.......Yeah.
Being an unbiased observer and having read the entire thread I'd just like to point out that it's you who have been arguing, not the other 'camp' so to speak.
I probably shouldn't have butted in, but I thought that was worth your attention.
Getting back to the thread at hand, forgive my ignorance but where does one usually find such nice bits of WWI/II gear?
Swap meets? Chance meetings? Or are Surplus stores really just that much better elsewhere in Canada?
For two weeks last summer I had the privilege of joining a mass re-enactment of some of WWI's most terrifying battles for a CBC project.
I had a chance to meet the few German re-enactors and I was greatly impressed by their knowledge of history, their enthusiasm, their good nature and of course, the gear!
I would love to put together a late WWI kit over the next few years as well as a few allied kits, so a nudge in the right direction would be excellent (or maybe bad, considering the cost. We'll see
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