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Yet, being online is also more than just posting a website with directions and store hours. This is true of retailers who aren't offering online sales. Simply being online today [...]

IT might have the makings of a joke: A customer walks into a shop with no idea what he or she wants and asks the counter staff their opinion. There's [...]

Buyers Are Still Willing To Pay A Premium The past few years have been difficult for many Americans to make ends meet. Two years ago, the country faced near-record-high inflation [...]

While the term 'pith helmet' is commonly used to describe any sun or summer helmet, it isn't exactly accurate. Pith has entered the lexicon much as 'Xerox' means 'photocopy' or [...]

Nothing is quite as iconic of the late 19th century British soldier as his sun/pith helmet. Thanks to movies such as 'Zulu,' it is almost impossible to think of the [...]

For those who don't understand military history, the circular-shapes that adorn headgear and aircraft can be confusing. And while these may look like bull's eyes to the aforementioned uninformed, they [...]

Thanks to movies and video games, nothing says 'World War II' quite like a machine gun--despite the fact that most combat soldiers carried rifles. For military firearms collectors, the machine [...]

Much has been written about American efforts to develop the first modern infantry combat helmet during World War I, as well as subsequent efforts before and after World War II. [...]

Thanks in a large part to numerous Vietnam War films that were produced from the late 1970s through the early 1990s, there is now an iconic perception of pro-communist guerrillas, [...]

One of the basic tenets of international relations and diplomacy is that if you don't pay attention to history, you may be doomed to repeat it. The rise of ISIS [...]

A lot of the buying and selling of militaria occurs through online transactions today. As a result, more and more items are traveling even further distances to reach the buyer. [...]

It sounds tragically familiar: As a new century dawns, American soldiers return home with exotic items from the other side of the globe after facing an insurgency by an almost [...]

Unmanned aerial vehicles have become the rage in the consumermarket with hobbyists across the country taking flight. While the Federal Aviation Admission oversees the use of all such unmanned vehicles, [...]

The former Soviet Union and its client states may not have done much to produce quality 'consumer goods,' but one of they did leave a lasting legacy of the Cold [...]

The classic view of Montgomery's Eight Army in the desert of North Africa is a 'Tommy' running across the desert wearing a British MkII steel helmet. This certainly is an [...]

The 'turban' is an item of headdress worn by civilians as well as being an official style of military head cover in India, Pakistan, and numerous other countries. It also [...]

Militaria, much like military history, remains full of mysteries. While many historic relics, like firearms, have a clearly defined evolution, this is not the case with all items. For example, [...]

Ifa tree falls in a forest and no one is around to hear it, does it make a sound? This thought experiment is meant to raise questions about observation and [...]

During the 19th century, many nations followed Britain's lead in developing special 'sun' or 'pith' helmets for use in tropical stations and during the summer months. The British sun helmet [...]

Today, there are countless books on military helmets--and even this reporter can claim to be an 'author of a work devoted to the topic.' No topic been more widely covered [...]

The Show of Shows (SOS) is the largest militaria show under one roof anywhere in the world, and this year it was the Show of Shows like never before. It [...]

Many collectors of militaria, no doubt in part because of the popularity of First and Second World War memorabilia, likely think of composite helmets as 'that new stuff.' Composite helmets [...]

To a lot of collectors--and even more so to the casual observer--militaria is about 'something old.' Often, it is something from the not-so-distant past but usually not now. Is it [...]

For many collectors, the most exotic aspect of buying a military collectible--besides the item itself--has been the variety of stamps on the packaging. Large shows, notably the MAX and SOS, [...]