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For me it's my great uncle James Easton who served in the 2nd Dragoons before and during the first world war. After the war he moved to NYC and became a police officer before again moving, this time to California where he repaired yachts and opened a car company. He was one of the two people in the area to own a Porsche which landed him in trouble with old bill as the only other owner of that car was a smuggler, this mistake resulted in the car being ripped out as they searched for contraband. In the thirties he moved back to Glasgow and sadly died from a heart attack due to a unknown condition.

My family has quite a military past. I have many relatives who fought in WW1 and WW2. My Great-Grandfather on my dad's side fought with the 1/4th Leicesters at Hohenzollern Redoubt, the most heavily defended position in the Loos area. They went over the top with great valour and charged toot-sweet with rifle in hand, but as most attacks on the Western Front, casualties were incredibly high. Because there wasn't much left of his Battalion, he was drafted into the Royal West Kents and fought against the Turks in Mesopotamia. Out of all the conflict he was shot once, in the back, which made him hold himself odd in the future. He was a sniper during the war. My Great Great Grandfather on my mum's side fought with the Sherwood Foresters and fought at Passchendaele. Not much is known sadly as like many others, he didn't talk about it. Two of my Grandma's Uncles fought in North Africa as I'm aware. My dad's uncles was a Tank Driver in WW2. Not much is know of him. Cheers, Harvey

But just to add ,even since then I don't think armed crime has gone down much if at all ,as they just find something else to kill each other with and won't be a deactivated bren gun I know

Esmerelda??? You pair get a room. Or maybe that's how the name Esmerelda started?

It's a proposal, and I'm doubtful whether it will happen.The UK deact spec is one of, if not the safest way to deactivate a firearm. They should make the rest of Europe come in line with the UK and leave it at that. Even the Proof Master says it's unworkable... I'm hoping it is, and we keep the Status Quo... well apart from the double denim

Here is a nice item acquired this week. Called a Quilter-key and was used by the British Bomb Disposal units during and after ww2 to unlock the locking rings on german UXB's. This particular one not numbered to the original box,but you can understand that in the circumstances,spares were acquired from other units if bits were lost,broke or indeed destroyed if things went wrong... Its an early numbered piece,so almost sure it would have been used during world war 2. A happy collector i am!! It works like a socket ratchet(only undoes though obviously!) The extension bar is present in the box also. The locking ring adaptors are present and you can see the different depths needed to suit the deeper fuze pockets,for instance if used on a larger bomb case. Number 257 on the box and two of the adaptor rings,262 on the actual key and 331 on ring number 3.

For anyone who was wondering, which is probably no one

I know very little about air dropped ordnance, here's the only Germam bomb fuze I have...

To name but a few most feared fuzes that the Germans put into mainly SC250 Ariel dropped bombs was the Timed delay Elaz 17 and 17 A. Up to 85,hour time clocks so the bd man could not tell how long it had left to go. A heavy coil magnet was used to temporarily stop the clock while a more effective method was used to jam the clock.

SS Long Service Medal - 4 Years Service - Citation - Topp Karl – SS-Unterscharführer – 13 November 1939.

Hello all! This is my first post on the MCN, so I thought I would post a little something about the area of collecting I am interested in. I collect medium to large caliber inert ordnance, so .50 to really anything bigger if I can get my hands on it! Specifically in that area I love APFSDS-T and APDS ammunition, and 25x137mm rounds. Anyways, lets get on with some big stuff! I mainly get my inert stuff from the US and UK as there isnt much around in Canada but I have managed to find all my large caliber stuff right here in Canada. All of these are Canadian marked and used. Of course, all inert and safe! From left to right: WW2 17pdr (77mm) APDS projectile (looking for a case if anyone has some tips...) 1950's 3" .50cal casing 1960's 20pdr (84mm) casing (needs a primer and some markings put back on) 1950's 105mm M14 artillery casing 105mm Leopard 1 TK casing And last, and most interesting, a 4" blank, made of plastic, and made by Samsonite! Hope you all enjoy, I am sure I will be back with some more ordnance and maybe some of the few Canadian militaria items I have! Rhys

Some of you may recognize the helmet from the FB page, I think it was my first post there. Here is the lid in detail. It looks to have had numerous colors on it and seems to have had a long life "at the front". I really like this helmet, it is by far one of my favorites.

One of my main areas of interest is the study of Hitlerjugend related paper items. Anything from documents to posters, all can be posted here. I will start off with one from my always growing archive of over 1000+ items. First item is a DJ school assignment. It is a young boys study into German 'heroes', such as fighter pilots and even Sepp Dietrich! Seen on this first page is a photo of the creator and an uncut DJ Oberbann 1 rune. The book features around 30 odd newspaper cuttings from the period. Feel free to post your items! I look forward to seeing them as this website grows!

Finally managed to get my bd displayed on a dummy to go down the museum. I will be changing him to a BD company thou

Thats me up jobby creek then... i sometimes go on the pop down town in my german summer tunic. Everyone round here knows i aint right,i couldnt give a four-ex.

I had this come in as part of a trade and although it's a bit crusty at the bottom I thought I'd give it a go in stripping it down for restoration. Two hours later and hear we are,an awfull lot of people I spoke to said theve never got one apart but if you use the right tools they do

Cheeky little French "pom pom" and the big old British QF 4.5 Shell.

Welcome to our newest Quartermaster, @MilitaryMementos http://www.militarymementos.com/

I doubt this will ever be enforceable, even if it did happen. The backlash has been quite widespread throughout the EU I have heard.

Yeah British helmets used to be cheap as chips only a few years ago. Mental prices now.

At one time these were so common but seemed to be overlooked, I suppose the reason was that they were mainly used post war and into the 70s, along with newer made turtles, but quite a few of my elder cousins who did their National Service kept their helmets and later gave me them, so I ended up with a mixture of 1944 and later dated turtles ,all in all 5 helmets, which did,nt go down well with mum as I had about 30 British helmets already, I wish I had kept them all as some were ARP, Fire, Ambulance and Combat , some even had divisional flashes the prices of which have rocketted in the last few years, I even had a helmet that was supposed to have come from a fire watcher at Buckingham Palace Mews, now that would be worth a fair bit if correct

Im up in Kinloss for my mates 'Dine Out' from the army on 16th April... His missus has promised lashings of haggis!! Worth the 6 hour trip just for that

Cannae beat it.......with a wee Dram dropped on the top!

This is my Anti Tank Rifle..........the most powerful Anti tank Rifle in the World.....GO AHEAD PUNK.....MAKE MY DAY! ( Maybe only those of a certain age will get this...........) libertesoe AKA Dirty Harry

I love converted buckles, here's one of my DJ-HJ conversions...

Something to do with ringing bells i assume... I deffo remember you picking a shed load of these up Jeeensy as ive a feeling i grabbed a box the same day? waffy and jeeensy in the same forum...oh dear lol

Sorry to hear about the WAP show....haven't been for a few years but down in Kent this summer and Intend taking it in with my two sons. Was at the the old location twice and thoroughly enjoyed it ........as long as the stalls are still there I should be okay!!!!

Not tho thure Esmerelda,,,,, potthibley the boxth I did,,

Fantastic piece of history you've got there! Speaks volumes to me anyway.

Remember guys, we have a member map on the top menu where you can add a tag from where you are. You don't have to be too specific if you don't want to, just nice to see roughly where we all are...

In the wise old quotes from John cleese. You want to do pointed sticks , Deactivate em

Hi there, I've decided to introduce Cadet rank to the system, this is for all new members and you will stay a cadet until you make 10 posts. You will be unable to sell items or have a gallery, use extra features etc. until you reach the rank of Private. I don't want anyone to feel offended by this, it's just to ensure that people don't join up to sell or whatever without taking part in the community. 10 posts isn't a lot, introduce yourself, comment on an item, tell us about your collection. It's just fairer this way...

Hit refresh and it let's you post them. Was having the same issue on mobile last night.

Amoungst the weird and wonderfull bits and peices that I find ,this one was a 90 on the detector so new it would be something good ,and after an hour in electrolysis,this is what it was

Hi All Latest video of the dig at the British army dump permission of mine below. Hope you like it! Steve T