I’ve bought a number of Finnish bayonets over the past year, so I thought I had better show them off finally! Surprising to me, I’ve managed to obtain most of these here in New Zealand, a country that is not known for having a lot of Finnish anything available. There is also a very limited market for Finnish rifles and militaria so those items that do show up for sale tend to be reasonably cheap…
Again in need of help with my latest find.
Found this 19th century manuscript made apparently by a young officer.
For as far as I can see they are translations of different time publications.
All is done in handwritting and lots of very well drawn illustrations.
Must have been a hell of a job.
He also left blanc pages in order to complete on a later date…
He’s name was S B Ortt, don’t know yet what the "S B" stands for.
But I did find (in local newspapers) that he was a young officer(adelborst 1 klasse) 1873 and sailed with a gouvernemental ship (sort of war ships in the Dutch colony’s)named "Boni".
He was relieved of duties a year later, for reasons I could figure out up to now…did he was like a one year volunteer, did he got injuried or sick???
So if you know something I gladely take any info.
I posted it on several Dutch militaria fora, but got more help on the French fora….:(:confused:
Hello I would like your opinion on this cap I’m new to collecting and I’ve tried to authenticate my cap without help but now I’m stuck. What do you guys think? Many thanks
Hi,
I Just found this shin gunto for sale.
I would apreciate some opinions about it.
It looks like a good WWII Army Officer Shin Gunto, but im not an expert on the subject.
Any Help would be welcome.
Best regards
Fábio
I thought this beret was interesting having the original officers badge and backing, though I don’t know more about its significance to battalion, the maker is the oldest hat makers in the world, still going today, I presume its ww2 period has the nipple and weave pattern to the top
