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The nickel-coated brass casing of what looks to be a 7.7 cm shell is stamped by the well-known German munitions manufacturer PATRONENFABRIK KARLSRUHE 1904 and has been compressed from its original height down to about 5 cm. The casing is drilled and threaded for a 1 cm primer. It is fitted out with a removable ashtray. The photos show the shape and the markings (to highlight the markings, I edited the photo to reduce the reflection from the highly polished base) I know similar items have been in past forums and hope that the experts can (a) provide me the nomenclature of this particular shell and (b) explain whether such precise compression was achieved in or outside of the Patronenfabrik factory.

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Picked up a decent machete recently. Marked Defence Dept. DC 1944.

I believe that the manufacturer of these machetes marked DC was Die Casters Pty Ltd which was a Melbourne based firm.

Regards,

cool militaria

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some one know what is or for whom rifle?
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Just a quick share of my only wound badge. Honestly, it’s not a very good one. It’s unmarked, and the finish seems to be entirely absent on the front side.
Was purchased during my ‘price before quality’ phase. Not sure when it would have been made, or by whom.

Regards, B.B.

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Wanted to add these so you can see the difference between a good and fake Medaille für den Italienisch-Deutschen Feldzug in Afrika. Once they’re side by side the differences are immense, hopefully this will stop someone else getting caught out.

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