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Excellent video of Brigadier General(Ret.) Darrell Dean's collection-featuring Britains, rare Elastolin, and Lineol, and many other makers:

Youtube links featuring some Britains sets and figures: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC07W8dx-MjIjSt3EsyYoV5Q

The photo below fairly well sums up some of my other interests, i.e. history-of course, old German proof marked Walthers, Rolex watches, and travel; have been to about three dozen countries and have lived in five. In the photo, the center passport is stamped with a 1970 Royal Afghan tourist...

"(Note: not in this book, but one of the TICOM units was, according to author James Costello, alleged to have found at Kronberg Castle incriminating correspondence between Edward, Duke of Windsor and Hitler. Kronberg Castle later went on to achieve infamy as the site-then an Army officer’s club...

For those interested in U.S. Army Intelligence, counter-intelligence at the tail end of the war, cold war history, espionage, or early CIA history highly recommend Covert Legions: U.S. Army Intelligence in Germany, 1944-59 by Thomas Boghardt, Boghardt, a former Bundeswehr Panzer officer, an...

Hello Louis, Don't know if you are familiar with the American Air Museum site(UK) but there is some info about your uncle, his aircraft(B17-#42-3324), fellow crew members, etc. here: https://www.americanairmuseum.com/archive/person/joseph-j-amanna...

Kabul city center map, early 2000s, showing approx. location of where Sherpur Cantonment(rectangular selection)stood, Bala Hissar ruins lower left.

Kabul viewed from the Bala Hissar-late 1840s, print by James Atkinson View of Kabul from the Bala Hissar(from the photo collection “Afghanistan 1879-1880”

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Hi Jim, What I'm doing in the above posts is finding photos of the department stores that match the price tags on my boxes(and only those from my collection)- all done in a spirit of whimsy with a dash of nostalgia. It would be great if you and others would post price tags along with pics of...

Indeed, very impressive museum!

Among these the assassination weapon-a .32 ACP FN Model 1910 Browning Where Holly(Martins)met Harry(Lime)

My photo taken 104 years later(my hotel was directly opposite-across the bridge).

Map of the multi-lingual empire(notice that the Transylvania area is labeled “Siebenbürgen” after the seven fortified towns of the province built by Saxon knights in the 12th century). Location of the empire’s 16 army corps(in the days prior to his assassination, Archduke Ferdinand had...