I have been wanting one for years and ran across this at the Tulsa Show.I normally will not buy Miss-Matched pieces but due to the condition of the piece and the close proximity of the serialization I went ahead.I suspect due to the condition of the weapon it came from unissued stock and perhaps the mags we taken out and in a pile next to the weapons.Does anyone have experiance with this type of miss matching numbers I understand it was common practice to take captured rifles and throw the bolt in one pile and the rifles in another you could just grab one of each and send it on home.The numbers on the mag and the pistol are only a few digits apart.Anyone have similar examples?? Regards,Geoff

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I wanted to share two rings I have in my collection. Both came from the battlefields and SS Nordland positions.. thoughts?

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Hello,

Greek (?) M1 Garand bayonet has writing on inside of grip.
Is it in Greek and what it could mean?

Thank you.

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Various cap devices,maybe a veteran breast eagle as its larger.Look original?

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Another request for a translation for a friend of mine.

This time of an IJA helmet.

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Thanks in advance guys!

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I recently found this one on ebay and am happy to have it added to my collection. I emailing the seller and found out that it was purchased at a estate sale of a vet and this was the only military item the family had other than his medals. I did some more research and found out the vet was a member of the Royal Canadian Armoured Corp. As to whether this was his helmet or if he traded for it at some point will never be know.

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hi guys any opinions on this eagle ? im no expert but doesnt look right to me the seller also sold 1 a few weeks ago and used the exact same pics for that sale as well here is his description of this eagle

Ww2 german army train eagle this is one in 4 found behind rendering in France there in very good condition as were wrapped in cloths and then sealed in behind the rendering there is glue marks on the backs of this egeals and age related marks but I can not stress how rare this Item is the width of the eagle wing to wing is 37cm the height is 24cm good luck and happy bidding

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I’m new to collecting but am trying to build a quality collection. I recently purchased this KM Dagger but noticed the ‘Squirrel’ looks different in mine versus others that have posted on this site. Some seem to lack the detail mine has on the inside. Is this normal? Sorry to ask such an elementary question but I’m trying to learn. Thanks in advance!!

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A few photo’s I have taken of the memorial to those killed in the Minsk Ghetto. At a place called Yama close to central Minsk stands a monument dedicated to 5,000 Jews killed by the Nazis on that spot the day before Purim 1942. Erected in 1946, the monument was the first and only one in the USSR devoted to the Holocaust which displayed Yiddish writing. Remarkably, not only did the monument survive the efforts of Stalin to eradicate all traces of Jewishness, but it also became the only one in Belarus where Jews could legally gather without any interference from the government, which they did throughout the period of Communist rule. Today, the ditch has been expanded to include a walkway and plaza, trees planted for Righteous Gentiles. There is an evocative sculpture that stands on a slope parallel to the steps leading into the pit of Yama, depicting Jews being forced down into the ravine. A memorial ceremony is annually held there attended by emissaries of the Jewish Agency, who are here for their annual conference. We have thousands of monuments here in Belarus, and on most of them it says that ‘Soviet citizens were killed here,’ even if 100 percent of those killed were Jews," said Baruch Camil, head of the agency’s operation in Belarus. "But this is the only one in Yiddish. It was something that kept the Jewish community together, whatever that ‘community’ was, where together they could do something as Jews, even during the time of Stalin and during the Communist period. I heard one of the Jews who came say, ‘those who died here kept us alive as Jews.’

According to my guide the remains of those killed are buried here also. Although I have been unable to verify this.

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