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Can anyone let me know what German ammo tins with 5 belts and a starter tab are going for. All original wartime belts and tab. I know the price depends on condition of tin etc but the prices I am being quoted seem low on good original belts....£2.50...$5 to you guys. I would appreciate any help on this one.

I would buy!Starter tabs are around $7 alone,$5 isnt enen the price of a 6 pack of beer.Unless it is rusted junk,I dont see how you could go wrong.---bil

yup belts and tabs are cheap, and i believe can still be had in ww2 can for 40 us? marstar has "post war " for 35 usa $ this is 5 belts 1 leader and can, but usualy i get post war and it is stamped ww2 from them, looks like can alone is worth around $15 us starter tab is $7 us so that should show what belts cost, pretty plentiful here i believe

IMA often has 5 dated belts in original cans for around $50-60, their supply must not be consistent because they come and go.

Damien-I just got the Osprey book "The Channel Islands-1941-1945" This is where you live? What a great place! Still full of bunkers and tunnels.No wonder you come up with such neat stuff.Merry Christmas ---bil

Hi Bil.
Yes, that's where I live. It has its advantages for sure especially if your into WW.2 German kit. But these days it drying up and nothing really exciting comes to light. For example, I have only found one good condition German helmet here in the last 4 years. When I was a child you only had to look in the garages/sheds of friends or neighbours and you would find all sorts. Anyway, we have a head start on most collectors as we grew up with real kit all around us and not too much of the fake.repro kit has got here because we have the real thing.
Have a great Christmas/New Year.
From Damien in the former German Occupied Island of Jersey.

I have always wanted to see that stuff

Hi,
Well just let me know when you are coming over and I will arrange to show you the best places and find you some of the kit that you might want to buy for your collection. The Island is only 9 x 5 miles but the Germans fortified it more than anywhere else along the Atlantic Wall, and none of it was used in anger to any great degree.
D.

Damien- Is this one of the MP sites on Jersey? What is the location of this site?Where on Jersey are you? I'm asking because I am studying the islanddefences,and trying to locate places on my map.Thank you- ---bil P.S. Happy Boxing Day!

Hi Bil,
Yes, this is on of the MP's. This is the Les Landes example. It used to have a radar on the roof. I live about 5 minutes from this bunker in a car, I am at Greve de Lecq in St.Ouen.
D.