A 1992 issue Switlik Caterpillar Club badge for a WW2 Soviet pilot.
Last week’s post featured the Caterpillar Club badge of RAAF pilot Patrick Heffernan who became member number 16000 of Irvin’s...
WW2 Caterpillar Club pin to RAAF pilot, Group Captain P.G. Heffernan
The Caterpillar Club began in 1922 shortly after an American aviator, LT H.R. Harris, made an emergency descent using an...
Australian Airborne Insignia #1 – Airborne Platoon?
This is the first of an ongoing series of articles which will take a closer look at some of the...
WW2 USN Submariner ‘Dolphins’ from an officer aboard USS Skipjack (SS-184)
Another item from my collection this week. This time it is a WW2 USN “deep wave” type 2 Submariner badge...
A rare WW2 Hungarian Paratrooper’s medal group
Featured this week is a very nice medal group to a WWII Hungarian paratrooper that I hold in my collection....
The RAAF Museum Point Cook, Victoria, Australia
Situated approximately 30km west of Melbourne at Point Cook, the RAAF Museum was established in 1952 as a repository for...
Gen. Clarence R. Huebner, CO of the “Big Red One” on D-Day. Medals, militaria, firearms and estate items up for auction. 20 November 2019.
Whilst I am not a medal collector, this auction on the 20th of November 2019 caught my eye. It is...
‘Mad Mike’ Hoare’s Wild Geese mercenary patch
The Wild Geese patch as shown above is often misidentified as being a mercenary or mercenary veteran’s insignia. This is...
Malaysia trip report #2 – The Royal Malaysian Navy, Customs and Maritime museums, Melaka
During my first trip to Malaysia I did not leave Kuala Lumpur and whilst I did get to visit the...
Congo Mercenary. British Parachute Regiment & 5 Commando (the Wild Geese) group.
This is part of a larger collection of items belonging to a South African mercenary who served with the British...
Merredin Military Museum, Western Australia
Situated approximately 256 km (159 miles) east of Perth and roughly halfway to the goldfields surrounding Kalgoorlie, the town of Merredin was...
Army Museum Žižkov – Prague, Czech Republic
Undoubtably one of the highlights of my trip to Prague in 2015 was visiting the Army Museum Žižkov (Armádní muzeum...
The Mysterious Vietnam War Mary Poppins Platoon HAHO Parachutist Badge
Mary Poppins Platoon Combat Qualification Wing with the ARVN Jump Status Indicator for comparison. Collection: Julian Tennant This “Mary Poppins...
Airborne Assault Museum – IWM Duxford, United Kingdom
The Airborne Assault Museum traces the history of British Airborne Forces since their beginning in 1940 to the present day....
“Bash on Recce!” – Ambush in Wolfheze
“Bash on Recce!” – Ambush in Wolfheze is a great account of the clash between elements of Freddie Gough’s Recce...
Operation Market Garden: The Airborne Museum ‘Hartenstein’
The Airborne Museum Hartenstein, is one of the best known museums dedicated to the battle for the 'bridge too far' and the focal point for commemorative celebrations every September.
