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China made in Norway during WWII, for the Germans and different Norwegian organisations [attachmentid=63303]

Some of my Iron Cross and Iron Cross related items [attachmentid=63302]

Ammunition. hand grenades, mines and saboteur equipment [attachmentid=63301]

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A nice collection of WWII silenced guns [attachmentid=63299]

Some of my Soviet WWII guns [attachmentid=63298]

A few German guns [attachmentid=63297]

A few Norwegin military rifles [attachmentid=63296]

Old Norwegian hunting rifles and shotguns [attachmentid=63295]

Old American guns [attachmentid=63294]

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Old Norwegian axes. Stone age to 1600 [attachmentid=63292]

Hello Here are some pictures from an exhibition, some members from our local collectors club, made last year. The idea was show the public what we are interested in and to show the diversity of collecting in this field. Also to tell people we are normal and not dangerous freaks. So 18-19 of us rented a community house and had the exhibition there for two days.?? 18-19 of us rented a community house and had the exhibition there for two days.?? Kjell

Absolutely fantastic, both the items and the display!!!! Thanks for posting!! Kjell

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Hello The rifle is not Danish, its an ordinary Norwegian Krag J?rgensen 1894 Rifle. About 200 000 were built in Norway but about 30 000 were bought from Steyr. I?m not sure when the production started or ended in Austria, but most I have seen is late 1890 or early 1900. The caliber is 6,5x55, same as 6,5x55 Swedish Mauser but with a different load. In Denmark the rifle was in caliber 8x58RD and the American version was in 30-40 Krag. During WWII the Germans in Norway experimented wit a version in 7,92x57 Mauser. After the war, rifles have been rebuilt to 30-06 and .308 Nato. Except for the caliber the biggest visual difference, between Norwegian and a Danish rifle, is the coking part of the bolt. ( see pics) The Krag was during the whole war. Some used by the armed part of the "Natinal Samling" , the "Hird". Some must have been used by Norwegian SS. Between 3500 and 4800 were produced for the German armed forces. A total of 13 500 were ordered, but due to sabotage the the order was never completed. ( The same happened in the production of Colt 1914 pistols and 40mm Bofors AA canons ) The rifles produced in WWII was stamped whit the year of manufaturing and had German acceptance markings. Also rifles from early er productions were acceptance marked. It?s common to find German markings on both Kongsberg and Steyrs, same goes for bayonets. Ho ewer this is a bit odd. The original production yer have been removed and 1944 stamped in the same place. I have newer seen the N C marking before and never a Danish crown on a Norwegian one. it might be one used by Danish SS volunteers in a SS unit composed of Norwegian an Danes. ??? Used in Denmark or not, the rifle found its way back to Norway. The small lion stamp indicates that this have been sold out of Norwegian governmental stocks after the war. You can find this on everything from Mauser C 96?s, to Lee Enfields No 4 Mk I?s. I even have a German Kar 98 A, from 1917 whit this stamp. Krag rifles, Steyr marked, found in South Africa is mostly rejected rifles from the Norwegian order. A few hundred went to South Africa whit Norwegian voluntaries, fighting whit the Boers. Kjell

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Hi Sorry for late reply, have been out of town for a week. The round is both explosive and incendiary. The green capsule is the explosive, behind it you can see the striking pin and the safety sleeve ( when you shake the round you can hear the pin rattling inside the capsule) . This is again enclosed in a bigger capsule.The tip contains white phosphor. The explosion is quit big for such a small charge and it's enhanced by the phosphor ignition. The explosion flash is 30-40 cm across and the white cloud of phosphor smoke 1-1,5 m across. Burning phosphor can be found in a radius of a meter from the impact point. The round was developed 1937-38 as a spotter round. It's German designation was B.-Patrone / Beobarter Patrone = Spotter round. In clear weather the smoke cloud should be visible up to 2000 m. However it was soon recognised as a powerful round against aircraft's. It don't need more resistance than 1 mm aluminium to explode. Towards the end of the war it was also used as a sniper round on the Eastern front. The round must have been both expensive and time consuming to make. As far as I know only 3-4 factories produced it and only in factories which made other specialised rounds. Will get back to some of them when I get time. I'm not sure if this was made to the end of the war or not. The latest I got, and have seen, is 1944 dated. I have included some variations and packages. All cartridges had a black ring around the primer, this means incendiary round. 1. The silver tip was the earliest marking, I suppose it was difficult to under certain conditions. 2. It was the replaced by the 2/3 black bullet. 3. This is a B.-Patrone-tp. Tp is short for "auch f?r Tropen" = also for tropical use. This have a paint seal around the cartridge mouth. 4. The same but in a steel case. 5. This is a B.-Patrone-tp-v. V is short for Verbessert = enhanced and have a green ring around the bullet. Meaning it have a more powerful gunpowder and is not to be used in a rifle.These were mostly used by The Luftwaffe in MG's. The bottom cartrige in the last picture. I have never shot this in a MG but several times in a Mauser rifle and it is a lot of fun. Kjell

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Good luck, hope you get it! Here is one I got from a well known German dealer many years ago. Kjell [attachmentid=54022]

The German WWII B.-patrone in kal. 7,92 / 8mm Mauser. It's in fact a small fire starting grenade, must bee one of the most advanced rifle / MG bullets ever made. [attachmentid=53558]