The Armourer

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

The Armourer

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militaria news • Duncan Evans reports on what’s happening in the world of military history and collecting

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

Firearms and militaria at Morphy

The Royal Welsh Regimental museum • Martin Davies takes a visit to the regimental museum of the men who fought at Rorke’s Drift

Under the hammer • Duncan Evans reports on the latest militaria sold at auctions around the country

Medals at Noonans

Third Reich at Ratisbon’s

Operation Chariot • To neutralise the threat of German battleship Tirpitz, British Commandos mounted the greatest raid of all, as Mark Wood reveals

Warsaw Pact: Bulgaria • In the fourth part of his series, Edward Hallett moves to one of the smaller Soviet Bloc nations and looks at a Bulgarian set of webbing

Rations of WWII • John C Pursley describes the military efforts to feed soldiers during remote combat operations

Navigation in the age of sail • Navigation was the great scientific challenge and achieving accuracy was a process of continued experimentation and constant failure as Mark Wood reveals

5th SS Wiking Division • Ian Baxter takes a look at the formation and actions of the Waffen-SS division with Dutch and Scandinavian volunteers

The Toski 1889 clasp • Peter Duckers looks at a clasp awarded for a forgotten battle in the deserts of Sudan

American landing craft and ships • John C Pursley investigates the various types and purposes of the seessential war vessels in WWII

Murder on the Home Front • Graham Caldwell investigates the most shocking murders of WWII Britain, during a period of blackouts and diminished police numbers

Sir Gilbert Blane’s Gold medal • Martyn Lovell looks at a medal awarded to only the worthiest Naval Surgeons

Collecting Operation Chariot • Edward Hallett looks at some items of militaria relating to this exciting special forces raid

The French Army of the Crimean War, 1853-1856 • Gabriele Esposito outlines the structure and organisation of the French Army at the time of the Crimean War

Collecting spent brass • Tim Heath takes a look at a pair of fired shell casings from a British Navy QF 40mm 2pdr Mark VIII anti-aircraft system

The Photo Inspector • Ray Westlake looks at the uniform of an officer of the Queen’s City of Edinburgh Rifle Volunteer Brigade

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

your letters • Let us know what you think of your favourite militaria magazine or ask other readers a question

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