Juleswings Militaria - Military Wings & Things

A WW2 South African Veterinary Corps Medal Group

During a recent visit to my parents in Melbourne, I was given this group which belonged to my father’s uncle,...

The Czech Police Museum (Muzeum Policie ČR) is housed in the grounds of a former Augustinian monastery that was founded...

This is the first of a two part review of the Army Museum of Western Australia. The Army Museum of...

One of my collecting interests is Australian cigarette lighters from the Vietnam War. In recent years I have tended to...

The Caterpillar Club, started in 1922 by Leslie Irvin’s Irving Air Chute Company, as a way of recording the names...

In 1974, the Brisbane based 6th Battalion Royal Australian Regiment (6RAR) under the command of Lt Col Tony Hammett took...

In 1941, fearing that the Japanese may launch an invasion of southern Africa from Vichy French controlled Madagascar, the OC...

Airborne insignia provides a popular collecting focus for many collectors and as a result has become a lucrative market for...

Last week’s post featured the Caterpillar Club badge of RAAF pilot Patrick Heffernan who became member number 16000 of Irvin’s...

The Caterpillar Club began in 1922 shortly after an American aviator, LT H.R. Harris, made an emergency descent using an...

This is the first of an ongoing series of articles which will take a closer look at some of the...

Another item from my collection this week. This time it is a WW2 USN “deep wave” type 2 Submariner badge...

Featured this week is a very nice medal group to a WWII Hungarian paratrooper that I hold in my collection....

Whilst I am not a medal collector, this auction on the 20th of November 2019 caught my eye. It is...

The Wild Geese patch as shown above is often misidentified as being a mercenary or mercenary veteran’s insignia. This is...

During my first trip to Malaysia I did not leave Kuala Lumpur and whilst I did get to visit the...