The Armourer – November 2018

IN THIS ISSUE:

• Hell in the pacific – witness Allied forces taking on the Japs at Guadalcanal, then collect the uniforms, equipment and medals.
• Warship figureheads – collectable card illustrations.
• Classic Swiss rifle – the story of the Schmidt-Rubin.
• Zulu War bayonets – Victorian stabbing weapons in Africa.
• War toys of the Nazis – how the German state kept children entertained.
• Leicester Yeomanry – the heroic action in a WWI battle.
• German dress daggers – collecting the wapons designed for show.

PLUS: Vanity Fair, Great Northern war armies, US Seabees