What's your newest Militaria purchase?

[Nifartachi]

Nice one, Jan. Did you got it from the vet, or his family?

[Jan]

I got it from the vet´s grandson, late grandmother was in the "Lotta" organisation and situated in Kutsa region in Eastern Lappland. I´m getting her two diaries tomorrow (paid and sold for). Nice covers on those don´t you agree, there seems to have been a short romance there with a Nord soldier

Rgds Jan

[Nifartachi]

Makes me wonder, did the Finns view the fights after the "Moscow Armistice", in the same romantic kind of way?

Nice covers indeed, Jan.

[Jan]

Well the bitter fighting against the "Kameraden" in the north is a sad chapter at the end of the war. But soldiers do what they are told I suppose. Burning down almost all of Finnish Lappland I guess was totally unnecessary but there´s been very little research on that. Actually the burning of Rovaniemi might have been caused by Finnish artillery fire....

[Panzer 3]

Hi,
My Newest buy is this trench club, it is 18" long to the top point,
it has a few dings and scrapes. It has been varnished at some time
i have cleaned the metal to preserve it. It also has cracks in the wood i think this is why it was varnished !. It has no unit marks
at all, and im not sure what country it is from. but not bad i think for £25.00.
dave.

[JimboCymru]

Geez...wouldn't want to be on the end of that Trench club....yowser ;-)

Jimbo

[S.Vestae]

I bought this nice lw jacket...

[Nifartachi]

There was no other place but that one to take this shot ?

Is there a thread with your caps collection?

[Jan]

Why is the eagle sewn on to the pocket?

Rgds Jan

[Adrian Stevenson]

Why is the eagle sewn on to the pocket?

Rgds Jan

Hi Jan, that is usual for a Luftwaffe tunic. Nothing to worry about.

Cheers, Ade.