(left)......medals and ephemera to Corporal Lawrence Cowin,1st (Airborne) Battalion,Border Regt, signaller/wireless operator,D Companys signal platoon,KIA by German mortar round on slit trench,courtyard of...
In the UK back in the 1960s, one guy bought literally hundreds of (usually) bakelite gripped German K98 bayonets, all without scabbards..and had an idea....... He started to acid etch a few with spurious,...
Dont know why people are fooled by these..usually being offered for sale in america with "rare" rubber ink stamps to the SS ,Hitletyouth etc etc..........while the notes themselves are genuine..the ink stamps...
Following WW1 and the expansion of the RAf, airmen were employed within the RAF to construct new airfields and installations. A badge was authorised 20 November 1921 which was worn by the unit until...
often these are passed off on e bay..usually in genuine map cases...as rare,investment originals...they are not..they actually date from the 1950s..they are in fact part of a series of 49 maps from a 1950s...
The Timber Corps was an organisation within the Womens Land Army during WW2. it comprised some 6,000 women trained in tree felling and maintenance with members in england, Wales and scotland....their cap...
looks good eh??....although its very convincing..its actually the card box contained within the old 1970s Palitoy "Escape From Colditz" board game...this box actually holds the dice, counters and rules...when...