militaria

Syonan Reflections (Part 2): How to build an ‘Army’

Tuesday, July 31st, 2007

by Alvin Lee

I have been crazy about plastic models of German Armored Fighting Vehicles (AFV) since primary three. But I loved the small plastic German soldiers even more, in particular their uniform and equipment variations. It was every boy’s dream to own a German WW2 helmet (the predecessor to the modern PASGT shaped helmet). In […]

Syonan Reflections (Part 1): Who We Are

Tuesday, July 31st, 2007

by Alvin Lee
“Excuse me. Where did you get this uniform from?” This is perhaps the most asked question we get. Nope. We are not a vendor at Beach Road’s buzzing army market. We are a sub-culture of collectors of original and reproduction World War Two militaria
If the word “militaria” is new to your ears, then […]