wwii axis reenactment forum

I have got a repro one, it came from SOF, it is really shit.
I got an original one last year for £5.00(no scabbard) but still...
I am assuming most repro bayonets are from the orient.

Assume the worst until you find out different.

x1?

Well I'm far from an expert on photos, however, scanning a yellow coloured cropped edge photo doesn't make it any more authentic.
Is the paper marked?

Back to the first point, yes, equipment was new at some point, but it was being used every day, not just at certain weekends in the summer. I think that most re-enactors/living historians will try to strive for the worn look as it makes more sense if you're trying to portray a soldier that has been ...

I think it's a late 20th century fake staged photo.

Cheers, neebs.

Can anyone give me an idea of an average price for a Swiss splinter helmet cover?
(the one with the little dots on the opposite side)

Do you know how expensive knitting wool is? My other half is a knitting fanatic. So you have to get someone to knit a jumper and buy the wool for less then a score? Good luck I say. Charity shops usually have baskets full of the stuff, plus there's blankets and other odd assorted things to pick off...

You were lucky I was getting rid of the Bren team on my right hand side before I turned on you!

Anyway, Sumpftarn is not generally associated with SS,no matter what front they were fighting.
(Keeping on thread)

On a side note, parkas are remarkably comfy pillows when stuffed inside a plain white laundry bag and you're trying to get a few minutes sleep in the front seat of a Land Rover going home after a cold wet morning of British airborne troops attacking you left right and centre. I place the blame squar...

Is there no mothers or grannies left in the world? Time was not so long ago they could all knit, shop bought woollies were a posh thing, real people wore hand knitted jumpers, scarves, gloves, hats and socks. And yes that did include the German armed forces, along with nearly every other army in the...

I was going to point you in the direction of nazi.org.uk, but I see it has much the same songs you already have.
Lots of other good tunes to be had there though.

Just got a badge, same size and shape as a Gold NSDAP one. It is a modern copy, thing is the swastika is gold in colour, no wording round the edge. Is it a fantasy piece?

Hoffman Grink wrote:I doubt it - Fat blokes don't look good in trackies!

Tell that to Glasgow, Cardiff, Newcastle or even Yorkshire