The Armourer

The Armourer covers battles and campaigns including features on collecting medals, weapons, uniforms and equipment.

The Armourer

Welcome

A gathering of Spitfires • Duncan Evans reports on what’s happening in the world of military history and collecting

Peter Jackson’s Military Treasures

WWI medals of Vera Brittain

Hoard of Anglo-Saxon gold

Japan: Courts and Culture

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Militaria for sale • Lenny Warren trawls the internet to find bargains, rare, interesting or bizarre items of militaria

In the sale rooms • The weapons, uniforms, medals and militaria coming up for auction

National Civil War Centre • Kerry Culbert visits the museum in Newark, partially dedicated to the 17th century Civil Wars

Big four at Hermann • Duncan Evans reports on the latest militaria sold at auctions around the country

Historic arms at Bruneau

Antique arms and armour at C&T

The Battle of the River Plate • The first naval battle of WWII ended in the destruction of the flag ship of the German Kriegsmarine but at a heavy cost, as Mark Wood explains

The Dutch M78 Set • Edward Hallett takes a break from the big players in the Cold War to see how a smaller nation equipped its soldiers

The British East Africa Company medal • Peter Duckers looks at a medal awarded for strategic considerations in the headwaters of the Nile

Russian women at war • John C Pursley recounts the achievements and gallantry of Soviet women serving in the Red Army

Fort York in the War of 1812 • Graham Priest takes a look at the history and weapons used in the siege of the Canadian fort

Smatchet and the SOE • Ron Flook reveals the history of the Smatchet and its connection to WE Fairbairn, the Special Operations Executive and the Commandos

Collecting the Battle of the River Plate • Edward Hallett goes in search of early war naval militaria with a link to the famous battle

SPECIAL EDITIONS

The Fetterman Massacre • Overshadowed by Custer’s Last Stand, this was the other Indian Wars battle where there were no white survivors, as Graham Caldwell explains

Willy Messerschmitt • John C Pursley recounts the rise and fall of the famous German fighter plane designer

China’s Kalashnikov rifles and bayonets • Graham Priest investigates the post-WWII weapon based on the iconic Soviet design

Athenian and Spartan armies • Gabriele Esposito outlines the structure of the Athenian and Spartan military forces of ancient Greece

The Photo Inspector • Ray Westlake looks at the uniform of a Squadron Sergeant Major of the 5th Royal Irish Lancers

reviews roundup • Duncan Evans reviews the latest releases in the world of military history and collecting

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