In going through a very old collection of old knick knacks of past relatives which my grandmother put together, I came across a brass pin, more like a cuff link back on it not a pin, with a First World War battle tank with a gun turret mounted on the side, sort of rising up over a crest of land and with the slogan "Watch me crash through" across the bottom. On the back I can just make out "...erie Birks".
Could anybody tell me anything about it? Is it a cuff link or for some other kind of a button hole and was it worn with a uniform, possibly by a member of a tank corp? I don't know the history of it at all but several family members were in the Canadian Expeditionary Forces in the First World War.
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I love tropical tunics. This is a nice 3rd model tropical tunic. It was "liberated" in Ortona Italy. It is my favorite of my 3 tropical tunics
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Juan
Hey Everyone,
Im traveling to nuremberg in the next few weeks on business. Ive been there in the past and found one good shop for militaria on the west side of town. I was wondering if anyone knew any other shops in the area dealing in imperial and third reich items. Im sure this is the best place to ask.
Any suggestions would be much appreciated
Thank you kindly,
Jess
Enjoy this 1950 East German Volkspolizei ammo manual...BILL
hello font of all knowledge, can you tell me the rest of the name of this manufacturer ? thank you
Hi guys, I just had to post this buckle as it tickled me pink, of course it is a post war West German Army buckle but what I thought is great it that it is made by Overhoff & Cie and still has the same bent prongs which was typical of the Overhoff design, just great !!!! :D
This has been offered to me by a dealer and I wanted a second opinion on it. He says that he has zero reproduction items in his collection. The front of the badge seems honest. What do you think?
Thought i'd post mine to show how they should look. Stewy
Gentlemen,
Since my childhood, the image of the soviet soldier of the Great Patriotic War included the telogreika padded jacket. For me it is an iconic part of his uniform, and it has ever since been my dream to incorporate one in my collection.
Some 10 years ago I finally got one from a dealer from St. Petersburg, and even though it seems to be of wartime pattern and have wartime stamps, I have always been suspicious about it, it was "too new". Knowing that the pattern remained the same long after the end of the war, I had little doubt it was a postwar specimen. I am posting several photos for the experts to assist me with their appreciated opinion.
Anyhow, I have several questions regarding the jackets:
Did the soldiers kept them after being licensed, as with greatcoats, and used them until they fell apart? Or it is that the RKKA kept them in the quartermaster warehouses for future recruits (and are still "sleeping" in dark warehouses today)?
Is that one of the reasons it is so hard for a wartime specimen to appear in the market?
Will we see a flooding of telogreikas in the collector market coming out of those warehouses someday, as it happened with WWII tanker helmets some years ago?
Which are the most important attributes that differentiate a wartime telogreika from a postwar model, if any?
Take a look at the photos. Maybe if other fellow collectors post images of their wartime jackets, the non experts like me can see how they look like and learn what to look for.
Thanks in advance.
Regards,
Gus
