

Acquired both of these in Germany. The first came directly from a German veteran's estate, the second from a German militaria show and was probably also brought back as a souvenir.

There's a book on the Soviet Army in WW2 with the fiirst one shown on the cover in the background PErhaps someone will recognize it and post a pic and give more info about it.

The second one is interesting because the nozzle has a long screw as an attachment method.

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Question Help on a stick pin

Not sure if this is the right place to post, but i was wondering if anyone has any idea about this stick pin? It is enamel but with a white background and a straight swastika. It has the "German" knurled part on the pin. I thought that maybe it was an English fascists badge from the 30's?

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Question Looking for picture from Kamp (DEEP)

We are looking for some old pictures from Seefliegerhorst Kamp (1936-1952).Specialy from Hangars and Buildings. We need this for rekonstruction as Museums. Thanks in advance !

Another Unique find (probably)

Some of you would have read my thread on the discovery of George Nugent on the somme. As i said in that thread, i did an awefull lot of battlefield walking during the 80's and 90's. Here is another one of my unique finds. Discovered a few miles from Ypres in 1985, lying in a wood that at one time formed part of the German front line. This No1 Mk3* was complete apart from the butt, and fore end furniture Encased in blue clay, it was in reasonable condition, or so i thought. Having declared it at customs on the way back, and getting the nod of approval, having been de- activated by other means, I set about soaking all the metal in "plusgas" (rust remover) I managed to source the missing pieces, stripped soaked cleaned and cleaned some more. It ended up as you see it.The comparison photos of before and after show the split in the woodwork. It is on my Firearms cert, and i have shot it, hitting a "V" bull at 600yds at Bisley. It gave me a cold shiver to know that this rifle actually saw war service.....guaranteed! I try not to shoot it much, after all the old girl is getting on a bit, but it is, in my opinion, quite a unique weapon, one which i would never ever part with

Hope you like it as much as i do :)

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Early III Reich Prussian police flare pistol

Walther received a contract to supply flare pistols to the Prussian
police in the 1933-1935 period. This Walther steel flare pistol bears the sunburst K observed on Sauer Behorden models and P08 holsters of the 1934/35 period. Earlier Walthers in the contract bear the simple sunburst with no letter also seen on Sauers and holsters.

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Classic Waffen-SS Poster

I thought I would share this with the forum members. While just about every SS collector has seen this reproduced somewhere, few people have ever seen an actual surviving war time copy of this famous poster.

Some background on it:

Probably the most desirable of all the Waffen-SS posters and certainly the most widely copied of all SS posters. According to certain sources, Anton used Knights Cross holder Klemens Behler as his model for this poster. Behler was still a recruit at that time (in 1941). He went on to win his Knights cross in 1945 while serving in the Artillery Regiment of the 23. SS-Freiwilligen-Panzergrenadier Division " Nederland ". Klemens Behler survived the war and went on to serve in the Bundeswehr - he died in 1998.

The German magazine "Stern" used this poster on its August 2006 cover, which is a testament to it's iconic association with the Waffen-SS.

Few originals of this poster survive today.





Classic Waffen-SS Poster

I thought I would share this with the forum members. While just about every SS collector has seen this reproduced somewhere, few people have ever seen an actual surviving war time copy of this famous poster.

Some background on it:

Probably the most desirable of all the Waffen-SS posters and certainly the most widely copied of all SS posters. According to certain sources, Anton used Knights Cross holder Klemens Behler as his model for this poster. Behler was still a recruit at that time (in 1941). He went on to win his Knights cross in 1945 while serving in the Artillery Regiment of the 23. SS-Freiwilligen-Panzergrenadier Division " Nederland ". Klemens Behler survived the war and went on to serve in the Bundeswehr - he died in 1998.

The German magazine "Stern" used this poster on its August 2006 cover, which is a testament to it's iconic association with the Waffen-SS.

Few originals of this poster survive today.





Gaudiplom

Heavy cast iron honor plate for factory 20.1/4 by 20.1/4 FUR HERVORRAGENDE LEISTUNEGEN for outstanding ACHIEVEMENTS

Luftwaffe Breast Eagle

Ok boys here is a question that just popped into my mind earlier today. In my collection and in ww2 reference books their are 2 luftwaffe breast eagle colors: silver eagle on blue-gray background, and silver eagle on blackish gray background. Why? What's the difference? Different stages of war? Different campaigns?



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