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Allez,woestijnvoske.
Save some money for quality czech lowboots ..wich are around 200 euro's.


Another option can be that Svec resole sturmboots...

It's simpel: the Czech lowboots are far the best made..
But still you can loose a hobnail,like the originals did.

Tommygunn wrote:I getting back to restoring my Lafette 42 and would rather use a paint chemistry that is as close to that used during the war.
So, what did the Germans use; cellulose, enamel or something else?

Cheers,
Tom.

a fore-runner to our acrylic paint.

i have seen the work of Herr Caputo.
I am no fan of his work.
The camo helmets look farb to me.

Yes,1944 militaria has the bevo insigina's from Smwholesale
camo and wool tunics also.
I have compared many different repro birds Heer and SS..
Smwhole is the closest though.

Guys, you can't judge colour on all the many PC screens you are using! All will render the colours differently, and even if you have a colour calibrated monitor (which I have, for my work) then you can't assume the colour balance is necessarily correct in the original photo. To me it is rather pink...

GraemeMac wrote:No yellows, there is a dark green and a light green. The camera is making it look a little more vibrant(same with the oranges of the autumn side), than it actually is.

In the same picture,i do recognize the green of the helmet cover....wich i don't see on the smock.
But that could be me.

go overseas.

http://germanhelmetsinc.com/restored_ww1_helmets.htm

1944militaria has images.

strange colour scene,i think the yellow must be green on the smock.
No idea who made it though

fieldgrey wrote:

Pug42 wrote:He's been asking since July! Give him a break

haha! yup, thats right. give me a break!

well maybe i have got another option for you mate:

http://www.zib-militaria.de/epages/6143 ... 90061-0006

fieldgrey wrote:anyone?

do you think the world ends afterall if you don't get it on time?

the best bevo insigina's comes from the factory Smwholesale.

This says more then enough to me.
Thanks for your help

Maybe it's asked before, but I can not find it.. What Insignia carried the ss helperin on their uniforms? Were there any ss helperinnen from other countries. if so what and howe and what did they wore, cuffs with national shield? found out that some foreign nurses wore national shield 1,5 cm under t...