General Apathy Posted March 18, 2019 Share #14201 Posted March 18, 2019 Magazine bag for French chachut (sp) Auto rifle. Found in small antique store. Wasn't sure what is was but stamp inside said Paris and I figured to out chauchat.jpg . Hi Robert, I bow to your knowledge on this one, it's outside my pay-grade . . . . . . . . . . . Norman D. Landing, Forum Normandy Correspondent, March 18 2019 . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
General Apathy Posted March 18, 2019 Share #14202 Posted March 18, 2019 To paraphrase ZZ Top: They come runnin' just as fast as they can Cause every girl's crazy 'bout a sharp dressed man(nequin) . Hi Erick, mmmmh looks like you could be right looking at this image . . . . . . . Norman D. Landing, Forum Normandy Correspondent, March 18 2019 . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LtRGFRANK Posted March 18, 2019 Share #14203 Posted March 18, 2019 . Hi Robert, I bow to your knowledge on this one, it's outside my pay-grade . . . . . . . . . . . Norman D. Landing, Forum Normandy Correspondent, March 18 2019 . Someplace I have a picture of a Doughboy shooting the french rifle with bag over his shoulder Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikie Posted March 19, 2019 Share #14204 Posted March 19, 2019 . Hi Erick, mmmmh looks like you could be right looking at this image . . . . . . . Norman D. Landing, Forum Normandy Correspondent, March 18 2019 .fullsizeoutput_13d3.jpeg Those faces are kinda creepy. Put the plastic bags over the heads again! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikie Posted March 19, 2019 Share #14205 Posted March 19, 2019 . From the Shoebox . . . . . Prepared for the auction attached image of my Woodmans Pal LC-14-B knife, unissued with a piece of cardboard still around the blade, it also has three books, 48 page Care, use and sharpening, 16 page living in the jungle, 16 page fighting with the Woodmans Pal, an emergency fishing pack of a line and two hooks and the item that is generally missing from the Woodmans sheath the sharpening stone, which bears the Woodmans Pal company logo. Norman D. Landing, Forum Normandy Correspondent, March 17 2019 .fullsizeoutput_13c6.jpeg Always thought these things were wickedly cool. I'd love to have one, but as beautiful as your mint set is, I'd probably be better off with a well used one that I could use around the yard. I just don't have space for something like that in my tiny shoebox that doesn't earn it's keep. Mikie Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
General Apathy Posted March 19, 2019 Share #14206 Posted March 19, 2019 Those faces are kinda creepy. Put the plastic bags over the heads again! . Hi Mikie, my daughter would agree with you, my para-marine in the early jump smock lived in a small niche just outside the bathroom door, the rare smock not having any real meaning for her, just the creepy eyes and face of the mannequin ' watching ' her as she past. Norman D. Landing, Forum Normandy Correspondent, March 19 2019. . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dogsbody Posted March 19, 2019 Share #14207 Posted March 19, 2019 Those faces are kinda creepy. Put the plastic bags over the heads again! Talking about creepy faces. This one resides in Le Grand Bunker Musée le Mur de l'Atlantique in Ouistreham, Normandy. Imagine having him standing in your hallway etc………………. Rene Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
General Apathy Posted March 19, 2019 Share #14208 Posted March 19, 2019 Talking about creepy faces. This one resides in Le Grand Bunker Musée le Mur de l'Atlantique in Ouistreham, Normandy. Imagine having him standing in your hallway etc………………. DSC_2633a.jpg Rene . Hi Rene, spooky eyes . . . . . . About thirty years ago I took a photograph of a static display in the Diekirch museum in Belgium, there was nothing out of the ordinary at that time about the photograph or the content of the photograph. That is until a British politician appeared on UK television about five or six years ago and I thought there was a striking resemblance between the politician and the mannequin seen in the centre of the photograph sat in the Jeep. ?? Norman D. Landing, Forum Normandy Correspondent, March 19 2019. . . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikie Posted March 19, 2019 Share #14209 Posted March 19, 2019 . Hi Rene, spooky eyes . . . . . . About thirty years ago I took a photograph of a static display in the Diekirch museum in Belgium, there was nothing out of the ordinary at that time about the photograph or the content of the photograph. That is until a British politician appeared on UK television about five or six years ago and I thought there was a striking resemblance between the politician and the mannequin seen in the centre of the photograph sat in the Jeep. ?? Norman D. Landing, Forum Normandy Correspondent, March 19 2019. .Image 19-03-2019 at 20.53.jpg .Image 19-03-2019 at 20.51.jpg I'm sorry to say that I am not up on my British politicians, but that is a striking resemblance. Unfortunately, there are more than enough American politicians with a lot in common with dummies. Mikie Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dogsbody Posted March 19, 2019 Share #14210 Posted March 19, 2019 . Hi Rene, spooky eyes . . . . . . About thirty years ago I took a photograph of a static display in the Diekirch museum in Belgium, there was nothing out of the ordinary at that time about the photograph or the content of the photograph. That is until a British politician appeared on UK television about five or six years ago and I thought there was a striking resemblance between the politician and the mannequin seen in the centre of the photograph sat in the Jeep. ?? Norman D. Landing, Forum Normandy Correspondent, March 19 2019. .Image 19-03-2019 at 20.53.jpg .Image 19-03-2019 at 20.51.jpg Hi Ken, now that's spooky……. Rene Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Johan Willaert Posted March 19, 2019 Share #14211 Posted March 19, 2019 . About thirty years ago I took a photograph of a static display in the Diekirch museum in Belgium, there was nothing out of the ordinary at that time about the photograph or the content of the photograph. That General Anthony McAuliffe Farage display was actually located in the Bastogne Historical Center, not Diekirch... Furthermore oddly the scene was based on a photo of McAuliffe in his Jeep taken in the Netherlands during Market Garden and not in the Ardennes fighting... The display was set up in the original (first version) of the Bastogne Historical Center which opened roughly 1975-76 and which hosted the MVCG rally in the Summer of 1978, which could have been the first time we ever met... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
General Apathy Posted March 19, 2019 Share #14212 Posted March 19, 2019 That General Anthony McAuliffe Farage display was actually located in the Bastogne Historical Center, not Diekirch... Furthermore oddly the scene was based on a photo of McAuliffe in his Jeep taken in the Netherlands during Market Garden and not in the Ardennes fighting... The display was set up in the original (first version) of the Bastogne Historical Center which opened roughly 1975-76 and which hosted the MVCG rally in the Summer of 1978, which could have been the first time we ever met... . Hi Johan, well memory serves you better than me, next you will be telling me that you don't owe me any money . . . . . . Thanks for clearing up where the photo was actually taken, I couldn't recall where, too many years, too many trips. is that how long you owed me that money, MVCG trip summer of 78 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . happy years. Norman D. Landing, Forum Normandy Correspondent, March 19 2019. . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
General Apathy Posted March 19, 2019 Share #14213 Posted March 19, 2019 . From the Shoebox . . . . . . . . . . prepared and sent for auction Norman D. Landing, Forum Normandy Correspondent, March 19 2019. . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikie Posted March 19, 2019 Share #14214 Posted March 19, 2019 . From the Shoebox . . . . . . . . . . prepared and sent for auction Norman D. Landing, Forum Normandy Correspondent, March 19 2019. .fullsizeoutput_140a.jpeg Oooooooh! What can it be? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
63 RECON Posted March 20, 2019 Share #14215 Posted March 20, 2019 . Hi Recon, yep would be pleased to see your example, please add it when you can, thanks for joining in. I was a little torn about parting with mine it was in like factory fresh supple condition and clean, whereas a couple of others rubberised ones I had were a little stiffer. As I will be keeping three musettes anyway should I have also kept it it defeats the object of my exercise to clear out all the stuff unused or un-displayed. Norman D. Landing, Forum Normandy Correspondent, March 17 2019. . here it is, nothing special, but its nice and still in good nick,44 dated with rubberized body and normal flap Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
General Apathy Posted March 20, 2019 Share #14216 Posted March 20, 2019 . Hi Recon, thanks for the photo of your musette, looks in nice supple condition, out of all the musettes I have owned only one had the maker and date in the same spot as yours which I always thought was cool. Norman D. Landing, Forum Normandy Correspondent, March 20 2019. . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
General Apathy Posted March 20, 2019 Share #14217 Posted March 20, 2019 Oooooooh! What can it be? . Hi Mikie, presently its a sealed carton, but maybe this evening I will reveal the contents . . . . . . . . Airborne related. Norman D. Landing, Forum Normandy Correspondent, March 20 2019. . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
General Apathy Posted March 21, 2019 Share #14218 Posted March 21, 2019 . From the Shoebox . . . . . . Seasonal marked film-work jacket. I managed to grab this jacket and pants off the BoB film-work, only managed to get the one marked winters never managed to find the one marked summer. . . . . . . . . . . . life’s a bitch. In actual fact this suit became damaged and discarded during the shoot and a replacement copy was issued. Norman D. Landing, Forum Normandy Correspondent, March 21 2019 . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dogsbody Posted March 21, 2019 Share #14219 Posted March 21, 2019 Hi Recon, that's a nice musette. Thanks for posting. Rene Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dogsbody Posted March 21, 2019 Share #14220 Posted March 21, 2019 . From the Shoebox . . . . . . Seasonal marked film-work jacket. I managed to grab this jacket and pants off the BoB film-work, only managed to get the one marked winters never managed to find the one marked summer. . . . . . . . . . . . life’s a bitch. In actual fact this suit became damaged and discarded during the shoot and a replacement copy was issued. Norman D. Landing, Forum Normandy Correspondent, March 21 2019 .fullsizeoutput_1423.jpeg Hi Ken, no wonder you couldn't find one marked summer……...you should have looked for summers………..(Yeah, I know it's a lame joke ) Rene Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
General Apathy Posted March 21, 2019 Share #14221 Posted March 21, 2019 Hi Ken, no wonder you couldn't find one marked summer……...you should have looked for summers………..(Yeah, I know it's a lame joke ) Rene . Hi Rene, thanks no that's not a lame joke, I would call it an off-season joke . . . . . . . . Anyway its gone to auction. Norman D. Landing, Forum Normandy Correspondent, March 21 2019 . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
manayunkman Posted March 21, 2019 Share #14222 Posted March 21, 2019 That joke is not in season. Nice Winters jacket. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikie Posted March 21, 2019 Share #14223 Posted March 21, 2019 Hi Ken, no wonder you couldn't find one marked summer……...you should have looked for summers………..(Yeah, I know it's a lame joke ) Rene It figures that Rene would Spring for a joke like that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
General Apathy Posted March 21, 2019 Share #14224 Posted March 21, 2019 That joke is not in season. Nice Winters jacket. . Hi Peter, thanks, once again it has just sat in a box since filming finished. . . . . . . . . time for it to fly. Norman D. Landing, Forum Normandy Correspondent, March 21 2019 . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
General Apathy Posted March 21, 2019 Share #14225 Posted March 21, 2019 It figures that Rene would Spring for a joke like that. . Hi Mikie, I would think that Rene might ' fall ' about laughing at your ' spring ' comment . . . . . . . Norman D. Landing, Forum Normandy Correspondent, March 21 2019. . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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