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Hello, cant ID this symbol...It came in a large lot of mostly 60's -1980's equipment....Thanks,Scott

I don't collect UK stuff but just happened to have enough gear to put together a representative Army enlisted man. Hope you like it.

I found this in one of my boxes of stuff from at least 20 years ago and was wondering if anyone could translate this tag. I never knew what it was for. Tag measures 2-15/16" x 2-7/16" and has a button loop at the top. Ken

If anyone here has any Projectiles, casings, or other 17 pounder rounds please post. I'd be interested in seeing anything in collections or information about these in WW2. Thanks in advance!

Alright men, I need help in locating some items. Can anyone help me find some old royal green jacket embroidered no1 or no2 badges? i need- sniper badge, Recce badge, machine guns badge, anti tanks badge and jump wings. theyre to put in my medals case surrounding my medals as they are the platoons I was in when I got my medals. ive been trying for weeks to try and find these but for the life of me they’re like rocking horse s**t. If anyone has these or knows where I can get them please let me know, it’ll be greatly appreciated. theres a nice £100 bottle of whisky in it for whoever can help.

Hello, I noticed this item for sale locally and want to see if there was anyone with expertise with this sort of item. To me it looks authentic, but I have no experience with this. Thanks in advance for any help.

When I went to boot camp, the US Navy gave us a cheap cloth bag called a ditty bag where you keep small personal items. The British Navy back in the day issued sailor ditty boxes the slats on the lid you put your letter a spot for an ink well before the fountain pin. And you can keep your valuables locked up. Has the sailor's name it was issued to on a brass plaque I just bought this today on eBay. I have another that was not great shape had to replace the lock it was missing the inside was trashed up. So I made a watch box out of it for my WW1 trench watches since the box was from WW1. This one in great shape think my small military badges and wings and other small military collectable will go in it. Paid 70 pounds for it a cool military collectible for beginners that don't break the bank. They show up regularly on eBay and I bet they are easy to find in antique shops in England and I bet some passed by then without realizing what it was. Think these were issued from WW1 to WW2. Here is my first sailor's ditty box I added to the collection really beat up and missing the lock. Fixed lock with period correct lock put in form for my WW1 trench watches.

Years ago, bought this off eBay it was ether a Ukraine or Russian seller so probably saw service on the eastern Front and was a war prize. It was made by the Kienzle clock company. It could be hung on a wall or table with legs to keep it from falling over. There is a 1940 date mark and issue serial number.

This watch was issued to British Navy divers in the 1990's. From what I read only 500 were made. This used a quartz movement has a stainless steel 43.5 case with 20mm solid lugs. It's built like a tank. The solid lugs is for use of a NATO one piece nylon strap to prevent loss underwater. Spring bars can fail.

Got this year off eBay. Use to see them a lot on eBay but vintage Smith watches military and civilian have gotten collectible, so I guess their clocks get picked up by a few watch collectors and you see less these days. All ways thought these were post war until I picked up this one. Date mark 1941 and Chatham mark in case Chatham a Navy base why I know it's Navy issued. I guess material was getting hard to get why the Bakelite case a early form of plastic.

Found this footage today and thought it might be of interest to anyone who hasn't been or seen the interior of a US WW2 B-17 Bomber. https://www.instagram.com/reel/CwN06CCMxzo/?utm_source=ig_web_button_share_sheet Gunner

Another compass out of the collection.

Here is a post WW2 British Navy Deck Clock 0552\724 a dam nice looking clock saw it for sale at the MWR forum and had to have it. Probably used during the 1960'-1990's it's in great shape. Made by Elliott clock company. It's a big clock compared to other deck clocks in the collection.

Here is a WW2 British spyglass used on the bridge to check for contact at sea. It was made by W.Ottway co. in 1944. I collect navigation instruments this still works great.

Hi Folks: Since I was a rookie on fuel can (Jerry Cans) I picked one up for very little thinking it was German. I did some research on this site and found that I had a British WW2 fuel can dated 1943. https://wwiijerrycan.jimdofree.com/jerrycan-diagrams/german/ Is there an interest in these? I will post pictures later.

Here is a Japanese Navy Deck clock made by Seikosa that later becomes Seiko as we know it. It a well-made clock. Runs for eight days. A photo of one on a Japanese Navy destroyer in the engine room. I started to collect a Naval clock form all navies of WW2 American, British, German, Japanese, Italy did get an Italian Navy deck clock but think it might be from the 1950's will post it and maybe someone can tell me the year used. The movement has movement parts painted and a cover over the regulator to protect against salt water and weather it's in great shape almost mint.

This is a British Navy chart of Guam issued in June 30,2005. I got it framed and in a hallway of my house got a WW2 era US Navy chart of a large section of the pacific that has everywhere I been when on west PAC on the wall of the kitchen. There sort of cool artwork. Main reason getting this one chart of Guam my first home port was on the USS Proteus there for a year then 6 months on Diego Garcia. Our ship was at Polaris point. Was always cool when on a bridge watch you could look and see where the ship is at on the chart back in the day before GPS. You knock out GPS satellites you are lost, and some weapon systems are useless for a while the US Navy was not teaching old fashion navigation at the Acadamy they started it up again. For new collectors starting out these are not that expensive. Framing cost me more than the chart.

When I use to live in the bay area use to go the Alameda antique fair at the old Navy base it's now closed as a Navy base use to pull in there on the USS Mauna Kea AE-22 a big bomb an ammo ship one spark you're done. But at the antique fair since I collect this stuff, I knew what it was. Seen them online at some watch collector's forum. Don't think anyone knew what it was, or someone would have got it before me. Got it for 150.00 cheap. It's a German Army message center clock made by Junhgans with clear issue marks inside case. That big round thing on the movement you turn that to wind it the little nob to set the time. Guess this is like the US Army message center clock when a radio message comes in you use this to mark the time the message came in. Is message center clock the right name for it? Has two pull out metal legs to keep it level not to tip over due to its odd size. Think the German army still uses a version of this today with a green plastic case maybe quartz movement seen them for sale on eBay before. Wonder if I should try to touch the paint where it peeled off only in that one spot.

Got this off of eBay about 15 or more years ago. When I was in the US Navy, we had a blue jacket manual. Saw this and figured it had to be the Kriegsmarine version of a ble jacket manual so bought it. There are more illustrations ad photos I could post if the forum interested in them let me know. The part that got me they had one of the US aircraft carriers in it like a target. The US Navy blue jacket manual trains you in seaman ship just like this one does. There is some U-Boat photos in it also might post them later.

Got this off the bay some years ago. I remembered seeing it in a Military Timepieces booklet I had for ID. The booklet was from the society of military horologists NAWCC chapter 143 it doesn't exist now otherwise I might join it was run by William R Bricker a WW2 Navy pilot. Well, this was in that booklet out of his collection he had some cool stuff glad to have one of them. Says it was used by the German Navy and then appropriated by the Russians and used by the Soviet Navy in the booklet the numbers match the one in the booklet. Has a watch key for setting the time another key to lock it up and slots built into the box for the keys. Has a nob to wind it.

When I was in the US Navy. I was on my first ship the USS Proteus AS-19 a submarine tender it was around 1982 we were at Diego Garcia a small island in the Indian ocean. The US Navy leases a base there from the British. We were anchored out tenders have anchors at both ends when we anchor like this, so the ship doesn't swing when we have ships tied up to us when they are getting repairs. And we used liberty boat to get ashore. Well, the HMS Sheffield came alongside. They used our liberty boats to get ashore. We got to know the crew. Well, it left Diego Garcia I guess headed for the Falklands islands. I guess the Falkland war had started a few months later it was hit by an exocet missile and did not make it a sad ending. In our cruise book we put this in to remember them. Also added a photo of the USS Proteus AS-19

I collect mainly military timepieces but also anything with military history. Saw this grouping with a watch. The watch by itself was worth what the seller wanted but the grouping that came with it was a plus. The WW1 veteran was Frederick Cooper he was in the British Army and was on a boat crew that most likely brought troops and supplies ashore at Gallipoli. And also drove trucks later in the war. The printout I posted will tell more. There's a button stick did not know what that was we don't use that in the US Navy when I was in its next to the show horn, used to polish your brass buttons on your uniform you put it under the button, so polish don't get on your uniform. Also had the original watch strap but it was beat up and a cheap one so got a strap from David Boettcher who makes the best strap for WW1 era trench watches. The watch was sold from a store in Scotland the company on the dial there still in business today. The photo has a X that's Mr. Cooper with this watch on his wrist how cool is that. And a diary of his time in the military. I can post photos of pages out of it if anyone wants to read some of it. The Borgel case on this watch was an early type of waterproof case.

Here is a WW2 Kriegsmarine U-Boat clock out of my collection. If anyone ever watched the movie dos boot there getting depth charged and you see the U-Boat clock crystal crack from the explosion of the depth charges. This clock makes me think of that movie. The N on the dial for the North Sea Fleet. Still has most of the original black paint someone did polish the bezel ring. Most you see all the black paint gone.

Great shot of three Canadian Paras of the 1st Canadian Parachute Battalion 6th Airborne Division in England February 1944.

Are these the correct collar badges for a WW2 RASC officer, or should they be the darkened bronze types like they used in WWI? Thanks.