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Militaria Collectables

We look at a selection of Militaria collectables including medals, badges and military uniforms from various historical periods

Collectables

Death Plaques

John Norris delves into WWI Memorial Plaques, honouring fallen soldiers and their collectable legacy

13 Jan 2025
Collectables

ROLLIN WHITE PATENT EVASIONS

Derek Landers explores how 19th-century American gunmakers produced cartridge revolvers while avoiding Smith & Wesson’s Rollin White patent

13 Jan 2025
Collectables

Victorious – First World War Victory Medal

Fancy collecting the First World War Victory Medal? John Norris takes an in-depth look

12 Dec 2024
Collectables

Dear Jane

John Norris discusses collecting British postcards of the First World War

11 Nov 2024
Collectables

The History Hut

John Norris takes a look at a very personal collection

22 Oct 2024
Collectables

The Verdun Medal 1916

John Norris takes a look at the Verdun Medal 1916

7 Oct 2024
Collectables

Collecting antique arms – Any old iron?

Derek Landers takes a brief look at the collecting of antique arms for beginners

7 Aug 2024
Collectables

Brain Buckets

John Norris discusses head protection for soldiers

5 Aug 2024
Collectables

The history of body armour – Maximum Protection

John Norris takes a look at the history of body armour

8 May 2024
Collectables

Naval War Films

John Norris discusses naval war films and the challenges faced while trying to create them

20 Aug 2021
Collectables

Atticy Antiques Shop Review

The great thing about entering a shop selling ‘bric-a-brac’ is that you never know what you will find. This is especially so for militaria collectors. I experie...
18 Jan 2019
Collectables

Replica Documents

John Norris discovers a company that supplies authentic packs of documents for the re-enactor, the aptly-named memorabilia pack company…

3 Oct 2017
Collectables

Soviet Military Badges

Collecting militaria is big business and extremely popular and getting it right can mean all the difference between making an investment with good purchase or l...
21 Dec 2016