There are established suppliers of every type of kit you may need, already doing a first class job.
It is very tempting to opt for cheaper vendors who advertise what looks like very impressive and well made kit. Please be assured if you opt for cheap you will get cheap. The kit will more often than not be wrong and is useless for any historical representation you may need it for.
Don't get caught out and end up paying twice, recieving substandard and historically innacurate kit, that's if you recieve it at all.
Below is a list of reliable, accurate and quality suppliers that you will not go far wrong with. Every major living history group use these tried and tested suppliers and get a first class service provided.Before commiting to an expensive outlay it is advisable to check by contacting the genuine providers advertised below.
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Below is an image of a B5 boot which is available from William Lennon & Sons, (who have been manufacturing heavy boots since 1899). Of ALL the reproduction kit on sale this is undoubtedly THE very
best piece of kit of this type available any where in our opinion. The
service is first class traditional old school and they are a pleasure
to do business with. Any one who is any one in the Tommy Living History
scene now have these boots. They are made on the correct 2181 square toe last and stitched with the same type of machine that made the originals.So in essence they are not repro they are the real thing.
Khaki Devil can supply all your Great War equipment needs and have provided equipment for several film and documentaries over the years. More recently the famous Hovis Advert produced by Ridley Scott
Military History Workshop, manufactures in leather, webbing and canvas of British WW1 infantry,cavalry and accessories.
Pegasus Militaria suppy an excelllent SD Uniform as well as other Great War items of kit. They are highly recommended. There is an e-mail address below so you may contact them for an up to date catalogue and price list.
Check out their website by clicking the image below.
*Warning*
There are cheap copies of this boot being sold. Don't get caught out!! buy once and buy the best . These boots are tried and tested originals and are highly recommended. You will not save money buying cheap copies, you will merely have to buy more when they fall to bits.
HOW TO LACE YOUR BOOTS CORRECTLY A STEP BY STEP GUIDE WITH PHOTO ILLUSTRATION CLICK HERE
Khaki Devil can supply all your Great War equipment needs and have provided equipment for several film and documentaries over the years. More recently the famous Hovis Advert produced by Ridley Scott
Military History Workshop, manufactures in leather, webbing and canvas of British WW1 infantry,cavalry and accessories.
Pegasus Militaria suppy an excelllent SD Uniform as well as other Great War items of kit. They are highly recommended. There is an e-mail address below so you may contact them for an up to date catalogue and price list.
No display or kit is complete without the full array of acoutrements rations, paperwork and the like.
For all your pack filler needs please see Tommys Packfillers
Check out below for Australian as well as commonwealth items
For the very best highest quality and 100% perfect replicas of
Austro-Hungarian equipment please see below. This site is highly recommended by all the major Austro Hungarian groups across Europe.
What Price Glory from America have supplied many films over the years and offer plenty of bit's of Great War kit from caps to SD uniforms.
Schipperfabrik are a top quality vendor from America. The German Uniforms and equipment are second to none. They have been victims recently to piracy of their goods by unscrupulous second rate manufacturers from India and China. If you want top quality kit go here and not there. There is a full explanation on their website.
A vast array of Boots that simply cannot be obtained elsewhere in one place.
For your Helmet Liners, pads and parts. Watchbands, scabbards, dome nuts, etc. Please try here.
For your Deactivated firearms try here.
For
a vast array of FREE Great War Knitting patterns please click on the link
below which will take you to HJS Studio. The patterns are of American
origin but are totally appropriate for use.
For general militaria badges buttons etc
For your bell tent.
Enjoy a pint and help support the British Legion.
Merry Christmas & Happy New Year!
Prettige Kerstdagen en een gelukkig Nieuwjaar!
Joyeux Noël et Bonne Année!
Fröhliche Weihnachten und ein glückliches Neues Jahr
God Jul och Gott Nytt år
“So, here while the mad guns curse overhead,
And tired men sigh with mud for couch and floor,
Know that we fools, now with the foolish dead,
Died not for flag, nor King, nor Emperor –
But for a dream, born in a herdsman’s shed,
And for the secret scripture of the poor.”
And tired men sigh with mud for couch and floor,
Know that we fools, now with the foolish dead,
Died not for flag, nor King, nor Emperor –
But for a dream, born in a herdsman’s shed,
And for the secret scripture of the poor.”
Thomas Kettle, killed in action,September 1916,
No stir of wings sweeps softly by
No angel comes with blinding light
Beneath the wild and wintry sky
No shepherds watch their flocks tonight
In the dull thunder of the wind
We hear the cruel guns afar
But in the glowering heavens we find
No guiding solitary star
But lo! On this our Lord’s birthday
Lit by the glory whence she came
Peace, like a warrior stands at bay
A swift, defiant, living flame!
Full-armed she stands in shining mail
Erect, serene, unfaltering still
Shod with a strength that cannot fail
Strong with a fierce o’ermastering will
Where shattered homes and ruins be
She fights through dark and desperate days
Beside the watchers on the sea
She guards the Channel’s narrow ways
Through iron hail and shattering shell
Where the dull earth is stained with red
Fearless she fronts the gates of Hell
And shields the unforgotten dead
So stands she with her all at stake
And battles for her own dear life
That by one victory she may make
For evermore an end of strife.
“written by a soldier in trenches Christmas 1914”
