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Many years ago I had a similar style of hand vehicle tyre pump that wasn't working and I didn't have a replacement cupped leather washer of the correct size which these style of pumps normally...

After a little searching I found it and apparently they are known as an "Infantry Whistle" in the British army nowadays, according to the label.

As it's in a resealable bag I took it out for the...

I do have, somewhere, one of these whistles, new unissued, still sealed in the current style of stores packaging indicating that they are still an item that could be issued or were until recently....

I don't recall seeing that pic in the UK, Ovidio, post 4. The first pics that I saw were from a drone and showed the wreckage on the summit not on the side of the hill/mountain.

It's worth keeping an eye out for the various different markings that can be found on this style of whistle, for example, "ARP" for air raid warden/civil defence, "The Metropolitan" for police and...

$9 million....."Crowdfunding" possibly?

I think that it is the angle at which it is photographed at and the angle the wreckage is in relation to the ground, a bit deceptive.

Like I have alluded to, if Russia and President Putin were ever to prevail in Ukraine it is likely that Russia wouldn't stop there and other countries in Eastern Europe would likely be at risk, if...

But it is also the type/style of whistle use by the RAF for aircrew, that was the point that I was making.

The other style of whistle that you mention, the long thin round type, was used by just...

As I understand it not all military aircraft had any form of seat cushion for the pilot or copilot and all there was a metal seat frame with the pilot/copilot sitting on their parachutes which formed...

I wonder if the whistle is intended for aircrew? I know the RAF used similar whistles but I haven't seen anything to confirm that any RAF aircrew issued whistles were US made. Lots of items were made...

The problem will be, if Donald Trump is reelected, is if he "pulls the funding" for Ukraine and the supply of US weapons. This is because the UK, France and Germany will find it very difficult to...

It looks more like deep "turning marks" when it was "parted-off" or "faced-off" in the lathe during manufacture. Caused by an incorrectly set lathe tool or blunt lathe tool or incorrect spindle speed...

I don't know if anyone is interested to see these WW1 food rationing scheme cards which I don't believe that I've shown before online.

I assumed that he was referring to the Lanchester, SMG rather than the MP28, which only had the option of one large mag.

These spent case catchers came on the UK collectors market a couple of years ago and are said to be ex Royal Navy. A number of UK militaria dealers have/had them for sale. As can be seen the...

Because at the time there were a lot of companies in the UK that worked in leather and were equipped to work in leather.

It looks to be in excellent condition, the B29 Doc.

It was only when I tried putting a pair of WW2 headphones in it that I realised that it was "somewhat lacking in height". I then compared it to the other box that I have, pic 2, post 1, and realised...

Today I reduced the glued in wood plugs in the ends, taking them off level and I then sanded them off flush. I had a tiny amount of wood, around 1/16", to take off the bottom of the box to get the...

If memory serves me correctly WWA Ltd had a batch of them, the white webbing frogs, all in new, unissued condition and I believe that is where I got it from a few years ago.

Among the various frogs in my militaria collection I only appear to have 3 British examples in white, i.e. white from manufacture and not blancoed white. Only one of those is in webbing material,...

Just out of interest, what sort of speed did you run that keyway cutter at, post 43? It is good that you can machine the welds in the keyways with a "high speed steel" cutter rather than a carbide...

Yep, work isn't like a "custodial prison sentence" that you can't get out of, despite what some people appear to think. After finishing education one isn't "sentenced" to 45 to 50 years of WORK with...

People seem to want everything done as fast as possible nowadays regardless if a totally crap job is the result.

When I started work in the mid 1980's if you produced a totally crap job you were...