The Armourer

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

The Armourer

Welcome

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

Queensland auction outrage

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

Ratisbon’s 53rd Contemporary

Big Four at Hermann Historica

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

East Bristol’s online auction

The Kaiser’s Battle • Graham Caldwell explains how Germany raced to win the war, with half a million men transferred from the Eastern to the Western Front

Reading for the troops • Books and magazines were just as important as ammunition to the Allied infantryman, as Robbie McGuire explains

Webbing of WWI: Austria-Hungary • Edward Hallett continues his series on Great War personal equipment by looking at Austria-Hungary

Cities at war: Amsterdam • An initially benign occupation of the Dutch capital by the Nazis descended into oppression, as Jonathan Trigg explains

The Blood Order • Duncan Evans takes a look at one of the most cherished awards of Hitler’s NSDAP

The bayonet to stop the Nazi tide • Graham Priest takes a look at the No.4 Mk II* bayonet, introduced in Britain’s darkest hour

The Deccan Medal, 1784 • Peter Duckers explains how the East India Company led the way for a campaign medal

King George V class ships • Mark Wood takes a look at the battleships of the King George V class in this preview of the new Battleships of WWII bookazine

The Cawnpore Massacre 1857 • Graham Priest takes a look at one of the most shocking incidents in the Indian Mutiny and the weapons that were used

Collecting the Kaiser’s Battle • Edward Hallett explores some late World War I collectables on the market at the moment

THE MEN BEHIND THE GUN: More cartridge Colts • John Walter tells the story of Charles Richards and William Mason

The Photo Inspector • Ray Westlake looks at the Welsh Border Mounted Brigade Transport and Supply Column, Army Service Corps (Territorial Force)

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

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Auction & Fair Diary

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