I visited here in 2010. What a beautiful town and countryside, and a world class armor museum. God blessed me with the opportunity that day to go inside a king tiger. I hope you enjoy the photos.
I would defiantly recamend any tank enthusiast visit this place.

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I won this nice little piece in a raffle a week ago.

A nice little piece of history. These "Hindenburglicht’s" (Trench lights) were used as a source of lighting used in the trenches of WW1

The shell was made out of a pasteboard and the candle out of tallow. They could burn for a few hours.

You can see the candle is a bit glossy. That is due to the 90 degree heat and humidity we are experiencing now.

Enjoy!

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I won this nice little piece in a raffle a week ago.

A nice little piece of history. These "Hindenburglicht’s" (Trench lights) were used as a source of lighting used in the trenches of WW1

The shell was made out of a pasteboard and the candle out of tallow. They could burn for a few hours.

You can see the candle is a bit glossy. That is due to the 90 degree heat and humidity we are experiencing now.

Enjoy!

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by: Arran

Description: This is a rare thin aluminum skull locally made in Latvia for their Waffen SS troops. They are observed in numerous period photos being worn on both overseas caps and visor caps, and this variation is easily researched right here on the forum. They are really, really tough to find with both prongs and no distortion or damage. A much underpriced skull based on scarcity!

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1934 Polish Army 6×30 Binoculars made by PZO

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Here are the latest additions to my familiy of 1957er Kriegsmarine war badges, the three highest classes of the Kampfabzeichen der Kleinkampfmittel [War badge of the Kleinkampfmittel]. The term Kleinkampfmittel does not translate very well, it could be roughly translated as "small-size means of combat". In this particular context, it it is a collective designation for the various unconventional means of offensive naval warfare below the size of regular vessels, such as midget submarines, manned torpedoes, demolition boats and frogmen. These were grouped together in late 1943/early 1944 in a new branch of the German Navy, the Kleinkampf-Verbände (or K-Verbände for short).

The special war badge for personnel of these units was instituted on 30 November 1944.

The 1st to 4th grade were circular cloth badges; the 5th to 7th grade were pinback clasps. The 5th grade (bronze) was awarded after the fourth mission, the 6th grade (silver) after the seventh mission and the 7th and highest grade (gold) after the 10th mission.

It is not known whether the three highest grades were actually presented during the war, which is unsurprising, given the highly dangerous and often near-suicidal nature of this kind of warfare and the resultant high losses suffered by the men who waged it.

An argument could be made that these not actually 1957er awards: The original wartime design of these badges did not include a Swastika and thus remained unchanged for the post-war ones, which is why they were not included in the official designs for the 1957er awards of 1 February 1958. The clasps were, however, included in the official manufacturing regulations of 28 February 1958 (so I decided to use the term anyway).

Here they are now. The clasps are early versions with solid hingeblocks:

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