Vickers Turkish Contract MG

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Hello everyone.

I'm pretty new to forums so please bear with me as I learn my way around and try to use the site. I happened across this site looking for German acceptance code information and was pleased with what I've seen so I joined.

My main interest is collecting parts and accessories for my Vickers Turkish Contract MG (display gun). I am trying to gather items through it's life from "birth" into WWI in January 1918, (WWI British items) to it's final disposition in Turkey in WWII (British WWII, German WWI [Maxim] and Turkish items). I collect basically anything related - photos, books, field gear, ammo, parts, accessories, tools and aids, personal kit/gear, badges/pins, etc. I am willing to sell/trade any duplicate items as I gather them and try to get the best examples out there. I attached a photo of my "baby" with some of the items I've collected. I hope to display at re-enactments sometime in the near future.

I also collect Russian Mosin Nagant and Serbian/Yugoslavian riffles and accessories among other military items.

Another area of great interest for me is US WWII 42nd Infantry "Rainbow" Division, Specifically 222 Infantry Regiment that my dad was in. I do have a few paper records but his official records were destroyed in a massive fire in the US at the record keeping facility. I try to collect anything related to his being involved during that time - books, photos, pamphlets, patches, etc.

I may be able to contribute here already. In reading a posted document on the acceptance codes that I was researching I found that I may just have something that is missing in that document. So if I can find it again I'll be contacting that person to offer my information. It would be quite gratifying to be able to (hopefully) help someone else since I've gathered so much information from the internet for my own use over my last 5 collecting years.

I look forward to participating.

Thanks, Bob

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