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Bargains, rare, interesting or bizarre items of militaria found for sale on the internet. Whilst the majority of collectors seem to favour British, German or US collectables, it’s nice to see items from other combatants as well. This really nice example of a WW1 French Sergeant Major’s uniform stands out as an extremely affordable, yet historic set from an often overlooked area of collecting. A nice been there tunic, showing awards as well as reused … Read more…

Bargains, rare, interesting or bizarre items of militaria found for sale on the internet. No matter what you collect, it’s always that much nicer to find a unit marked item. This example of an Imperial German sawback Ersatz Seitengewehre 98/05 is particularly nice, and indeed rare as it’s marked up to the 95th Field Artillery Regiment, 4th Company, weapon number 63. In the early years of WW1, German industries were suffering shortages in raw materials … Read more…

Bargains, rare, interesting or bizarre items of militaria found for sale on the internet. Many collectors focus on items from one conflict, or from a particular nation. There are others who focus on items attributed to individually named figures, and amongst those you don’t get more interesting than Adolf Hitler’s telephone. Gifted by Russian officers to Montgomery’s Deputy Chief Signals Officer who had arrived at the Fuhrerbunker only days after the fall of Berlin, Brigadier … Read more…