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Militaria Collecting 101 The faces of compassion: Exhibit remembers the nurses of the Civil War David L Burrows

Militaria Collecting 101 For Queen and Country: Collecting British Army equipment from the Empire Matt Doherty

Militaria Collecting 101 More than a museum: A visit to the UK’s Jersey War Tunnels John Norris

Militaria Collecting 101 ‘Welt-Hegler Turnier’: Bowling tournament was a memorable spectacle in the dark realm Chris William

Militaria Collecting 101 NSB – fascism in the Netherlands Chris William

Militaria Collecting 101 ‘Werkschutz’: Standing guard over Hitler’s war machine Chris William

Militaria Collecting 101 Pennsylvania’s 10th Volunteer Infantry of the Spanish-American War David L Burrows

Militaria Collecting 101 On the trail of the ‘Dam Busters’John Norris

A re-created WVS “housewife” typical of the period. She is seen here standing by an Austin 10 Cambridge.

Militaria Collecting 101 Women’s wheels of WWII John Norris

A stern-looking African campaign veteran after the incorporation of the RKB into the National Socialist “Reichskriegerbund” veterans’ group. He wears a medal bar, wound badge and lanyard on his colonial force’s tunic, a NS RKB shield patch on his lower left sleeve, a standard Nazi party brassard on his upper left sleeve, all topped off with a wide brimmed cap unique to his group.

Militaria Collecting 101 The Reichskolonialbund (RKB)Chris William

Militaria Collecting 101 Education in the Reich Chris William

Looking down on the grounds where in WWI the British Army established a hospital. The grounds were later put to the same use by U.S. medical staff.

Militaria Collecting 101 A chance discovery, and a most unlikely place John Norris

Militaria Collecting 101 Deutschnationler Handlungsgehilfen-Verband: DHV — a Nazi Party trade union for Aryans only Chris William

Militaria Collecting 101 Movies aren’t about historical accuracy Peter Suciu

A scene captured by a German soldier’s camera when the troops are welcomed into the Sudetenland. The reverse is marked in German, “Entrance into the Sudetenland, Oct 5, 1938”.

Militaria Collecting 101 Sudentendeutsche Partei (SDP): The pro-Nazi force in Czechoslovakia Chris William

Militaria Collecting 101 It’s always time for tea!John Norris