There seems annecdotal evidenc of the beret being worn specifically in the assault actually and the steel helmet being worn primarlyly in the defenisv...

As foolish perhaps of doing all the above camouflage and then wearing consipcuous maroon berets.... something of a tradition of airborne forces.

Sten bandoliers came from company stores, they were issued out for a task and taken back in again afterwards. They were not an item of personal issue...

As regards price (in case anybody's interested), it works out about £20 more expensive than SoF - but I believe it is better quality. More a CPR pos...

I always wondered how the blokes used to manage to get a decent kip during the war, and I think the fact is that a lot of them didn`t. When you look a...

i've worn earplugs for years because the wife snores now i cant sleep without them. DITTO............. Does your wife wear earplugs as well then Ke...

Another top tip is to wear a pair of eyeshades ... I third that, but my problem is that I am , shall we say, nasally gifted, thye tend to ride up my ...

Thats an *amazing* pic Alex. How did the filmshoot go? Got any more pics?

Yup I think they've defintiely been put on by somebody else later. Also I'll need to check but i think all the medals are individually stitched on ...

What denotes the wings as modern btw, a google image search showed them to look the same as wwii ones to me?

Oddly it came with a british army wooley pully that also had Colonels rank slides on but with a ver dark blue backing, it may *possibly be* dark green...

yep of course its a full col. sorry i think a combination of reading a book on old H Jones and being on formidable ammounts of painkillers confused ...

In a semi related issue (although a little lowbrow).... does anyone else find their stomach shuts down for the entirity of a weekender. No matter wh...

While i can appreciate the need for face protection (we had a lad get his tooth shot out at the last 'cold war' battle) you've got some really nice im...

I find it really hard to stay warm and stay asleep too so you're not aloneon that CW I'm such a light sleeper that at the two events before the last ...

I'll dig out the pics of the 18 sets belt i took and if its the right one then i'll wing a pm your way.

I might have some pics somewhere. the 18 set belt is usually attached to two steel 'wings' that fit onto the set and curve round your hips.

Pics of the belt and shoulder straps of an 18 set are really hard to find on the net. I had to research what i was looking for by visiting a guy with...