Hello Everyone,
Popped into a antique shop during the week, was shown this, what I take for a small hand-embroidered table cloth from a Australian soldier based in Palestine 1940, measures about 45 cm sq. Reads -
2/2 Field Regt.
Australiancommonwealth
(Cant Read)
Forever
To Marion
and
George
From Arthur
Palestine 1940

At the time I didn’t have a great deal of interest in it, just knocked off a couple of quick pictures, which you see. With hindsight it could be worth something. What do members think? not often that one comes across a item connected with Australian troops in Palestine 1940. Any information welcome.
Regards

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I´m sorry, but I do not know, where I have to post my thread …

"Lithuanian Army 1918 - 1940 year" is quite inappropriate, also "Bayonets and trench knives od the world" …

So, I post this dagger here …

This is a very intersting lithuanian dagger and I try to get more information´s, concerning this blank weapon.

I hope, you guy´s are gonna help me …

Measurements:

blade-lenght: 18 cm
lenght of the, (plastic-) -hilt: 12 cm
breadth of the blade: 25 mm
thickness of the blade: apx. 3 mm
sawback: 22 teeth

Thx. in advance,

R.

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Hello! My collection was supplemented today. The left one is unmarked 43.5x43.5 Iron Cross and the right one is "93" Richard Simm & Söhne. What do you say about the first cross? Thanks, enni.

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Hello! My collection was supplemented today. The left one is unmarked 43.5×43.5 Iron Cross and the right one is "93" Richard Simm & Söhne. What do you say about the first cross? Thanks, enni.

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In 1944, a few days after the German Forces retreated from a small village called Kurtna, in Estonia, a young boy discovers tank tracks leading into a pond from which several days after, air bubbles apeared on the surface.

In 1999, that young boy (obviously older now) mentioned what he saw to a local historical club, who investigated the pond using fathoms and a depth sounder, which proved there was indeed somthing down there that shouldn’t be. Not being able to convince the government to pay to pull that mystery object out of the pond, it took a year to make enough funds to afford to try a recovery.

Divers who volunteered from other countries to help out, attached a steel rope to the objects hull. Due to bad weather and the soft ground, the operation was almost cancelled, however, a local contracter brought his 68 tonne bulldozer to the site and attached the rope to it and began hauling it out. It took 6 hours until a T-34/76 in german markings finally appeared and was pulled ashore.

The T-34/76 was in remarkable condition, there was next to no rust or corrosion (except hull machineguns and tank shells) and after an hours work on the engine, and a top-up of diesel and oil, they managed to get the engine started. True Russian engineering .

It turns out that the Germans had captured the tank in 1943, and during their retreat, they ran out of diesel, so the crew set the gears to neutral and let the tank roll into the pond and sink, therefore avoiding the Russians recapturing it.

Truely amazing cool militaria .

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While surfing ebay, I came across this example of a "Frankenstein" iron cross.
That is, a cross made up of miss-matched parts or upgrade with different
pins, screws or what ever to increase their value.

Some can be hard to judge but this one is a good example of what I mean.

This probably started out as a wonerfully aged 2nd class cross.

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Attachment 143732Attachment 143733Attachment 143734Attachment 143735Attachment 143736Hi these are a gift given to me just wondering if you think they are genuine Luftwaffe(reserve) Oberleutnant collar tabs and Oberstleutnant shoulder board sadly just the one.

Yours Citizen

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Yours Citizen

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Need Mannlicher Berthier Bayonet for M1892 version rifle as well as some 3 round En Bloc clips for same weapon

On the night of may 29th 1941 a JU88 7T+JH returning from a bombing raid in the liverpool area was intercepted by a Beaufighter night fighter and shot down .It crashed on Wellow down just west of Freshwater Isle of Wight.The next morning a female auxiliary ambulance driver came to the crash site to collect the bodies of the four crewmen who were all killed.Searching the bodies for useful information she found an EK2.This is now in my collection along with a few pieces of aircraft debris from the wreck.

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