A Box from Poland, full of hats and Eagles and other loveliness. 
A pair of grey thinsulate gloves, and now I've cut the labels off and stripped out the lining they look very like WW2 Germans ones.
Some borrowed bits of SS gear plus some purchased collar tabs, shoulder boards etc for The Drop. Spent a pleasant couple of hours re-badging and trying bits of uniform on.
Cheers
Martin
"Mistakes in the initial deployment cannot be rectified" Helmuth von Moltke
Toys: AGM MP40, Cyma M1A1, TM M14/G43/SVT40, TM VSR/K98, SnS No. 4, ASG Sten, Ppsh.
Arnhem3,Gumrak,Campoleone
Like that flask.
Got my Polish airborne beret & cloth badge, shoulder titles, eagle wings. Already got my collar tabs. It's stitchin' time!
18 month old Chesapeake Bay Retriever/Beauceron cross called Boris. Weighing in at about 44 Kilo.
Excellent guard dog - would look good with his own Feldgendarmerie Ringkragen 
Forester have you room for him in the back of your Kübel? 
Lovely dog JD7 
, bloody job is stopping me having one of my own!
From Anchor Supplies, Nottingham, today:
1 post war British signals canvas pay-out reel for D10 cable - £2
1 post war British signals satchel and shoulder strap, dirty but still with stores tag on - £2
2 war dated (1942 and 1943) British infantry pick axe heads - £2.50p each
6 war era British 2-man pup tent poles - £0.50p each!
A Proud Member Of 'Team Spleen!' who play mainly at Gunman Airsoft, Tuddenham, Suffolk.
From Willington Carboot Sale today:
A lovely period all-cotton Union Flag, for £1!!!
A 1945 copy of "Your Men In Battle" of The South Staffs Reg' 1939-1945 (Second Edition Sept' 1945), "Price 2s-6d. Profits To Arnhem Fund", along with some other vintage books and magazines (some military, some not, most pre-war) - £2 for the lot!!!
A Proud Member Of 'Team Spleen!' who play mainly at Gunman Airsoft, Tuddenham, Suffolk.
A folding caravan. You can stuff this camping lark. 
acm walther ppk from rsov,lovely finish works nicely £60 delivered,full metal maruzen clone
armoury
m1a1 Thompson,sten mk2,mp40,stg44,sterling,mk2 bren gun,lee Enfield no4 mk1,Mauser Kar98, Walther ppk,smith and Weston m10 and Mauser m712
Give me a big enough hammer and a place to stand and I could fix the world.
i'll kill a man in a fair fight or if i think he's going to start a fair fight or over a woman or.......
a problem shared is a problem halved ,but an advantage shared is no advantage at all
if a job's not worth doing then its certainly not worth doing well
They are lovely for the price but if you want yours to last longer hold down the mag release when inserting a magazine as the catch wears down very very quickly 
They are lovely for the price but if you want yours to last longer hold down the mag release when inserting a magazine as the catch wears down very very quickly
thanks for the tip,just had a look its a tiny catch i'll follow the advice
also received a collarless khaki half button'd shirt of ebay,looks very like the sof british shirt but for £21 rather than £45 just search ebay for granddad shirt
armoury
m1a1 Thompson,sten mk2,mp40,stg44,sterling,mk2 bren gun,lee Enfield no4 mk1,Mauser Kar98, Walther ppk,smith and Weston m10 and Mauser m712
Give me a big enough hammer and a place to stand and I could fix the world.
i'll kill a man in a fair fight or if i think he's going to start a fair fight or over a woman or.......
a problem shared is a problem halved ,but an advantage shared is no advantage at all
if a job's not worth doing then its certainly not worth doing well
They are lovely for the price but if you want yours to last longer hold down the mag release when inserting a magazine as the catch wears down very very quickly
thanks for the tip,just had a look its a tiny catch i'll follow the advice
also received a collarless khaki half button'd shirt of ebay,looks very like the sof british shirt but for £21 rather than £45
If anyone else is thinking of doing what I have also recently done, and upgrading their kit from a grandad shirt (mine's lasted 5 years so far and still going strong) to a re-enactor quality item - then I'd sujest paying the extra tenner and getting a Pegasus Militaria one, rather than a SoF one. I honestly can't recommend the Pegasus one highly enough. First off, it's real wool and a far closer colour match to originals; looks so genuine (fooled a couple of people so far who thought it was an original!) and it's so warm and comfy once it's been worn a bit (or slept in, in full BD, as I've done a few times at events period-style).
A Proud Member Of 'Team Spleen!' who play mainly at Gunman Airsoft, Tuddenham, Suffolk.
From a good friend of mine, she picked me up this as one of a little present for my birthday:
The King's Badge
As issued by the Ministry of Pensions to wounded and discharged servicemen.
A Proud Member Of 'Team Spleen!' who play mainly at Gunman Airsoft, Tuddenham, Suffolk.
once it's been worn a bit
I've got an original WW2 one which is also very comfy as it has had 70 years of wearing in! I can't get the top collar button done up around my fat neck though.
Latest toys, a set of GD insignia. (Thank you rammix). Looking forward to spending a couple of hours at the weekend stripping the SS stuff of my spare jacket and putting the GD stuff on. I also seem to have lost some more hobnails at 'The Drop' , so some hammering will be in order.
Cheers
Martin
"Mistakes in the initial deployment cannot be rectified" Helmuth von Moltke
Toys: AGM MP40, Cyma M1A1, TM M14/G43/SVT40, TM VSR/K98, SnS No. 4, ASG Sten, Ppsh.
Arnhem3,Gumrak,Campoleone
no probs fella
still a set left if anyone is interested?
From Kempton Park Auto-Jumble of Sat'
A pair of little-used 1942 dated rubberised canvas British dispatch riders over-trousers - £10!
(There was also a pair of WRAC/Womens Dispatch rider over trousers in unissued condition, which I didn't feel the need to buy... 
)
A very greasy Brit' officers valise for restoration - £5
A copy of M.T Drivers guide "M.T Vehicle Notes" in fair condition - £2
A Proud Member Of 'Team Spleen!' who play mainly at Gunman Airsoft, Tuddenham, Suffolk.
One of these:
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I'll see how it compares with the more traditional type (of which I have just bought 4 more)!
Bah, not fairy lights?
I nearly forgot!.... on it!
just got a few more bits for my heer look, y-straps, mp40 sling + pouches (its up and running with midcaps thanks to the advice on here) and a breadbag
should arrive before the next local skirmish, they all think i'm nuts anyway turning up as a paratrooper most of the time
