This is real low'n'slow collecting - I bought my deact S&W 'pre-Victory' revolver over 25 years ago. Browsing in a little militaria shop last...
Churchill's 'backing off' from Bomber Command - after his instruction to Portal to 'baste the Germans in their retreat' which was a contributory...
You're very welcome, Adma. Given the provenance of your knife, I'd say it's fairly certain to be genuine. It's also a rare variant and as such is...
The war was almost over.....but at the time of the bombing of Dresden the Rhine hadn't been crossed, and V2 rockets were still falling on London...
This is a controversy which has been discussed on other forums. RBNr 0/0561/0020 was definitely used by notable manufacturer Paul Weyersberg on...
Ummm - yes. Definitely 'do not discard' ! :eek:
I don't think that it is Mohnke - he had a more oval face, with a strange 'chinless' look. Linge had a more squat, solid-looking face and was...
Is it Heinz Linge ?
Threre's not much out there about day-t-day work of tank repair crews ( Axis or Allied ). But from what I've read about front-line Panzer...
I;m guessing a bit here, but the shape of the cockpit framing looks rather like a B-25 Mitchell.....?
This sounds almost as good as the Burmese Spitfires ( remember them ? :rolleyes: ) Secret documents, a map ( no doubt with an 'X' to mark the...
Going back to the original question, this is hopefully definitive to show the 'official' British Army term. I've copied from my original WWII...
Thinking back on this, I could have been a bit clearer. 'Bullet' is the part that flies through the air and hits the target. 'Round' usually...
British Forces always used the term 'rounds'. 1967's ''Tobruk' ( I'm guessing this is the one starring Rock Hudson and George Peppard ? ) was very...
Well, Qunto's has gone ( after 130 years trading in the Charing X Rd - COVID finished them off ) and Pordes has changed hands ; the new owners...
Here's a reasonable replica SS M43..... SS M43 Feldmütze, Field cap The vendor is making no attempt to fool anyone ; this is a replica for...
I'll say straightaway that I'm not expert on headgear, but the first image gives me the immediate impression that this cap is a rather clumsy...
Yes - I'd forgotten ; that was an impressive clip that the film production guy put on the Forum.
With the Mosquito Museum due to reopen next month, I've been putting some elbow grease into the Highball, finally getting it ready for full...
Indeed I've seen it and still have the DVD somewhere. Someone involved with the production of this movie was a contributor here some years back...