I am consistently amazed by people who repeatedly buy from sellers who have a seemingly unending supply of 'rare' cap badges from supposedly old collections. If a seller has sold the same rare Victorian...
WW1 British Campaign Medal Guide A wide veriaty of campaign medals were issued to British servicemen including interesting foreign awards. This guide deals with the standard issue medals awarded to servicemen...
When buying Cavalry badges the following are give aways as fakes: KDG - The 1898 to 1915 pattern - a very common copy but the fakes come with 2 lugs on the scroll (rather than at chest level or on a slider)...
This is a brief guide to collecting Del Prado and other partwork toy soldiers. Partworks have been popular in Spain, Italy and France for a long time but its seems they have really caught on in the UK in...
There are a rash of fake makers marks out there. First of all: JR Gaunt London were a reputable firm and about 1941 or so they did have a JRGaunt London mark on the sliders of some of their cavalry and...
Unfortunately Yeomanry badges have been widely faked - in fact nearly every version and type has been faked. Many are indistinguishablefrom the originals especially the single metal types. There are some...
As of the 6th April 2008 the Government will be introducing an amendment to the Criminal Justice Act 1988 which will see the addition of some Swords to the Offensive Weapons Order list. This is a list of items...
This is a very simple and straight forward listing of the Del Prado Napoleon at War Series. The numbers are based around the first UK release (some were different on the second release I believe). This listing...
The purpose of this guide is to share my experience of buying Playmobil in the last few years from all over the place. I've listed a few of the pitfalls in the hope you'll save a bit of money! Prices vary...
in my opinion of all things military, the item that most people get ripped off with especially on ebay is cap badges.to say it is a minefield is an understatement i hope my advice will at least save someone...