Kriegsmarine Kustenabteilung
Links page
 
Huge list of links to all sort of interesting places:
 
KKA unit webpages:
 
KKA Yahoo page - The Yahoo group for the KKA
 
http://www.angelfire.com/on4/schultzsgt/ - one of our Canadian members
 
 
 
Approved Suppliers:
 
1944 Militaria
 
At The Front - well worth a visit just for the rants - makes you want to wind him up some more
 
OstFront - Good supplier of personal items and ration items, original and reproduction
 
Landser Outfitters - Good selection of personal items and fantastic service - collar litzen for Coastal Artillery available
 
Soldat FHQ - highly recommended for specialist insigna
 
Lost Battalions - top quality reproduction uniforms *CLOSING DOWN*
 
Gowen Militaria - post war Bundy and East German stuff - good for plain blue midays and KM fatigues
 
Stahlhelm-Werke- http://www.themarshalsbaton.com/Restorations 
 
Western European Products (W.E.P.-Wephaus) - Coastal Artillery Collar Litzen (backed and unbacked) available

 

 

Other Suppliers:
 
 
https://www.weitze.net/ Fantastic range of rare original KM insignia from Germany
 
 
http://www.modelguncollector.co.uk/ - blank firing guns, airsoft guns etc. for the UK market
 
http://www.deutscheoptik.com/  - mostly modern German stuff but still interesting
 
http://www.thirdreichmedals.com/ Jamie Cross Mitilaria
 
http://www.armyliqshop.ch/ - Swiss surplus store
 
http://www.gd43.com/ Custom hats and insignia
 
http://www.germanmilitaria.com/Kriegsmarine/01KM3.html - blisteringly expensive Militaria
 
http://www.cushmanpaintball.com/replicaspage.html - Cheapest MG34 and MG42 replics out there
 
http://www.stanwatkins.com/index.shtml The man to restore your antique radio or source a completed restoration
 
http://www.wartime-rations.moonfruit.com/ - new site supplying ration labels
 
http://www.freewebs.com/frontsisters/FrontsistersSite.html  Another site for the girls - great DRK stuff
 
 
 
http://www.hessenantique.com/  great selection of repro visors
 
 
 
http://www.sofmilitary.co.uk/  Soldier of fortune (UK reenactor supplier)
 
http://whatpriceglory.com/index.htm - British and American stuff only
 
http://www.dicks-armyshop.ch/index.php?navid=2&level=1&layout=20 - Get your Swiss stuff here! - German language only.
 
http://www.milweb.net/index2.html - all sorts of cool vehicles and armour for sale
 
http://www.militaryexport.co.uk/ - military vehicles for sale plus appraisal service for exports
 
http://www.milweb.net/go/groenwoud/ - Dutch importer of stuff from all over - get your Goulasch Kannon here!
 
 
http://www.mussolini.net/default_en.asp - Mussolini nutcase - Facist trinkets and general tat from Italy
 
http://www.replicaters.com/ - untried and scary notion of ordering stuff from India
 
http://www.germanparahelmet.com/ - Nice para helmets but annoying graphics
 
 
http://www.dutchiesmilitaria.com/ - Excellent service - does East German DDR stuff as well
 
 
 
 
http://www.manions.com/ - Well respected auction site but you need to pay $30 to be able to bid on anything
 
http://www.militarygunsupply.com/shop/warehouse.asp - nice supplier of military guns but prolly not much use outside of the USA
 
http://www.totls.com/traders-KM-hats.html - I'd use them at a pinch for KM hats
 
http://www.ssroom.com/ - Schoesslers Supply Room - manufacturers of fully-auto firing blank non-guns - currently PPSh41 and MP40 in production
 
http://www.german-historica.de/ - little online shop run by Thomas Hus - lots of interesting bits and bobs for sale
 
http://www.extraklasse.co.uk/ Hat makers of class
 
http://www.lomax-militaria.de/en/ Another German run store for reenactors stuff
 
http://www.reenactorshop.com/ German stuff from...well Germany
 
http://kleiderkammer.usermaatre.de/mainframe.htm More German stuff from Germany
 
 
http://www.kommiss.com/  Vehicles and interesting stuff
 
http://www.richardaunderwood.com/ Richard Underwood of course
 
 
Other reenactment units:
 
http://users.skynet.be/german.vehicle.group/ The excellent Belgium guys - you have to see this one
 
http://www.dererstezug.com/ - An excellent site with some great articles on reenacting including how to cut your hair etc!
 
http://www.wiking.org/labels/labels.htm - fantastic source for making your own repro labels
 
http://www.kompanie1.co.uk/Welcome.asp - excellent UK reeneactment unit
 
 
 
http://www.kevos4.com/ - Finnish reenactor site - home of vodka
 
http://www.retrotroops.com/ Great looking unit - check out their music links
 
http://www.sbg1.mistral.co.uk/ - Second Battle Group
 
 
http://www.greendevils.com/greendevils/ - Green devils - great vendor rating page
 
http://www.ww2lha.com/ World War Two Living History Association - umbrella organisation for a number of units
 
 
Research and information:

http://www.themarshalsbaton.com/ Interesting site exploring the highest rank insignia of Germany in WWII - check out the Reichmarshals repro shoulderboards

http://www.skylighters.org/photos/pinups.html - 1940's pin-ups galore

http://home.hetnet.nl/~thirdreich-bunkers/ The excellent bunker art website
 
http://www.weimarrundfunk.com/  Weimar Rund Funk  radio
 
http://www.nuav.net/festnorw.html - great site about the defences of Norway
 
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/repro_paperwork/ - Yahoo group with free repro paperwork
 
http://www.hardscrabblefarm.com/ww2/ - Reenacting resource full of info for Allied reenactors
 
http://www.feldgrau.com - THE research site on World War II and a great forum to join - check out their list of MAA units
 
http://www.jerseybunkers.freeservers.com/ - great kid interested in digging - good round up of bunkers in Jersey
 
 
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/4294907.stm - EU rejects attempts to ban the Swastika
 
http://www.fortlitroz.ch/ - Swiss bunkers and chances to stay overnight in one!
 
 
 
http://www.fortweb.net/photos/index.htm - lots of bunkers going back years, but some stuff on the Atlantik Wall
 
 
 
http://www.pzfahrer.net/ - Richards study of Hetzers
 
 
http://www.axishistory.com/index.php?id=1761 - Coastal Artillery Badge requirements
 
http://www.feldgrau.com/norwcoast.html - excellent research on the Norwegen KM coastal defences
 
 
Other forums:
 
http://www.wwiireenacting.co.uk/ - very active forum - a must to join this one
 
http://www.pidham.vispa.com/lhr/lhr.htm - Living History Register - not very active by the looks of things
 
http://forum.axishistory.com/ - Another very active and useful forum - recommended to join
 
http://www.wehrmacht-awards.com/forums/index.php - forum full of jumpy collectors - great fun posting stuff like "thats not right"
 
 
Other stuff
 
http://www.greendevils.com/greendevils/Consumer/vendor_review.asp?varACTION=VIEW - Link to another list of links? Well this is the excellent ratings page of the Green Devils reenactment unit where a whole bunch of vendors are rated - brutally honest customers telling it like it is. Great stuff!