Hi All

Just wanted to share this Order of the Red Star I picked up recently for the bargain price of AU$29 including postage!

Thanks for looking.

Im presently away on vacation in Indonesia enjoying the beaches ,the sun,food and the many many other beauties that this country has to offer.

Being away from Solingen Steel is being away from a,bag of potato chips …and missing it like the water we need to drink on a hot arid day as what this weather is here presently.

I began to hallucinate while staying at my 2nd home because of the heat and lack of edged steel to satisfy my needs.

I saw at the end of my street a mirage or could it be an oasis ..or my steel thirst playing tricks on my mind. Could it be possible ?…a store selling SA DAGGERS! …I had to wipe the salty sweat from my eyes to get a closer look …I struggled and ran like I seen water…and the photo ..below was just a mirage of wishful thinking.

It was nothing more but a store front for coffee and morning snacks. I limped back home dejected and grossly disillusioned.

I logged back onto this SA forum and only touch the screen with my fingers ..the passion in collecting I adore.

So now I sit thinking below how cruel this could happen to me. Such a horrid place, with no people on the beach ..just silence of the waves and a gentle summer breeze.

No worries ..I will March onward and forward after my nap.
Regards Larry

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Dear experts,
I,m new in this area but just have oportunity to obtein this optical sight.
I have researched the main information about it, but I would like to understand more about it is specifications. Can you help me with information what models ot selfprepeld antitank mashines was this exact modefication of ZF put on, and when? As I read it is late war, Isn’t it? Thanks in advance!

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Well not your average Sunday drive, but we had the privilege of having a ride in a Sherman yesterday. What a blast!!!

Steve

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Well not quite…. But it’s been decided by the Austrian authorities that Hitler’s birth place in Braunau am Inn is to be demolished, the site will then be redeveloped. The plan still has to be formalised in legislation and voted on in the Austrian Parliament. But the Interior Ministry said demolition was recommended by a government appointed commission that included several historians.

With the Social Democratic and People’s Party in the majority, and most opposition parties expected to support the plan, it’s said the demolition was likely no more than a formality.

Hitler’s birth house to be demolished to prevent neo-Nazi pilgrimage - Europe - Haaretz - Israel News | Haaretz.com

https://www.theguardian.com/world/20…a-new-building

So, is Austria still in denial about another unsavoury link to it’s nazi past and as such destroying an important and necessary part of history, or taking the correct route by wiping out another link to Hitler and his regime that has become a place of pilgrimage in recent years for neo-nazis and their vile doctrine?? Discuss.

Regards, Ned.

Mods, please relocate this if it’s not the right place for it. Thanks.
Has anyone here done any dealing with Lakesidetrader, Military Antiques Stockholm or A Collector’s Guild? Are they reputable and not selling fakes? They seem to be a little more safe than Snyder’s Treasures. I believe that is where I saw the diamond encrusted Mutterkreuz with a letter from descendants of the original owner wishing they could buy it back. I couldn’t trust that guy.
Any input would be greatly appreciated!
Thanks!

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by: wk1

Description: SS ring from battlefield

War Relics Militaria sales

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by: wk1

Description: Set from SS cap, skull, eagle. items from battlefield, dug up together

War Relics Militaria sales

What is this cap suppose to be? Schutzpolizei bergmutze? It has this bluish-green color, not grey-green. No sign of edelweis ever sewn in it. Does it have wrong insignia? Short peak is mush, cardboard likely destroyed by washing machine wash.

Should i treat this cap as heer or polizei bergmutze? Your opinions please on the matter.

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