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  1. Over 4000 views in such a short time, I think this post deserves to be pinned
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  2. Pictured from my collection is on more 7x50 power binoculars, but manufactured by Ernest Leitz (beh). The Binoculars have original leather neck strap, as well as rubber armor. Binoculars like this one is pictured on page 423 and 424 in Deutsche Kriegsmarine Uniforms, Insignias and Equipment of thw German Navy 1933-1945 by Eduardo Delgado.
    5 points
  3. Pictured from my collection is another set of 7x50 power binoculars, but manufactured by Cark Zeis Jena. The Binoculars have original leather neck strap, as well as a ranging reticle in right ocular. Binoculars like this one is pictured on page 233 in in Volume 3 of Die Kriegsmarine Uniforms & Traditions by John R. Angolia and Adolf Schlicht.
    5 points
  4. Pictured from my collection of Kriegsmarine antiques is a 7x50 power binoculars manufactured by Ernest Leitz (beh). Binoculars have original protective lens cover, as well as a ranging reticle in right ocular. Binoculars like these are pictured on page 232 in Volume 3 of Die Kriegsmarine Uniforms & Traditions by John R. Angolia and Adolf Schlicht.
    5 points
  5. Here is another French specialist patch, this one for Engineers.
    5 points
  6. Kenny: 4,000 plus views, I am at a loss for the words to express my gratitude. Many thanks to everyone. I look forward sharing other pieces from my Kriegsmarine collection with the Forum. Best regards John R.
    5 points
  7. Hi all HJ badges are not my strong point and I’ve uncovered these that have sat in a box in my storage unit for a while. Can anyone with any knowledge comment on whether they are genuine or fakes please. Thanks First up - a gold HJ honour badge
    4 points
  8. Hi everyone! This is my first time posting here on the forum, so I'll introduce myself. I'm Bram, I'm 20 years old and I collect all kinds of ww1 militaria. I'll continue sharing bits and pieces from my collection, but I'll start with some Mg08 and Mg08/15 related stuff. I have three standard wooden ammo boxes. Two of them still have a lot if original paint and are marked R. Görs & kallmann on the inside. They have some sort of metal shielding on the inside too. I got the third one for cheap, as it was repainted after ww1. I was able to remove all the postwar paint, but unfortunately there wasn't much original paint left. It still looks much better than it did before though. I also have one metal double ammo box also with a lot of original paint and a parking on the lid. The larger box in the back is a transport case for two ammo drums for the Mg08/15. It has a lot of original paint and it even has the original protective pads on the inside of the lid. The small box in the middle is for the hilfslafette. The inside of the lid still has the schematics for the parts that should be in there. The leather strap is marked 1917. The large flat box in the back that says 'Reinigungsmaterial' used to contain all kinds of cleaning materials for the Mg. It has a papercloth handle on the side. The ammo belt is also an original example. It isn't a full 250 round length anymore, but it's still a nice and rare piece. It's nicely marked and made in 1917. All the rounds in the picture are dated 1916 and 1917. They are all deactivated because I can't own live ammo where I live. Hope you guys like it! Greetings, Bram
    4 points
  9. Recently got this 1916 dated MK. VII British Ammunition Crate, this particular one made it to the US as it has 2 labels addressed to Rock Island Arsenal. I replaced the 2 carry straps as the originals were pretty much gone. The retaining pin needs a new twine rope as well, but I got it really cheap, so could not pass it up. Several of the original labels are still present and visible, and the crate itself has a stamp in the wood from 1916.
    4 points
  10. Fantastic box, what a find!
    4 points
  11. They look alright, apart from badge no.6, and possibly no. 1, not sure on these.
    4 points
  12. WW1 era US Marines with the Lweis gun.
    4 points
  13. More images of a French soldiers using the VB launcher.
    4 points
  14. US Marines training with the VB launcher on the M1903 rifle.
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  15. US soldiers demonstrating with the VB launcher on M1917 rifles (1st photo). 2nd photo, US troops with the M1903 rifle and launcher. Note the different style of launchers used for the rifles.
    4 points
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  17. New set of collar tabs. Rank is Gruppenfuhrer, before the outbreak of war ranks such as this and other officers above standartenfuhrer had metal rank insignia. After the war started, this was changed to embroidered versions.
    4 points
  18. Pictured from my collection is a masterfully painted oil on board portrait of a Kriegsmarine officer, Leutnant zur See with career designation being Coastal Artillery. Without frame, the art measure 29 inches (73.66 cm) wide x 39 inches (99.06 cm) tall. The art is signed R.G. and dated 1941.
    4 points
  19. Escape to Athena was a very strange film, when I was in Rhodes in the 90's I was being driven along a road in a taxi coming from the other side of the island, when I saw all the white lattice featured in parts of the film. I asked the taxi driver to stop and went to look around and it was the exact place the movie was filmed. It looked the exact same as in the film, although I recently saw pictures of the same place and it was very dilapidated looking. It was a totally unexpected find and I could easily have driven right past it. I walked along the same path as Rodger Moore and David Niven, thinking back to how it must have been when they filmed it in 1979. The Guns Navarone was also filmed on Rhodes. I also saw a WW2 Kubelwagen parked outside a pub! and a German Bunker which still had a rifle rack in it, I spent a few days trying to work out if it was possible to get the rifle rack back on the plane, but decided against it. Rhodes is a lovely place and still has the Italian fascist architecture, Mussolini even had his holiday home there which I also visited. I took photos must try to find them again and post them here. The white lattice covered path where Rodger Moore, David Niven and Sonny Bono walked along.
    4 points
  20. A collector enquired on a forum about the markings on the scabbard tip of K.98 bayonets, something that had not come to my attention before. On my two examples, there is nothing much to note, the one clc 43 has an illegible marking to the rear of the ball tip, which has some corrosion and light pitting rendering almost completely illegible, I had previously understood this to be a WaA mark. On my other early, almost mint example S/155G, there is simply a rounded indentation to the rear of the tip. The bayonet scabbard in question looks as though it has been post-war re-worked and the tip almost completely ground down and re-blued, the rear bearing a mark, which looks like "GAELE" or "EAGLE", which is puzzling. Has anyone come across marks like these before?
    3 points
  21. Here they are. I did the tests recommended in this thread and it does check out.
    3 points
  22. Welcome to the forum Thoran98, I would say it is a MK4 helmet rivets on the MK4 helmets were lower down the side than the MK3 helmets which were higher up. These helmets were produced by three companies. Briggs Motor Bodies Ltd ( BMB ) of Dagenham Fisher & Ludlow Ltd ( F&L ) of Castle Bromwich Ruby Owen Co Ltd ( RO & CO ) of Leeds Looks like the rivets have been replaced by nut and bolts. hope this helps.
    3 points
  23. Hello Fritz. Yes, here they are. I noticed something on the other side too but I can't make it out.
    3 points
  24. Very odd marking. Unknown? The modification to the tip of the scabbard reminds me of some of the Turk bayonets. The source I use with markings and photo is the K98k Bayonet Registry and Photos http://k98.free.fr another group of web references: https://www.k98kforum.com/threads/german-bayonet-manufacturers-and-their-codes.4819/ https://worldbayonets.com/Bayonet_Identification_Guide/Germany__Post_WW_I_/Germany_1933_1945.html https://worldbayonets.com/Misc__Pages/SG__84_98_III_Makers_Chart/SG_8498III_Bayonet_Makers_Table.pdf
    3 points
  25. Remind of the ammunition boxes in the film "Zulu", the lid attached with screws and the lead foil below.
    3 points
  26. A 7/ 18/ 1931 dated post card showing the new finished entry road and the vistor building and the staff care taker building . A nice view of the woods with a lack of trees from the battle even in 1930. The lower photo portion shows the open path at the end of the battle. Where the flag is standing in the above photo. This is a central portion of a 1918 yard long. This at the base of the wooded hill of Belleau Woods. It shows the Hunting Lodge tower on the top. Photo is before the cemetery is located here. Title: As seen on the original yard long photo: "A close up view of the Belleau Woods showing the hard fought ground captured by the American Army in 1918" Fred Schutz Photograph(Washington, D.C.) Date Created/Published: 1918.
    3 points
  27. It is quite well known that older European weapons were exported for the American Civil war. Here is a period photo of two soldiers with the Prussian 1809 musket,unfortunately cannot see whether this is original flintlock or percussion, but can assume it is percussion, as in the late 1830s remaining guns were converted to percussion, two examples I had were 1840 and 1843.
    3 points
  28. 1. M1/70 HJ Honour Award is a copy unfortunately. 2. Can't make out the maker, is it maker stamped? 3. Can't make out maker ? 4. Looks OK 5. Looks OK 6. I don't like this one either
    3 points
  29. US soldier practicing with the VB in the US. Source, National Archives.
    3 points
  30. Found a few images of V.B. Grenades from the National Archives.
    3 points
  31. Picture is a two-piece officer''s visor cover for junior grade from my collection of Kriegsmarine antiques. The cap has a hand-embroidered gilt wire national emblem and, cockade, as well as gold wire piping. This cap belonged to Werner Wendt (1916-1988), Captain of U-765. The U-765 was sunk in the North Atlantic on 6 May 1944 by depth charges on its first war parol. Werner and 10 crewmen survived, 37 dead. Pictured below is the underside view of the visor cap. Pictured below is the two-piece visor cover disassembled. In this configuration, a white or blue cap-covers could be worn. Because I do not like to take this cover apart, I used a photo taken years ago.
    3 points
  32. French soldiers demonstrating loading of the VB Grenade.
    3 points
  33. Another training photo showing how to load the VB launcher. It is hard to make out, but the emblem on the helmet looks like the Russian plate. Russian troops had the French helmet for use in WW1 as well.
    3 points
  34. No, ranks this grade and higher typically command high prices, that is why I don't have much of them, lol. I only go for the yellow- and orange-colored groups to match other items I have.
    3 points
  35. Kavallerie Wachtmeister. Not quite matching, some moth damage, repairable
    3 points
  36. Bet they were'nt cheap
    3 points
  37. I recently picked up a M91 Cavalry Carbine or Moschetto per Cavalleria, this one is made by Brescia in 1912. All parts are matching and it's in over very good condition, mainly wear due to storage. A faint cartouche is visible on the stock, but it's worn to the point you can't make any details out.
    3 points
  38. Carcano pig stickers. Cheepest rifle you can buy in the U.S. Also forget Prvi Carcano ammuntion unless you want to hit the target next to the one you are aiming at. Wrong size and weight bullet. Slug the bore. Three styles of bayonets: see
    3 points
  39. Deutsches Reich, 2 Mark, Reichspräsident v. Hindenburg, 1937, 1939 Deutsches Reich, Reichspräsident v. Hindenburg, 5 Mark, 1934, 1936, 1939
    3 points
  40. Thank you John, I appreciate your kind remarks.
    3 points
  41. I watched Escape to Athena recently, WW2 movie, Roger Moore, Telly Savalas among others. Cast was decent but the story and acting were disappointing. I had never heard of this movie before and I now know why.
    3 points
  42. John, you have an amazing collection, really have enjoyed you sharing your items with us.
    3 points
  43. https://www.google.com/search?client=firefox-b-d&sca_esv=5fee7d56a3546583&sca_upv=1&q=buch+koppelschlösser&tbm=isch&source=lnms&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjezKXX2sSEAxUNVPEDHS1aAGQQ0pQJegQIDBAB&biw=1138&bih=489&dpr=1.2 Books on belts and buckles https://fjm44.com/articles/aluminium-buckle-heer-dransfeld-co-1937/ a further buckle similar to the first one, an original
    3 points
  44. Over the weekend, I’ll take a few photos of some of my collection showing some of the different methods of construction/ materials. I’ll start it in a new thread. E
    3 points
  45. While we are on the subject, I assume this is a re-enactment fake, It appears to be aluminum, magnetic does not stick and no makers marks, with a steel cross pin. The top eagle portion is actually a separate piece attached to the buckle plate. Comments? To me this is a cheep dime store fake. I known nothing about these, so I am asking about a rummage sale $1 item. Lets here what the experts say.... Anyone see such crazy stuff?
    3 points
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