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By ttWW1 · Posted
Any idea what time period or national origin these are? I believe they are sword hangers, but am less sure of the leather one. They respectively measure about 2" and 5" long. -
By ScottG · Posted
If someone were to be able to help, they would need to know what it is you want help with. Clearly you have identified the item as a pith helmet so you know at least that much, it is Vietnamese. Scott -
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By Proud Kraut · Posted
Most historians and model builders are aware of the German WW II 8.8 cm Flak (Flugabwehrkanone). The "Acht-Acht" was mounted on several tanks and tracked vehicles during the war. Less well known is a wheeled vehicle with it. Only one Luftwaffe AAA Regiment was equipped with 24 of these vehicles and not one of them survived the war. I´m aware of one vacu and one resin kit that existed in the past but they were very expensive and unavailable for me. "Das Werk", a German model maker released the VOMAG with 8.8 I think two years ago and when I saw it the first time I knew that I had to get me one. So here´s another modeling project I have started today. First of all a picture of the box and a look into it. The kit consits of 16 sprues with hundreds of parts, and a sheet with photo etched parts. A real bonus is a 40 pages booklet with a lot of very usefull information and colorized photos of the gun, the vehicle and the model. I have started with the chassis of the carrier vehicle (which was in fact a modified bus) consisting of 80 parts so far. -
By Proud Kraut · Posted
Awesome, thanks for sharing! -
By dcbrown · Posted
Can anyone help me ID this? Bullion 43 over bullion anchor. It looks French or Belgian to me. Thanks for any asdistance! -
By SARGE · Posted
Thanks for the kudos. Only Gendarms were issued the padded winter cap with orange piping and metal insignia. Notice the short visor, stiff body, and padded interior on this cap. The Gendarm could wear the metal Edelweiss if they were mountain qualified and/or assigned. Other active duty police troops who were mountain qualified and/or assigned could wear the Bergmutze with the short visor. Other police troops not assigned to mountain areas wore the standard M-43 cap as shown above with a longer visor. The Heer, Polizei, & W-SS all wore the Mountain cap with a short visor, the M43 with a long visor, and the Edelweiss insignia on the left side of the neck flap. Period photos show various police troops, i.e. those serving in the the Italian mountains, wearing these caps. -
By SARGE · Posted
What a neat game. I have never seen this one. -
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By spielhahnjaeger · Posted
Happy to help, if you'd like to share some on here! Interesting to note is that - to my knowledge - these death cards are a wholly Catholic practice and so tend to be for soldiers from the south of Germany. This explains, too, why there is a relatively high percentage of Gebirgsjäger in card collections.
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