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The following links are to web sites that collectors of military insignia and those with an interest in military history may find useful. Insigne neither endorses the services or products offered by these sites nor vouches for the accuracy of the information or the claims these sites may contain. Rather, these links are provided as a service to collectors, whose individual responsibility it is to judge each site’s content. Organizations ASMIC The American Society of Military Insignia Collectors. The Orders and Medals Society of America The Association of American Military Uniform Collectors Symboles & Traditions: France's premier organization of insignia collectors. The Military Heraldry Society (UK) The British Model Soldier Society. Orders and Medals Research Society. The Company of Military Historians, and its Southwest Chapter. Air-America.Net, a site for collectors of Air America memorabilia. AMICI: The Association of Italian Militaria Collectors. Information Sites, Archives, Museums The Alamo Scouts: Learn about the U.S. Army's premier reconnaissance unit of WWII. Paul Whitman's 503d PRCT web site. Dave Kaufman's 244th Engineer Combat Bn website. Operational Groups - a comprehensive site on this branch of OSS The U.S. Army's Military History Institute offers historical documents and reports on-line. The U.S. Army Center of Military History The Public Records Office (Britain's National Archives) The Australian War Memorial - Australia's military archives. Arthur Brown's history of the Jedburghs Marines in the OSS, and the story of Peter J. Ortiz. The Doughboy Center: The story of the American Expeditionary Forces. American Military Patches of World War Two: A guide compiled by Howard Lanham. WorldWar1.com: The War to End All Wars on-line. WWII History Center: Museum and research library. The War Scholar: Extensive listings of dealers of militaria and military-related items. If British/Commonwealth military history and insignia are your interest, check out Commonwealth Land Forces and Rothwell Order of Battle and The British Empire: Armed Forces. Those who have an interest in the Australian Imperial Force of WWI are invited to visit The Australian Light Horse Association, and Defending Victoria Digger History: Ted Harris's mammoth unofficial history site of the Australian & New Zealand Armed Services. Ray Fincham's Military Shoulder Patches of the U.S. Armed Forces Korean-War.com includes a section on exotic insignia of special ops units. Dedicated to U.S. Air Force patch/insignia collecting, USAFpatches.com serves as an information and gathering area for collectors on the 'net. A great site for WWII Squadron Patches. Militaria.com: A site for military collectors and military historians. HyperWar: A hyper text history of WWII. Offers a wide variety of information on the war. Wars & Conflict: World War Two. Articles on various aspects of the war from BBC On-line. Gallipoli: a site devoted to this famous battle. World-Wide Submarine Insignia. The American War Library.. The World's Largest On-line Military, Veteran, and Military Family Registry. The History Place. Selected articles, photos and drawings on aspects of American history, including the major wars involving American forces. Military Badges by Booker: the collection of international military badges of H. H. "Sarge" Booker. The American Armoured Foundation, Inc.’s Tank Museum. Militaria Dealers, Commercial Sites Pass In Review for British, Canadian, and Commonwealth insignia. Vintage Productions, buying and selling military collectibles and more. For Air Force insignia, take a look at Aeroemblem. Andrew and Gale Lipps offer medals and insignia from the Civil War to the present through their shop Wartime Collectables. For general Australian militaria, forums, free posting and more see Grants Militaria. VerKuilen Ager's Historical Militaria, featuring a wide variety of military collectibles. Military Artifacts Unlimited, specializing in U.S. military patches, medals & insignia. H. J. Saunders's Military Insignia offers links, information, and insignia sales. The Flying Tiger Antiques: historical collectibles and Americana. AAA Historical Americana - World Exonumia. (What are exonumia? Log on and find out!) Wess Wessling's Coast Guard Patches: sales and documentation, links. Zahal: Insignia of the Israeli Defense Forces. Lew Shotton Militaria: British and Commonwealth forces insignia. Der Dienst. Hand-crafted museum quality, full-size reproductions of the world's most famous military awards, medals, badges and insignia at a fraction of the cost of originals. CollectRussia: Russian and Soviet medals, militaria, and antiques. Israel Military Products - the Israel Army surplus store. Tutto Militare offering insignia, medals, equipment, replica weapons, and more. Bi-lingual site (Italian and English); click on American/British flag for English. Weingarten Gallery - authorized DOD manufacturer of current military insignia and maker of quality reproductions of vintage US aviation wings. Books, Misc. Articles of War - dealing since 1971 in new and used military books. Looking for out-of-print books? Try Bookfinder or The Advanced Book Exchange or Bibliofind. Larry Stone offers a wide variety of military-related items: books, documents, autographs, medals, insignia. Need a display case? Find them at Indian River Display Cases and at Ruddles Mills. Books on OSS weapons, and more, directly from the author at John Brunner Books. While World War Two Books deals in new and used military books of all periods, its emphasis is on those dealing with WW2, especially Axis forces. |
