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What do I do with Dad’s guns?

A friend of a friend contacted me, explaining that her dad had been a gun collector for many years. He recently passed away, leaving his gun collection to her and her sister. She asked me, “What am I supposed to do with these? I don’t want these guns!” BITE MY LIP It took all my fortitude to not blurt out, “Give em to me!” It wouldn’t do any good--she probably wouldn’t understand that I am cut from a different piece of cloth than most of her friends and associates. Unlike them, I have always believed, a person can’t ever have too many guns. Regardless, I knew she wanted a real path to disposal that would result in converting guns into cash. I was not on that path! Actually, I have had practice with…

German & Spanish Military Rings a Historical Perspective - Collectors’ Edition By Stephen J. Shaw with Mike Lovell Publisher: Kollektor Press, SBN-13:9781732746404, Hardback, 336 pages, $45, Orders from https://www.cypresshouse.com This unique book is a militaria reference, and then some. And so, so much more. Readers who enjoy great lashings of context and background information will be well pleased. Others, preferring studies that closely adhere to a subject’s title, will not. I’m in the latter group. It isn’t that historical perspectives aren’t useful, they play a minor role (usually early on or as chapter intros.) It’s that Shaw and Lovell are enthusiastic about, well, everything. There’s a multiplicity of stuff shown and topics chewed over, most touching not at all on rings. Shaw explains that wide swaths of information give the finger ornaments…

FREE ISSUE OF MILITARY VEHICLES MAGAZINE Active Interest Media wants to give you a free digital copy of our sister magazine, Military Vehicles Magazine, to explore. To grab your copy, log onto www.MilitaryTrader.com. In the upper right of the page, you will see a box with FREE ISSUE written on it. Click that. You will see a screen to enter your email address to receive our free, weekly Militar-E-News. After you enter, the next screen will provide you the access for the free digital download — easy as that! LOST SAILORS LISTED AS ‘BURIED AT SEA’ MILLINGTON, Tennessee – The Navy has officially changed the status of 13 sailors lost when the USS Indianapolis (CA 35) was sunk in 1945 from “unaccounted for” to “buried at sea,” Navy Casualty has announced.. The change in status…

When World War II began, the United States was grossly unprepared to engage in a major conflict thousands of miles from home. This shortage of soldiers and equipment caused a need for U. S. women to step into the shoes of men in order to perform the non-combat functions required in the daily operations of the military. These women helped support the combat soldiers who were vital in both the European and Asian theatres. With over 100,000 volunteers during the war, the women of the WAVES contributed their fair share to bringing the eventual Allied victory and end of Axis tyranny. Nurses had been part of the U.S. Navy since the beginning of the 19th century, but other positions in the service were always filled by men. This pattern was temporarily…

‘Deutsches Reich Reisepass’

When Adolf Hitler and the “Nationalsozialistische Deutsche Arbeiterpartei” took the reins of government in 1933, only two things truly mattered to the new German head of state: power and control. Movement of citizens while inside, leaving or entering the Reich’s lands was given top consideration so as to keep what the Nazis believed as “undesirable people” out of the country and others from fleeing oppression in the new regime. In addition, limits were set on the amount of currency that could be carried out of the cash poor foundering German economy of the early 1930s. Passports had been required in Germany since first being issued by the North German Confederation in 1867. They were used as a proof of identity and enabled the holder to travel both within Germany and outside…

‘Deutsches Reich Reisepass’

Sergeant Major A Rank Evolution

When George Washington was forming the Continental Army in 1772, he patterned it after the British. Ranks from private to sergeant major were established. All the same Sergeants Major chevrons didn’t appear on an American soldier’s sleeve until almost 100 years later. The provenance of the sergeant major can be traced back to the 15th century. Rudyard Kipling described the senior noncommissioned soldier as the backbone of the Army. Early French and English sergeants major were the predecessors of the present-day United States Army Chief of Staff’s senior enlisted advisors. In 1591, Giles Clayton transcribed, “A sergeant major…ought to be a man of great courage, for that his office is always to be in the face of the enemy.” Robert Barret was a professional soldier mentioned in 1598. He elaborated that the sergeant…

Sergeant Major A Rank Evolution

When the citizens of Great Britain were called to war in 1939, millions of men would be needed to join the ranks of those who battled the Germans and their Axis allies in the seas, air and land across Europe, Asia and North Africa. As with other countries involved in this world conflict, British women soon joined in the fight by volunteering for the military auxiliary services. The Auxiliary Territorial Service (ATS) was formed on September 9, 1938 as preparation accelerated in Great Britain for a potential war with Germany that loomed in Europe. Based on the short-lived Women’s Auxiliary Army Corp (WAAC) of World War I (the first ATS leader was Dame Helen Gwynne-Vaughan, a 60-year-old WAAC First War veteran), the ATS was initially a volunteer uniformed organization attached to…

THE BATTLE PLAN

Confirm all information with show promoter before traveling. The time, dates, and/or location may have changed! SHOWS, EXPOS June 25-26, OK, Chickasha. Heartland Militaria Show. Grady County Fairgrounds, 500 E. Choctaw Ave. Info: Matt, Hindi, 405.503.3665; www.heartlandmilitariashow.com July 6, IN, Newburgh. 1st Wednesday Military Collector Swap & Sale, American Legion, 711 State St. Info:Neil @ 812 483 3064; www.evvmilitarycollectors.com July 9, FL, Mt Dora. Military Collectors show, Renninger’s Antique Center 20651 US 441, 9am-4pm. Info John 407-376- 2614. Greg 407-462-2163 qed4@aol.com July 9-10, PA, Allentown. Forks of the Delaware Historical Antique & Modern Arms Show, Agricultural Hall, 17th St. & Chew St. Info: Forks of the Delaware, 2060 Northampton St., Unit 1, Easton, PA 18042; 610-438-9006; www.allentownshow.net July 15-16, GA, Marietta. Atlanta Antique Gun and International Military Show. IAMAW Local 709 Union Hall, 1032 S. Marietta…

THE BATTLE PLAN

WWI PHOTO ARCHEOLOGY PART 2

As we have noted before in Military Trader articles, one of the great things about WWI-era photographs is the amount of detail that can often be seen. High-quality scans allow us to dig even more deeply into the photos and uncover interesting information that might otherwise go unnoticed. The subject of this photo-archeological dig is a photograph of some 1st Division soldiers serving in the occupation of Germany after WWI. As part of the U.S. Third Army, the 1st Division was assigned to the U.S. III Corps along with the 2nd Division and the 32nd Division. These combat-experienced units led the march into Germany after the November 11, 1918 Armistice. On Dec. 13, the units of III Corps crossed the Rhine River to take up their assigned sectors on the west…

WWI PHOTO ARCHEOLOGY PART 2

Hollywood can’t beat foreign war films

In early 2020, the biographical ›lm Kalashnikov was released in Russia, chronicling the supposedly self-taught gun designer’s efforts to develop the AK-47 assault ri›e. The historical drama was just one of the latest in a wave of recent war ›lms made with the full support of the Russian government, and there was even a special screening held in the city of Izhevsk, where Mikhail Kalashnikov worked on the weapon in the 1940s. That fact that a ›lm was made about Mikhail Kalashnikov is notable in that few movies have ever been made about any American gun designer apart from the highly ›ctionalized Carbine Williams, starring Jimmy Stewart. Of course, Kalashnikov – which was released internationally with the title AK-47 – is likely more myth than reality, but for Moscow that’s certainly…

Hollywood can’t beat foreign war films

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