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Facebook is a nice way to communicate with my clients and the people who like the things I make,
Small pocket Photo albums
Some time ago I just wondered what I would have done when I would be on leave as
German Front Line Assault Ration Box
Yesterday I had studied the photos in Jim Pool's book "Ration of the German Wehrmacht in World War
New projects for October 2015
At this moment I am finishing off some projects I had started after my summer holidays. I
Waschmittel für Feinwäsche
Finally I finished a long laying project, the German "Waschmittel für Feinwäsche" box. The original box contains washing-powder (detergent) for Wool, Silk, spun rayon or mixed fabrics such as: stockings, fine underwear, Stockinet, monochrome or colorful textiles and garments, uniforms, washable gloves, etc...
Allied Military Currency (AMC)
Military currency and occupation money are money provided for the use of military personnel serving in occupied
Unternehmen Bernhard – The counterfeit operation
Who hasn’t heard of Operation Bernhard or the counterfeit operation, the evil plan of Nazi-Germany to ruin
Sutherland Paper Company
On the internet you can find loads of information and sometimes you are looking for a certain kind of information and then you stumble onto something else which attracts your attention. I was looking for more information about American D-Ration and K-Ration boxes and found some nice Photos, which were made during the war by the Sutherland Paper Company at Kalamazoo.
WW2 German Wehrpass Slip Cover
Some time ago, in april, I wrote something on my Facebook page about planning to make a WW2 German Wehrpass Slip Cover. First I had taken some photos off the internet from a slip cover of a Wehrpass and a slipcover of a Soldbuch.
How to wrap your KitKat
Some time ago someone asked me if the KatKat was wrapped in aluminium foil or something else during the Second World War. Well my answer was, in greaseproof paper, because the aluminium was used i.e. for the plane industry. So this question made me think of writing this "How to wrap your KitKat" article.