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Ladies and Gents.

As we know, the steel sheath HJ knife pattern was used after WWII and is indeed still made today - by Böker et al.

Ive encountered several post war knives of the pattern -...

That feeling is mutual in regards to my feelings for most here:o

Agreed, recent developements very sad for the forum.

:oNo, didnt think of zooming in.
Anyway, Im currently on a small tablet screen, so that wouldnt have done me any good - I just tried and it goes blurry.
Ive seen period pics of the wrapper.
For...

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Its the coat of arms of the 'Guardia Di Finanza.'
The caption reads in translation: "Does not retreat even if broken."
The Finance guard is a law enforcement agency under the authority of...

Water resistant wrapper or cellophane for rifle/carbine?

I agree, Eric.
I lament, that WRF has changed for the worse.
Not the same atmosphere as there once was.
WRF was once a haven and an excellent forum, where one relaxed in good company and could be...

Thank you, Marcus.

You would be well advised to listen to mr. Saris rather than me, as he.....how shall I put this...., he has more likely forgotten more about TR regalia, than Ill ever know:o:D

Beautiful buckle. What a difference from the worn ones we often see......, though I like both variations.

I just checked; live rounds can NOT be fed into the blank mag for safety reasons.

The contraption on the yellow blank mag some term an 'inhibiter.'

If I understand it correctly, the mag well...

Thank you, Lugerlout. I believe the blank mag can NOT be used for live rounds, but as its a safety issue, pls wait for an opinion from 'seandm,' as he sounds like he knows more about the blank mag.
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What he said.

Long story short; after experiencing severe problems with the SA80, the ever competent HK was called in to fix it for a not insubstantial amount.

A bi-product of this are these...

What a great looking badge. Congrats.
Unusual design and IMO 'restrained' in the sense, that it doesnt resemble the FLAK, sub or other badges.

Amazing. Looks like it was made yesterday.

What the heck, where did that come from all of a sudden?!
I must admit, that I should have smelled a rat, when you started calling the posts of other members for folly. Quite the chip on your...

Ditto.

Great daggers, great pic. Quite the impact with a brace of daggers instead of just a solitary one.



Is that William Powell....maybe in the role of Nick Charles?
The man had style....

As I said anything is possible, but instead of listing every conceivable scenario for the ring to have survived, I naively thought it would suffice to write that anything is indeed possible.
I...

Item from the Graf Spee with solid provenance; salvaged eagle.

As mentioned above, as the Graf Spee was deliberately sunk by its crew in a calm and ordered manner with the vast majority of the crew having already been brought onto dry land beforehand in an...

Compressed or stretched swaz does look strange when one recalls how it usually looks

Given the ignominious end of the Graf Spee and orderly manner in which the crew got dry land under their collective feet, such a thing from that particular ship of all TR ships would be one of the...

I for one would be interested in reading that.

Welcome to the forum, Marcus.
My thought was NAPOLA as well, but as others have mentioned, they are not wearing armbands.
Interesting poing about the DAF driver.
Intriguing age diversity and also...

'Nazi Chic'/'Cosplay' from Asia - in this case China.

The dressing up in TR uniforms springs from Anime and Manga such as 'URDA: The Third Reich' about time travel, 'Kekko Kamen,' where a masked...

Indeed - and also seen in countries a lot closer to Western Europe.
Ive seen pics of TR equipment used at events/ceremonies in for example Italy as well.
Not out of ill will or being flaunted by...