They may have changed there design but SOF BD used to be cut incorrectly and more like a modern denim jacket than a BD blouse. They might have sorted...

Belts stated out with brass, then steel, then webbing for sliders all as sliding economy measures. Post war webbing was painted black and buckles aft...

Green though would be very rarely seen outside of Canadians I'd have thought though. Not really, Canadian BD was sought after by UK squaddies as it w...

Yup the only thing that goes on the the smock is the para wings and rank... you do see some people put all sort on them but they shoudl be pretty bare...

I think to be honest you can have it under either but i was carrying mine under my right arm at Tutbury and Nige pointed out it made me unable to salu...

Very nice Martin, but.. stick under *left* arm as you cant salute with it under your right

Nice to see a solid regular Heer impression rather than the usual 'dipped in glue and thrown into a bucket of camo' look that many favour.

I watered it down about 4 parts blanco to 1 part water to a 'milk' consistancy and ound it soaked in well into the weave and dried off looking like p...

Regrettably other than Mad Jack Churchill and Lt Cairns... sword use on the battlefield by Brit officers was somewhat limited

Some pics of PBI this weekend representing the Yorks and Lancs regiment in the Western Desert 1941 (pics taken at Tutbury Castle) And one of ...

KD kit can still be very cheap, I've had three pairs of original war dated shorts and not one of them cost me mre than about £15 a pair. Battledres...

You'll also find Sten bandoliers only really prevalent in 6th Airborne Div. Nearly every pic i've seen of them in use is either Normandy o Varsity. ...

I've got a 1938 one where the paint is almost cyprus green originally and its been painted over a gloss olive green!

Urquhart was one of the military consultants for A Bridge Too Far, where he showed the shocking tendency of veterans to ignore authenticity to get the...