Last night I was watching a TV program called "The Weapons Hunter" It's all about Paul Shull mission to unearth the wildest weapons of historic warfare, a mix of battlefield-sleuths and arms collectors in one; This week they featured The WW2 "Fallschirmjägergewehr 42" Attachment 184476
a paratrooper rifle/machinegun issued to the German Fallschirmjägers (paratroopers) This program struck a cord with me, as many years ago (1972) I was offer a job lot of weapons with Included the FG 42, To tell the truth the FG 42 meant nothing to me, I just wanted a Maschinenpistole 40 (MP 40)Attachment 184477 And so I made arrangements with a "well off" friend of mine to split the deal, which we did, Now I should point out that in 1972 Reference books were "thin on the ground" years later I realised my mistake, The FG 42 was worth small fortune, This was the first of two major mistakes I have made in my collecting years, The second mistake was being offered a set of "Oak Leaves"Attachment 184478Attachment 184479
for a Knights Cross of the Iron Cross, At the time all I could see was a "Ladies scarf toggle" And so I passed on the Item, Years later rectify my errors, I now have two Fallschirmjägers equipped with FG 42 guarding my coffee machineAttachment 184480
and I bought a fake Knights Cross with Oak Leaves swords and Diamonds in GoldAttachment 184481
So am I the only doofus? It's time to come clean, "what have you done?"
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