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Hello all,
Thought I’d share. Purchased a reichskolonialbund pin from bunker militaria. After doing some research it was evident this was a fake. Bunker militaria offered a full refund right away but withheld 8 dollars in shipping. Add that to the money I spent to send the pin back. I understand if I decided I didn’t want the pin, but this was a fake issue. I will not be purchasing from them again. Has anyone else had dealings with bunker militaria? Maybe I’m just one bad experience.

This applies only to "s" marked examples. See the pebbling in the enamel, that should be uniform with 9 dots in the right corner. Also the "s" should have sharp flat style to the ends of the letter, and finally the oval around the s should be more rounded. To this fakes credit the border around the swastika looks good. Many fakes don’t have the proper border, they leave no space.

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Hello

I have here a grouping of paperwork, concerning the Home Guard battalion based in Tonbridge. I bought it on impulse, purely on the fact that the town is somewhat local to me. It features two maps, one apparently official, the other a hand drawn example. A battalion photograph, and an invite to a stand-down parade on the 3rd December, 1944. Also included is a postwar map apparently salvaged from a local newspaper, showing the locations of all known V1 ‘Doodlebug’ impact sites.

I find this grouping particularly fascinating, being able to travel through the town centre and pick out where everything was. It’s also a sobering reminder of that time, that the conflict was once right on our doorstep.

Thanks for viewing, and regards. B.B.

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A splash of Luftwaffe colour, some caps with a little extra for the photos….:p

(if anyone is interested in tunics, I just posted a separate thread on the Ogef. tunic in the
appropriate section).

-Bob

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Not too many Other Ranks Luftwaffe tunics that are unit marked kicking about, so I thought I would show this one,
marked to III (K)./LG 1 ( III./Lehrgeschwader ), which was a bomber unit that was heavily involved in the war in
the Mediterranean theatre, and flew predominantly Ju 88’s. They flew ops against Malta, Crete and also in north
Africa (based at Derna for a while).

This one is piped for flight personnel, and has the rank of Obergefreiter, with ‘Kreta’ and ‘Afrika’ cuff titles, and was
a reasonably recent pick up via the daughter of the US veteran who brought it back to the ‘States as his memento
of his service in Europe. The Marksman’s lanyard is original to the tunic, I have added the ribbon bar and the SA
sports badge only (and of course the cap and the belt). I tried a smaller ribbon bar and a DRL sports badge but that
didn’t look quite right to me, so changed the badge and ribbon bar to what is now on it. (the cloth Radio Op/Air Gunner
badge is also wartime applied to the tunic). My guess is that this was probably the airman’s best walking out jacket and
was kept at home for special occasions, and was hardly worn.

Hope you like the photos

Cheers

Bob

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