Re: Do you have any replica items in your collection ?
However, this one would be a total fake. I have a replica fallschirmjager shell, and I know a bloke who paints them up, ages etc. I wanted the most unlikely helmet to have existed, out snd out dead set fake. We have decided a a double decal SS fallschirmajager medic, Normandy cam, full basket chicken wire!!!!
Re: Do you have any replica items in your collection ?
I have a repro German M40 helmet. But it's so old now it practically qualifies as an antique in itself. Bought it in the early eighties. In the same shop, there were 'genuine' helmets for an extra tenner. I may have been green as grass but not that green. On the other hand I almost regret not spending the extra few quid. After all the effort to make them look genuine would be worth a tenner. And you never know!!
Re: Do you have any replica items in your collection ?
Yes I bought a Hitler Youth dagger without diamond,thought I could buy a replacement until the experts on the forum said it was a reproduction .Out 50.00 bucks.
Re: Do you have any replica items in your collection ?
wz.17 Szabla Kawalerska (1917 Polish Cavalry Sabre) 70 uk pounds
Its a nice replika to have and my favourite replika on display or use if you get to, lol..... It is wise if ever buying such a replika and leaving Poland with it to make sure tell them first, i had some serious detainment issue and spent some time in small room for the misunderstanding on this one with the Polish Boarder Guard.....
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Everything here is reproduction, except for the bread bag, bayonet, shovel and repainted mess tin, and the shell of the M42......but everything else is a reproduction.......I do like chainging his gear around from time to time, today he Joined the SS.
I know he is not correct, Herman is a early war Heer display,so jackboots and MP40 pouches really dont match! and one day I will get a repro SS tunic, low boots and gaiters. And yes he looks very bright and new.....
He does have a real gas mask and canister, gas cape and gas cape bag, both original. I like having him to play around with.
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No not allowed guns, or replicas. Only sporting shooters and those with a license. Yeh all semi automatic are banned. So I couldn't have a stick grenade replica or replica rifle to displat
Re: Do you have any replica items in your collection ?
I really try and stay away from repros/fakes, although I have a few pieces
that either I knew were fake, or didn't know any better at the time.
Also, I can understand the reasoning behind buying something
that costs less than 10% of an original, like Fallschirmjager
or SS helmets.
I have this fake Luft Pilot badge and case and these two bogus flags from
the 70's, as well as two fake SS pins and repro caps. Also Victoria and
Military Cross copies for framed displays. I just recently bought
another repro WWI British Military Cross because it was fairly
cheap and one of the best cast copies I've ever seen !
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