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Some of my collection my main interest is all things Lee Enfield

I have a colour copy of the Longest Day in English. Give me a few days to find it and remember where I got it....Old age doesn't come easy!

Now where have I seen that before

For anyone who was wondering, which is probably no one

I cannot say enough just what a fantastic museum this is. Superb ammo collection right through to tanks ,planes etc from ww2 to the Cold War Im lucky enough to go now and again and work on the collection of munitions that belong to my good pal Ben Junier. Ive spent many happy hours grafting in the huge basement not shown to the public. A glimpse of behind the scenes was given in the series Combat Dealers when Bruce met Ben to trade up items. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Overloon_War_Museum

SS - ID Card. Georg Müller – SS - Untersturmführer 30 January 1905. Party Number 46581 SS Number 4700 1939 Iron Cross Second Class 9 July 1941, 1939 Iron Cross First Class 13 June 1942, Infantry Assault Badge Silver Class 10 December 1941, 1939 Wound Badge Black Class 15 February 1942, 1939 Wound Badge Silver Class 23 November 1942, Medal for the Winter Campaign in Russia 1941-1942 5 September 1942, War Merit Cross Second Class with Swords 20 April 1945, Golden Party Badge 12 December 1933, Gau Essen Gold 1 August 1935, S.A. Brunswick 1931 Rally Badge, Nürnberg Party Day Badge of 1929, S.A.Sports Badge in Bronze. SS Honour Ring.

Gorb Nikoloi - Leutnant - Sold Buck - POA Russishe Befreiungsarmee

SS Soldbuck - Szegedi, he was a Rumanian Vol

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

Put this frame together rather than have them stuck in a drawer I think it looks ok,just means you can't handle them.

Hi All Found a spot with hundreds of these buckles in today. Tracked down a picture of them in situ on a strap, but got no further! So, what is the strap off? The buckles were all found right next to the site of an old ammo dump on a British army training site, so could be off vehicles or ammo boxes......or something else!

Still nice though

Battle of Britain, first saw it a secondary school, was shown on a projector so showing my age Still watch the black and white classics, In Which We Serve, Ice Cold In Alex, The Dambusters, The Cruel Sea. Cross of Iron one of the first war movies I saw from a German perspective, still a good watch. TV Drama series from the late 70's Wings about the early days of the Royal Flying Corps.

A Bridge Too Far, great film and a strange point is that Hardy Kruger who portrayed Major General Ludwig was actually in WW2. His real name was Franz Eberhard August Kruger,and was acting at the age of 15. Aged 16 ,he was conscripted into the WH in 1944. In March 1945 he was again conscripted only this time into 38th SS Division Nibelungen where he saw heavy fighting before being captured by the advancing American Army, he played numerous German wartime roles since then, It must have felt strange for him to wear SS uniform again . His first major acting role in British films was the wartime story, "The one that got away"

You mean to tell me this is proceeds of ................Oh dear, oh dear oh dear

Yep. I found a Mauser C96 that I had forgotten all about, not too long ago in one of the vaults. I also found a carton of software from the '80s buried in one of our closets (an original unopened MS Word for the Mac, v1.0 or something like that, in there). However, more items than that are missing in some Black Hole here. They'll probably surface after I've purchased a replacement. _B

Must say most of my favorites tend to be the b/w movies mad post WWII . . . John Mills, Richard Attenborough et all . . . then without a doubt, Bridge Over the River Kawai (sp?). More recently - The Beast - story about a tank and crew adrift in Afghanistan. Not a bad yarn, and good cinematography . . .

Loving all the films/ series mentioned here and some new one's. Personally loved the BBC series, Secret Army and Colditz. Favourite film has got to be A Bridge Too Far......just for the accuracy of Uniforms, vehicles and kit....and there was no large scale massing of American tanks mimicking King Tigers i.e. Battle of the Bulge! Yup, I'm one of those sad cases that nit picks.

Yep, I remember those days as well........look what I found officer..." Bloody hell, it's a grenade " .....Bucket, Sand, BD......RUN!!!!!!!

Thanks Lenny. I need to drag out a couple more and photograph them when I can find the time. The year just kicked into overdrive for me with the Show of Shows a week ago and another that I went to this weekend. Needless to say, I am ready for a vacation Thanks again, Mike

Oh yes,i had forgot about the 'Stack' nightmare... Last years show was the quietest i had seen to be honest compared to previous Folkstone shows and Paddock Wood

Personally preferred Paddock Wood, easier to get around, seemed to be more stalls. Last years War & Peace was a nightmare getting there due to Operation stack on the M20. The parking was not ideal either, perhaps its just teething problems, hopfully this year will be better

I was looking for a German surcoat that "disappeared" for three years. While cleaning our basement prior to moving, I found an unmarked, taped box. Thought it was a box of tool---nope! It was the surcoat! I never have found my two .45 WWI/II holsters. They must be here somewhere.

I'll take one mate and stick in a £10 donation.

Danzig Cross 1st Class - Griep Hans - SS - Oberführer und Oberst der Schutzpolizei 7 November 1895 Party Number 2844328 SS Number 498663 1914 Iron Cross Second Class, 1914 Iron Cross First Class, Cross of Honour 1914-18, 1914 Wound Badge Black Austro-Hungarian Commemorative War Medal Class, Danzig Cross 1st class, Danzig cross 2nd class, Danzig Police Long Service Cross in Silver, Danzig Police Long Service Cross in Gold, 1939 Iron Cross Second Class bar, 1939 Iron Cross First Class bar, War Merit Cross Second Class with Swords, War Merit Cross First Class with Swords, Eastern Peoples Medal 1st Class in silver without Swords, Eastern Peoples Medal 2nd Class in silver without Swords, Infantry Assault badge in silver, Anti Partisan War badge in silver.

BZ 39 for the M24... note that this was amended to only be used in the M39 due to fatal accidents you can further info here on Bergflaks site http://www.bergflak.com/m24constr.html

Hi Lenny, Any chance of a sub forum over in Ordnance please for folks to show sectioned items. Could be handy for folks to know whats inside an item.

Good call Ham. hahahah.

We had a similar incident happen here in Canada last year: http://news.nationalpost.com/news/canada/fake-soldier-franck-gervais-pleads-guilty This moron took time to go to the National War Memorial on our Remembrance Day in full uniform, including medals that were not put in the right order and parts of mis-matched uniforms. He was interviewed as a hero but then real soldiers watching knew something was wrong when they looked at his uniform. I hear he got probation for a year. They should have given him fatigues and shipped him out to Afghanistan instead!! Cheers! Rob

The 5th Don Cossacks Cavalry Regiment Cross

Germanic Proficiency Runes Badge - Book. Wunderlich Karl – SS-Obersturmführer Born 16.12.1920 Killed 28.12.1944 Buried in the war cemetery in Recogne-Bastogne (Belgium). Block 18 Grave 312

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Same guys ,,, another Pose

Thanks! I do like the personal items like this. I have quite a few handmade bits now that I shall post as the forum grows.

SS Long Service Medal and Cross

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

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!!!!

Found this morning at my regular site and new it was some kind of sight but when home I found the markings Telescope m38a2 which is for the Sherman Stripped and in need of two mount screws and a hinge pin ,then maybe I can get into the optics

It has Steve and most brass comes up shiny but coated in scale but love the mix of finds

And I was there to see it Lenny!

I will be moving this on shortly

From this to this Tokarev

Self built from scratch

Picture of my collection...

Cheers pal, I'll get back to you with my info etc a bit later on.

As soon as my mate Mark Gaskell joins up,im sure he will also be interested Ham? He helps run some small project/museum thats being created on the Fylde coast.

I am interested in the marked bits H&J. Got any pics? I will add them to my displays at Military shows and schools, using them to educate people about the markings seen on aircraft parts.

Cheers! Absolutely worth a visit. Made these last december in Bastogne

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...