Australian Victoria Cross ‘Passed’ at Auction – 26 Nov 2024
A medal group including the Victoria Cross for Australia belonging to Corporal Daniel Keighran was ‘passed’ during a recent auction in Sydney. The Afghanistan campaign gallantry group, the first ever awarded to the Royal Australian Regiment and the first to a non-Special Forces recipient went to auction on 26 November 2024 with an estimate of Au$1.25 million, however it failed to reach the reserve price.
Australian National Vietnam Veterans Museum – Photo Review
The National Vietnam Veterans Museum on Phillip Island in Victoria is a very impressive volunteer run museum that seeks to remember, interpret and understand the experience of the veterans of Australia’s second longest conflict and the enduring impact of the Vietnam War.
French Indochina – Rare Cao Đai ‘Unification Of Sects’ Badge
A rare Cao Đài militia badge from the French Indochina War
Collector Group Subscriptions – ASMIC and Chute & Dagger
Electronic subscriptions to the ASMIC and Chute & Dagger insignia collector groups are cheap coming in at under $25 and they provide an invaluable database resource for our hobby.
Ray Beattie – Image for a Dead Man
Death through absence. Vietnam veteran Ray Beattie's controversial 1980 painting "Image for a Dead Man" expresses a soldier's grief at the loss of comrades and a statement about the repercussions of war. Lest We Forget.
Special Forces Exhibition at the French Army Museum – Paris
Timed to coincide with the 30th anniversary year of the creation of France’s Special Operations Command (COS), the Forces Spéciales exhibition at the Musée de l’Armée in Paris opens the door on the weapons and equipment used by the French Special Forces units.
‘A Bridge Too Far’ – Arnhem 1944
On 17 September 1944, the Allies launched Operation MARKET GARDEN, the ill-fated attempt to create a 103km corridor through German...
Indochina Wars – Cambodia’s KPNLAF faction (1979 – 92)
Some more insignia from my 'private armies' and militia groups collection. These are from the Khmer People’s National Liberation Armed Forces (KPNLAF) which existed between 1979 and 1992.
The Long Tan Memorial cross
11:00 hrs, 18 August 1966. Nui Dat, South Vietnam. Delta Company from the 6th Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment (D Coy,...
“Out of Ammo” Museum – Arnhem
Arnhem's newest museum commemorating Operation Market Garden in 1944.
