Hello,
I present to you the French military cross (for gallantry) made in Italy (Milano).
Made after 1943, this cross is 36 mm wide, it is made of brass and the centers are made of copper.
The obverse has a peculiarity, the ear of the woman is complete. There are only two types of cross that have this peculiarity, that of London and that of Milano.
The ribbon can consist of 4 types of reward: bronze, silver or gold star and palm. These rewards are awarded by the command based on the act of courage in combat.
Best regards
Bernard

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Hello Everyone
I would welcome any thoughts or comments on the attached photos.
I’ve been offered the medal and wondered if it was genuine or not.
Thanks in anticipation for your help.
Cheers
John

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Hi guys here’s a quirky helmet for you. Through what I have picked up researching the internet and books this was produced sometime in the 1950s to the 1960’s. Originally they just used helmet liners and screwed in a wooden comb to help identify them as enemy forces during war games. The liner would then be unserviceable for combat due to having extra holes in it notcool They then adopted a clip on version of the comb which did no damage to the helmet liner. My thinking with this plastic molded helmet is that it was less top heavy and did no damage to the liners. I have added a WW2 liner to it to see how it fits and it’s a tight fit. It just slightly sits out of the main body of the helmet. I tried a P64 laminated nylon liner and it was a much better fit. I will add some extra pics of the wooden comb version to this thread that I have seen cool militaria

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I have just picked up this KM clock that was removed from a M-Class Minesweeper in St Helier Harbour, Jersey, just after Liberation on 9th May 1945.
Does anybody have any knowledge of these?
Any help much appreciated.
Thanks.

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Good morning everyone. I don’t normally collect Japanese militeria because I’m not well versed in it. I normally stick to German and American militeria. However a seller offered me this flag from a grouping. It was from a marine vets family, he bought the whole lot and I bought most of it from him except this flag. I have no reason to distrust him but I’d rather double check if you guys would help me. From other threads I’ve gone to first I see it has the "prayers and good fortune in war" general slogan. Is the flag and writing original? Is there any writing that anyone can translate? Thanks for the help!

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