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Just received Vol. III. Very well done! I love the smell of new books in the morning, smells like insight!

Opinions Mixed On Welsh Guards Now Being Allowed To Sport Facial Hair https://www.forbes.com/sites/petersuciu/2024/04/17/opinions-mixed-on-welsh-guards-now-being-allowed-to-sport-facial-hair/?sh=17bfa0fe7761

My story on the Renault FT Tank https://www.thearmorylife.com/renault-ft-origin-of-the-modern-tank/

I found it really disappointing. Ridley Scott is a film director, and this subject just has too much material for him to tackle. Napoleon Bonaparte's career would have been better as a mini-series or multi-season series. Hollywood stretched out The Hobbit into three long movies but took the...

It is a tradition of mine to watch the weather. Though not as nice as last year, we should have a pleasant Wednesday move-in with 65 degrees and sun. Thursday will rain, but still in the low 50s on Friday/Saturday. I'll take it.

My history of the Madsen Light Machine Gun: https://www.thearmorylife.com/madsen-light-machine-gun/

It is just a straw hat that someone put an Imperial cockade on. Over the years I've seen Imperial cockades on dozens of sun helmets... often U.S. Model 1887/89 helmets, French M31 helmets, and even Italian helmets. Take a $10 cockade and a $200 American helmet and you have a "rare" Imperial...

AI determined what cartoon characters would look like in real life. This is Yosemite Sam. https://www.msn.com/en-us/lifestyle/lifestyle-buzz/what-31-cartoon-character-probably-look-like-in-real-life/ss-AA1j06zB?ocid=msedgdhp&pc=HCTS&cvid=9a97779572c84ee7b4fa2c68f3bd015e&ei=24#image=14

As I mentioned in the other thread, I believe the helmet is actually a 1970s era replica. The type of liner system isn't Edwardian, and was introduced much later.

I think it is a 1970s reproduction helmet with an Edwardian badge and hardware added. The liner type is one that wasn't used in period helmets. Sorry for the bad news.

I would need to see the interior.

My feature on the history of the Hotchkiss Mle 1914: https://www.thearmorylife.com/hotchkiss-mle-1914/

Is anyone going to SOS this year, and doesn't have a table? Send me a message, as I can use an extra table helper for setup.

It looks like a civilian sun helmet to me, and I would think perhaps even later than interwar. This could be from the 1950s based on the construction.

Very nice James. Was this U.S. Army or one of the militia units?

I would attend but my wife and I are moving to the new house. I'm strapped for cash and I hope to have the movers bring over the big stuff that Friday.

Well, this is my last year in my neighborhood, and we have a lot of children now. Some people go all out for Halloween, and I decided to do a "War of the Dead" display on the lawn. Well, this cost about $20 in uniforms, and I made the machine gun.

It isn't just some cities that are on the decline. It is hitting the 'burbs too. I lived in New York City for almost two decades. My wife and I saw Hell's Kitchen improve, and we later lived in South Harlem and saw the start of its return. Then we moved to Michigan and I live in the house my...

Milestone Auctions claims this is an Ottoman helmet. Weren't these just for the German military? https://milestoneauctions.hibid.com/lot/166090689/wwi-turkish-m18-combat-visorless-helmet-w-liner?ref=catalog

Very nice helmet. I will add that the Tudor Rose was painted red as a wink of sorts. The Tudor Rose was meant to combine the red and white roses of the House of Lancaster and the House of York from the Wars of the Roses. Funny thing is that Lancashire didn't actually support the House of...