Just to share my thoughts with regards to items marked SAS, PARA'S RM etc or "issued to blah blah" and special forces. As an ex service member of recent times (80's through to 2000) a lot of kit marked with...
Having collected medals for 40 years I am not new to the hobby, but am relatively new to e-bay. One of the changes to have taken off in the past few years, and particularly noticable on e-bay is the sale of...
This guide is intended to help bidders avoid being scammed by unknowledgeable and/or dishonest sellers. It also sheds light on the term "Bergen".All British soldiers today call their rucksacks "Bergens" (Often...
If you are offering military items for delivery abroad, for most of them you MUST obtain an export licence from the Dept of Trade and Industry. If you are caught without a licence the maximum penalty set is...
beware this is a non existant rank before the second world war this rank was existant but was soon abolished so anybody trying to sell this as as an exsisting rank is not telling the truth try looking at...
Update as at Sep 2007 - Got 'em back. 7 years after I had reported them lost/stolen to the RMP at RMB Stonehouse my original medals have been returned. They had been in the Tailor's Shop all along - and...
I have seen quite a few medals coming on to eBay from the USA, Russia UK sellers importing them, most of these medals are NEW stamps of old medals or copies. The seller might not tell you when you are bidding...
Whatch what you are buying when listings are marked with a discription that says used by SAS, PARA, SBS etc as alot on Ebay are just normal kit that can be used and was issued to all regiments. Sometimes it is...
Whilst there is nothing wrong with an ex serviceman or servicewoman selling off and odd bit of kit here and there that they no longer require, and whilst there are legitimate official disposal agents and...
Till the end of the 90th, the USSR period, personnel of the Armed Force (Ground Force, Air Force, Navy, Strategic Missile, Space Force, Airborne Troops) used small and strictly regulated number of patches...