I'm waiting until all you eager beavers have paid top dollar for the early ones, reviewed them and sussed the flaws before I get one, or not!

It is Swiss, not the same as the German one at all. Usefull in airsofting for shifting kit I guess but well known to re-enactors as a bit farby.

I'm in the habit of resewing buttons on every item I get before I wear it in the field. It makes good sense to me. I dont think there is one maker who...

A curious collection, where did they come from if it's not rude?

B&Q used to do the Duracell ones. They are worth the extra cash in this case, they dont go dim after 3 hours.

They are simple digital images rendered to sepia but they serve to show the strange nature of colour and how it appears in monochrome. I've done them ...

Those pictures are indeed quite famous and they are of the Windhund, of the recon section, aufklarung. The collar patches on the soldier you single ou...

Thanks chaps, batteries, bodge leads and charger ordered, lets see how they perform?

This sounds like Panzer Lehr div. Some of their panzer grenadiers did wear the 1940 special uniform in field grey. The litzen were usually the generic...

What are you going to do with it? Collars were not piped in the waffenfarbe during the war. The 'Waffenrock' of 1935 was piped, not only around the co...

That price converts to about £115. If it comes out at that price I'll have 2.

Nice, what goes in there and are they silly expensive?

Why be so specific, if you keep it to a general infantry look you can change regimental numbers to suit the battle. Turn up in field grey and battle, ...