A Real Jungle Carbine
I have owned this rifle for about 25 years or so and finally got around to photographing it. Condition is excellent and it shoots passably well.
Archive for June, 2009
Webley MK VI
This is the best one of these I have ever handled(maybe even as good as one of Bills!) And I will be keeping this one for a looooong
time! It is uncut and the recoil shield still has the prettiest straw color I've ever seen.
time! It is uncut and the recoil shield still has the prettiest straw color I've ever seen.
Pattern 14 Enfield
I have had this rifle for decades(god that makes me sound old!) and would have normally passed it by because of the mismatched wood, but...there is allways a but isn't there! it came with the trench mirror and the mans rifle manual and his uniform so I have kept everything together. Here is the rifle and mirror.
u-boat survival?
what was the was the return rate for the u-boats? i'm sure i read somewhere that they had a one in 4 chance of survival. anyone know the facts?
ID Discs
Hello all...
I'm new to the forum and I am trying to share my collection of military. I live in a very small town in Ontario Canada, and there really is no one else to talk to about these matters. I have had to do my own research alone, and online. Thank you for putting up this site. It has been a wealth of knowledge.
I am not sure about the authenticity of these ID discs, but they are part of my collection. I hope some of them are authentic.
The ID disc, and dog tags, just make the military collecting experience very personal.
I hope to post more when I can
regards
SatansCabanaBoy
I'm new to the forum and I am trying to share my collection of military. I live in a very small town in Ontario Canada, and there really is no one else to talk to about these matters. I have had to do my own research alone, and online. Thank you for putting up this site. It has been a wealth of knowledge.
I am not sure about the authenticity of these ID discs, but they are part of my collection. I hope some of them are authentic.
The ID disc, and dog tags, just make the military collecting experience very personal.
I hope to post more when I can
regards
SatansCabanaBoy
M35DD Luftawaffe Helmet ?
I know guys, here I go again. I bought this beautiful helmet online about 2 years ago based on photo's only. The helmet decals are almost 100 % which of course lead ne to believe they are fake. But they look so real to me. Also the the helmet has an ink stamp oval on the inside shell. I can only make out what looks like a 35. I bought this because I really liked it even though I was skeptical, so fire away. thanks, Al.:D
Help please to identify this leather ushanka
Dear Members
I would be very interested to hear more (perhaps a date?) about this unsual leather ushanka if anybody has any information to pass on please.
This was bought from a 25+ year old collection in the USA a couple of years ago. The cap is in excellent condition - it has been very well stored as the brown leather shell (with well matched, close grained hide) is very supple and has no tears, holes or stains. The size is ca. 57/58 cm. It has a grey curly Astrakhan wool fleece (which has no holes and no mothing), with brown ties to ear flaps (which are complete and strong).
There is a light blue woven silk quilted interior (with some marks to interior, but no holes and no mothing).
There are original factory marks visible to the crown of the interior (a blue/green diamond and 'MOCKBA' is visible) and in addition '83114' has been inked to the interior. It also has a subdued olive green enamelled star (high quality brass pressing with brass hammer and sickle to centre), but I can't confirm whether this was original to the cap.
Thanks very much.
Ian
I would be very interested to hear more (perhaps a date?) about this unsual leather ushanka if anybody has any information to pass on please.
This was bought from a 25+ year old collection in the USA a couple of years ago. The cap is in excellent condition - it has been very well stored as the brown leather shell (with well matched, close grained hide) is very supple and has no tears, holes or stains. The size is ca. 57/58 cm. It has a grey curly Astrakhan wool fleece (which has no holes and no mothing), with brown ties to ear flaps (which are complete and strong).
There is a light blue woven silk quilted interior (with some marks to interior, but no holes and no mothing).
There are original factory marks visible to the crown of the interior (a blue/green diamond and 'MOCKBA' is visible) and in addition '83114' has been inked to the interior. It also has a subdued olive green enamelled star (high quality brass pressing with brass hammer and sickle to centre), but I can't confirm whether this was original to the cap.
Thanks very much.
Ian
camo parachute scarf
hiya guys
got this today ive been assured that this WAS cut from a WW2 parachute not a post war version in exactly the same way as they would have done after their first successful combat jump to be used as a scarf, guess i can never prove it anyway for £5 im not about to argue cool militaria
got this today ive been assured that this WAS cut from a WW2 parachute not a post war version in exactly the same way as they would have done after their first successful combat jump to be used as a scarf, guess i can never prove it anyway for £5 im not about to argue cool militaria
RAD Pin
I posted a group of pins which have been debunked. I thought I'd post individual pics with more detail for a definitive answer. My fake pile is getting bigger by the day. thanks in advance for any info. Al
M35 Heers double decal helmet?
Guys
I was hoping Ade or Bob could have a look at this.
It has an odd skirt at the rear seams to get shallower.
It is pre Euro allthough I am aware this means nothing.
I have a German pal who reacons its ok.
The apple green is ok and appears to be the early sort of cooked on stuff the decals show no sign of tampering.
That leads me to believe it is a complete fake or a sleeper?
Remaining markings seam ok?
I await your opinions, cheers.
Jock:)
I was hoping Ade or Bob could have a look at this.
It has an odd skirt at the rear seams to get shallower.
It is pre Euro allthough I am aware this means nothing.
I have a German pal who reacons its ok.
The apple green is ok and appears to be the early sort of cooked on stuff the decals show no sign of tampering.
That leads me to believe it is a complete fake or a sleeper?
Remaining markings seam ok?
I await your opinions, cheers.
Jock:)
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