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Hi everyone, Want to know a Waffenampt code? Übersicht Deutsche WaA-Herstellerstempelungen: aaa C. August Wagner, Kirschau in Sachsen aac Mannesman-Roehrenwerke, Komotau, Sudeten Germany aaj Obenhuetten, Vereinigte Oberschlesische Huettenwerke AG aak Waffenfabrik Bruenn AG, Prag aak Waffenwerke Brue...

Is there an article or something in a newspaper I am intrigued..

That looks great! Not like most of the ones floating about!

Sheikh Al Stranghi wrote:I vote for this one.

Bundesarchiv?

I know a guy on this forum whose grandfather was awarded one, he was a WH truck driver... :lol: It is rare medal I would be very happy to get my hands on a real one! Thanks for sharing the pics guys! After all I am sure everyone at one stage on this forum started or got interested in WW2 because of ...

Edit -Re-enactment group: Der Windhund -Event: "Unternehmen Herbstnebel" -Photographer: Johan Bruyn -Photo was taken: Forests around St Vith, Ardennes Belgium These guys have raised the bar... They have the best pictures on this forum no doubt... This one gets my vote! From their recent ev...

I'm just reading a book called "The Forgotten Soldier" by Guy Sajer. In there he writes that even after travelling across Poland and the Ukraine in the russian mud, straffed by the red air force and attacked by partizans, they were ordered to clean their kit, boots and uniform for a parad...

I put my cleaning kit wherever I want, and I'm sure the soldiers did to NCO's have a habit of weeding out those thoughts during training. Everything has a reason. I was a victim of this, ahh Sure I will put the cleaning kit in here, empty ammo pouch... NCO strolls along open your pouches... Ermm wh...

It looks horribly heavy... with a kick like that its probably inaccurate at long range, probably not effective either at long range... I wouldn't want it lol...

was always rotten lol

Well done! They look much better!

Thanks for that! Does anyone make a repro? I know they are around as I have seen a few on WAF that were deemed eastern European repro. Does anyone make them? They would not be that hard too make if you had the felt, leather etc.. in the right hands of course. Nobody do the badge? I have seen relic o...

Hi everyone I am looking for a reproduction Tschako, does anyone make them?

Does anyone make even the front badge??

Thanks

I spent two months in Israel shooting a series with Channel Four. In hot conditions I had to wear a British Tunic etc.. + combat stuff... But not all the time, we were issued with the Tropical stuff to when needed it felt great and worked a treat. It was hell on earth, as the stuff just made you swe...

I had the idea once to ride in Uniform for a A-level project, I was going quite fast when one of my mates stood up in a hedge to take a photo and the horse freaked... "High sided" me at high speed... the helmet came down and gave me two shiners.. and near broke my nose... Dam helmet :lol: ...