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Battlefields & Museums

The Goldfields War Museum – Boulder, Western Australia

The discovery of gold in the Coolgardie and Kalgoorlie region, approximately 550km east of Perth in the early 1890’s led...
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Nungarin Heritage Machinery & Army Museum, Western Australia

Review and photographs of the Nungarin Heritage Machinery & Army Museum in the Western Australian wheatbelt region.
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USS Cobia SS-245. An AirBnB with a difference

The story behind USS Cobia (SS-245) a submarine that sunk 13 ships during WW2 and is now a floating AirBnb
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InsigniaThe 'juleswings' Collection

A Spanish Civil War Era Parachute Rigger Wing

Examining a rare Spanish Civil War era Republican parachute badge.
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Military ArtNews & Events

Australian War Memorial Update: The 2020 Napier Waller Art Prize

Australian War Memorial update. Voting for the 2020 Napier Waller Art Prize is ready for your vote! The art award is open to former and current ADF members to encourage artistic excellence and raise awareness of the talent and service of ADF Personnel.
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The Aviation Heritage Museum – Bull Creek, Perth, Western Australia

Note: Click on the smaller images to enlarge and read caption information. The North Wing is home to the larger...
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InsigniaThe 'juleswings' CollectionThe Indochina Wars

Vietnam War era Parachute club patches

During the Vietnam war there was at least two sport parachuting clubs operating in South Vietnam although I have patches...
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An Australian SAS Soldier’s Equipment from the Vietnam War

  I took the above photograph back in 2018 when I flew across to Canberra to check out the Australian...
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The Merville Battery – Normandy, France

Whilst the American Airborne operations on D-Day were concentrated around the Cotentin Peninsula and commemorated at the Airborne Museum and...
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US Paratrooper's D-Day Experience Museum. Saint-Côme-du-Mont, Normandy
Battlefields & MuseumsExhibitions & Displays

US Paratrooper’s D-Day Experience Museum – Saint-Côme-du-Mont, France

Without a doubt one of the best military museums in the Normandy region. If you're an airborne collector, the D-Day Experience is a must see.
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'Dead Man’s Corner' - German Paratrooper Museum – Saint-Côme-du-Mont, Normandy
Battlefields & Museums

‘Dead Man’s Corner’ German Fallschirmjäger Museum – Normandy

The Dead Man’s Corner Museum at Saint-Côme-du-Mont focuses its attention on the German paratroopers who used the building as their Regimental Command Post and first aid station at the time of D-Day invasion. For those interested in the exploits of the fallschirmjägers this is one of the best museums that you're likely to find.
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War Museum of Cambodia
Battlefields & MuseumsField Reports

Siem Reap Cambodia Part 2 – The War Museum of Cambodia

In addition to the excellent Cambodia Landmine Museum, which I covered in part 1 there is another military museum close to...
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The Cambodian Landmine Museum
Battlefields & MuseumsField ReportsThe Indochina Wars

Siem Reap Cambodia Part 1 – The Cambodian Landmine Museum

Close to the famed Khmer Temples at Angkor Wat are two military museums that focus on the Cambodian Civil War...
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A Pre-1975 Transportes Aéreos de Timor Pilots wing

Whilst my collecting interests are focused around military insignia I occasionally find a piece that is impossible for me to...
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Battlefields & MuseumsThe Indochina Wars

The Patpong Museum – Bangkok – Thailand

The Patpong Museum is not strictly a military museum per se, but the history of Bangkok’s Patpong Road is closely...
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Help preserve the Musée Somme 1916

ANZAC Day, the 25th of April, is a day where Aussies and Kiwis remember the sacrifices made during times of...
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This colourful, enameled, para wing is on display at the French Paratrooper Museum (Musée des Parachutists). It is identified as being a parachutist badge for Mauritius. A photo review of the exhibits at the Museo Storico delle Aviotruppe (The Italian Paratrooper Museum) in Pisa, Italy. For collectors and those interested in Airborne and Special Operations, this museum is a must see. Model 1942 tropical jacket and insignia detail from the uniform of Lieutenant Ilio Fonocchi of the 15th Company of the 5th Battalion, 186th Regiment. 101st Airborne Division “screaming eagle” patch detail from a uniform on display at the 10st Airborne Museum in Bastogne, Belgium. US Army parachutist badges (jumpwings) on display at the 10st Airborne Museum in Bastogne, Belgium. Detail from the 17th Airborne Division display at the Bastogne War Museum. The patch design symbolises the division’s ability to use surprise and strike in the dark to seize an opportunity. Display details from the 10st Airborne Museum in Bastogne, Belgium. Note the “white tongue” patch. This plaque was made towards the end of the combined Australian and New Zealand 4RAR/NZ ANZAC Battalion’s first tour of Vietnam in 1968-69. According to the maker details on the rear, it originated from the NAAFI Store at 15 Grange Road in Singapore.

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