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Yup....I am still leaning towards a reproduction buckle. Belt hook, prong tips and the lack of detail to the front are what have me leaning towards repro. I'm sure I have seen other buckles like this accepted as reproduction from other buckle collectors. I would have to dig on other forums to find it. Cheers! Rob

Ha Ha, you remind me of a guy who was always at Farnham Arms fair and others, he had a stall but was always dressed in German uniforms, but at least they were all real, he was actually a nice guy and would talk to you if you asked a question, not like some of them. one guy a long time ago actually told me to bugger off once and I do mean once, I,m afraid I had to give him a dressing down in front of the other stall holders, when he threatened to punch me I had to produce my warrant card and asked him if he would like to be arrested and all his gear taken back to the local nick, he apologised and offered me a discounted M43 cap, which I turned down, I took it as a a half hearted bribe of appeasement

The rings on the two fuzes above were attached to the launching rail or aircraft pylon by wires which pulled and activated the fuzes on launch. The bottom threads are were the gaines attached(Penthrite wax filling) The collection graced by this smashing booklet i was given when i left my last firm.

Take yer time Lenny, and thank you for all the hard work in putting this together, on top of making a living and caring for a family! Cheers to you Mate!

After seeing that ridiculous priced V-1 Rudder on ebay,i thought a show and tell Sunday in order. Here is a selection of various parts from my collection for your perusal. The Odemeter from the front of the missile,Various fuzes. There are two examples of the ELAZ 106 fuze. 17Bm and VZ80 fuzes. Also pictured is a piece of petrol pipe for the infamous sounding Argus pulse-detonation engine. The odometer was set to cut off the fuel supply after a certain number of revolutions. Mine is the best example ive ever seen and cost a fortune! The ELAZ fuzes are undergoing restoration and are missing outer cases at the moment. The rudder shown has the steering lug attached unlike that ludicrously priced one on fleabay

To name but a few most feared fuzes that the Germans put into mainly SC250 Ariel dropped bombs was the Timed delay Elaz 17 and 17 A. Up to 85,hour time clocks so the bd man could not tell how long it had left to go. A heavy coil magnet was used to temporarily stop the clock while a more effective method was used to jam the clock.

Some of my collection my main interest is all things Lee Enfield

Lately I have not been buying much, but I have been collecting for close to 50 years and have many boxes of stuff.I have started going thru the boxes and have been pleasantly surprised by some of the items that I completely forgot that I had .I think I have too much stuff,medals badges,patches etc.Are any of you guys having the same experience?

Ok, after a false start last night, all seems well with the new image storage. There may be a few pictures still crossing over, but almost there. No more limits on picture uploads, although there is a staggered policy so in effect only officers get unlimited uploads. (along with a few other benefits which are coming soon. You can buy a field commission if you wish to help the forum cover hosting costs etc.) Please remember that although there is no limit on picture uploads, the more we upload the more I pay every month so take it easy. All field commissions, quartermaster purchases and donations go towards server hosting, picture storage and software costs. Any profit after that will be donated to military veterans charities. Anyway, any problems give me a shout....

Here's my last DAF....the cream of the crop! It's a Gold DAF that is quite hard to find. Assume these were used by higher ranking members. You don't see these come up for sale often. I do like it quite a bit. Cheers! Rob

test Ok, the problem with Amazon S3 seems to be fixed. The post images are starting to propagate over, so fingers crossed this time it works.... blood sweat and tears guys...

@Ham & Jam Nice choices... not seen the 1st one before

hahahaahaha.. haven't seen that in years.

We had a similar incident happen here in Canada last year: http://news.nationalpost.com/news/canada/fake-soldier-franck-gervais-pleads-guilty This moron took time to go to the National War Memorial on our Remembrance Day in full uniform, including medals that were not put in the right order and parts of mis-matched uniforms. He was interviewed as a hero but then real soldiers watching knew something was wrong when they looked at his uniform. I hear he got probation for a year. They should have given him fatigues and shipped him out to Afghanistan instead!! Cheers! Rob

Fantastic....

Nope, they are visible... lovely bits.

I had to redo profile picture but all looks good and seems to be fine. Thanks!

Everything looks good on my end @Lenny and thank you for all you do. You have a great day. and thanks again

I've been able to login as him, all looks fine... can you ask him to refresh his window, switch his computer off an on again and try again????

Yes, 13 years as a Police Photographer / SOCO for Strathclyde Police, based in Glasgow...

So you got ME 1/2 and he got 1/2 09 , sounds like a fair arrangement

Beauty buckle! I love the markings on this example.....and to have the packet is TOPS! Awesome! Rob

Love these buckles! Thanks for sharing. Here is one of mine that is also in pretty decent shape. Cheers! Rob

Ok pal ,just because my names Audie Murphy , theres no need to take the piss!!!

I'm at Gretna services, home soon and will check...

All looks like it's working fine Lenny. Thanks I'll check on my pc in a bit.

View of the clockwork,setter and fuze together and an application example. Container shown is the AB-1000-2 for 610 B-1 Incendiary bombs. As it was dropped,vanes deployed in the air after fuze burst to throw out the incendiaries. There was a relic example for sale at last years W+P show in Kent.

Hello There, Looking at the images and your question.....I can only see the sign "Minen"...with a crash hat on????? Is it right or do I need another drink quick??? Best to you..IanB

Sergeant Smith, pictured here next to a GI Joe, was considered to be the smallest man in the Army

Just ordered this one. All about the Earl of Suffolk and his brave team during world war 2

Daniel,Nice collection

That's pretty cool. It would keep the collection warm.

Evening all. I have graciously consented to join your forum. I will attempt to spread my Antipodean magnificence around as much as possible. Females ought to be made aware that I produce stupendous quantities of testosterone. Come closer than 50 meters and you will immediately fall pregnant. Best Regards, Ted

Ha ha, do this all the time! Of course I know it's there..... lol

I dip into Militariamart quite often. Many Dealers now have FaceBook pages that alert you to site updates.

Ok, should all be good, can you check?

There seems a bug in the software, working in it. The images are all backed up obviously but need to sort this issue...

That unfinished Mills is quite a rarity, I,ve never seen one before, even the filler hole has,nt been tapped with threads, or the top drilled for the striker. I would say that came direct from the foundry but I,m not sure if these were sent away to the armouries like that to have all the remaining tooling done

nice collection Christopher

Cheeky little French "pom pom" and the big old British QF 4.5 Shell.

Er, you seem to have a few Grenades there, I had 6 at one time, now i,ve only got one Mills 36 but the casing is dated 1918, but in perfect condition, brown paint, with ring and spoon, spring in great shape, never been filled, base plug dated WW2, yet this came straight from the Vet who used this in explaining to recruits the workings of the Mills. An interesting point about the Mills, is that many people dont realise the explosive power it releases. When I was in my 20s, a friend of mine was a scientist at the ERDE(Explosive Research Development Establishment) in Hertfordshire.This place was used for testing ordnance and on site there were huge bunkers that had a macer top to them to allow concussion to escape, we saw him set up a remote controlled Mills and then retreated to a safe area of 400yds, One of the guys pushed the detonator and the whole ground shook, all of a sudden a large chunk of hot shrapnel landed 6 feet from where we were standing, 400 YARDS AWAY, we were all shocked, even my friend was taken aback as he had blown up tons of ordnance including Mills bombs and none had ever got past the macer before, It just shows how powerful the Mills was, especially in a confined space. But his job was a dangerous one , he even advised on terrorist bombs found in NI and abroad and regularly travelled to different places and was top security rated, what a job to have, except if one of the bombs he was testing did,nt go off, he had to go back in to see why not

This is my Anti Tank Rifle..........the most powerful Anti tank Rifle in the World.....GO AHEAD PUNK.....MAKE MY DAY! ( Maybe only those of a certain age will get this...........) libertesoe AKA Dirty Harry

Also if you look at that lovely waff stamping,its exclusive to the luftwaffe. You see the 'chicken' eagle surrounding the inspectors number(57 in this instance)...Look at the curly 'L' thats round the number. Gotto love the designers.

Nowt wrong with that Lenny,its not a bad starter fuze at all mate. Bakelite container too. Type 25B(impact fuze) as you say with a selector switch for quick and slight delay settings. I can tell you that the two dots just to the left of the ELAZ denote its for winter use. will dig up some more info the 'morrow.

Steve assured Dave that his M1 had the same recoil force as his, but had opened the back door just in case........

I'd expect the backs to be a little discoloured over time, also a printed trademark such as "Agfa", "Velox" or "Kodak" on the reverse.either that or an official stamp such as "Aktuelles Wehrmachtfoto", a photographical company or a handwritten annotation.have also seen ink stamped numbers as a serial no.

My B-Day is on the 28/03 so I'll go and have a look and hopefully see something I like.

Nice collection, the KVK1's are stunning

Err, no, not after the last one you sent...