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Military Trader • AUGUST 2022 • VOLUME 29, ISSUE 8
Is a collecting interest life-long?
HOMEFRONT NEWS
Woody Williams: American hero
Playing at war… at your kitchen table
MILITARY WHATIZIT?
The men behind the memorabilia • Shows offer opportunity to connect with men who created history
‘Bandkampfabzeichen’ • The history of the German Anti-Partisan Badge
THERE’S A UNIFORM IN YOUR FUTURE! • Recruiting for the National Guard during the Korean War
Home for a Drone • Preserving the Virginia National Guard’s air defense artillery artifacts one piece at a time
Collecting the ‘Hermit Kingdom’ • Awards from the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea
JOIN THE OFFENSIVE!
THE BATTLE PLAN
COLLECTOR TO COLLECTOR SHOWCASE
ARBEITS DANK • Nazi civilian ‘army’ members received pins for labor