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Arnhem Jim: W. Britains Toy Soldiers
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W Britains Toy Soldiers. Military Strategy and Policy. W Britains Toy Soldiers. Collecting W. Britains Toy Soldiers (Part I). Britains Set 437 Officers of the Gordon Highlanders. Collecting W. Britains Toy Soldiers - Recommended Reference Books and their Importance. I visit the toy soldier sections of e-Bay on at least a twice daily basis. In recent months, with few exceptions, I have noticed an overall precipitous decline in the quality. Classic example of a recent offering on e-Bay, unfortunately.
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Arnhem Jim: "Curiouser and Curiouser", An intriguing set of vintage W. Britains Ltd. toy soldiers
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W Britains Toy Soldiers. Military Strategy and Policy. Sunday, March 1, 2015. Curiouser and Curiouser", An intriguing set of vintage W. Britains Ltd. toy soldiers. Am borrowing a quote from Lewis Carroll's classic, "Alice in Wonderland". Pp 80-82), which is highly instructive. The author would welcome any comments by vintage Britains collectors on this, or any other set they may have come across of dubious origin/physical characteristics. Greek Cavalry on parade, circa 1880-1910. In this case it was unde...
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Arnhem Jim: October 2011
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W Britains Toy Soldiers. Military Strategy and Policy. Thursday, October 13, 2011. The Other Webley - Limited Standard Semi-Automatic Pistol of the Royal Navy and Marines. When most people think of a classic ‘Webley Pistol’, even those who are reasonably knowledgeable in small arms, it’s typical that it is the large frame Webley revolver (Full British Ordnance nomenclature; .455 in. Pistol, Revolver, No.1, MkVI) ,. Cut-away drawings of the Webley .455 in. Pistol, Self-loading, Mk I, Model of 1912. Itself...
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Arnhem Jim: December 2011
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W Britains Toy Soldiers. Military Strategy and Policy. Friday, December 2, 2011. Applied Modern Technology in the Reproduction of Cap Badges. In a recent thread of the British and Commonwealth Badge Forum we are all very much indebted to ’Neibelungen’, a member of the forum, for the following information. It puts a detailed perspective on the existing and growing ‘cottage’ industry of reproducing cap badges. 8216;Neibelungen’ states;. Secondhand EDM machines can be picked up from £2-£8000. The second par...
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Arnhem Jim: July 2011
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W Britains Toy Soldiers. Military Strategy and Policy. Wednesday, July 13, 2011. Parachuting for Dummies - 'Rupert' World War II Deception Device. RJ Bragg and Roy Turner, Blandford Press, Poole Dorset, 1979, ISBN 0 7137 0882 4 and PARACHUTE WINGS. Two of the most significant employments of the dummies were the night of 6 June 1944 in Operation Titanic I – IV with elements of 1. There are several web sites that show and discuss the operational use of the dummies, however I would seriously question some o...
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Arnhem Jim: November 2011
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W Britains Toy Soldiers. Military Strategy and Policy. Saturday, November 5, 2011. How to Identify and Date Canadian Paratrooper Wings by 'Tonomachi' from The British and Commonwealth Military Badge Forum. In another thread on this forum it indicates that if the backing cloth is white instead of black you probably have a WW2 era Canadian paratrooper wing. Wing 1A has black backing cloth so does this mean it is post war? Does the type of padding material give you a clue? I’ve also seen a theater mad...
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Arnhem Jim: April 2011
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W Britains Toy Soldiers. Military Strategy and Policy. Friday, April 29, 2011. Fallschirmjäger Artillery during Operation Merkur (Mercury), Crete 1941. Motorcycle) was sufficiently powerful to be used as a prime mover for the L.G.40 recoiless rifles. Department of the Army, 15 March 1945 issue. This particular radio set was standard for communications between infantry regiment (brigade) to battalion, and from battalion to corps. In several of the photos it can be seen that the captain is wearing the Iron...
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Arnhem Jim: An Exercise in Photo-Reconnaissance Interpretation - Arnhem 1944
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W Britains Toy Soldiers. Military Strategy and Policy. Monday, April 6, 2015. An Exercise in Photo-Reconnaissance Interpretation - Arnhem 1944. Restored Supermarine Spitfire PR Mk XI. Restored Supermarine Spitfire PR Mk XI. In normal operational camouflage color scheme. Detailed cut-away of a Supermarine Spitfire PR Mk XI. Viewers familiar with the principles of photography will know that the longer the focal length of the camera lens, the larger the scale of the image; the larger the scale of the image,...
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Arnhem Jim: August 2011
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W Britains Toy Soldiers. Military Strategy and Policy. Sunday, August 28, 2011. WWI Royal Naval Division Cap Badges - A Forensic Analysis. Could compile an equivalent forensic analysis on the entire contents of both volumes of Kipling and King. Letters on ANSON scroll are a lot thinner on the copies, most noticeable on the “N”s. Not marked on badge but there are only 7 lines of longitude on copies, 8 lines on genuine badges. Talons of the bird do not touch the letters R and I on the STRIKE scroll. Shape ...
