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    I'll bet fantasy piece to make them attractive to the collector community?
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    Jim,
    Old ground but wasn't that image on the right the tunnel lads option in WW1???
    'Tonight my men and I have been through hell and back again, but the look on your faces when we let you out of the hall - we'd do it all again tomorrow.' Major Chris Keeble's words to Goose Green villagers on 29th May 1982 - 2 PARA

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    Quote Originally Posted by Gil Boyd View Post
    the tunnel lads option
    I remember that bun fight...the "Special" rifle of the tunnel troops.
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    I'll bet fantasy piece to make them attractive to the collector community?
    350 GBP

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    Quote Originally Posted by Melanie_Daniels View Post
    350 GBP
    Wow, but we've seen this sort of thing before.
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