Archive for June, 2009

Manstein fotos

here's a couple of early fotos of manstein in a staff car. they are the original fotos and not reprints. i dont know what format they would have been taken on at the time did they have 110? box brownie? i really dont know. i think if put under a magnifying glass the car reg could be made out. as well as Erich Von himself

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Question what era is this one ?

Hello
I was wondering what era is this belt buckle and belt is from even if i do not know nothing about Soviet equipement i feel like it's a post war but i would love your expertise on it to be sure. I only have this picture
Thanks

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Japanese China Incident Medal 1937-1945

It's my cased japanese China Incident Medal 1937-1945:

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56th FG uniform set

I recently picked up this uniform from a local estate auction house and have recently gotten the crash report. His name was Lt. Byron J. Fisher and he was a pilot in the 61st Fighter Squadron of the 56th Fighter Group who was sadly killed in a mid air collision with a P-51 being flown by F/Lt W. Zielonka of 309 (P) Squadron. F/Lt. Zielonka was able to bail out successfully even though his aircraft was cut in two. The P-47 is reported to have exploded on contact.

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rad pole top

did this maker jmme+sohn make pole tops for rad. i thought they only made awards is this authentic

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whats M4??

Having just spent a good couple of hours trying to identify a belt and buckle i have, it was in the section M4 makers
M4/71 Lehmann & Wundenberg, Hannover
What i have looked for without success is what is the M4 about??
This is the belt i have, any more info about it would be great




Military Week

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Trench Photo

A picture of the Great War or swine flu precaution ?

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SA Sports Badge: Fake ?

Hello, another one of my suspect badges. As a novice at this I can only go by instinct and photo's in reference books. Any information you can provide will help me identify the fakes in the future. At the rate I'm going I don't think I own anything authentic. Thanks !

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A couple of helmets from my collection:

Hi All.

Did take some new pictures of my helmets and wanted to share whit you the German ones.

Hope you will enjoy them.

Best Regards
Ståle Andresen

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