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Hello Karel Do you have better photos of the helmet cover on display? Eric

If you come across one or a box full I make friends easy. speaking of straps came across a couple of flammenwerfer jobs over the weekend. Eric

Karel I love you man

Ed Pics are terrible I'm guessing the 'back plate' is some allied front thingy 50 bucks is a bit 'light' lol! cheap git.

Ed I've never seen a back plate before interesting they usually flopped the whole thing over their backs. Adler has a beautiful collection maybe he'll grace us with its presence. Eric

'JR 153 MGK IIB 1913' 8th Division IV Corps Prussian-Saxony Duchy of Anhalt (Thuringia) 1903-11 General Paul von Hindenburg 1911-18 General Friedrich Bertram Sixt von Armin (good man lol!) 1851-1936. Cheers

Gents me 1911 Erfurt showed up. Eric

Hah hah Chris I've another on the way......a MG job!!!

Yes Here's an early Bavarian frog its been well used it may even fit an 98/02 but shows the 'V' front at least they had a close to edge crease mark.. Belgium had one also but it widens at the shoulders then tapers, I noticed the v cut on this frog some Germans did that so a soldier could pull out the bayonet & scabbard, if you wear a bayonet and sit... get up lay down get up and take off a lot you'll know what I mean. If I'm wrong hope to be corrected its old news maybe some more info is available now I don't have my bav. frogs anymore to show sorry. Eric

Chris There was one on ebay for weeks but the dude wanted too much for the 98/05 bayo I was in two minds to buy it and resell the bayonet. This is an example why it can become confusing a run of the mill frog with Bavarian issue stamp 1916, fine very nice but it wasn't Bav. made. Pics courtesy of the BCN. Where's me chum Chip Eric

Oh man you only have to say 'Erfurt Bavarian MG' and I love it already!

Gents Just joined the Luger club its not mint like the others shown here but the price was very reasonable for me, a 1911 Erfurt pics are the sellers a lot better than I could take anyway should arrive this weekend. I have a 1911 dated MG marked holster and a better mag waiting for it, been checking u-tube on how to take these things apart lol! Eric

Blast! Where was it hidden ??? Eric btw I'm looking for a pr of the winter bottoms not the summer cotton jobs they give me a rash!!

Chip I had to look up the def. of incredulous the little blighter didn't have to press a button lol! I read a little the other night most went in one eyeball and out the other but they still use something similar with trained birds in those wide life programs etc. Anyway it was dropped by the Germans post W1 because of the advance of air power. Eric

Joe Thats correct the Bavarian facing has a 'necktie' look on the 98/05 frog some with straight sides not sure on the smaller 84/98. Eric

These little panoramic cameras are probably rare used by the Germans at Verdun and The Somme, a breast-mounted pneumatically delayed timer camera with a swing lens strapped to a Hun pigeon to spy on Allied lines the kiosk on the back of the wagon is a little darkroom lab. The inventor was Julius Neubronner the CIA later developed a model that to this day remains classified.

I've seen similar Robin but they TR with wood handles what makes you think it isn't Third Reich? Eric

Thanks Karel I missed out on one of those nice fabricated jobs like you and Allan have a lovely one on ebay that'll be my next focus. Eric

I only have two and a postwar dedicated shown before don't live in the fast lane like you boys. Eric

Picked up these this year very happy to find the steel job both Ernst Bush circa 1916 together with their big brother a EB49 with muzzle ring intact for the gewehr 98. Eric

Naxos Your photo is particularly interesting shows white boarded camo stripes the officer on the right appears to have one white and one black?? nice shot of a drag strap too. Eric

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Speaking of the Flammenwerfer did you gents see this bronze at the end of the video?