Archive for December, 2009

Pre-war Uniforms thread!

Hey guys post pictures of pre-war uniforms in your collection :)
Tony lets get some close ups on the officers uniform handing on your door :)

Ill suprise you guys one day :)

Patriotic Brooch & Cross

Guys, acquired these in a group of german WWII items, and thought you'd like to have a look. Best, Hal

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My friends helmet

A friend owns this and asked me about it but I havn't a clue about Soviet helmets. What exactly is this?

Many thanks for the help!

Gary

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Question US Army Newsmap

I was given aprox. 50-100 army newsmaps from 1944 I havent looked at many of them I have doubles of some. Are these collectible? Do they have any value?

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Cut Down Lee Enfield

This was in one of the displays at Hill 62. First time I'd ever seen one so as you can imagine I have a few questions :p
Was this commonly done to weapons during the war? The only reason I can think that this would be done is so the weapon can be used in close quarters, possibly raiding enemy trenches and dugouts? Any information is greatly appreciated cool militaria

Thanks

Danny

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809th tank destroyer

Picked this up over the summer. It was a very rainy day at the antique fair. Some times its good to play in the rain.

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1919 1933 Rille tech furrow

Hersteller, Produzent? Bitte helfen

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SS RZM Tags

Was there any specified criteria for the production of SS RZM Tags? And, were there variations within their production (design). It seems difficult to distinguish genuine from bogus in this area?

radio set charger

hi all .

i was given this radio charger a while ago by a friend. apparently they used to use it at his work ??.

is it possibly airborne related ...

can any one give me any more info on it please.:)

best regards paul......

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The making of a dummy head for display purpose

I was asked many times how a mould is made. So here is how I proceed.Mind ;this is a my way of doing something I developed over the years and are still improving. Check also the internet; when googling "mould making" you will get some very fine explanations. But , there is one thing I have learned over the years, and that is that each and everyone of us will develope his own way of working, just as one would do in any other profession or hobby.But that is part of the experience ones getting over the years.
Making a mould of a flat object is the most easy thing to do, for example; one side of a coin!!
Making a coin, with the two sides, will be more difficult.
Making a ring, so you can put it on your finger is even more complex....and so on.
What I am going to show you here is how to make a copy of an existing dummies head. Thise came up recently (more or less!!) in the forum, so here it is.
Find yourself an nice example to copy and put a protective film on it! The silicone I use is the best there is and is self-losend (also doesn't shrink a bit!!) but I still use wax to be sure. The thing is you don't have any clue about the result until the whole job is done, so be sure every step is well done!

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