I also want to badge up as South Staffs. Is there agreement now as to where the badges should now go or is Pete right with his pic?

I need to see a picture of this really. The back one sits OK but the front one has the left general pouch in the way. Move it to farther left and th...

Present.

but then you have to scrabble around looking for all the bits to rebuild it.

I think the left-looking eagle is the "political" one. there's one here for $50 although it's listed as the "small" variety so it...

OK I've being trying to hide my ignorance but what is WAF?

Got you. Thats a load'o'pouches.

Got you. They are actually labeled Front and Rear. But what about the general pouches? Do they stay or go if you're wearing these.

So what colour would the real ones be - black? dark blue?

I have seen burgers ones on WAF with buckles Any info on suppliers gratefully received.

The theme of my M42 uniform is that of an 'official war correspondant I have a 16mm clockwork film camera you could borrow - it's post war but would ...

thought it was a HJ cap Could be. Although I can't find any examples of one, even on the militaria websites, other than these period photos. Lots of...

what was the minimum recruitment age for the heer The draft age was 17 but many Hitler Youth leaders encouraged their older charges to lie about thei...

Another way to go is Volkssturm (B&H cackles as he manages to find another way to shoehorn in his obscure topic-de-jour). These were the militia ...

Thanks Poacher. Very helpful