They didn't trust privates with something as dangerous as a clipboard and pencil. Maybe a Tech Corporal instead either way excuse to buy more patches!
Show me a man who will jump out of an airplane, and I'll show you a man who will fight!
General James M. Gavin
CRY HAVOC AND LET LOOSE THE DOGS OF WAR
Tommy helmet, SD cap strap, a red cap top and more white blanco.
You've got nothing to ein, zwei, drei, vier
I swing both ways.
You've got nothing to ein, zwei, drei, vier
PPsH sling, drum mag and pouch.
Pair of Czech TP-25 fieldphones.
“I wanted to come to the Volga at a specific location at a specific city. By chance it carries the name of Stalin himself. So don’t think I marched there for this reason – it could carry another name – but because there is a very important goal... this goal I wanted to take – and you know – we are very modest, we have it already."
Adolf Hitler, November 1942
"Comrades, Red Army men, commanders and political workers, men and women guerrillas! It is on your perseverance, staunchness, fighting skill and readiness to discharge your duty to the country that the defeat of the German-fascist army and the liberation of the Soviet land from the Hitlerite invaders depend! We can and must clear the Soviet land of Hitlerite vermin."
Joseph Stalin, November 1942
Interviews as QMUL and UCL. (Sod QMUL, it's my 3rd choice - UCL is tops!)
When we were a Kingdom it was run by a King
When we were an Empire it was run by an Empress
Now we're a country we're run by a..........
50th div badges and RA branch of service badges arrived today from Divpatch.com
I see sewing in my future
Cad
Impressions:
U.S. 35th Inf Tech Sargeant
British Royal Artillery Gunner
Generic SS Mann
Weapons:
Cyma M1A1
ASG Sten MK2
ASG MP40
TM M1911A1
WE Browning High Power
HFC Mauser C96
400 feet of unexposed 16mm colour film with an expiry date of 1985 and one roll of 120 with an expiry date of 1966 
I'm hoping to get some interesting results
A Mk6 gas mask bag, minus the strap, for a fiver!
When I want your opinion - I'll tell you what it is!
Cheap white cotton grandad shirt for use with my Soviet stuff.
Telogreika from Trident.
An early WW2 49th div shoulder badge, the rose in white metal.
aka Stigroadie
AFRA
better by design
"Truth is a shining goddess, always veiled, always distant, never wholly approachable, but worthy of all the devotion of which the human spirit is capable. "
Always within 10 days for me with in stock items, longer if he's waiting for deliveries. Did you check stock ? He might be waiting for some bit?
He doesn't bite, if it's been ages give him a call? Numbers on the website.
aka Stigroadie
AFRA
better by design
"Truth is a shining goddess, always veiled, always distant, never wholly approachable, but worthy of all the devotion of which the human spirit is capable. "
Original 1911 lanyard and two armed services edition paperbacks.
replacement BCA wood kar 98k stock from rsov
http://new.rsov.com/product.php?langId= ... cateId=132
only thing missing is the springer bolt and screw in cleaning rod 
h-nubs
guarder clear hop rubbers
thompson tight bore barrel for my tm
2x c702 mauser springers for messin about in the garden
delta ring for my M4
more h-nubs and guarder clear hop rubbers 
An M35 Gimnasterka from Koliya.
When I want your opinion - I'll tell you what it is!
Is that the 'Lend-lease' cloth version?
aka Stigroadie
AFRA
better by design
"Truth is a shining goddess, always veiled, always distant, never wholly approachable, but worthy of all the devotion of which the human spirit is capable. "
Is that the 'Lend-lease' cloth version?
Yes, it is. It's not bad actually. Made of a similar material to M42 jumpsuits.
When I want your opinion - I'll tell you what it is!
Which nations gaiters are you talking about?
aka Stigroadie
AFRA
better by design
"Truth is a shining goddess, always veiled, always distant, never wholly approachable, but worthy of all the devotion of which the human spirit is capable. "
Fusprech F Transceiver & Mikrofon 
Russian/Polish pattern-y-like Sam Browne belt. 
How 'late war' where gaiters with the natural coloured leather straps as oppose to the black?
Hmm... not sure. The only ones with black leather I have seen are post war ones. Even the first pattern (i.e. earliest) repros that Richard Underwood does are natural colour, so I wouldn't worry. 
You've got nothing to ein, zwei, drei, vier
Maruzen P38 (ac41)