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bonsoir, j'aimerais avoir une estimation du prix de cet enfield n°2.

I found this random original photo this weekend. No name and no context as to who, when and where. What might you be able to tell me about it? Thanks! Kim

Here are some examples of hats worn from WW2 to modern day. The Hat-KFF as it was officially named ( full name = Hat Khaki Fur Felt). It was issued for the Campaigns in Africa, The Anglo Boer War, and later for use in Burma. Anglo-Boer example. WW2 example as worn in Burma it has a Major rank badge in the ventilation holes, the liner has been removed for comfort, these hats were sometime camouflage painted with Olive Drab stripes. 1st Battalion, The Royal Rhodesia Regiment 1952 the triangle with S.R.G. is the Southern Rhodesian Government stamp.

The following s from artist Lee Buccilli This is my portrait of Sgt Major Stan Hollis VC (6TH Battalion) The Yorkshire Regiment, Green Howards. The only man to win the VC on D DAY. The portrait is to be auctioned for the Army Benevolent Fund, at their annual 'Big Curry Lunch' at the Merchant Adventurers Hall, York on Thursday 13th June. This event is part of the 80th anniversary of D Day. Please support the charity, bid for the portrait.

Any idea what these markings mean? They are on a Bren no2 stock I picked up. I’m not sure of the orientation. The “1” looks correct this way, but if that is a “V” , that way makes it upside down. Thanks in advance for any insight! mikie

What could go wrong? This Imperial War Museum photo from 1941 depicts a situation that I suspect never occurred in a combat setting. The caption reads: "Tommy Gun Motor Cyclists. Grenadier Guards, famous the world over, are now, as part of their mechanization, equipped with motorcycles on which Tommy guns are mounted. A guardsman on his Tommy-gun-equipped motorcycle. A guardsman of 1st Battalion, Grenadier Guards, 7th Guards Brigade, 3rd Division, 5th Corps, Swanage, 9 April 1941." Regards, Charlie

Doing some research I found at least 3 designations of the patch depicted: HQ 21st Army Group, British Army of the Rhine, Rhine Army Troops. Could someone please tell me the exact designation of this patch and when it was worn. Thanks very much in advance!

No way Ican afford a whole Bren, but I did find this demilled Bren Mk1 barrel assembly at a price I could afford. Now I just need the rest of the gun! Do any of you have Bren guns or related parts or equipment? Has anyone here fired one? I’d love to hear or see anything Bren you’d like to share. Mikie

Here are a couple of British badges from a collection I ended up with. Would like to know if they are real and if so what time period they were worn. Thanks

two moe British hats from my collection. Can anyone tell me what the proper cap badge would be for the one missing the badge

This a hat in my collection, and information on age, type of uniform it was worn with would be appreciated

I found this in a collection I inherited. Looks like a soldier collected various british insignia during the war. Comments welcome

Germans I believe of the 21st Panzer Division go over a 17 pounder, Self-Propelled, Achilles on the field, it is Chelsea of C Troop, 245 Battery, 62nd Anti-Tank Regiment, RA (Royal Artillery), British I Corps was knocked out southeast of Escoville (east of Caen) on 18 June 1944. The symbol on the rear hull is the marking for the British I Corps

What rifle do you think is more collectable, a 1920 Carl Gustafs or a 1941 Husqvarna, assuming similar condition?

A Universal Carrier of The Lake Superior Regiment (Motor) Canadian 4th Armored Division, gives a good view of the Canadian vehicle prefix CT The barrel .50 appears to be the .50-caliber AN-M2 version right, the kind used on bombers.

First off, 1982 manf. Royal Engineers Bomb Disposal Smock by James Smith & Co. Another '82 James Smith & Co '72/'73 James Smith & Co with OD zipper reinforcement '73 Cookson & Clegg with lime green zipper reinforcement, my personal favorite '73 James Smith & Co, lime green zipper reinforcement Tags all but gone on this one, I'd guess 73/74. Lime green zipper reinforcement '74 Clayton St. Mill, lime green zipper reinforcement '75 Clayton St. Mill, lime green zipper reinforcement with corporal patch No tag on this one, I'd guess late 70s or early 80s. OD Green zipper reinforcement '83 Clayton St. Mill, nylon zipper reinforcement thats all of them

Thought I would share this story. I collect Antique fishing tackle as well as Inert ordnance. While I was visiting another Tackle collector when in Ohio for work, I was showing him some pictures of my tackle collection and there were a few artillery shells in one of my pictures. He saw them and said he had an inert shell on a shelf in his barn and wanted to know if I wanted it. His son had worked at an orchard owned by a WW2 Vet and when the man decided to close the business he gave much of the stuff at the orchard to his employees. My friends son brought this shell home and it had been sitting in the barn for 10 years. The Case and projectile were separate and sitting on the shelf. It was 10 PM and there were no lights in the barn, so we just had a flashlight, so I couldn't examine it very well. I told him I would love to have it for my collection and offered to pay him for it but he refused any money and gave it to me. I wrapped it in a jacket and put it in a 5 gallon bucket strapped in the back of my work van. I had to leave to come back to Virginia at 0500, but before I left, I took a better look at the projectile and was worried It was not Inert. the impact fuse did not look like it had ever been taken off the projectile. When I got back to Virginia I put it in a safe place and eventually found a guy that checked it out and told me it definitely still live. He gave me a contact at Marine EOD in Quantico and I called them and they asked me to send them some photos. I didn't hear anything back from them that day. The next day, I was working a few hours away from the house and they called me and said that they were on the way to get the shell. I had to rush home to meet them and got there right after they arrived. While talking to them I found they were excited to see this shell because they did not have one in their "Library" They packed the shell in the back of their Pickup truck and asked me if I wanted the shell back if they were able to disarm it. I said I would, but I felt it Belonged in their collection. I did ask them to send me a picture of it in their Library after they disarmed it. They called a few days later and said they were able to disarm it and did not have to destroy it and sent me a picture of it in their Library. It is top center in the picture.

Found this in a group of photos from a China Marine that was there in the 1930's. You can see shadows of the marines. Love this photo.

I'm looking for a foreign military job or a tech military job

WWII, GERMANY, PROMOTION CERTIFICATE, AUTOGRAPHED BY Reichsarbeitsführer Konstantin Hierl (Reich Labour Leader) Reichsarbeitsführer Konstantin Hierl (Reich Labour Leader) Konstantin Hierl (24 February 1875 – 23 September 1955) was a major figure in the administration of Nazi Germany. He was the head of the Reich Labour Service (Reichsarbeitsdienst; RAD) a Reichsleiter of the Nazi Party and an associate of Adolf Hitler before he came to national power. In April 1929 he joined the Nazi Party (NSDAP) and became head of Organization Department II that same year, serving as Deputy to Gregor Strasser.[1] In the federal election of 1930, he became a member of the Reichstag parliament. On 5 June 1931, two years before the Nazi Party ascended to national power, Hierl became head of the FAD (Freiwilliger Arbeitsdienst), a state sponsored voluntary labour organization that provided services to civic and agricultural construction projects. There were many such organizations in Europe at the time, founded to provide much-needed employment during the Great Depression. Hierl was already a high-ranking member of the NSDAP when the Party took power in January 1933. He remained the head of the labour organization - now called the Nationalsozialistischer Arbeitsdienst, or NSAD. Adolf Hitler named him as State Secretary in the Reich Ministry of Labour under Franz Seldte, with the order to build up a powerful labour service organization.[1] Facing Minister Seldte's resistance, Hierl in 1934 switched to the Reich Ministry of the Interior under Wilhelm Frick in the rank of a Reichskommissar. Hierl was also named a member of Hans Frank's Academy for German Law.[2] On 11 July 1934, the NSAD was renamed Reichsarbeitsdienst or RAD (Reich Labor Service) which Hierl would control as its chief until the end of World War II. The Reich Labor Service was divided into two major sections, one for men (Reichsarbeitsdienst Männer - RAD/M) and one for women (Reichsarbeitdienst der weiblichen Jugend - RAD/wJ). The RAD was composed of 40 Gau-sections (Arbeitsgau). In 1936 the Reich Labor Service built the model village of Hierlshagen (present-day Ostaszów in Poland), named after Hierl. He was named Reich Labor Leader (Reichsarbeitsführer) in 1935 and Reichsleiter, the second highest political rank in the Nazi Party, on 10 September 1936.[1][3] Also in 1936, he was awarded the Golden Party Badge. Hierl was further appointed Minister Without Portfolio in 1943. During World War II, hundreds of RAD units were engaged in supplying frontline troops with food, ammunition, repairing damaged roads and constructing and repairing airstrips. RAD units constructed coastal fortifications (many RAD men worked on the Atlantic Wall), laid minefields, manned fortifications, and even helped guard vital locations and POW camps. The role of the Reich Labor Service was not limited to combat support functions. Hundreds of RAD units received training as anti-aircraft units and were deployed as Flak batteries.[4] On 24 February 1945, Hierl was awarded the German Order, the highest decoration the Nazi Party could bestow on an individual.[5] After the war, he was tried and found guilty of "major offenses".[1] Hierl was sentenced to five years in a labour camp. Following his early release, he lived in Heidelberg until his death on 23 September 1955. Decorations, Awards: German Order with Oak Leaves and Swords: February 24, 1945 Prussian House Order of Hohenzollern, Knight's Cross (WWI) Prussian Iron Cross 1st and 2nd Class (WWI) Bavarian Military Merit Order, 3rd Class with Swords (WWI) Bavarian Prince Regent Luitpold Medal (pre-WWI) Bavarian Service Cross (pre-WWI) Austrian-Hungarian Military Merit Cross, 3rd Class with War Decoration (WWI) The Honour Cross of the World War 1914/1918 (pre-WWII) War Merit Cross 1st and 2nd Class with Swords (WWII) Golden Party Badge (pre-WWII) PRICE: $75.00 + $3.85 Shipping Checks, Money Orders, PayPal Accepted No Sales outside of the United States

I’ve been looking for the Northeast Airsoft STEN model gun. They made these in many different versions. They also had two versions of the Canadian Long Branch made, both with…and without the Chinese contract that they did during WWII. Most of these were of the MKII, but the also did the MKV version for Paras. I’d love to see if anyone purchased one, maybe I can find someone who has tired of it. I am in need to compliment my Canadian Para display I’m working on.

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!