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Hi Guys!
Opinions please,

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Good afternoon gents
Seeing as there is a wealth of knowledge from people who actually know, I thought I would post the last one that I have, for some opinions on date etc:

I bought this a couple of weeks ago, as an "untouched" sword. Looking at it you could say with certainty that it has been un-loved.

The wooden scabbard has split on the top with a piece missing, there is no "plug" and the blade is shorter than the scabbard by some 7 inches!! So is it a cut down Samurai or a Wakizashi- or a Katana- or a pile of poo

The Habaki is somewhat more ornate than I have seen before ( admittedly that’s nothing to go by:)) The Tsuba is not plain, but not ornate, the blade is signed, but is in need of a polish by a professional - not me!…….. I believe the date of the blade to be the mid 1500’s, I have been trying to learn but it is a painful process, and I’ve probably got that wrong.

So any help would be much appreciated by yours truly. This time I have tried to take the "correct" photos - full length blade - collar-tsuba- handle- signature-

Well at least it keeps you lot on the ball

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I think I may have posted this in the wrong place before. So apologies for that. I bought this recently in Europe. I’m trying to find out what I can about it to tell my husband when I give it to him for his birthday. I’ve tried googling a bunch of headstamps and factories, but I can’t find anything to account for all the codes. If anyone could give me a steer, I’d be super grateful. Thanks

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Just picked up this VWA in Silber award document to a Stabsgefreiter in 11/( Jager ) /Gren Regt 15 (Mot ) from 29 Panzer Grenadier Divison formally 29 Infanterie Div ( Mot ).

First wound was at Stalingrad , the issue date was whilst the Divison was resting for 3 weeks to the west of Stalingrad but will have taken place duriing the advance into southern Stalingrad with Hoths Panzer Korps . The other dates are for fighting in Italy near the Trasimenischen See and then around Rimini , despite researching all my 29 Div info / books i cannot find out who was the Btl Fuhrer who signed it any ideas anyone ?

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Hopefully available to all in the UK at least.

BBC iPlayer - Wales at the Somme: Gareth Thomas and the Battle of Mametz Wood

Perhaps not great but it showed members of operation nightingale digging in Mametz wood.

One figure they quoted was that of 120,000 welshmen who took part in the war, 40,000 were killed which was the highest % of all the allied nations who took part.

BBC Wales are showing a series of great war programs over this month, try I player to find them if your interested and hopefully you can watch them.