Militaria Collecting 101

Are you new to collecting military relics? This is a good place to look for interviews with top collectors and dealers, learn about preservation and display techniques, read book reviews, see auction and show reports, and read about the history of the relics we all love.

Colt 1911 US Army pistol made in 1913, .45ACP, personal property of Maj. Gen. Julian Sommerville Hatcher, a noted firearms expert, author and technical editor of NRA’s ‘American Rifleman’ magazine. Used in WWI and WWII.
Auction News

Milestone Auctions' January 30th Premier Auction Preview

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Firearms and Ordnance

12-year-old killed by WWII-style Grenade

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Museums, Clubs, Organizations

'Bloody Ravine,' 29-acres at the heart of Williamsburg's Civil War battlefield, now protected

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Military History

Female CO will command aircraft carrier for first time

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Museums, Clubs, Organizations

Battleship USS Iowa Museum launches Plank Owner program for first-ever surface Navy museum

U.S. And Allied Military Fighting Knives World War II, By Bill Walters (ISBN: 978-1-61850-131-8), 2018, Four Color Print Group, 2410 Frankfort Ave., Louisville, KY 40206, Self-Published. Contact: BillWalters1948@gmail.com; www.usmilitaryfightingknives.com
Book Reviews-Militaria Collecting

Book Review: WWII US and Allied Fighting Knives, Book Two

Frontline Feature

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Frontline Feature

Donley Auctions

Military Auction Saturday, January 30, 2021 | 9 AM Central - 900 LOTS ONLINE NOW!  300+ Guns, 200+ lots of Ammo, reloading equipment, American/German/Japanese military helmets, uniforms, insignia, flags and much more!

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Photographs and Ephemera

A lone WW1 grave marker: Who was the American WWI doughboy’s buried here?

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Preservation and Conservation

Not just the Hammer of Thor, Celtic Cross, or Star of David. More than 70 choices for Veteran Tombstone Symbols

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Military History

Stones River Battlefield Preserved

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Military History

History, Conservation & Education Join Forces to Protect Alabama Civil War Battlefield

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JAG File: All things History

Critical Shortage Response During the WWII Battle of the Bulge.

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Book Reviews-Militaria Collecting

Book Review: First Canadian Army: Victory in Europe 1944-45

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Militaria Collecting 101

Jersey Mike's Subs Makes $300,000 Challenge Grant to Wreaths Across America

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Militaria Show Reports

2021 Show of Shows Rescheduled to July 22-24

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JAG File: All things History

Militaria via Email? Avoid the scam

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Book Reviews-Militaria Collecting

2020 Best Military History Book: ‘40 Thieves on Saipan’

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Medals

19th Air Force Commander bestows medals for Heroism

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Military History

Watch the Revolutionary War come alive in new animated map

Mannequins depicting Nazi soldiers during German occupation at the Oorlogsmuseum in Ossendrecht, Netherlands, were among the  German artifacts stolen from the museum.
Militaria Collecting 101

Second Dutch Military Museum Robbed Since August 2020

U.S. Small Arms of World War II, by Bruce N. Canfield
Book Reviews-Militaria Collecting

Book Review: U.S. Small Arms of World War II, by Bruce N. Canfield

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Preservation and Conservation

How do collectors display their military relic collections?

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Book Reviews-Militaria Collecting

Book Review: Women's Lives and Clothes in WW2

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Firearms and Ordnance

WWII Bomb explodes in Poland 75 years after it was dropped

Senior Chief Damage Controlman William Merchen, a hero of the attack on the Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Cole (DDG 67) on Oct. 12, 2000, while moored for refueling in the Port of Aden, Yemen.  Merchen received the Meritorious Mertit Medal for his actions.
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20 Years Later: US Navy Sailor Shares Experience from the Day His Ship, USS Cole, Was Attacked By Terrorists

Darrell Samuel Cole, USMC.
Military History

USS Cole was named for a WWII USMC Hero

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Book Reviews-Militaria Collecting

New book on  Awards of the German WWII Luftwaffe, by Antonio Scapini

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Museums, Clubs, Organizations

Intrepid Sea, Air & Space Museum now open

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Museums, Clubs, Organizations

Preservation Prevails in Shepherdstown

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Book Reviews-Militaria Collecting

At only $20 on Amazon, new book illustrating the WWII American GI at the Battle of the Bulge is a bargain

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JAG File: All things History

What kind of military relic collector are you?

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Militaria Collecting 101

History & Preservation Community Mourns the Loss of Edwin Cole Bearss

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Medals

Sgt. Maj. Thomas P. Payne receives Medal of Honor

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Militaria Collecting 101

2021 Show of Shows is .... RESCHEUDLED

Antique 1897 Colt .32-caliber ‘New Police’ revolver with American-scroll engraving by Cuno Helfricht. Solid 99% gun with near-mint bore and action. Comes in modern Colt walnut fitted case.
Firearms and Ordnance

Milestone’s Sept. 26 Premier Firearms preview

Brigadier General Courtney Whitney, government section, Far East Command; General Douglas MacArthur, Commander-in-Chief, United Nations Command, and Major General Edward Almond (at right, pointing), Commanding General, X Corps in Korea, observe the shelling of Incheon from the USS Mount McKinley (AGC-7), 15 September 1950.
Military History

US and UN Joint Operation Remembering the Korean War Invasion of Inchon

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Museums, Clubs, Organizations

Brown's Tavern, Chattanooga landmark, celebrated

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Preservation and Conservation

How do you exhibit your WW1 treasures?

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Museums, Clubs, Organizations

Special Exhibition “Silk and Steel: French Fashion, Women and WWI” Opens Friday, Sept. 25 at National WWI Museum and Memorial

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JAG File: All things History

Patriot Day : This is why we have it.

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Uniforms

How well do you know WWI field uniforms?

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Book Reviews-Militaria Collecting

Book covers minutia and details of WW2 German Iron Cross, 2nd Class

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Photographs and Ephemera

Date your 35mm Kodachrome Slides

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Patches / Insignia

On Patrol: Vietnam Insignia of Task Force 116

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International

WWII Treasures STOLEN! Thieves Break Into Dutch WWII Museum

Mike Gilday and Dylan Beazer, a Department of the Navy Library librarian, view a historical navy document in the Navy Department Library’s rare book room. Gilday toured the Navy Department Library after the ground breaking of the Operational Archives and Repository Complex. NHHC, located at the Washington Navy Yard, is responsible for the preservation, analysis, and dissemination of U.S. naval history and heritage.
Military History

Navy Breaks Ground on New Archival Complex

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Museums, Clubs, Organizations

National WWI Museum and Memorial Launches Free Resources for Educators & Students

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Who's Who

Rest in Peace, LTC (Ret.) Thomas Johnson

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JAG File: All things History

History Doesn't Have to be Monumental

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Military History

New documentary on the 1980 attempt by U.S. Special Forces to free American hostages in Iran to debut August 21st

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Medals

PA Man Guilty of Stolen Valor

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Museums, Clubs, Organizations

Pritzker Military Museum & Library Announces 2020 Literature Award Recipient

Rare WWI US Marine Corps Colt 1911 pistol, .45 ACP caliber, all correct parts, one of only 2,400 such guns shipped to the Corps in 1917 after America’s entry into the war. Sold for $22,200 against an estimate of $4,000-$6,000
Auction News

Milestone’s Premier Antique & Modern Firearms Auction nears $1M in sales

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Preservation and Conservation

American Battlefield Trust, North American Land Trust partner to save Brandywine battlefield

Important 75-piece archive of personal and service items belonging to Tuskegee Airman William S. Powell Jr. Uniform includes A-2 leather jacket with squadron patch and name, flight suit and other apparel with all insignia, parachute, kit bag, flight log, many documents including Tuskegee diploma with signatures of classmates and instructors.
Auction News

Dirk Soulis to host Aug. 1 auction of Jack Angolia World War II collection featuring personal archives of Admiral John S. McCain, Tuskegee Airman William S. Powell Jr.

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Preservation and Conservation

Zinc Pest and White Rust: Major threat to military collectibles

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JAG File: All things History

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