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Regarding the front plate worn by mountain machine gunners and troops in Macedonia and the Balkans, it was a slightly different type...

Charles R. many thanks for your recent donation to the forum!

There are Shako versions of these as well both Saxon and Prussian, all have the same leather edge trim.

Totally agree with you. No way I would ever touch it. Part why I love Imperial Militaria (and WW1) is because of the patina. All of my...

Yes the infamous R 22 , it’s been awhile since I’ve seen one of these. Manufactured in the UK during the 1970’s!

Very nice, pioneer photos are rare in my experience! (y)

No problem guys....it actually put a smile on my face! :D

Just to clarify....my. name is Brian not Bill. Bill was my father.....William E. Loree. :). Digger: I will look into your acid free...

You did very well, this is an excellent example of the M15, great condition! My first was also an M15 but the liner had red rot and the...

Excellent post! Thank you for sharing this with us. (y) Thanks Pete for the translation.

My second helmet ET 66: Condition wise the camo paint on this helmet is in better shape than my ET 64 and of course we have the...

Yes Chuck I did. When I bought this in the 80's everyone had clued into the fact that Neatsfoot Oil was destructive and Pecards was...

Additional photos as requested: I did not take these initially because by doing so we put stress on the silk Size 59 cm and 2 brass...

I have had these two examples for decades. They were bought back in the 80's when there was not a great demand from collectors. I have...

I have always used kiwi shoe polish but that is just what is mostly sold here in Canada. Length of spike has nothing to do with rank...