Hi Guys, just been to a show today and picked up a Mosin-Nagant M91 bayonet. Production of these ceased in 1930 and are not easy to find here. It is marked for the Izhevsk aresnal.
The is some rust pitting here and there but the price was right at £10.
Cheers, Ade.
I know that ones a German gas mask caninster but i dont know what the other 2 pieces are.The little silver box says ``Kraftstoff```on the top.And also how can i clean these pieces?The gas mask caninster is covered in a laquer.
Thanks sorry about the mess in the back round:o
Hello All,
Can one of the more experienced members than myself recommend a way of identifying fakes? Medals are a very small part of my collection at present but I've started buying some to add to various groups of exhibits in order to add a little something which relates to that particular group.
It's thanks to this and another forum that I've discovered a substantial number of my items are fakes/copies. The firm, (with whom I have spent a considerable amount of money over the years), rarely describe their wares as such, so inexperienced people like myself can be easily deceived. Words like "ordanance marked", "pattern", and, "display", I have now learned to avoid like the plague, and I've had to re-catalogue a lot of pieces as copies.
I'll attach pics to illustrate some medals I have. I've been told that the Iron Cross, War Merit Cross, Eastern Front, and Vietnam medals are fakes. I can't think that faking the Defence and Commonwealth ones would be worth copying but now I'm suspicious of those as well?
I've been advised not to mention the firm in questions' name for legal reasons but am sure others will recognise this type of sales pitch.
Can anyone re-educate me, or perhaps start a thread called something like "beware of these"!
Many thanks in anticipation,
navyman.
Sorry I've posted apicture in error, will send it now.
Hi Gang :-)
I've just been offered this lot of awards, from a regular supplier; they're supposedly from Russia, some ground dug. The supplier is usually pretty good - and very reasonable, too. That being said, I'm a little dubious on some of them. The silver Panzer KampfAbzeichen in particular looks a bit dodgy to me, it has the conical upper turret that Stewie pointed out in one of my former posts.
The Fallschirmjagers look okay from the front (to me), but a bit dubious about the pins? Any thoughts?
I'd also expect if some of these were ground dug, that they might be a bit worse for wear, rather than just having a little rust and a few missing pins.
Any thoughts on the clamshell screwback Infantry Assault badge? And 2x Spanish Condor Legion wound badges in one batch? Maybe some Paras who served in the Spanish Civil war??
I've asked for more close-ups and will post as soon as they arrive.
Cheers,
Jimbo
Overcoat, for Reenacting WW2, Soviet Army cool militaria
small damaged moths
Shipping: 35$
What can you tell me about this gentelmen on picture ?And can anyone translate this text on Poland or English language .
Hi! I was wondering if someone could clear up for me which units got the new Model 1900 flags.
Did every unit entitled to a banner from some time in the past go over to the new pattern in 1900? Or did they have to be awarded it, and in the meantime kept their old ones?
Guys thought you'd like to have a look. Regards, Hal
Guys, thought you'd like to have a look. Regards, Hal
Hello,
can anyone tell me what this is? It was found in a RAD camp. It is made of lead and has a size of 3,5 cm. It is stamped with Gustav Huhn - Berlin Tempelhof
Paul.
