I have numbered the insignia from 1 to 7, see attached image. 1. is a damaged Luftwaffe or paratroop waffenfarbe national cockade, the left wing...
The Commando Brigades shoulder badge, and it's shown upside down, is clearly a mistake made by the auctioneer. The BBC certainly didn't spot it....
The full collection, discovered in an attic, can be viewed here SS050708 Lot:453-501 in the auctioneer's catalogue, lots 451 to 467. Lot 463 are...
Hi Simpo067 Welcome to the forum. 'Egypt' is an unusual designation and may simply be a clerical error. If you grandfather served in Egypt...
Hardly a nation, it is a small independent principality just beyond the Italian border at the western limit of the Gulf of Genoa, practically...
With respect, I think you are a bit confused here. In 1943 Fascist Italy was part of the Axis and had to be defeated. Italy's collapse in...
Non-existent? On 8 September 1943 the Italian battle fleet Regia Marina consisted of: 6 modern battleships (the Littoria-Italia, Vittorio Veneto,...
Why? For all the reasons that T.A. Gardner sets out, viz I'm afraid that wasn't the case. Hannibal was in Iberia (modern Spain) with his army at...
How do you deduce from operational documents that a man is a bounder and a reptile? As Van Poop correctly says "... personal recollections from...
1. Those were not 'my opinions', my fine fellow, they are the grounded opinions and assertions of sound historians. 2. Are you suggesting that...
All criticism of Tedder stems from his dislike of Montgomery. It had a long history. Tedder's personal assistant, who maintained his diary, was...
