Hi guys. I am away from home in Europe at the moment. I've been away for 5 months. Over this time, I've had the opportunity to think through how I am going to 'rationalize' my collection. It's a 'wilderness of free association' - guns; uniforms; equipment; daggers; medals..
It started with WW2 Infantry small arms, of which I have a great many. I need to reduce inventory to minimize the risk that our Fire Arms Laws may eventually change, and full auto and military semi autos might be banned.
In addition, I need to prepare for the day when I sell my (large) house and have space restrictions.
I've been thinking of the 'ideal' grouping - a combination of say, a rifle/SMG and helmet, iconic items specific to the subject, uniform items, medals, specialist kit etc that can be displayed as a 'group'. I have discovered that 'less can be more'..
For example: USMC Group would include - M1 helmet with camo cover; trench shotgun; K-Bar knife; rabbit eared water bottle cover; herringbone twill jacket; Purple Heart medal; USMC Globe and Laurel cap badge; Colt .45; camo poncho.
The idea is to display them as a group, on one shelf, or in one display case.
I'm interested to see what you'd rate as, say 8-9 separate items that would be a 'must have' for the following. It is both 'combat' or 'Dress' items.
FJ
SS
German Heer (early, mid, late war)
Waffen SS
British Army (1942-44)
US Army (42-44)
Japanese infantry
Russian Infantry
Pick one or more groupings and let me know what you think. Or better yet, send pics of your existing groupings.
The 'rules' are - iconic; specific to one specialist niche; no more than 10 items; and something that can be arranged and displayed in a relatively small space (a shelf, or large shadow box).
Knock yourselves out.
It started with WW2 Infantry small arms, of which I have a great many. I need to reduce inventory to minimize the risk that our Fire Arms Laws may eventually change, and full auto and military semi autos might be banned.
In addition, I need to prepare for the day when I sell my (large) house and have space restrictions.
I've been thinking of the 'ideal' grouping - a combination of say, a rifle/SMG and helmet, iconic items specific to the subject, uniform items, medals, specialist kit etc that can be displayed as a 'group'. I have discovered that 'less can be more'..
For example: USMC Group would include - M1 helmet with camo cover; trench shotgun; K-Bar knife; rabbit eared water bottle cover; herringbone twill jacket; Purple Heart medal; USMC Globe and Laurel cap badge; Colt .45; camo poncho.
The idea is to display them as a group, on one shelf, or in one display case.
I'm interested to see what you'd rate as, say 8-9 separate items that would be a 'must have' for the following. It is both 'combat' or 'Dress' items.
FJ
SS
German Heer (early, mid, late war)
Waffen SS
British Army (1942-44)
US Army (42-44)
Japanese infantry
Russian Infantry
Pick one or more groupings and let me know what you think. Or better yet, send pics of your existing groupings.
The 'rules' are - iconic; specific to one specialist niche; no more than 10 items; and something that can be arranged and displayed in a relatively small space (a shelf, or large shadow box).
Knock yourselves out.
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