FIELD REPORTS
Latest dispatches from our historians and collectors.
WW1 BRITISH OFFICER GEAR EXPLAINED: TUNIC, BELT, HELMET & PRICES
Picture a muddy trench in northern France in 1916. Rain falls. Boots sink into wet ground. British s...
READ DISPATCH →FRENCH WW1 UNIFORM GUIDE: POILU GEAR, ADRIAN HELMET, AND CASUALTIES
World War 1 placed the French Army in one of the most difficult military situations in modern histor...
READ DISPATCH →GERMAN PANTS WW2 EXPLAINED: REAL SS UNIFORM BUYING TIPS
German WWII uniforms remain popular among collectors and reenactors. Items like German SS uniforms a...
READ DISPATCH →HOW TO BUY A WEHRMACHT UNIFORM FOR SALE WITHOUT GETTING SCAMMED
Wehrmacht uniforms remain one of the most popular WWII collectibles. Many collectors search for a We...
READ DISPATCH →BRITISH ARMY UNIFORMS IN WW1: TRENCH PROBLEMS AND DESIGN FIXES
British World War I uniforms began with the khaki Service Dress introduced in 1902. While durable, t...
READ DISPATCH →UNITED STATES ARMY UNIFORMS IN WORLD WAR 1: FACTS AND FEATURES
World War I forced the United States Army to redesign its military uniforms quickly. Early gear stru...
READ DISPATCH →BRITISH WW2 UNIFORMS: FEATURES, PROS & SOLDIER ACCOUNTS
British WW2 uniforms were shaped by hard lessons from the 1800s and World War I. Red coats once stoo...
READ DISPATCH →HOW WWII AMERICAN UNIFORMS FIXED WWI PROBLEMS
World War II American uniforms were built to fix real problems seen in World War I. Soldiers in WWI...
READ DISPATCH →GENERAL WWI BRITISH UNIFORMS COMPARED TO WW2 SAS EQUIPMENT
If you collect British military gear or study war history, you’ve probably faced this problem. You s...
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