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ISSUE NO. 31 (Jan/Feb 1999)
Fair Day's Work pictures and prices of militaria worldwide 5 - 9
Medal Collecting: A Late Award to the Indian Army. Peter Duckers 10-11
1914: The Riddle Of The Marne Part 9. David Johnson 13 - 15
Truro's Tigers: The 3rd Middlesex Artillery Volunteer Corps. Ray Westlake 17 - 19
Internet service helps to keep the names alive: Commonwealth War Graves commission has recently launched a searchable database of casualties on the internet 20 - 21
Tigerstripe Camouflage. John McCormack 23 - 24
German Youth and Hitler Youth Buckles. Peter Nash 28 - 30
Ordnance Collecting: 17PDR Tank and Anti-Tank and 77MM Tank Ammunition (part 1). John Carlin 33 - 36
New displays at The Tower given the royal seal of approval 37 -38
Badges and Insignia of the Royal Regiment of Artillery. Norman Litchfield 40 -43
Last Chapter of the Dornier mystery: story of crashed Dornier and missing crewman. R M Coverdale 44
Third Reich Medals & Badges: guide to collecting Third Reich awards in the 1957 form. Jamie Cross 49 -51
Letters to the editor 52
The Plug Bayonets of Spain part 3: The bayonets of Albacete. R.D.C. Evans 54 -55
From Post WW1 to the Gulf War..The US Army's 8-inch Howitzer. Lt. Col. George A. Larson USAF (Ret.) 57 - 59
The Battle of Stoney Creek. Stephen Doyle 61
Remembering 'Pops' exhibition: discovery of forgotten papers concerning Military Foot Police 63
Collecting Military Sweetheart Jewellery. Pamela M Caunt 65 -66
Under the hammer: auction reports & previews 68 -69
Fall of a Fortress: last hours of a B - 29 Superfortress. Kevin Whittaker 70 - 72
Book Reviews Pages 75 -76
Collectors' Corner: military collecting
UK Arms Fair Diary Jan/Feb/March 1999 78
ISSUE NO. 32 (March/April 1999) A FEW COPIES AVAILABLE
Fair Day's Work pictures and prices of militaria worldwide 5 - 9
Revealed - the story behind a Black Wound Badge. Mark Holden 11
1914: The Riddle Of The Marne Part 10. David Johnson 13 - 15
Medal collecting: The Clasp '5th August. - 22nd Nov. 1914' on the 1914 star. Peter Duckers 16 - 17
Officers' full dress shoulder cords: 1st Oxfordshire rifle volunteer corps ( Oxford University). Ray Westlake 18 -19
Origins of the Stafford Knot and the raising of the Staffordshire Militia & Volunteers. Dave Cooper 21 -23
Normandy Souvenirs: finds 3 Normandy 'veterans' among the souvenirs. John McCormack 24
Badges and Insignia of the Royal Regiment of Artillery. Norman E.H. Litchfield 28 -29
Ordnance Collecting: 17PDR Tank and Anti-Tank and 77MM Tank Ammunition (part 2). John Carlin 33 -36
The Anglo-Boer War Centenary: The Battle of Talana. Pat Rundgren 37
Youth Field Gun Crew will take part in centenary events 38
Europe's best kept secret: massive underground bunker system of the Miedzyrzecz Rejon Umocniony. Phil Froom 40 - 45
To Kill a King: execution of Charles 1 47
A new route for the Pikelhaube collector: collecting Pickelhaube spikes. Dr Robert Attard of Malta 48
Dealers warned to be vigilant after spate of arms fair thefts 51
Letters to the editor 52
The Plug Bayonets of Spain part 4: More on the products of Albacete. R.D.C. Evans 54 -55
Third Reich Medals & Badges: The Cholm Arm Shield 1942 57 -58
Bosleys Celebrates a Military Milestone: Buckinghamshire- based military auction house of Bosleys celebrates 5th anniversary 59
Under the Hammer: auction reports & previews 60 -61
The Marchington Wellington. Kevin Whittaker 62 -63
Identifying the 'Brown Bess' socket bayonet. Graham Priest 65 -68
World War Two Stars & Clasps: a warning for the unsuspecting. Mark Pearson 70
The untold story of the other Belgrano 73
Book Reviews 75 -76
Collectors' Corner: military collecting 77
UK Arms Fair Diary March/April/May 1999 78
ISSUE NO. 33 (May/June 1999)
Fair Day's Work pictures and prices of militaria worldwide 5 - 9
Non-Regulation Badges in Uniform: Ray Westlake 11
1914: The Riddle Of The Marne Part 11. David Johnson 13 - 16
Medal collecting: Awards of the Indian Army MSM 1914-21. Peter Duckers 18-19
The raising of the Staffordshire Yeomanry Cavalry and a brief history to 1892. Dave Cooper 21 -22
Reconciliation on the Eastern Front: Arkadiy Zaitsev- military collector from Russia- responds to Nick Holdsworth's article 28 - 30
Ordnance Collecting: The British 18PDR field gun and ammunition. Part 1. John Carlin 31 - 34
Third Reich Medals & Badges: guide to collecting. Jamie Cross 36 -37
Medals of the Rifle Volunteers. Philip J Haythornwaite 40 - 42
Badges and Insignia of the Royal Regiment of Artillery. Norman Litchfield 44 - 46
A Tale of Two Helmets: Soviet Helmets. John McCormack 47
The Diary of Heiner Keller: accounts of participation in Operation Barbarossa 49 -52
The Plug Bayonets of Spain part 5: the Bayonets of Catalonia. R.D.C. Evans 54 -55
Clandestine Weapons of M19: Special Operations Executive. Charles E. Snyder, Jr., Major USAF (Retd) 57 -60
Enlisted Rank Buckles of The ReichsArbeitsDienst...RAD. Peter Nash 62- 63
Identifying the 'Brown Bess' socket bayonet Part 2. Graham Priest 65 -68
Under the hammer: auction reports & previews 70 - 71
Letters to the editor 72 -73
The Boer War Centenary: The Battle of Talana. Pat Rundgren 75
Book Reviews 76
Collectors' Corner: military collecting 77
UK Arms Fair Diary May/June/July 1999 78
ISSUE NO. 34 (July/August 1999)
Fair Day's Work pictures and prices of militaria worldwide 5 - 9
The Boer War Centenary: Battle of Spioenkop. Pat Rundgren 11
1914: The Riddle Of The Marne Part 12. David Johnson 13 - 15
Distant Echoes: investigating wartime aircraft crash sites. and airfields. Kevin Whittaker 17 - 18
The raising of the Staffordshire Yeomanry Cavalry and a brief history to the end of WW1. Dave Cooper 20
'Remember that you are Englishmen...': The Tyndareus Accident February 6th 1917. Ray Westlake 22 - 23
12 lb shrapnel piece is a souvenir of the Blitz. Tim Heath 24
Medal collecting: The British 18PDR Field Gun and Ammunition (part 2). John Carlin 31 - 34
A German tunic which tells an action-packed tale. John Turnbull 36 - 37
Crimean 'Charger' VC Group for sale: The Charge of the Light Brigade - Oct 5th 1854. Sergeant Charles Wooden 38 -39
The Battlefields of the Zulu War 120 years on. Ian Knight 40 - 42
Third Reich Medals & Badges: guide to collecting. Jamie Cross 44
The Plug Bayonets of Spain Part 6: the Bayonets of Andalusia. R.D.C. Evans 46 - 47
The Diary of Heiner Keller: accounts of participation in Operation Barbarossa 49 -51
Military Assistance Command Vietnam: The insignia of the Military Assistance Command Vietnam. John McCormack 55
39th Motor Ambulance Column (Mesopotamia): report on the work of the Red Cross Motor Ambulance Convoy 39th MAC from it's arrival in Mesopotamia till March 1919. Stephen Doyle 56 -57
What's new on the Western Front. Gary Sterne 58 - 59
The MVT celebrates 30 years of preserving the past: The world's largest military vehicle preservation group celebrates it's 30th year 60
War & Peace Show: world's biggest extravaganza of Military Vehicles, Militaria and Military Modelling 61
The Channel Islands under the SWASTIKA. Brian Matthews 62 -64
The Bayonet, Pattern 1853, altered to fit the short rifle for India. Graham Priest 65 - 67
Researching WW1 Army Records. Tom Tulloch-Marshall 69 -71
Letters to the editor 72 -73
Book Reviews 75
Collectors' Corner: military collecting 77
UK Arms Fair Diary July/August/Sept 1999 78
ISSUE NO. 35 (Sept/Oct 1999)
Fair Day's Work pictures and prices of militaria worldwide 5 - 8
Lord Leycester's Hospital, Warwick: account of the formation and organisation of the hospital. Ray Westlake 10 - 11
1914: The Riddle Of The Marne Part 13. David Johnson 13 - 15
Medal collecting: Colonel Carthew's War: Cawnpore, 1857. Peter Duckers 16 - 18
The History of the 38th Foot (1st Staffordshire Regiment) from 1705 to 1880. Dave Cooper 20 - 21
Invader: what might have been if the Battle of Britain had been lost. John McCormack 24
Ordnance Collecting: The British 18PDR field gun and ammunition. John Carlin 31 - 34
A lock of Napoleon's hair and Admiral Doenitz's baton: Curator Peter Duckers on the treasures of the Shropshire Regimental Museum. Peter Duckers 36 - 38
A Wehrmacht Gunner's return to Guernsey. Brian Matthews 40 - 41
The War & Peace show '99 44 - 45
A U-Boat Find: a collector tells of his lucky car boot find 46 - 47
The Diary of Heiner Keller: dairy of a German private..participation in Operation Barbarossa. Paul Kanczes 49 - 51
Third Reich Medals & Badges: guide to collecting. Jamie Cross 52 - 53
The Plug Bayonets of Spain Part 7: Basque Bayonets. R.D.C. Evans 54 - 55
Cassino Remembered: dedication of a new Polish memorial. Les Wenham 57
The Australian Owen Bayonet. Raymond Atkinson 60 - 61
The Anglo-Boer War Centenary: The QSA Medal with 'Talana' Bars to Colonial Units. Pat Rundgren 62 - 63
Under the hammer: auction reports & previews 64 - 66
Channel Islands Liberation Fleet. Mark Lamerton 69 - 71
Letters to the editor 73
Books reviews pages 75 -76
Collectors' Corner: military collecting 77
UK Arms Fair Diary Sept/Oct/Nov 1999
ISSUE NO. 36 (Nov/Dec 2000)
Fair Day's Work pictures and prices of militaria worldwide 5 - 8
Medal collecting: A foreign award to a British Officer. Peter Duckers 11 -12
Old Bill's adventures during WW2:drawings in Bystander magazine. Tom Stafford and Mark Warby 14 -15
The Anglo - Boer War Centenary: Talana - by the men who fought it. Pat Rundgren 17 - 19
The history of the 38th foot (1st Staffordshire Regiment) from 1705 to 1880. Dave Cooper 21 - 22
Paper History: Popular Guide to the German Army. John McCormack 24
Third Reich Medals & Badges: collecting Kurland Cuffband. Jamie Cross 28
Ordnance Collecting: 20PDR and 105MM Centurion Tank Gun and Ammunition (part1) John Carlin 31 - 34
Steel helmets of the German Afrika Korps. Peter Nash 37 -38
Statue Honours the Tank Men: international appeal for statue to the regiment 39
A warm welcome for 'the soldiers from the sky': visit of US 17th and 82nd Airborne Divisions to Chilbolton air field. Brian Matthews 40 - 41
More on Ostvolk Medals. Jamie Cross 42
The Guernsey Liberation Medallion. Brian Matthews 44 - 45
The Plug Bayonets of Spain Part 8: The Products of Madrid. R.D.C. Evans 46 -47
Leeds is the centre for WW11 memories: project to rescue and collate the experiences of the men, women and children who lived during WW11 launched in Leeds 51
Garrison Artillery Equipment 1890. Ray Westlake 53 - 56
The man who conned Hitler: Gunther Nowak, 16 year old Hitler Youth, youngest recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross. Philip Baker 59
Militaria on the internet 60
As the SA 80 reaches the millennium. Graham Priest 63 - 67
Under the hammer: auction reports & previews 69 - 70
Letters to the editor 72 - 74
Book reviews page 76
Collectors' corner: military collecting 77
UK Arms Fair Diary Nov/Dec/Jan 1999/2000
ISSUE NO. 37 (Jan/Feb 2000)
Fair Day's Work pictures and prices of militaria worldwide 5 - 9
Fort Ticonderoga, USA: history rebuilt. Peter Duckers 10 -11
A glimpse into a Luftwaffe pilot's photograph album. Steven Hussain 13 -14
Third Reich Medals & Badges: collecting the E-Boat Badge. Jamie Cross 15 -19
Garrison Artillery Equipment 1890. Ray Westlake 21 -22
The last mission of a Luftwaffe Fighter Pilot. Tim Heath 24
WW1 British airborne kit: airborne clothing and equipment. John McCormack 28 -29
The Plug Bayonets of Spain Part 9: the art of the Zuloaga family. R.D.C. Evans 32 -35
A Luftwaffe fighter ace with a Malta connection. Stephen A. Petroni 37 -38
Discovering South Africa's Military Heritage. Irene Moore 40 -43
Rifleman Rimmer marches into his third Century. Mike Lawson 44 -45
The day Captain Tsuneki surrendered his sword 46 -47
Ordnance Collecting: 20PDR and 105MM Centurion tank gun ammunition (part 2). John Carlin 49 -52
A cross channel 'shopping' trip: French boot sale. Gary Skinner 53
The Russian Army of Liberation 1942 - 1945. Chris Wood 55 - 56
Researching WW1 Officers' service records at the Public Record Office. Tom Tulloch-Marshall 58 - 60
The History of the 64th foot ( 2nd Staffordshire Regiment) from 1758 to 1881. Dave Cooper 61 -63
U513...A Sailor's story. R M Coverdale MBE 66 -67
Under the hammer: auction reviews & previews 68 -69
Letters to the editor 71 - 73
Book reviews page 76
Collector's corner: military collecting 77
UK Arms Fair Diary Jan/Feb/March 2000
ISSUE NO. 38 (March/April 2000)
Fair Day's Work pictures and prices of militaria worldwide 5 - 8
Discretion the better part of Valour: life of Dugald McPhail. Pat Rundgren 9 -11
War artist Jagger is honoured 14
Medal Collecting: Mazina 20th May 1880 an incident in the Afghan War. Peter Duckers 16 -18
The movie history of the Zulu Wars Part one. Peter Knight 19 -23
Ready, willing and able?: a look at the Home Guard. John McCormack 24
The history of the 64th foot (2nd Staffordshire Regiment) from 1758 to 1881. Dave Cooper 28 -29
Ordnance Collecting: The 25PDR Gun/Howitzer and ammunition. John Carlin 31 -34
With love from the soldiers of Cheshire: exhibition of memorabilia 35
KM Chatham navy days 2000 36
The Krebs variation RAD Hewer: a new perspective on an old mystery. Frederick J. Stephens 39 -43
Third Reich Medals & Badges: collecting Spanish cross. Jamie Cross 44 -45
The Plug Bayonets of Spain Part 10: An intro to Toledo Products. R.D.C. Evans 48 -49
Colonial Saw-Back Bayonets. R. Atkinson 52 -54
A moment in time: the 17th HLI in 1916, Highland infantry 56 -58
Garrison Artillery equipment 1890. Ray Westlake 61 -62
Under the hammer: auction reports & previews 64 -65
Research shows an arms fair find can 'talk': find at Bedford arms fair. Howard Williamson 69 -70
Letters to the editor 72
Club Corner: clubs & societies 73
Book Reviews 75 -76
Collectors' Corner: military collecting 77
UK Arms Fair Diary March/April/May 2000
ISSUE NO. 39 (May/June 00)
Fair Day's Work pictures and prices of militaria worldwide 5 - 8
Medal Collecting: The Empress of India Medal, 1877. Peter Duckers 10 -11
The 'Treasure Chest' : a militaria find. John McCormack 13
Research reveals an exceptional pilot behind an unexceptional group. Pat Rundgren 15 -17
Part of Hitler's Atlantic Wall: & fortifications from WW1 preserved in museum in Ostend 20
The Grays Farm Dornier: research reports on his three year investigation into the loss of a Dornier 217E -4 bomber of Kampfgeschwader 2. Tim Heath 22 -24
The Cheltenham Rifles 1859 - 1908. Mick Kippin 28 -29
Ordnance Collecting: The 3.7" Guns & Ammunition Part 1. John Carlin 31 -34
Medals of the Birmingham Loyal Association 1798 -1802. Philip J. Haythornthwaite 36 -38
A Tale of Two Smocks: Unusual German camo smocks. Tim Richardson 40 -41
Third Reich Medals & Badges: collecting Minesweepers, sub chasers and escort vessels war badge. Jamie Cross 42 -43
The movie history of the Zulu Wars part two. Ian Knight 45 -49
More moments in time: photos of people during the Somme. Dominique Zanardi 50
The history of the 80th Foot (Staffordshire Volunteers) from 1793 to 1881. Dave Cooper 53 -54
The Plug Bayonets of Spain Part 11: Early Toledo Products. R.D.C. Evans 56 -57
Princess Mary's gift box - Christmas 1914: cherished by the troops it was issued to. Stephen Doyle 59
Pictures from a family album: wartime German family photos 60
North West Mounted Police: early insignia. G.Mercer & T. Morrison 63
Under the Hammer. Auction reports & previews 67
The training of the Force 135... the build - up to the Liberation of the Channel Islands 55 years ago. Mark Lamerton 68 -70
Letters to the editor 72
Club corner: clubs & societies 73
Somme Soldier identified? letter to the editor 74
Book reviews 75 -76
Collectors' Corner: military collecting 77
UK Arms Fair Diary May/June/July 2000 78
ISSUE NO. 40 (July/August 00)
Fair Day's Work pictures and prices of militaria worldwide 5 - 9
Medal Collecting: a rare 1914-1918 MSM for Services as a POW. Peter Duckers 10 - 11
Third Reich documents and their values: Grand Cross of the Iron Cross. Adrian Forman 13
Summer events: War and Peace show, History in Action, Essex MVT show 14
St Nazaire:The greatest raid of all. Dennis Reeves 17-18
When Hitler re-wrote the script., (Nazi lettering styles). Robin Lumsden 20
The Last Mission of Major D H Von Ziehlberg: crashed Ju 88. Kevin W Sturdy 23 - 24
The History of the 80th Foot (Staffordshire Volunteers) from 1793 to 1881. Dave Cooper 28 -29
Ordnance Collecting: The 3.7" Guns & Ammunition Part 2. John Carlin 31 -34
Bovington Tankfest 2000. Peter Nash 36 -38
England Expects: an accurate recreation of Nelson's Trafalgar Uniform. Lesley Edwards 40 -41
Third Reich Medals & Badges: collecting German High Sea War Badge. Jamie Cross 42 -43
Stuck in the mud: reports on the D-Day Commemoration & Historic Military Vehicle Rally at Denmead. Brian Matthews 44 -45
Zulu Weaponry part 1. Pat Rundgren 46 -48
The US M1 Helmet. John McCormack 50 -51
The Ladysmith Shell: acquires a souvenir of 'Long Tom'. John Carlin 53
The plug Bayonets of Spain Part 12: Toledo Products 1800 - 1849. R.D.C Evans 54 -55
The Movie History of the Zulu Wars Part three. Ian Knight 57-58
The Cheltenham Rifles 1859 - 1908. Mick Kippin 63 -64
The War Memories Chapter 1: The Voyage - diary covering his wartime service in the Middle East, Italy and Greece. Captain Reginald Anthony Alston-Roberts-West M.C 67 - 69
Under the Hammer: Auction reports & previews 70
Letters to the editor 72
Club Corner: clubs & societies 73
Letters to the Editor:WW1 Memorial window mystery 74
Reviews...Reviews: book reviews 75 -76
Collectors' Corner 77
UK Fairs/Events Diary July/August/Sept 2000 78
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