MHillyard Posted April 15, 2012 Share Posted April 15, 2012 Got lots of great stuff at the Carboot today, just thought i'd share a few Got an almost new Alice backpack with frame £5 1980s boots, old dpm shirt and trousers, Alice desert belt, blister/waterproof socks £5 Sniper smock £5 Special air and sea sercvices smock £5 Mendl boots and Magnum boots £6 Brand new para smock £7 Altberg boots £5 and plenty of other stuff Info would be appreciated on some of the kit, especially for the special air and sea smock Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wdbikemad Posted April 15, 2012 Share Posted April 15, 2012 Nice finds ! late issue sniper smock....no contractors name.....but a bargain nonetheless.....! At some point the issue sniper smock saw a change in the lining from green poplin to DPM.........early 2000s...? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chevpol Posted April 15, 2012 Share Posted April 15, 2012 Nice haul, nice prices, why cant my car boot throw up items like these!!!! Mark Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony B Posted April 16, 2012 Share Posted April 16, 2012 Mine threw up an intresting GEC emergency magazine lamp. The switch system is very unusaual. I'll post photos later. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Enigma Posted April 17, 2012 Share Posted April 17, 2012 2, WW2 Brit Turtle helmet shells (MK3) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wdbikemad Posted April 17, 2012 Share Posted April 17, 2012 2, WW2 Brit Turtle helmet shells (MK3) Has anyone ever seen the post-war MK4 turtle shells without the rim...? I've seen several over the years....I wonder if these were an official issue rather than a lid where the rim has dropped off...?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Enigma Posted April 18, 2012 Share Posted April 18, 2012 Has anyone ever seen the post-war MK4 turtle shells without the rim...? I've seen several over the years....I wonder if these were an official issue rather than a lid where the rim has dropped off...?? I have about 20 post war MK 4's but never seen one without rim. Don't think it was done on purpose, after all they stopped making rimless Brodies during WW1. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scotch Harry Posted April 18, 2012 Share Posted April 18, 2012 Many,many years back i had 2 MK4 shells without the rim and sold them off as i thought they were missing the rim but have read somewhere,either on a forum or in an article somewhere that they were made like that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wdbikemad Posted April 18, 2012 Share Posted April 18, 2012 (edited) I've certainly encountered several MK4s without the rim....and they looked fairly unworn too from memory..... When did they stop making 'em? My NOS issue one during the early 80s was dated '58 with a '81 dated liner assembly (the MK5 "Liner, itchy" - the red-fibre & foam assembly with the knitted khaki nylon head cradle)......... Once the fibre GSMK6 helmet appeared on issue, NOS stocks of the steel MK3, 4 and 5 lids appeared en-masse on the surplus market.......so they must have had tons of the things sitting in a hangar somewhere......40s and 50s production.....? I seem to recall seeing a load of 45 dated MK4s (complete) piled in a skip half filled with water....:-( And just to recap.... The MK3 is the 44-issue "D-Day" turtle helmet with the screw-affixed liner and high-mounted chinstrap posts.... The MK4 from 45 onwards has a similar liner but affixed by a press-fastener & post.....plus lowered chinstrap mounts.... And the MK5 was basically a MK4 with the "improved" (itchy) liner.....introduced during the 60s and served on until replaced by the modern fibre MK6 in the late 1980s.......... Edited April 18, 2012 by wdbikemad Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MHillyard Posted April 22, 2012 Author Share Posted April 22, 2012 Picked up a 68patt Smock, Trousers and hood all for £4 today at the car boot also got a 1990's? aircrew jacket for £3 Green one side and reverses to a reflective orange. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eaglehurst Posted April 22, 2012 Share Posted April 22, 2012 What sizes for 68 patt set? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MHillyard Posted April 22, 2012 Author Share Posted April 22, 2012 What sizes for 68 patt set? Smock is size 6, trousers size 1? ( lable faded) and hood size 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Enigma Posted April 22, 2012 Share Posted April 22, 2012 This was given to me today. East German. Anyone know what branch or such? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wdbikemad Posted April 22, 2012 Share Posted April 22, 2012 Hmmmm....possibly the chap at the airport telling you your papers weren't in order or the knock-on-your -hotel-door-at-11pm branch....and not room service either....!!! I must state in my defence, that I rather like the East German VOPO helmets.....date back to 44 apparently...... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Enigma Posted April 22, 2012 Share Posted April 22, 2012 or the knock-on-your -hotel-door-at-11pm branch....and not room service either....!!! I believe you're right, the medal says something like "for merit in the people-controle of the DDR" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Panzer nut Posted April 25, 2012 Share Posted April 25, 2012 Nice haul, nice prices, why cant my car boot throw up items like these!!!! Mark Thats because Andy has beaten you to it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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