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Not many know this it seems! A while back I picked up a Vintage Autograph book from our local flea marker and was quite pleased to find among others two vintage ink signed photographs of the actress Hedy Lamarr. Now why post this on here you might ask?? Hedy Lamarr was an Austrian born actress probably most known for her role alongside Victor Mature in Samson and Delilah, regarded by many directors and fans in her heyday as one of the most beautiful women in the world she was certainly a beauty with brains. She was not only a model and actress but also an inventor!!! In WW2 she developed a torpedo guidance system for US Navy torpedo's though not adopted until the 1960's her invention which incorporated an electrical jamming system was later recognised as the forerunner to the WI-FI and Bluetooth systems of today. She has since been recognised for this valuable work and inducted into the inventors hall of fame as such.

As said, that is one amazing item! I've no doubt it's seen long service in Afrika, think if it was Sicily/Italy it wouldn't be so faded or washed out. keep on posting your unbelievable pieces, just loving this place!

Here is mine. It was in the mid 90's before I had ever owned a computer. My nephew showed me Ebay, and I had him bid on this very early East German helmet that I still have in my collection. I got it for $48 post paid.

A collection of some rare and seldom seen footage from WW1, filmed in Berlin, Munich, Tannenberg, Verdun, Arras and the Somme.

Here are my Iraqi helmets, two with provenance, from GW1 South Korean export, Polish WZ.50, Israeli export & Iraqi M.90 Corlon ballistic fibre lid.

Mint pair of M44 lowboots.No more a mix of hooks and grommets but only five to nine pairs of the latter and the "counter",i.e, the rear part of the shoe that stiffen the heel is sewn externally.Inside the upper edge there's a strip of uniform cloth that helped the M35/41 straight-legged trousers to stay inside the boots without slipping out while preventing dirt and snow from getting in.This features is not always encountered and is NOT sign of these boots being WSS! Cheers Manu

This is my favorite toy in my collection WWII air raid siren and it's LOUD. made by Federal Electric Company Inc. Chicago

I'll get photos of my grandfathers. Great uncles set is in Canada at the moment.

I consider it theft, and there is no honor amongst thieves!

BAST ARDS! I spent hours reading MoH citations and many of them are very moving!These imposters oughta be ashamed of themselves

ever so often there is some idiot posing as an Medal Of Honor recipient, seems like there was one within the past few months

I can't remember, maybe not as there are imposters here in the States

Give her something to keep her quiet mate..

Pair of near-mint M43 long trousers made of Italian "Cordellino",more commonly referred to as Gabardine.They've been found in Neaples many years ago and could be called 100% mint hadn't the owner shortened them an inch or so,nothing that would detract anyway! They still have a little tag from their last trip to the laundry (yes,the German units had laundries,barbers etc. )and a very interesting feature,apart from the name of the maker being used instead of the more commonly encountered RBNr,is the fact that the person who had to stamp the numbers over the maker's name must have been an "8" short,since he/she has used two "3s",one of them facing the wrong way! Cheers Manu

I recon it would @Ham & Jam, this is an awesome collection lost to a thief, but often we also hear in uk of medals stolen from vets etc ,,

Hi All, I found the link for the tropical hate belts and it is a very interesting read. http://afrikakorps.forumcrea.com/viewtopic.php?id=1847 D

Great buckles posted by very knowledgeable collectors!Thanks for sharing guys!

It's clear that you haven't been in souther Sicily!LOL Glad you love this place Bil..let's make grow everybody!

Its an abomination of a wonderful Incendiary Lenny! Im liking the idea though for a lamp.

Google for Belgian beers (just about anyone of them!)...my favourites!

A friend of mine used to be in 3 Para, he was also very involved in taking parties out to Normandy on tours, One such tour was at Merville Battery. He let the party wander around the site and went into the main casement to see the new exhibit, he had a book with him and was looking through it. There was an old gent standing next to him and happened to ask him if he was interested in what really happened, My mate said he was and so this chap walked through the whole area with him explaining what happened and where My pal thought that this guy must of been there during the battle as some of the facts that he was stating had,nt been heard of or written about, so he asked his name, LT Colonel OTWAY , the man that led the raid, Well my pal was in military heaven and later throughout the years was invited to many reunions with the survivors of the raid, In fact two of the Paras were within two miles from his home and one of them was the guy who threw the grenade into casement no/1, and you hear this in the re-enactment in the museum in casement 1, His name was Sid Capon and my friend spent many years and hours with him up until he died. Another interesting point is that before the Battery was opened as a museum, my pal and a couple of others went there. It was mainly overgrown but was being gradually cleared. He tripped over something in the long grass, it was a Bren gun, and he later donated it to the museum after a few years, and you can still see that there. One of the people he was with had to take a leak and when he looked down there was this German Belt buckle, but that was kept. When I went there with him I had all the various actions of separate soldiers related to me

I've been moving things about, always stuck for space..

Too many to list David!

No problems my friend @Manu Della Valle. There are a lot of grave robbing scum out there I admit, and I hate them all, but these aren't them!!! Please post a link to the thread when you find it. I am aware of the most prolific grave robbers out there. After spending 20+ years digging WW2 relics, you can't help but know who they are.

I am sorry Manu but you are wrong. The thread you have linked is a group called Legenda, who have recovered and given a decent burial to more than 14,000 soldiers over the past 10 years. Every single item they find with these soldiers is re-buried with them, and any personal items sent on to the soldiers relatives. They work closely with the war graves organisations of both Germany and Russia and give their time for free, recovering soldiers and giving them a burial next to their comrades. You should not judge a book by its cover. Yes, there are grave robbers out there who think nothing of taking items from a fallen soldier to make money, and those people are the scum of the earth. However, Legenda are certainly NOT one of those. Legenda are the good guys, fighting to save these fallen men from black diggers. Before you cast judgement, learn about who you are referencing. Steve T

They are a scourge on the collecting world, if you find items on the surface then its not too bad but these guys are digging into graves and disturbing history of a site, for the only reasons ...Profit and greed, they show no respect for anyone who fought in these positions and probably died there

I have to admit it, dribble is,nt the most attractive of bodily fluids and does clog up the keys on the laptop, these are not cheap now and i wish i had a couple

What he said!

Hi All, Here is an update the non marked buckle has a date and GB40 marking on it. The right light and persistence has confirmed that this buckle was as suspected all along and I am happy I think I might have a tropical belt and buckle fetish D

Ah!,The old 'Nepotism' eh bud.. Tell me about it

That "butter fly bomb" brings back some bad memories, but the incendiary is another matter, One of the coppers I worked with was sent to a local residential home for handicapped children. Some work was being carried out in the over grown garden and some new footings were being dug, They found something they did,nt like the look of, and so did the copper, It was a half buried German incendiary that was still intact. Instead of leaving it and calling for BDT, he grabbed it, pulled it out of the ground, walked all the way through the home with all the kids there and put it in the boot of the police car, then drove through a populated area brought it back to the station and logged it in and put it in the found property locker, right next to the main reception desk. Eventually someone realised what it could be and the station was evacuated and BDT was called, That copper was given a citation for bravery, he should have had his arse booted out,What made it even worse was that after my encounter with a live Mills bomb, I did,nt even get a thankyou, Very pissed off about that, even now, especially as this guy went on to be in charge of the firearms team, before being removed for dangerous behaviour and endangering other police officers, but I suspect it had something to do with his father being a Chief Superintendent in another force

Photos from my past reenacting events. I reenacted a Panzer Grenadier with Panzer Lehr in Florida. I was also fortunate to have the opportunity to drive an OT-810 converted to an SdKfz 251 replica.

Here are the remainder of my tunics. The first is to a Flak Uffz of the 49th Flak Regiment. This unit was destroyed at Stalingrad. As you can see, the tunic is named. The really cool part about this item is that you can see evidence of promotions over the years by way of holes where he advanced from Obergrefeiter to Uffz and a slight shadow on the sleeve where the Obergrefeiter stripes used to be attached. The loops fit the attached awards perfectly. The second tunic is an unnamed sani-soldat. The second photo of the tunic is used to contrast another set of LW tabs, which were definitely light blue, not medical. The third tunic is for a Communications Official with a very high rank. No loops for awards. The cloth is a very fine silk-like material.

Work in Progress

This one is more towards the East German Pioneers, so forgive me for posting it in the Czechoslovak thread >.< 1. Pioneer badges: German Democratic Republik, Russia – Soviet Union, Bulgaria 2. The greatest pioneer camp ARTEK (in Russia)

Still more to come This is an award badge for a winner in a competition organized by the PPOV (program similar to the GTO of the Soviet Union: civil defense through athleticism) competitions of the Czechoslovak Socialist Republic. Programs like the PPOV were designed to promote health, activity, and community in the Eastern Bloc nations, a documentary about honors from 1954 (PPOV first class)

Warsaw Pact 25 years, CSSR 1984 Warsaw Pact Exercises, Warsaw Pact Friendship Medal

I was so happy when I received most of my grandpa's stuff from WWII. I will never sell any of it because it's priceless to me. Thanks everyone

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

My collection got a bit better later... Still make me nearly cry to see what I used to have pre-divorce. Couldn't afford to replace it all now.

Before the Berlin Airlift medal appeareda little airplane device was available for the Occupation Medal and ribbon to show participation in the Berlin Airlift.

Here is the airlift medal.

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