3 1/2" diameter table medal in heavy silver metal, front reflects a worker with a national eagle and city/state shields - the reverse reads " For Outstanding Performance - Craftsman Chamber - of Oberbayern". Has the city emblem of Munich(capitol city of Oberbayern), the Munchner Kindle on the bottom. A very heavy and impressive item.
Horst
Bonjour Mates,
I picked up this little beauty recently, very cheaply !!
Shame really cos it's a quality build piece of kit, manafactured in 1938,... and sat in a market place all on it's ownsome.....Bought for a few Euros... shipped back on a ferry.... feel a bit seasick...too much salt on me chips.... how much for that coffee??... put on a dummy's head .... photos taken... put on the web......
Ladies and gentlemen , I present to you the joy of the...........
" Duty free ,buy wine cheaply, and pick up an Adrian M-26 helmet, booze cruise"
(I should charge Brittany Ferries for this free plug!)
Bientot .
Cheers
Gaz
Could someone please enlighten me as to whether these are period pieces or post war? They have insignia I cannot find in any of my books (not the acorns). The construction of the board looks good, but shouldn't the underside be light gray? Please excuse the shoddy photos, not mine. Any help will be greatly appreciated. Thank you.
Tom
please PM if you have one :)
Nick
Hi Everyone!
I've been enjoying this site for a couple years now, but this is the first time I've ever started a thread.
This is a PIAT launcher that I just rescued from a carport. One of my older brother's high school friends bought this by mail order around 1965 and when he went off to Viet Nam a couple years later he hung it from the rafters of his parents carport and it's been hanging there ever since!
I've know the gent personally for several years now, and we always talk about militaria, and somehow this never came up until just recently. We quickly did a deal and now it won't have to face the outdoor weather anymore!
Although it has taken a lot of abuse from the elements, it is still amazingly sound. All the moving parts still move, and even the canvas is still intact. It also still has the original cork for plugging the spigot hole when it's cocked, although the chain has rusted enough to break it in one place.
This PIAT has been hanging, in full view of the street, no more than a mile or two from all the homes I've lived in over the past 40+ years and I never knew it. I guess the moral is don't forget to look around in your own backyard because there's still great stuff out there! cool militaria
Coloursergeant
Hi!
I have this unterfeldmeister rad jacket for trade.
/samler
This is a rather hard to find W66... Hermann Weissenburger & Co., Stuttgart-Cannstatt, size 66. The camo is also a not so common pattern...
This helmet was found with a replacement drawstring (just a thin cord) and the chinstrap is not original to this helmet...
The writing on the neckguard is hard to decifre... Anyone has a clue?
Adler
I bought this Fairbairn-Sykes style dagger a few years ago and need help identifying it.
It doesnt have any markings on it.
I showed it to a collector when I first bought it and he showed me a picture of one the same in his reference book on edged weapons, which stated that it is a WW2 Chindit Commando Dagger.
It would be nice if this was the case, but it would be nice to have a second (or third, fourth
) opinion.
It has a wooden handle similar to the post-war Fairbairn-Sykes models, but with a blackened blade.
If it was one issued out in Burma, perhaps they were made out there locally (would explain why there are no makers markings?)
Its definitely old and has thread wrapped around the end where the wood has slightly split (although this looks like an original repair)
Does anybody have any info on this please?
Andy