The last 4 shootings ,Plymouth, Cumbria, Dunblane, Hungerford, all these ppl were known to the poilce as not fit to own firearms, it's down to the incompetence of the poilce firearms department, so they stopped honest gun owners form owning pistols and semi auto centerfire, funny how gun crime has gone through the roof from illegal firearms, thanks to Tony Blair

I remember years ago struggling to get into a pair of old bins to remove the prisms for a science project. Two prisms per barrel.

Hi John, I'm glad you were successful in repairing them. 👍

Ah more binoculars some one knows you very well I can see you now out for a walk with the goggles on and a couple of binoculars around your neck 👍😊

Very nice restoration. You should be a binoculars restoration service and the price would be a light refreshment

Nice update Stan glad you got them sorted out 😊👍

Some really nice items Stan from CJ. The trench art piece is interesting.

The sterilising outfit tin is a post war example and it is also in a oblong shape

Hmmm, I always thought that the NAAFI catered for service personnel from all four Home Nations, not just English! 😛😁😛As for the leaflet, it sounds patronizing as f**k from the bits that I can read. Bit of sour grapes from the British side! After all, Americans don't do cricket...as it's beyond their ken!!😡

That dagger is a pointy pockle chockle .. wonderful ! ..you'd use that against air balloonists ..jabbing it into the sky..shouting 'Gerrof moi larnd !!'' 😉😁

The binos are awesome ! ..classics !!

Just an awesome package from CJ !! ..awesome gifts Stan bro !! ..all the things I'd want in my Christmas stocking !! ..right up my street the old Cold War kit !! ..I'd strap those goggles on with a vast white scarf..and as I passed walkers riding my bike I'd shout ''Toodle pip old sport !!'' 😁😂 ..''chin chin my old china plate !'' 😉😁I love the old DDR sleeve/cuff titles ..I'm officialy jealous !! 😁

Very nice collection of items there 👍 I like the large piece of shrapnel 👍

Stan!… nice bino…..good kills, that Letter opener is a historical artefact..

Has cj got his channel back?

Nice one. They're a nice few interesting pieces

Very interesting mate, hope your well , bit late but happy new year 👍🍻

That is an absolute peach

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I Have both volumes and am disappointed by the lack of citations, sources, and bibliography. Similarly the author provides no primary documentation or attribution. The text is minimal and unsupported. These books are full of pretty pictures but little else. It is absolutely true in the minefield that is collecting German helmets, research is necessary, but it is incumbent upon the collector to make sure that his reference materials are supportable by primary sources. I find this series of Schiffer books to be nice to look at but of limited value. I think we need to hold the "experts" to a higher standard of scholarship, which is totally absent in this series. For the gold standard of helmet collecting books, look to the studies by Mark Reynosa; I have five of his books, also published by Schiffer. Reynosa is a meticulous researcher who provides reams of information which is supported by the primary documents that he cites. His level of scholarship is superb and his books should set the standard for helmet references, but sadly, collectors don't hold other writers to that standard; instead, we are dazzled by glossy, beautifully-lit helmets, which may, or may not, be legitimate. Research is essential, but one must go beyond this eye-candy of pictures, two sentence captions, and absolutely no supporting material. Let's demand better.

Re the lanchester,originally when new,all metal parts were blackened,,over he years the brass mag housing would be painted olive to make it non reflective......the metal barrel was also often parkerised.

What is you're favorite Bundeswehr item??

Best wishes Stan for the 2025 year. M40 and M42 helmets are great with NSKK decals.

alec Guinness , ice cold in alex , the denex stuff is good if you want a wall hanger just dont drop it on a hard service a deact smle is about £600 a denex is about £200

Stan! Happy new year… great oversized swede story…. Likely they would polish it.. don’t Blanco the sling. Making a re pro or prop item look better is a good idea,a real one normally not, cost, use and ease to replace dictates … I will protect the leather and cloth but largleykeep originals in the condition I found it …..A collection item is different to a reenactors item in treatment and use.

Whatever floats the boat. I have fads. Will sell anything and everything or part ex for whatever I'm interested in at the time. Look fwd to seeing the holster.

Nicely done Stan less is more. They are very good for a stand in until you upgrade to the original item. 👍

Nice items Stan. I started off just collecting american items and now im collecting british ww1, ww2, modern, Japanese and the occasional German piece. 😊

Funny thing is the couple of replica guns I have I tried to age and some of the original deacs I stripped down and re sanded and varnished the wood work to make it better 😊

Hey Stan! Certainly has it's place in the collectors world for budget reasons. Reenactment guys especially as you don't want to wear original gear. But I've always thought if your reenacting let it get busted up as you go along. More natural and you're not usually issued an aged helmet 😂. One for the future..coating the helmet in bleech and roasting it in the oven will give a good rust bl××d effect. Alot of ground dug helmets use this technique with a fake decal! But it works very well! PS if helmet roasting on a sunday, prepare to be in dog house. I speak from experience 😂 so beware 😂 Tried writing this comment 3 times no clue why it gets deleted instantly

Small world,nice find...worth keeping an eye out if anything else turns up.

The decanter looks very nice, and will go nice with the tankard.

Hi John, the ageing of the helmet looks good to me, 👍 i agree with you if you have a limited budget replicas and reproductions of items are just as good.

There’s a program on Amazon Prime I think you’d like, called A DAY IN. The first episode is a day in Dresden 1946. It shows how people made cooking containers and colanders from helmets and children’s clothes from uniforms. Very interesting.

I have quite a few of those RAF envelopes from the 1970s, many signed as well. They were a good way for the RAF to bring in revenue for their various charities and such like. I have one which was signed by a WWII Luftwaffe ace as well. I must take 'em out tomorrow and have a look at them again as I haven't looked at them for years!

Can't miss Jack Palance's visage! Film is Warriors Five.

I Saye sir ! ..ha ha .. that surname tickles my humour !! 😁😂 ..can you imagine the canings he got at school for being 'cheeky to the teachers' !!?? lol Seriously though ..rest in peace Gp. Capt. Saye sir !! Interesting about the Torrey Canyon ..I used to go on holiday with my family to Guernsey in the early 1970's ..and oil from that disaster was still on the beaches there.. washed across !

Oils can be carcinogenic and i wouldnt fancy wearing that combination on my brow but each to their own. Happy new year Stan

Great Video Stan, can't go wrong with aging German helmets. Hope you had a good Christmas.

Nice video. I don’t think the magazine housing would be Brassoed on the Lanchester

Ha ha ! ..I always have the last words with my ex-wife !! ..''Yes dear !'' lol ..ha ha ..you wouldn't want to see my collection ..all in cardboard boxes in the attic !! lol The helmets look great mate !! ..I'm sure the WW2 German helmets saw a lot of 'kicking around the garden !!' I do like the Dexix range.. I have a Tommy gun and a couple of pistols (Luger and TT-33).. love 'em !! Cheers to you and Mrs Stan and the cats bro ! Blessings as always !!

Stan, you are very much like me, not just the bone dome look 😉. I also have a very eclectic taste to collecting. Everything from pre WW1 up to the modern day. If I like the look and the price is right, I'm buying it. I think it makes our collections far more interesting. E Bay is very good for searching, always research before buying though 😉. Keep at it mate 👍 👌

I remember as a bairn seeing the RUC with them. Always liked the look of them.

Hi Stan, very interesting video, thanks for sharing the new acquisition with us, plus all the info, and the info in the comments. If I can share a reminiscence, I remember visiting an R N submarine on the Tyne ,with my father , in the late fifties or early sixties.........HMS Artemis, I think, all glossy black, huge conning tower, big radsr bulge on the bow. And, below, rack upon rack of chained up Lanchester guns, polished wood, blued steel and brass, as you show. That's the nearest Ive been to one, until your video today! All the best to you and yours for the new year, and best regards for now.

I think front row second from the right is my dad. He did his National Service there and met my mother who lived nearby at a place called Locking Stumps, which is opposite the Atomic Energy Authority as was. They married when he demobbed and moved to Bath where he came from but moved back up to Bury a few months after I was born in 1957. If it ain't him he has a doppelganger!!!

Привет товарищ) С наступившим новым годом 🥳 Я недавно обзавелся своим первым макетом оружия Ак-74м от Ижевского завода! Очень доволен им) Жаль у нас в России мало иностранного оружия((( Щас хочу купить себе пневматический пистолет пулемет Кедр (может знаете такой) полностью стальной и с автоматическим огнем, а потом буду копить до лета на ППШ. И очень хочется немецкую каску М42) Пожелаю тебе удачи и всего наилучшего в этом году!

Happy New Year 2025 Stan bro ! That's a really sweet deac mate.. I had never even heard of it until now !! ..awesome to learn something new so soon into 2025 ! The stock looks in great shape !! Did that cocking bolt fly backwards and forwards as it was fired ?.. as per the Sten gun !! ..My Dad used a Sten.. and he said iy uou weren't careful it good really mess up the tips of your fingers.. which is why they held the mag with the left hand (I believe !) I have a 'Steampunk' uniform jacket ! You could make a good kebab with that bayonet !! 😉😁 Cheers mate !!

Real nice addition to your collection and a great review on it. Considering that the original MP18 / MP28 SMG design went back to WWI trench warfare, I think that the British completely misunderstood the concept by sticking on a huge bayonet and such a long magazine! One good thing for your collection is that it wasn't just used by the RN but also the RAF Regiment (during WWII) and, more importantly, it was issued to the Royal Marines and used by them for their jungle warfare in the Far East back in the 1960s. The Royal Marines didn't, however, use the bayonet and mostly used the Sten mags as they fitted into their 44 and 58 pattern ammo pouches. Guess that this gives you the freedom to make up a non navy display for it using kit that you already own without having to buy navy stuff. Nice example anyhow and interesting that it had been exported. Sadly, the RN destroyed all their remaining stocks in the late 1970s. Did you know that your Lanchester was also issued to the Commandos during WWII and used during D-Day?

Hey Stan! Cool piece of kit. Adopted by the admiralty in WW2 and predominately used by the Royal Navy. The army were not fans of it at all. If memory serves I believe the army actually rejected it. Happy New Year! All the best for 2025. Will you be at Stoneleigh? Im a southerner 😂 but your voice sounds like Stoneleigh maybe close to you? Im sorry if im completely wrong!! All the best mate

Very nice Lanchester smg. They are an interesting weapon and especially with a 1907 pattern bayonet fixed to it.