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Do yourself a favour, get out of that forum, theres obviously some self rightgeous ass wipe who likes to belittle people who are learning. you get them in lesser friendly forums, Express you views then leave, along the lines of " I thank all those who have helped me whilst being a member here, however there seems to be some conflict between one of the admin and I, in regards to his continual attempts to belittle me and act as a know it all self opinionated berk. I therefore leave this forum to join a more friendlier one where its members are more encouraging towards newer and younger collectors, where their opinions mean so much more to me than this one person who likes to act as God almighty and the be all and end all font of knowledge on militaria, which he he is,nt, and has proven to me that he is ignorant and openly hostile towards younger members,or the British in general, I therefore wish all of you well in your future collecting, except this one person, who I fervently hope has his collection stolen by someone who sells it all for a fraction of what its worth, thank you and goodbye

Hi @HetzersGonnaHetz, There's a block mode on here, but I can't block that DAK D chap and he's a right pain in the Butt-stock ..... D

Well I finally got off my lazy arse and snapped a few pics of my Bren and some of the accessories I have to go with it. As this is an Inglis MkI Bren, it only made sense that I have the correct MkI Bren combo tool in the spare parts wallet.

You shouldn't have apologised. In future, when confronted by a self-righteous tool like that, reply with the following.................. Hey! Just because the date you made on Grinder didn't show up at the park, don't take it out on me! You can copy paste that if you like.

Update on the display photo's. I have added a pair of "At the Front" DAK Y straps ( I just dont have the funds for real ones at this time) Looks much better than with the post war Bundeswehr ones. And YES I KNOW, he still needs a tan on those chicken leg's!

Well its up to you but personally I think your flogging a dead horse, it does,nt matter how good the other members are, if theres one bad apple and he,s admin it spoils your enjoyment and he will continually be at your heels, and leaving you waiting for his next assinine comments.

Hi @HetzersGonnaHetz Harvey stick to this forum mate end of problem D

Nice gift whatever! Why do I never get these things?!?! Now..... 1...it's not, never was, and never will be, a Brodie...it's a Mk.II...clone, 2...post war, made in Belgium, for the Belgian army, with the dimple on top to make the screwbolt head flush, which its Brit counterpart never had.the roundel has been added from someone's model airplane kit.the flag decal is common to all Belgian postwar helmet shells. 3...it has a complete liner with the often missing crosspad, these usually rot away if stored badly, so really nice to have together. 4...Belgian-made elasticated chinstrap in the British style. all in all a great gift, in fantastic condition.

Last two show my Bren mag box complete. Something that has not fared too well having been stored somewhere with a higher then desirable humidity level.

I would say it would be a good idea to pin this ;-) If anyone needs help let me know :-) Krankheitsbezeichnung Kranken- nachweisnummer 1 Typhus und paratyphöse Erkrankungen 2 Ruhr (Bazillen-Pseudo-Ruhr) 3 Mandelentzündung 4 Cholera 5 Pocken 6 Masern, Scharlach, Diphtherie 7 Grippe 8 Fleckfieber 9 Wechselfieber (Malaria) 10 Tuberkulose der Atmungsorgane und des Brustfells 11 Tuberkulose anderer Organe 12 Andere ansteckende Krankheiten (Sepsis, Rose,Gasödem und Wundstarrkrampf nach Verletzungsind unter K. Nw. Nr. 31 oder 34 zu führen) 13 Geschlechtskrankheiten: Tripper 14 Geschlechtskrankheiten:Syphilis 15 Geschlechtskrankheiten:andere 16 Stoffwechsel-, Konstitutions-Krankheiten, Krankheiten der Drüsen mit innerer Absonderung, Geschwülste 17 Krankheiten des Blutes, der blutbereitendenOrgane, der Lymphdrüsen und -gefäße, Kreislaufkrankheiten 18 Lungenentzündung 19 Andere Krankheiten der Atmungsorgane, ausgenommenTuberkulose 20 Krankheiten der Zähne und des Zahnbeins 21 Darmkatarrh und Magendarmkatarrh 22 Andere Krankheiten der Ernährungswerkzeuge 23 Nierenentzündung 24 Andere nichtvenerische Erkrankungen der Harn-und Geschlechtsorgane 25 Erkrankungen der Haut und ihrer Anhänge sowieder Unterhaut 26 Nerven- und Geisteskrankheiten 27 Augenkrankheiten 28 Ohrenkrankheiten 29 Krankheiten der Knochen- und Bewegungsorgane 30 Muskel- und Gelenkrheumatismus Verwundungen, Verletzungen und Erkrankungen durch äußere Einwirkungen: 31 Verwundungen und Erkrankungen durch Feindeinwirkung 32 Sonnenstich, Hitzschlag 33 Erfrierungen (Frostschäden) 34 Schädigungen durch Unfall (ausgenommen Feindeinwirkung) und Selbstverletzung 35 Allgemeine Körperschwäche, angeboreneBildungsfehler 36 Zur Beobachtung und Vortäuschung vonKrankheiten wound code 31a is for bullet wounds and 31b from shrapnel\hand grenades. Fehlertabelle für die Deutsche Wehrmacht * Fehlergruppen I. Im Frieden Gruppe A Fehler, die die Tauglichkeit nicht beeinträchtigen Gruppe B Fehler, die noch bedingte Tauglichkeit" zulassen Gruppe Z Krankheiten und Fehler, die den Untersuchten zeitlich untauglich machen, aber beseitigt oder doch so vermindert werden können, dass Tauglichkeit eintritt Gruppe L Krankheiten und Fehler, die nur eine beschränkte dienstliche Verwendung zulassen ("beschränkt tauglich"), die Arbeitsfähigkeit aber nicht wesentlich beeinträchtigen Gruppe U Krankheiten und Fehler, die im allgemeinen den Waffendienst der Wehrmacht nicht zulassen, die aber eine nutzbringende geregelte Arbeitsleistung noch erlauben. Gruppe vU Krankheiten und Fehler, die keine nutzbringende geregelte Arbeitsleistung erlauben. II. Im Krieg Gruppen A und B kriegsverwendungsfähig (k.v.) Gruppe Z zeitlich untauglich (z.u.) Gruppe L bedingt kriegsverwendungsfähig (bed.k.v.) Gruppe U arbeitsverwendungsfähig (a.v.) Gruppe vU wehruntauglich (w.u.) Fehlertabelle Fehlernummer Körperschaden Allgemeine Fehler 1 Allgemeineindruck, Körpergröße und Gewicht 2 Fettleibigkeit 3 Hauterkrankungen (Allergien Nr. 48) 4 Lues 5 Geschwülste und Knochenauswüchse 6 Knochenbrüche (Schädel Nr. 19) 7 Narben (außer Bauchnarben Nr. 52) 8 Muskelerkrankungen (außer Kinderlähmung Nr. 17) 9 Drüsen- und Bluterkrankungen 10 Bluterkrankheit 11 Einfache Harnruhr 12 Pentosurie, Zuckerkrankheit 13 Gicht 14 Gelenkrheumatismus 15 Nervosität und abnorme geistige Verfassung 16 Epilepsie 17 Restzustand nach Kinderlähmung, Rückenmarkserkrankungen und Lähmungen 18 Nervenlähmungen 19 Schädelbruch, Gehirnerschütterung und Folgezustände Erkrankungen des Auges 20 Erkrankungen des Lides und der Bindehaut 21 Trachom 22 Erkrankung der Tränenorgane 23 Schielen (bei Nervenleiden Nr. 18), Erkrankung der lichtbrechenden Teile 24 Erkrankung der Hornhaut 25 Sehleistung 26 Nachtblindheit 27 Blindheit und Augenverlust 28 Störungen des Farbensinns 29 Erkrankungen der tieferen Augengebilde Erkrankungen des Ohres 30 Verunstaltung der Ohrmuscheln 31 Schwerhörigkeit 32 Erkrankungen des Trommelfells, Mittel- und Innenohres Erkrankungen der Nasen-, Mund- und Rachenhöhle 33 -34 Erkrankungen der Nase und ihrer Nebenhöhlen 35 Erkrankungen der Mandeln 36 Verunstaltung des Mundes und der Wangen 37 Missbildungen der Mundhöhle und des Rachens 38 Vergrößerung oder Verlust der Zunge 39 Erkrankungen der Zähne, des Zahnfleisches und der Kiefer 40 Sprachfehler und Taubstummheit Erkrankungen des Halses und Brustkorbes 41 Erkrankungen der Schilddrüse (Basedow) 42 Erkrankungen des Kehlkopfes 43 Erkrankungen der Speiseröhre 44 Schiefheit von Hals, Schulter oder Hüfte 45 Verkrümmung und Erkrankung der Wirbelsäule 46 Verbiegung oder Verunstaltung des Brustkorbes Erkrankungen des Herzens und der Lungen 47 Alle Lungenerkrankungen 48 Allergische Erkrankungen 49 Herzkrankheiten Erkrankungen des Bauches 50 Erkrankungen und Missbildungen des Beckens 51 1. Operierte Eingeweidebrüche mit fester Narbe 2. Bruchanlagen oder Eingeweidebrüche 52 Zustand nach Wurmfortsatzoperation und operierten Magen- und Darmerkrankungen 53 Mastdarmfistel, Hämorrhoiden, Mastdarmvorfall 54 Eiweißausscheidung, Missbildung der Harnröhre, Tripper, Bettnässen und Nierenerkrankungen 55 Blutadererweiterung am Samenstrang 56 Wasserbrüche 57 Verlagerung oder Unterentwicklung der Hoden 58 Erkrankungen oder Verlust des Hodens Erkrankungen der Gliedmaßen 59 Erkrankungen der Knochen oder Muskeln des Armes 60 Völliger oder Teilverlust eines Armes 61 Völliger oder Teilverlust eines Beines 62 Gelenkverletzungen 63 Frischer Knochenbruch der Arme 64 Verunstaltung des Schlüsselbeines 65 Verwachsungen von Fingern 66 Verlust von Fingergliedern (Ausnahme Daumen und rechter Zeigefinger) 67 Verlust eines Fingers (Ausnahme Daumen und Zeigefinger) 68 Verlust eines Zeigefingers 69 Verkrüppelung des Nagelgliedes, Bewegungseinschränkung der Fingergelenke 70 Krümmung oder Steifheit von Fingern 71 Überzahl von Fingern 72 O- oder X-Beine, Verkürzung eines Beines 73 Krampfadern 74 Unterschenkelgeschwüre 75 Formveränderungen der Füße 76 Krümmung und abnorme Stellung von Zehen 77 Versteifung, Verwachsung oder Verlust von Zehen 78 Überzahl von Zehen 79 Erbkrankheiten 80 Tropenkrankheiten *Quelle: Rohr/Strässer, Bundesversorgungsgesetz, Bd.V, A 20 ff>>

Just a couple of pair I picked up long ago. First pair worn; second pair appear never worn. Had a selling fever and sold off the two tropical shirts and holster rig that were a part of the set. Seller's remorse, of course. Collectors' Guild had a set of the second pair for sale recently. Steve

Acquired this a Type 97 recently, great addition to my WW2 collection and my first Japanese item!

Wanted to post some pics before I delete from phone

Ok, after the success of the last day out, anyone up for this? Sorry it's the North of England if that's too far away. (Members overseas can hold their own MCN day out as long as you get a minimum of 3 to turn up.. ) So, who's up for a visit? You get to climb inside the Vulcan.. http://www.solway-aviation-museum.co.uk/

A cracking example of late-War M43 Einheitsfeldmutze/Bergmutze.This "vet" has seen action,is full of character and has been found several years ago.At first I thought it as a beautiful field-made cap but I reconsidered that checking it out carefully.It's been beautifully made and it's one of the M43s I love most! The earcover consists of four pieces instead of the usual two and it's been secured with stitches to the crown of the cap as was the case with many M43s and M36 and 42 sidecaps (gonna post one or two soon!) for no apparent reason,to me at least, other than aesthetics. This cap is full of great details and I'll post quite a few pictures to let you discover them one by one.The ,lining is made of thick fabric (the top) and of water-repellant cloth (the crown) nearly identical to the cloth the Windjacke was made of.There are no makers's stamp and/or date but the owner wrote his name on the lining. The top of the cap obviously comes from a recycled M36 sidecap and under the earcover there are a needle and a safety pin,still where the former owner left them. The visor is rather short,like on early-to-mid-War Bergmutzen and that's quite interesting for mid-to-late War Bergmutzen were just M43 Einheitsfelmutzen with a metal edelweiss sewn on the ear cover.In the pictures it looks longer than it actually is,but I don't know how to use cameras well,so please cope with me! This M43 has a neatly and PERIOD hand-applied T-shaped insigna (the thread it's been used to sew it was gray but it's discolored on the stitches hit by the sunlight!) well "sunken" into the cloth and a metal Edelweiss held by black thread. It's definitely not a minty,"textbook" (I HATE this term....it smells of WAFITES! ) M43 like many others I have in my collection,but it's absolutely amongst the ones I like most...... if not the ONE I like most! Sorry for attaching so many pictures but you can find nice details in each and every one of them! Cheers Manu

So I find myself in Whitby for the weekend as my wife is gigging. I'm tempted to go to RAF Elvington tomorrow. Anyone fancy a last minute meet up?

Hi all The conversation went like this............. 'Do you want this?' 'Where did you find that?' 'In my garage. Thought you might like it. Want it?' 'Sure! Want anything for it?' 'Nah.' Can't beat a free Brodie helmet, even if it does have some very strange decals on it The shell itself appears to be completely devoid of any markings, but the liner is dated 1952. Possible it's a WW2 shell with a newer liner, but possibly isn't. Either way, it's a Brodie, and it has joined all my other helmets Almost certainly post war Belgian, but they often used WW2 dated shells so there is a small hope it is WW2 era.

Or invite him here...

Hence, the cat's! lol No mice in my house.

Mice like it too!

This is the RIGHT place Hetz.......I've just left the MCN FB page because it's become a den of asswipes!Stick to this forum like I do and share your items here! No use wasting time on other pages and fora when you've got a family already! Ciao Manu

Awful spelling and grammar as well. Why put a TLA in a sentence and then have to explain what it was? Just don't write a bloody Three Letter Acronym! Tool. And it isn't '......what other opinions are', it is '.......what other's opinions are'. Double tool. It also isn't two full stops after 'words', it should be a comma. Triple tool. And why the hell has he used an apostrophe after the acronym? That would surely make it 'in other words is'. Quadruple tool. And don't get me STARTED on the use of the word 'could' when he should have used 'couldn't' or at a push, 'could not'. What a complete couldn't.

Lovely!I've got an M35 that had been kicked down a stone stairway by a partisan and then given to his son as a present...the partisan's grandson painted it blue and red in the"psychedelic" 60s.He gave it to me,I carefully stripped the paint with diluted paint stripper and ftom under the various layers of Humbrol paints came out the eagle shield and the scratched and chipped paint on the dome looked like as if it had been kicked down that alley the day before...gonna post it someday! Cheers Manu

As promised, here are the 4 types of Nebel. Nb NB 39 Nb Hgr . 39 NbHgr . 39 B

Hi @Afrikakorpsrat64, Great mate Cats like militaria D

Yes Dave, I am, once I get my response from John, I will.

If he,s in admin you wont block him, he can remove it anytime he wants, and then remove you without you saying another word. Get out of it, ask this John chap if he,s willing to leave you his E-mail so you can keep in touch, then leave!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I'm a few hours away but I'm afraid I'm off to see my GG Grandfathers medals

Impressive as always Nick. Such great condition, stunning!

Here are some superb photos of members of Panzer Regiment 8, these soldiers were issued their tropical uniforms in Germany before arriving at Tripoli in 1941. Panzer Regiment 8 was part of the famous 15th Panzer Division and these photos are truly iconic. D 15th Panzer Division 1941 Libya (North Africa) Panzer Regiment 8 Panzer Abteilung I Panzer Abteilung II Schützen-Briade 15 Schützen-Regiment 104 Schützen-Regiment 105 Schuetzen Abteilung I Schuetzen Abteilung II Schuetzen Regiment 115 Schuetzen Abteilung I Schuetzen Abteilung II Kradschützen-Bataillon 15 Artillerie Regiment 33 Artillerie Abteilung I Artillerie Abteilung II Artillerie Abteilung III Aufklaerungs Abteilung 33 Panzerjaeger Abteilung 33 Pionier Bataillon 33 Nachrichten Abteilung 78 Versorgungstruppen

Thanx @Manu Della Valle I have been fortunate over the years to acquire many field and or Theater worn examples... Regards Mark

Another STUNNING lid from one of the best collections around!Thanks for sharing @Mark K!

Another beautiful example of an M-43 @Manu Della Valle with loads of character.My friend I would much rather have another nice well worn cap such as this any day than a minty example on my shelf .... Regards Mark

I've got many LW and WH M43s @Mark K,but the 'been-there-done-that's are the ones I like most!

Morning Gents I was lucky enough to secure this Camo painted Mk II from a friend and advanced collector here in Canada some time ago and an interesting helmet it is as Canadian camo painted Mk II helmets are about as rare as hens teeth as most were repainted and used post war. This particular example is a 1941 dated C.L./C. steel lot batch number 33 it is sporting a 1941 dated VMC liner the owners name and service number have been scratched into the paint on the under side of the shell near the rim should make for a good research project. I do rather like the patina, age and crazing to the paint on this one even though only two colors were used I myself consider this a three tone camo paint job as the original painted finish was incorporated in to the pattern the green over paint is quite striking and bold and IMO is of the same color used early war time on Canadian and British vehicles and mobile equipment. I am still on the fence as it were to if this Mk II was used in the ETO and or if the pattern is a camo ( referred to as the Mickey Mouse pattern) that was used early on in country (Britain) During the quite times known as the Phoney War . I have included an image from Juno Beach were there is a very similar pattern visible on two of the Canadian soldiers helmets of course with out seeing the image in color it is impossible to tell but does make one consider the possibilities. I would say the image was taken with in the first couple of days of the D-Day invasion. Regards Mark

Now that is one sexy M-43 @Manu Della Valle and just the way I like my headgear with that been there done that look I am so fond of and yes I would agree that the zig-zag stitching is indeed machine done...this example just oozes character my friend ...

I am a techno dinosaur, my smart phone is dumb like me, I have a Galaxy S2. I got the little icon thingy on my screen which is great. I can get to the forum, likidy-skid, I just cannot post. I have no idea why. I can read everything, but not post. Not a huge deal as for me I can use it as yet another filter to keep me from posting some stupid jobby.

Phenomenal stuff! Just as impressive as combat gear IMO.

Some more photos of the Bren and a couple of the accessories as well. Spare Barrel and bag, wallet, brushes and such.

Tanks Tim, ,here it is in more detail .

I'll come back with s little info on pics as time permits. Hope y'all like!

Thanks chaps.. .here's a few more,, including the super rare Nb.41 model.

@Manu Della Valle, Yes indeed

Many ORIGINAL pairs of tropical Y-straps!

"If everyone is thinking alike, then somebody isn't thinking!" George S. Pattom

"The object of war is not to die for your country but to make the other bus tard die for his!" George S. Patton

These are rather an interesting helmet and are quite hard to source there is nothing extraordinary about the helmet body itself as it is a post Vietnam era produced example and they are quite common the real prize hear is the liner as it is a factory modified type II jump liner.Take special note of the A-yokes these have been constructed with slide buckles instead of the standard brass wire claw buckle system for attaching the chin-cup which proved to be unsatisfactory in Canadian trials as they were found hard to adjust and the eyelets in the chin-cups had a tendency to to tear away. This modification is thought to have been instituted and adopted post January of 1981 I did not at first recognize the dome stamp in this example and it set me searching for a comparable but luckily the liner webbing was nicely marked ( Liner Parachutist Helmet DLA 100 81 C3597 Speciality Plastic Products inc..) the DLA number puts this liner as produced some time in 1981. The extra added bonus is the rear shock absorption pad which sole purpose was to be used during the jump for extra support is still present as on the norm they are missing as they are discarded after the jump... Regards Mark

Really impressive mutze, Manu, nice & salty just how they should be!

Thank you for everything, Davejb. And I WAS wrong with the serial number, DAK D. It is indeed 20267.

My obsession with the 100th anniversary of Verdun has gotten me hooked on collecting French militaria. Starting with these, a 1914-1918 Croix de Guerre, and a Legion de Honneur from the 3rd Republic.