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Leave it alone obviously that dirt didn't just come from handling, want a back in the day look? buy a reproduction. Eric

Robin A brit sub showing its Jolly Roger thought you may like it. 'HMS Talisman. Close up of conning tower and bridge with crew members including Lt Cdr M. Willmott, displaying their Jolly Roger. (Royal Navy Submarine Museum)' Cheers

In the woods I recommend it far away from the hit squads studying Italian passports lol! Eric

Fornication one step away from a cemetery stop it I'm having bad visuals. Eric

OMG where do you find these? beautiful. Eric

Very good thanks for showing Chris I liked looking at all the period gear not just the armies, social mechanics etc example those invalid trikes near the beginning who needs a battery driven motor wonder when they stopped making them? First 20 mins I'll watch the rest later...interesting. Eric

Hello Tony Yes as far as I know they were sent from home in personal parcels, nice artwork very nice. I don't see an issue individual kit in the tornister view but my German is not good either. through the years all I've seen are small cloth folds again some embroidered sent from loved ones and family, like this one.

Well That looks like it we've pre covered W1 in six days blimey! what happened to the think tank Aliens got em or something? Eric

Maybe monday I'm relying on you for authentication so study do your homework. Eric

Isn't that helm the one out of Haselgrove's book? gents get me they thump me over MGSs helms and thumbs up over Garde and these jobs..fed up! Eric

Some people will do anything prostituting himself for militaria, disgusting. Eric

I seen a bayonet for one of these before they look like a gardening trowel! Eric

Looks ok to me. Eric

I wonder how long it'll be before people quote figures How many etc...when someone asks me which is never I say virtually everybody twice thats why it should never happen again. One of my relatives what would he be uumm blimey I don't know doesn't really matter to anyone but me anyway, Gran told me he went as a child and came back looking 50yrs old sick, died in roughly again '26-27 his guts were all rotten from the filth and chemical junk, a merciful release my Gran said when he finally went. Nobody talks of the civil human suffering either virtually all the female side of our family had health problems their whole lives from working in munition plants with no safety both wars one was 14yrs old at the time first war. When a lad came back from the Falklands war there was a street party in my home town so I went along (the club didn't open for another hour! lol!) I talked to the lad for a few mins he'd never heard of the blooming Falkland Isles before! If there was a W1-2 type world war today I doubt the youth would go, seriously its all so tragic and pathetic afterwards knuckleheads look at a world map say "this is yours now this is ours" its stupid. Turned 60yrs last november one of the things I've learnt true grunt vets don't want to talk about it unless they're friends. One old W1 boy said to me in the club once "Honor hell where's the honor in seeing your chum with half his body blown away the next second from a shell fired a mile away!" his old chum sitting there "Don't listen to Pat, they couldn't fire that far...ours bloody didn't anyroad" true story.. Eric

Ed/Gents Got a couple of neat items on the way lugerwise, didn't cost much but way cool. Eric

Lol! wow there's some bits missing from that sentence...definitely. Irish School nickname my mates still call me this among other things.

Chris Can't forget it no import US no no with ATF for a start looking.. the 08/15 looks like it still has a full receiver in the US they have to be cut without papers. Eric

No way that's all I ate in Mexico!

Salad! rich bugger I'm living on oven drippings the rabbits outside my apartment are tasty but have to wait when nobody is about, cats & dogs clear off at first sight the word must have got out! I haven't been this hungry since me racing days when I frequented the sally army for soup in the car at speed me vision used to go blurry I wasn't called the rolling bones for nothing..."congrats Eric here's ya Trophy" "Keep the silver pot give me money what I'm going to do with that ?"..........sorry you were saying Ed ? Eric

Probably WW2 had a number of these over the years they're cool for odds un ends. Eric

Oh Man Ed we're both losers must try harder chum regarding the trunk love it......CHRIS close to a PO are we?? those things are light sooooo its just the size!

I'll take the LMG14/17 Here's a pick of the sold mg bayo good on the winner I say. blooming eck!

Thanks Chip Only found out about them a couple of months ago reading on a reenactment blog. Eric

Ed Did you see the 98/05 MG marked? ! I missed it some lucky blighter got a deal. Eric

Mervyn That's very good but old boy's I talked to joined up not wanting to be left behind mates have a strong pull, togetherness, a chance of a trip abroad, pull birds for a leg over even new clothes and get away from horrendously dull lives with future prospects...zero or a lifetime of same. Most would save up for a couple of years their holiday if they could afford such a thing being a trip to Blackpool and for the middle class the wonders of Scarborough always with the family people in the south to get away from the filth and smoke more than likely probably dreamed of a short trip to England's 'Disneyland' Brighton lol! Of course they were very proud of their country but it wasn't the main reason, that came later as part of emotional remembrances. Eric ps I haven't read or watched anything yet probably won't it's pc bs.