Martin the Medal for Courage and Military Merit/Service are two different medals. Everything you wanted to know about Soviet awards... I've always ...

Main two points was the evacuation of Tallinn and the excuse given that the merchant ships were left behind so that the naval fleet wasnt lost, very c...

their so evil....but dont they have lovely uniforms". Nope. Their uniforms are Camper than a row of tents.

No, in the period 1933-39 you'd have had a tough time geting into the SS if you weren't German. Ok all that changed during the war when they ended up...

You can use any bit of white cotton. It should stick up the width of a matchstick above the collar.

they earlier couple do indeed have 6 redundant rivets plus 3 higher up actually holding the liner, interestingly they are also slightly heavier than t...

Curiously, the prices of these have gone up - along with most militaria - over the past couple of years. Not really Sasha, the reason I have a box o...

We picked up a couple of these at Beltring a few years ago for £5 each and have been using them for Russian games ever since. Curiously, the prices ...

Actually, I thought of this guy too. Took me a while to find his site again but I've bought a couple of bits off him in the past.

a y-type (this is the rarest) ohhh the one i have strap is rotting though What you could do is take it along to a reenactment fair (...

I've got one of each of the leather types. The one I have for sale became a spare when I found a decent one in my size.

£10 for a ratty one up to £20 for a decent condition one in a good size - like the one I have for sale. The chinstrap (there are three variants*...

That's right, the two lines rather than a square. Also the D-ring at the back is D shaped rather than a rectangle though, just to confuse matters, so...

As I said, I don't think I've seen anyone wearing boots with the proper soles and I have looked.... lol[/qiote] The ones I got for my daughter are th...

Sorry, should have explained, I was just showing that you can still get wartime pattern soles and what they looked like. You'd have to find some real...

Here's a set of wartime style soles.

Did the Germans have white snow suits in 1941? If so Im packing one. Bit late I know but German snow camo in 1941 looked like this...