What's your newest militaria III

British large pack, probably left by the B.E.F in 1940 and seems to be an early model dated 1938. Found on the floor of a local fair and picked up for a few euros.

Note the leather straps , which according to the rivetting are original ones and not adapted later as I thought first. It took me some washing and there are still some stains on it but this is a great piece and in great condition.

 

My original D-Day glider roster from the 80Abn AA Bn Battery B
I have received this tresor from Mr Ed MacLean who has writed this list during the boarding of the Battery .




Lt Ed MacLean Africa 1943

 

great stuff Gents !

some of the KM KTB's that are coming in for my data files. Most of you folk have not seen these before............so here is an example from October 1944 in the area of our Finnish members. Note the mining operation with LMB's mid-way down the page. the unit was used later for escort against Soviet G-5 and D-3 torpedo Boots with success's and then final evacuation of German civilians and military personell from Libau/Kurland pocket back to Germany.

by the way the S-Boots from this unit are depicted in my sig at the bottom of my post(s)

interesting eh ?

 

It is certainly interesting , you must be passionated by all those km finds.

Here is another one of my latest:

This is a French 1941 dated rucksack, French made, but clearly inspired by the Germran occupant model. It was made in the the so called "Free zone" (Vichy) . Considering the armistice conditions reduced the French army considerably Iassume this is a fairly rare model.

 

Cool Skip we used to use these WW 2 packs for alpine mountaineering and runs in the Mtn's back in the 1960's. looks to be in great condition the leather is supple still it appears....

speaking of the 1960's Skip yes that is when the interest in KM and LW began and still with me since.

 

Thanks guys and yes the leather is still supple, torn at the botton however. It was really dirty when I bought it , so I first thought it was an Algeria war model (1950s-1960s), but upon washing I saw the 41 stamp . It's really advanced for the time and inspired by the rucksack too.

 

Another nice find, Skipper.

The german influence in the rucksacks design is clearly evident in a number of features, including the shoulder straps and draw cord configuration.

 

I have found nothing concerning this Airborne .

 

Got the contents of a Verbandkasten today ( about a dozen items!) All original items and dated too, some with birdies, some with runes. I will scan them asap and post them alone and in situ in the medic box.

 

cool stuff guys, as always

 

ok here is the first D.R.K. batch . They will go in my German medic box.









Note that all the pieces are original , mostly dated and full (unused)

 

WW1 casualty medal group to a L/cpl from the Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers. He was KIA in Sep 1917....during 3rd Ypes (Passchendaele) .....he was 19 years old

Shown are his War medal and Victory medal.

 

Hi Andy, nice medal grouping. Sorry I had no salutes so you have the other ;-))

BTW, those look extremely well cared for-glad to see history end up in hands that will continue to care for them.

 

Thanks John / Carl, this medal group is rather special to me for a specific reason - I will explain fully once I've completed my research.

 

Very nice, AP.....just shows how a 'common' medal grouping can in fact be very interesting. To die in the hell of Passchendaele at 19....horrible.

 

Exactly Martin, that's why I find WW1 British medals to be very interesting to research, as often times you can can discover the soldier's 'story'.....sad as it my be.

 

Looking forward to it mate ;-))

 

Hi Andy, hope you will excuse my ignorance on British medals but, don't these usually have their names and ranks stamped on the side of them? Reason I ask is because I found some living relatives to a British Officer who served during the Boer War and who had a 2 place medal bar. I dont remember what the awards were but one of them had a solid green ribbon to it-the other was missing the ribbon. Anyway, this was back when I was volunteering for the CC Museum of Science and History and I was in charge of getting info on their militaria collections. The end of the story was that we found that officers living descendant who-BTW, lives in Canada) and we wanted to know if they would like their relations awards. The lady contacted us and said if we wanted them to take them bacK? they would be more than happy to recieve them, or we could keep them in the collection? It was me who urged them to take the sawards because they would never see the light of day at this museum. Anyway, this happened about 5 years ago.

 

well Andy do I assume correctly this is in honor of a Grandfather or great uncle serving in the war ? Interesting one my Grandfather's threw all his medals away after WW 1 never wanting to speak a word of it.

 

Hello Erich, your very close indeed...but unfortunately I don't have my relations medals (however these are somewhat connected).....I shall post the interesting story behind the above medals when I get home tonight hopefully.

Hey Carl, yes your right, the soldiers name,rank,unit and number would be stamped onto the rim of the medal. (Im unable to get a good clear picture of my examples due to my camera not being the best)