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[msteve21]

Pz Cap

Mark G, thanks for sharing what is a rare cap indeed
Look forward to seeing a group shot
Mark S

[Larry F.]

Congrats Mark!

[MichaelMorrison]

Hello guys! I am from Crete, Greece and my hobby is like everyone in here collecting WW2 stuff! So last summer i was at my village and i went for some relic hunting around the fields in Crete! I entered a half destroyed old barn and i found a M35 german helmet. The strange thing is that someone at someime has painted it with tons of silver paint. And i mean shining silver (my heart almost cryied when i saw it's condition). I took it and after removing tons of silver paint and ruining everything around me slowly slowly some sand-like paint started to appear! I was afraid to go on with the paint removal for not destroying the original colors! Now it has a nice faint sand theme on it and some black-rust color too. I just love it. Plus it has a crack on the top like it was hit with something very heavy!

[Greg B]

Welcome Michael,

Any chance you can add a photo ? sounds like a neat helmet and I guess you would of found many relics around Crete?


Greg

[Sal Williams]

Sv 288

Hi, could someone explain SV288 for me? I just saw a patch and it is entirely new to me.

[sscrooge]

that cap is a stunner Mark congrats rgds Dave

[Greg B]

New addition to the Sandpit bunker and something I have wanted for many years is this 1940 , 337 all matching K98. Even better I was able to aquire this thing of beauty today...my birthday after being in a collection for nearly 20 years. With it I was able to aquire an original and quite rare 1941 dated canvas dust cover in a neat olivey green tone . Perfect for a tropical display but of coarse not tropical persay.

Greg

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[msteve21]

K98

Great addition to your collection Greg and happy birthday for today
Mark S

[JK1945]

Very nice, congrats

[Mark Gibson]

Hi Greg,

That looks fabulous and exactly the way that I planned to display a rifle with a mannequin. Because of our laws here I don't want to buy a complete rifle so have been looking for just the rifle wood. I would like to replicate the barrel etc with wood and cover the breech with the canvas cover. I just have to find the wood first.

Here is a screenshot from a very early colour film. Note the rifle on the back of the soldier on the right of the screen (and his y-straps).

Once again Greg, a fantastice rifle and breech cover.

Mark