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.
Vietnam War – 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.
The Army Flying Museum (UK)
The Army Flying Museum in Hampshire tells the story of aviation in the British Army.
The Airborne Museum – Sainte-Mère-Église, Normandy, France
In the early hours of 6 June 1944, Private John Marvin Steele, an American paratrooper from F Company, 2nd Battalion,...
The Late Arrivals Club’s ‘Winged Boot’ Award
Several years ago I was fortunate enough to get hold of a couple of badges that an Australian soldier brought...
The Ho Chi Minh Campaign Museum – HCMC, Vietnam
The Ho Chi Minh Campaign Museum (Bảo tàng Chiến dịch Hồ Chí Minh) is a military museum in Ho Chi...
Iraq – Task Group Taji – ANZAC Day 2016 Patch
. On 25 April 2016, Australian and New Zealand Defence Force personnel deployed to Iraq with Task Group Taji commemorated...
‘Big Things in Store’ – The Australian War Memorial Technology Centre Open Day
Coming up this weekend is the Australian War Memorial's Treloar Technology Centre - Big Things in Store 2022 open day.
Japanese Shinyo Suicide Boat at the Australian War Memorial
The Shinyo (‘Ocean Shaker’ or “Sea Quaker) was a one-man suicide boat produced by the Imperial Japanese Navy as a...
Museum: Recollections of War – Albany, Western Australia
Recollections of War is a military museum run by John & Kathryn Shapland near Albany in Western Australia. The museum exhibits their personal collection and presents a fascinating insight into the lives of ordinary men, women and children during times of conflict.
The ‘Desert Diablos’ – DoS Air Wing Afghanistan Patches
The United States Department of State (DOS), also referred to as the State Department, was established in 1789 as the...
Birdwood Military Museum – Geraldton, Western Australia
The Birdwood Military Museum, Geraldton, Western Australia.
African Special Operations Insignia #3 – Portuguese Mozambique’s Grupos Especiais Pára-quedistas 1971 -74
Portugal’s presence in Africa dates back to the 15th century and their colonies (Guinea-Bissau, Angola and Mozambique) held important...
The Fallschirmjäger Collection – Overloon War Museum, The Netherlands
Photographs of the German paratrooper displays at the Fallschirmjäger Collection shown in the Overloon War Museum in the Netherlands.
‘L’ Detachment SAS ‘original’ Fred Casey’s Memorabilia and Archive
In March 2020, another extraordinary group of documents and memorabilia belonging to one of the first members of the Special Air Service was sold at auction. The SAS archive of Private / Trooper Fred “Killer” Casey, an early member of the elite regiment, comprised eleven lots and included the veteran's medals, SAS beret, insignia, pocket diary, certificates, Fairbairn Sykes dagger, map and a personal photo album featuring photographs that had never been publicly displayed before.
