The Armourer

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

The Armourer

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

Road radar to reveal Roman remains in York

Chalke Valley History Festival returns

Militaria for sale • Lenny Warren trawls the internet to find bargains, rare, interesting or bizarre items of militaria

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

Channel Islands Military Museum • Graham Priest heads for the WWII museum on the island of Jersey

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

Marlow’s arms and militaria sale

Bosleys big badge sale

The Battle of Jutland • The greatest naval battle of WWI occurred at Jutland in 1916 involving 250 ships. Mark Wood examines the controversial battle

Soviet Russia webbing • Edward Hallett starts a major new series, looking at the personal equipment sets of the Warsaw Pact, with Russia itself

Cameras at war PART 2/3 • John Wade looks at how World War II was captured on film by both photographers and ordinary soldiers

The Queen Elizabeth Cross • Peter Duckers examines the medal and its predecessors that is a memorial to services rendered

German Panzer III • Martin Taylor looks at the medium tank that spearheaded the German Blitzkrieg

Multishot pistols in the flintlock age • Neil Melville looks at the varied methods of delivering more than one shot from one loading

The Gestapo • John C Pursley goes behind the scenes of the infamous German Secret Police

Joining Nelson’s Navy • Life in the Royal Navy, while full of hardships, was not the brutal existence we imagine today, as Mark Wood reveals

Collecting Jutland • Edward Hallett finds that there are a surprising number of items with a connection to the Battle of Jutland available on the collectors’ market

German E-Boat War Badge • Duncan Evans takes a look at the badge awarded for manning high speed torpedo boats

The Tokarev pistol • John Walter looks at the Red Army’s pistol of World War II

The Photo Inspector • Ray Westlake examines the uniform and badges of a Pioneer of the Royal Fusiliers

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

yourletters • Let us know what you think of your favourite militaria magazine or ask other readers a question

NEXT MONTH: JUNE 2022 ISSUE

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