Recent content by Erik de Bruin

From a infantry officer at the manover training centre in the Netherlands: Congrats. Must feel a bit strange, eh? I wish you all the luck!

That depends. Are you looking for good repro's?

When I like to know how these items looked like I'm going to a museum, but that's easy talk for a dutchman, being neighbour to Germany! But there's another way: visit http://www.ebay.de (German ebay) and find your way: go to Sammeln und Seltenes (Collectables)- Militaria-1871.1918-Reich. ...

Hi Gamburd, What exactly do you want? I happen to reproduce cartboard ammo boxes for rifle Mauser 98. Those are reproductions of the carton box, containing three strips of 5 rounds, as I found on photograph. I reproduce the midwar version as well as the prewar version. The prewar version is an...

Ordered it, I'll let you know as soon as it get's in. Hopefully before Christmas...

Hi, For reasons of duplication I'm looking for the exact text what was written on the wrap-around label of the 50 ml bottle "Ballistol" oil as it was used during WW1 in the German army. I've seen a picture of this bottle. The picture's big enough to support in making a duplicate/replica, but to...

As far as I know, scabbards were enameled/lacquered, not blued. Knives and other blades were not blued till the twenties.

Also note the listing of colors: it's alway white for 1, red for 2, yellow for 3 and blue for 4. In German they use the memory aid "Wir Rauchen Gerne Brasil" (We like to smoke Brasil tobacco) The stalk of the troddel represents the bataillon, the crown and loop are representing the company.