Well I didn't see the guy stamping the coins but my friend did...
He was stood waiting for me to catch up with him when this voice behind him said (in a foreign accent which he took to be German)
"would you like a free momento of the show?"
Frankly surprised that there was anything going free at W&P he agreed
"have you got a coin?"
My mate passed over a 50p which was returned to him moments later with the SS runes on one side and the tiny eagle and swastika on the other (neatly stamped on the queens face...
He wasn't best pleased and when he showed it to me as we walked along i was shocked to say the least... by the time we'd walked a few yards my mate was good and mad and ready to punch the guy...
but he didn't... :whistle:
As Larry said, in a historical context 3rd Reich insignia has its place
but not on coffe mugs and golf umbrellas and tshirts...For F**ks Sake!
I glanced at that stall (or should i say one of those stalls) & thought "who the hell would want any of that sh1t and walked on...
As for the trolley... i must've walked passed it a dozen times and just not seen it... not something i would ever want to own... or sell, if i did own it, for that matter...
& just for balance I have met loads of german reenactors who are okay and nice people... however I've also met at least 3 (one of whom is well known on the WWII forum) who were absolute a*seholes and clearly more than just " reenactors...
On the downside though i think its going to make it very difficult for German groups now as every right wing loon is now going to rush out to SOF grab himself an SS uniform and expect to be welcomed with open when they try and join a group...