Hi Ben & all, Here's an 1938 R.S.S. buckle I picked up a while back.
I know it's a bit worn; but I like the feel of one with a bit of service under it's belt!! Excuse the pun:D
As well as the wear to the front, the inside is also worn where the belt hook has rubbed it during use.
I must admit I've got a bit of a soft spot for R.S.S. buckles as my first ever belt & buckle I bought for £10 in 1980 (aged 14) was an R.S.S. dated 1936. Wish I still had it:weep:

More pics to follow,

Cheers,

Richard.

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Here's a nice Luftwaffe drum hanger with a 1937 dated brown leather frog for drum sticks marked to I./ Flak Regt 32

See the unit history @ Flak-Regiment 32

I like the entry "4.40 to Narvik, but lost all its equipment en-route" - to paraphrase Lady Brachnell "...To lose one Flak gun is a misfortune, to lose all of them is downright carelessness."

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Working in a quarry in Slovakia:

Detektory kovù - Hetzer – Detektor web.cz

Cheers, Ade.

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In Germany every three months we have "Bulk Rubbish Collections".
People put out their rubbish that will not fit into the normal dustbins.

Beate and I were on our way home from the shops on Monday and we saw someone having a clear out of old stuff from the 1920s and 1930s Wow!

We asked if we could take some of the stuff and we were told "Help yourself".

We took a 1925 childrens pram, three 30s suitcases, baskets and a rare Selmer Clarinet (Paris, 1930)......... here are two pics before we restore the items for our German Home Front display.

Cheers, Bill.

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Any help would be appreciated in identifying this WW2 German mag box.I thought it was an unknown variant of box for the ZB26/MG26t, but it appears I was wrong (again!) It has got me stumped as I can't think of any magazine that will fit and also the strange layout of the box, with the middle section by the catch,is this space wasted? Please take a look at the attached pictures, thanks, Peter.

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Hi,

I am posting photos of the stampings of what they tell me is a GPW period Plasch-palatka.

Is it a genuine stamp or a fake? if so, can it possibly be wartime, or maybe early post war?


I appreciate your help.

Regards,

Gus

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May be you know, how much can cost?

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I haven't been able to identify the cypher on these boards. Anyone know?

The nine point coronet would indicate a count but who is Count "K" and what regiment was named after him?

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A cavalry sleeve patch and (I believe) a star for an overseas cap with an embroidered hammer & sickle. I presume the star is Soviet, but perhaps not. It came from a German militaria show in 1970's or 80's but could be communist of different origin - even KPD.

Any thoughts?

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I have a few tallies in my collection.

One is easy enough, an Imperial "Admiral Nakimov" - a beautifully made band in silk.

The other two I presume are submarines from WW2 or thereafter, any help?

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