Recent content by TacHel

Kind of in line with the famous joke "would you like to buy a WW2 Italian rifle? Never fired, just dropped once..." :wink:

I'll take it Italian helmets aren't that collected? :?

A new acquaintance of mine asked me to ID a helmet he had for a while... A quick search on Google told me it was an Italian dragoon's helmet from the reign of Victor Emanuel III. Far from being an expert here... 1- I am correct? 2- Are parts available for repair? (chin strap etc) 3- Any...

Chas & Ronnie, thanks a mil guys! :thumb up: And Ronnie, the darn thing is, eventhough I left 31 years ago to join the air force, I'm originally from Sherbrooke... I had no idea these treasures were there until last week.

I figured I'd be a twit not to show you the superb 100% oiriginal Fokker D-VII I mentioned in the original post.

G'day gents! Long time! I found an incredible little museum in the Eastern Townships (near Sherbrooke Quebec) with a small but still quite impressive military collection spanning nearly 2 centuries. It’s in Knowlton, a small town of barely 5,000 inhabitants. Believe it or not, this museum...

There are plenty of reputable dealers: From Germany: http://shop.erdmann-militaria.de/index.php http://www.rheinland-orden.com/ http://www.huesken.com/ From Canada http://www.germanmilitaria.com/ These have good prices. I have 100+ other links should you have problems finding what you're...

Great collection! What a room!

Stunning! :o

WOW! :o

Simplement superbes!

:o SPECTACULAR :o

Same here but for Hessen-Kassel, and just like you mention, that makes the Royal cypher completely wrong... Weird. One of my references even goes as far as quoting the writing on the Hessen-Darmstadt verdiesnt medals, all 24 different messages, but this one isn't on the list.

Like I said, according to my multiple references, this sucker doesn't even exist... But heh... Hessen medals aren't exactly the best documented ones on Earth, especially during the early 19th century. Try this guy, send him your pics, he's a real authority on the subject...

Man... Are you sure this is the real McCoy? I have never before seen a suspension loop mount like that on an Hessen-Darmstadt medal... Hessen-Kassel yes, Hessen-Darmstadt, no... And the inscription: "FÜR TREUEN DIENST IM KRIEGE" I've looked all over my references and it simply doesn't come...