What's your newest militaria III

Thanks John, .......and that's very true Brad, I think it helps to illustrate the meaning of "Total War" .....sad as it is.

Nice additions Skipper, i like these alot

 

Here's another one: Remember my large Princes Irene cap pin? Well I finally got smallthe sleeve one . This would look great on my Tommie's Battledress. For those who dropped in the Princes Irene Brigade was the Free dutch Brigade that landed at D-day .
Next thing I will buy from this famous unit is the arm patch with Dutch LION.

 

Nice piece. I love these old UK badges and there are so darn many of them to collect. When I was volunteering doing the CC Museum of Sci and History in their history collections, I got the chance to do research on their collections of these and all total, there were about 300 badges with few doubles. It took me a couple of weeks to do research on them all but was enjoyable to do so and quite educating.

 

Inpired by Uk and worn on Uk uniforms , but it's in fact a Dutch badge worn by the 3000 Free Dutch who landed in Normandy.
The Brigade was named after the Dutch Princes Irene, the daugther of Queen Wilhemina who was queen of the Netherlands during the war.

 

My late Grandmother had vivid memories of this 'ghastly thing' as she used to call it. I remember her saying to me - what would have happened if she'd been incapacitated : who would have continued pumping ?

 

I finally found the pre-war French Colonial Medal. This was awarded to those who served in France"s colonial Empire , for instance North Africa or Indochina. They usually go with a clasp of the mentionned Colony . It is silver. it was also worn by the Free French from the 1st Armored Division who fought in Africa

 

Thats a nice and early piece. Usually you dont see such a silver content in awards in general. The only imperial german award I have except the 1914 EKI I have-that has such content-is one of my Hanseatic Crosses, I forget which one it is? Probably the Hamburg one.

 

Here are a couple from a collector who owes all the colonies....very impressive


http://phaleriste-amateur.fr/3.html

 

Nice items everyone! My first purchase for about 4 months - a Deumer EK2 (sorry for the boring photos). Still has a bit of the frosting left

 

The black coating is in perfect condition. Nice item for display!

 

Hi Will, thats a beauty that I wouldnt mind owning sometime ;-))

 

Bought a Winter War medal for foreign volunteers

 

Good one kai, I know it was awarded to many Swedes.

 

Hi Kai, it is a beauty. Nice piece my friend ;-))

 

Some great items guys, Im loving the new medals

 

That looks really very nice. OK, maybe it's not 'sexy' ( as in diamond-studded gold-encrusted oakleaf swords and christmas tree ex Goering's personal collection etc ) but it's the sort of stuff I like - good 'everyday' militaria which sadly now is becoming ever harder to find.....

 

A couple things i have gotten this year:
American Victory Medal



American First Aid Pouch, looks like there is blood on it, kind of creepy:



British Water Bottle Carrier:



A Couple things for my Thompson M1928A1, the stock and the metal parts:



Not really militaria, but World War 2 anyways

An Airfix model of a P-40(Which just needs the paint job) with all the things you will need, the paint, the glue, the decals, all of it:


Eugene Sledge's book "With the old breed at Peleliu and Okinawa":


And last but not least: Oxalic acid for use on relics(I bought 1 kg so it should hold for a bit):


I'm still waiting for the Navy uniform i posted earlier, i am afraid it might have gotten lost in the mail

 

I meant it was awarded a person from India, silly me, it is named.

 

A couple of autographs....

Aces of the Luftwaffe - Heinz Strning

Heinz Strüning was credited with 56 victories in 280 missions, of which 250 missions were flown at night. All his victories were recorded at night.
Awards : Ehrenpokal (12 June 1941)
Deutsches Kreuz in Gold (10 July 1942)
Ritterkreuz (29 October 1942)
Eichenlaub (20 July 1944)
Units : ZG 26, KG 30, NJG 2, NJG 1


Johannes Kiel:

Bf110 ace

Gruppenkommandeur of III./ZG 26, was shot down and killed in aerial combat with USAAF fighters over Kirchheimsboloden on 29 January 1944.

Ehrenpokal (23.9.1941.)
Deutschen Kreuz in Gold (9.2.1942.)
Ritterkreuz (18.3.1942.)

 

Nice additions V/ Kai, wish I could ya for them but????

My newest stuff is about to arrive and have to do with a great War Movie made in the USA long ago and is about the Eastern Front ;-))