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05-16-2013, 04:21 PM

lithgow replied to a thread Happy 41st Birthday Adrian!! in Discussions

What they all said...

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05-16-2013, 01:18 PM

lithgow replied to a thread WW1 Artillery Luger - legit ? in World Firearms

It's a battlefield relic-rather the point of it being in bad condition, but 750 Quid does seem a little steep.

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05-16-2013, 12:54 PM

lithgow replied to a thread Dambusters !! in Discussions

'Per Ardua Ad Astra'

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05-16-2013, 11:02 AM

lithgow replied to a thread The Brits Who Fought For Hitler in Discussions

Remember Rene, we had the New Guard here as well...

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05-16-2013, 10:46 AM

lithgow replied to a thread Finds in the GARBAGE! in Attic & Old Barn Finds

Joe-do you have a National film archive in the US? -they might be interested although it sounds as if copies of this news reel aren't all that...

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05-15-2013, 06:10 PM

lithgow replied to a thread The art of camouflage in Discussions

Still photos are one thing but there's nothing more suspicious than a walking tree...

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05-15-2013, 05:33 PM

lithgow replied to a thread The Brits Who Fought For Hitler in Discussions

The Nazis managed to recruit a few dozen out of the hundreds of thousands of British POWs-almost everyone did, indeed, turn them down and to...

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05-15-2013, 05:50 AM

lithgow replied to a thread Astronaut Commander Chris Hadfield. Bowie song. in Discussions

I thought this was a strange choice of song given the actual meaning of it (see Bowie's 'Ashes To Ashes' which explicitly explains it)-Elton John's...

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05-10-2013, 05:27 AM

lithgow replied to a thread Revell PanzerIV in Historical figurines and scale models

Well done!

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05-09-2013, 03:51 PM

lithgow replied to a thread Information about brodie helmet in Helmets

The 3 holes are found on non military helmets for ARP, Police, Fire Services etc-it indicates lower quality steel used to make them-military helmets...

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05-09-2013, 03:35 PM

lithgow replied to a thread DWM Luger manufacture date in World Firearms

From the condition and calibre (the Germans couldn't make them in 9mm Parabellum due to the conditions of the Versailles treaty post 1919), it might...

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05-08-2013, 02:56 AM

lithgow replied to a thread Polish VIS with Nazi markings in World Firearms

That would be expensive for one in that condition-that variant of the pistol is the most common of them, and the condition is only fair at best.

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05-07-2013, 07:27 PM

lithgow replied to a thread Linked .303 British Ammo in Ordnance and ammo

For the .303 Browning MG as used in Spitfires, Hurricanes etc as well as bomber armament in power operated turrets for Sunderlands, Lancasters etc.

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05-07-2013, 02:37 PM

lithgow replied to a thread Obtaining a firearm licence in Western Australia in Discussions

The process is very different now-applications are all done on line-no direct contact with the Wallopers anymore. PS Did you get one?

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05-07-2013, 01:56 PM

lithgow replied to a thread Germans came ashore in Western Australia in After the Battle

Numbers of Portuguese and Dutch sailing ships collided with the coast in that region over a couple of hundred years or so with no local rescue...

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05-07-2013, 01:12 PM

lithgow replied to a thread Post your WW2 Australian Insignia. in Insignia, Flags and regalia

Rene-the RAF/RAAF rank of Flight Sergeant is a combination of the equivalent Army ranks of WO2 and Staff Sergeant (the insignia matching the latter...

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05-05-2013, 07:16 AM

lithgow replied to a thread Post your WW2 Australian Insignia. in Insignia, Flags and regalia

I have a silver plated teaspoon with the GS badge engraved on it-not sure how old it is though-'liberated' it from the kitchen at my old Res signals...

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05-02-2013, 12:57 PM

lithgow replied to a thread Berthier Mousqueton de Cuirassier Mle 1890... in World Firearms

A bump for this one-it deserves to be seen-a very, very rare and unusual weapon-kudos to its owner.

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04-30-2013, 08:51 PM

lithgow replied to a thread Sako M39 in World Firearms

Good m/39, King of the Mosins.

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04-30-2013, 08:34 PM

lithgow replied to a thread Medal Identification. in Orders, medals and decorations

The crown is not British, neither King's or Queen's pattern.

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04-30-2013, 11:55 AM

lithgow replied to a thread Post your WW2 Australian Insignia. in Insignia, Flags and regalia

Thanatos-thanks for the encouragement-Palestinian coinage ws a popular and cheap souvenir-have a cupro/nickel example from my father-interesting...

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04-30-2013, 09:12 AM

lithgow replied to a thread Post your WW2 Australian Insignia. in Insignia, Flags and regalia

Another RAAF badge.

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04-29-2013, 12:40 PM

lithgow replied to a thread German Tanks & other Armoured Vehicle Photos in German photographs & Postcards

They are good photos but can't have been taken in April/May 1941-the tanks are MkIV G models with the long barrel L48 75mm guns introduced into...

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04-28-2013, 05:28 AM

lithgow replied to a thread Finds in the GARBAGE! in Attic & Old Barn Finds

Our army was still using training films from WW2 as late as the 1980s-when I was in the signals there was a little gem about mixing battery...

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04-27-2013, 11:15 PM

lithgow replied to a thread Finds in the GARBAGE! in Attic & Old Barn Finds

What a shame-heroes one and all...

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04-27-2013, 04:33 PM

lithgow replied to a thread Unknown Bayonet in Edged weapons

Czech Vz24- Muzzle ring removed under German occupation for their version of the Vz 24 rifle.

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04-27-2013, 02:02 PM

lithgow replied to a thread Churchill on a fiver! in Discussions

Should have been the picture of him holding the Thompson and looking ready to rumble...he wqas on the 1 Crown coin in the '60s (have an example...

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04-27-2013, 02:10 AM

lithgow replied to a thread My Gandfathers WW2 Pacific War Medals in Orders, medals and decorations

See these links: British campaign medals - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia & Australian campaign medals - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia PS it...

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04-26-2013, 06:17 PM

lithgow replied to a thread Finnish Defence Forces release 160 000 WW2 pictures on internet in Axis Militaria

Nifty.

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04-26-2013, 01:11 PM

lithgow replied to a thread My Gandfathers WW2 Pacific War Medals in Orders, medals and decorations

If they were my responsibility, I would get them remounted as a set-helps stop them being lost or damaged as individual medals-court mounting stops...

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