The German armed forces during WWII were very particular about the consistency and quality of the badges, medals, uniforms, daggers and many other items they employed. As the size of the armed forces grew so did the need for the items listed above.
The need to centralize the control of quality was pressing. They need [...]
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Tips on German Dagger Markings
German Medals and Badges
Standard German form was to display decorations on the front left pocket of a uniform. Both military and paramilitary forces were awarded the same decorations, with such Nazi organizations as the SS eligible for the same awards as the regular military.
Nazi Uniforms in Octoberfest
They wanted to celebrate, have fun – and they would probably provoke. For her dorm party disguised themselves as students in New Zealand Nazi thugs and concentration camp inmates. The solid-line is ashamed of the derailment of the freshmen.
It should come as German, it said. And then they came as Nazis. Students at Lincoln University [...]
Nazi Dagger on Clevedon Antiques Auction
A fine collection of militaria will go on sale at a North Somerset auctioneers next month.
Clevedon Salerooms latest quarterly offering boasts just shy of 800 carefully selected lots.
Auctioneer Toby Pinn said: “A particularly interesting militaria section has created global interest and includes what has been described by Collectors as one of the finest private collections [...]
German WW2 Small Arms
This is a slideshow showing you all the major small arms used by the Germans during WWII (I know I forgot to add the Walther PP and the MP41). I worked very, very hard on this. I welcome people’s questions and correcting me on guns I might have missed. However, if your going to be [...]
