What's your newest militaria III

we win if the info is truthful that is the most important point. As I said on an earlier posting concerning info on RK winners from back in the 1960's the info needs to be corrected and if anything get it updated correctly. there is so much info on the net maybe too much.....

 

at least it has the opportunity to get mass review and oversight when it's online, but you're right the chance for transcription errors and 'automatically believing' them is great when errors get repeated so many times in so many different locations in such a short space of time. The concept of source density becomes meaningless.

Still I would rather have the chance to see it errors and all, than not at all.

 

Thanks man I do appreciate it I didnt know it was a rare photo,im glad to hear that! This is my 1st original WWII photo im very happy with it

 

I started a thread last winter on buying a French helmet. I had received lots of help from the forum. While on hiatus I managed to get one at auction through a vets estate. Wish the vet was alive to tell me the story of how he acquired it. It is in rough condition underneath but the top part is nice a couple of dings no major dents or rust.

 

looks like you picked up a nice M-15 Adrian helmet there 107thcav, with original chinstrap too - nice catch.

there's a good thread relating to these helmets in the uniform section, page three.

 

Nice M-15 indeed. The gold color insignia means it is a Gendarmerie one.

My latest :

A U.S. MAE vest in perfect condition with inspection dates between April 44 and 4! I like to believe it was worn during D-Day and particated to many famous battles. This will look great on a mannequin . It even has the dye pocket intact.

 

Very nice. Do you have any plans to match it with a uniform and mannequin?

 

It's on a USAAF mannequin already

 

Lovely crate, Skipper - very nice find indeed.

Erich and others have done all the hard work - here's a link which may be of general interest on the subject...

Nouvelle page 0

 

Thanks Martin, I have many German crates now , but it's the first time I get such an early war survivor with leather straps and labels complete. I also took two nice French ones (Icouldn't carry more thna three so I had to choose and leave a few other ones behind. I will scan them later and post these here too. I doubt many of you have seen those posted before

 

Sorry Carl, a bit late here...

The actual "heroic" one battle places:

Koivisto
Summa
Suomussalmi
Taipale
Tolvajärvi
Mantsinsaari

These are for battle areas

Northern Karelia
Karelian isthmus
Ladoga´s Karelia
Coastal defence
Air defence
Lapland

Also awarded were

Home troops
Field Army

 

Caucasus pics...Just won these from the net auction...

Pics in the lower part of the site...

Natsi-Saksa 31 valokuvaa vuoristojääkärit - mm. kaatuneita 75.00 € - 1939-1945 - Keräily - Huuto.net

Gebirgsjäger Regiment 99 on its way 1941-42. In the latter pics some Rumanian troops.

 

Hi Vint, glad to do so aaaaaaaannnnnnnnnnnd, if you are wanting to collect more pics, I know a great seller you can buy from, just let me know if interested? Also, 99% of what he sells are Axis-related photos and he is one of the ones I get most of mine from.

Take care--C.

 

Hi y-all, nice new items there and Kai, great GJ photos. Those with Rumanians are pretty hard to come by. I lost my chance to get some last week thanks to being laid up. No prob on being a little late, i recognise a few of the names of battles and will start looing for info on them tomorrow since im about to leave early today to go vote.

Take care--and im hoping to finally get that DKiG pic collection CD to you this week.

 

No hurry Carl! You take your time as you get better.

I understood this might be a bit rare:

Georg von Boeselager - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Georg Freiherr von Boeselager (August 25, 1915 – August 29, 1944) was a German nobleman and an officer of the Wehrmacht, who ultimately reached the rank of Colonel (Oberst) of Cavalry.

Along with his younger brother Philipp von Boeselager, he participated in the 1944 July 20 Plot to assassinate Adolf Hitler. Returning to the front after the plot failed, Boeselager was killed in action against a heavily fortified Russian position in 1944. He was posthumously promoted to full colonel and awarded the Knight's Cross with Oak Leaves and Swords

 

Last but not least of the weekend a possibly survivor of the B.E.F.
This fragile glass with RAF markings and George VI crown is absolutely intact and I believe it's an Officer mess glass that was left behind in France in June 1940. At least it was found near the former temporary base of Sougy, Near Orleans. A confirmation would be welcome or if someone has another hypothesis I'd gladly consider it .

 

That's a beauty. At a guess Skipper, I'd say you're right. The markings are quite fine and to me it looks like something from the RAF's 'expansion period' ie late 1930s. Certainly not soemthing for the Other Ranks, and too fine to be from later in the war.

A great find !

 

Only other possibility i can think of is that they maybe took some items to France to present to local dignitaries or similar to help smooth the relationship, but the Officers Mess sounds plausible enough. Nice item.

 

I doubt you'd smooth relations in this country with a port glass , wine or Champagne would do . I'm glad you like this glass I paid quite some money for it but I couldn't let that go. The picture doesn't do it justice, because you hardly see the engraved emblem which is much more visible on the real one

 

Sorry for the poor quality photos, it was difficult to photograph and for some reason they came out very darkish,....plus natural daylight is getting shorter with every day!

Not true WW2 but hey: a 1954 dated british battledress (the 1949 pattern), in this case made by Alsion Ltd of Belfast. It will be used until a war dated example can be found (it is very similar to the war dated versions).