I received another interesting package from Volgograd today, and I have to say that im very pleased with its contents. I got an awesome MG17 ammo belt, along with some various Luftwaffe aircraft parts. Each link of the ammo belt appears to have a makers code of some sort. I see two types of codes. "acw" and "fnh" I’m not exactly sure what factory those codes belong too, perhaps someone here knows? I thought this would make a great addition to my Luftwaffe collection. The MG17 was used on countless German aircraft during WW2, so there’s no telling what plane this came off of. In the end its a cool piece of WW2 history that came from the historic area of Volgograd/Stalingrad. Just thought I would share it with you guys.

Best regards- Jarret

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An acquaintance of mine bought a collection of Swiss items, from helmets to firearms and everything in between. A interesting item to note was a Swiss railroad holster for a ppk. Asking price of $150 in 90% condition. I have not ever seen a Swiss ppk but assume they were contracted, but a railroad ppk is over the top for me. I liked the item as far as condition but did not believe the item. German railroad ppk’s are not that common but a Swiss?. Does a Swiss Railroad ppk Exist? How common is this? Should I dive 80 iles to acquire if not for me but someone that has a Swiss ppk?
John

I made some ammo for my 1/16 tiger model…..Pete.

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Here is one I have had for some time now but just figured out that I didn’t have proper photos of it.
I have taken some more photos and decided to post it here for reference.
Ralph.

You can tell that this one was worn by the discoloration on the pin and catch.

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I purchased another M1 helmet today, it came with a Westinghouse liner with steel A Washers and steel liner chinstrap studs , OD3 triple weave HBT, an OD7 adjustable double weave HBT nape strap with a green brass buckle and black coloured brass studs and a OD7 sweatband.

I can just about make out The word Steel and the letters DSA on the sweatband.

The outer shell appears to be a late WW2 rear seam, cork finish with swivel bales however there is no heat stamp visible due to very very minor corrosion inside the shell. The chinstraps are not original and there two different types fitted which I think are non reproduction. The clasp on one side is black coated steel while the buckle on the other side is brass with one side black and the other side with what appears to have some green paint on it.

So here’s some areas where I would require some help:

I think the shell is McCord what do you think?

I think the sweatband is 60’s issue due to the markings and the weave which is not HBT it is marked with the following name J Vega and number 1814185. No luck tracing what appears to be a service number, anybody have any information or ideas about it?

What about the chinstrap clasp and buckle?

Pictures attached, new to the game so opinions appreciated.

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Hey fellas i’m new in collecting visors and i still have much to learn,so i thought it would be a great idea to start a thread about reshaping a visor.
I think its going to be interesting if everyone can share their ideas,thoughts or experience in one thread.
Is it possible to reshape a visor!?;What methods should or shouldn’t be used. ; and so on.

Hello, I am a novice looking for help to identify if a kriegsmarine and reichsmarine dagger i have are real or repros. I am just posting pics of the KM dagger first to see what resolve comes my way. I have pics of the other RM dagger to follow. They came from 2 different sources. Would appreciate any expertise.
Regards,
David

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hello, I need to advise the original or copy

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