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War Time Militaria

First World War Military Collectibles

Second World War Military Collectibles

North Korean War Military Collectibles

Vietnam War Military Collectibles

Military Weapons Experts


The Birks Foundation
has a very unique global team of expert authenticators that will certify your militaria items.  Our team hails from over 17 countries and has over 480 years of experience..... More



Web Site Certification
Do you consider your militaria web site & items up to standard for the Birks Certification.  Let us certify your web site as one of the few the proud and certified militaria web sites on the internet.  Submit Your Site

Submit Your Militaria Web Site


Militaria Link Exchange
Exchange links with The Birks Foundation and increase your link popularity with search engines like Google, Yahoo, MSN & much more.  Add Your Site

Second World War Militaria


The Birks Foundation goes one step further than militaria items.  We thoroughly investigate information about the war era itself.  This gives us a view into the past about the people and actions that affected the outcome of the wars fought.

Women in War - Second World War:  Choose from the links Below:

Women Journalists

  • Iris Carpenter
  • Ruth Cowan
  • Peggy Deuell
  • Martha Gellhorn
  • Marguerite Higgins
  • Helen Kirkpatrick
  • Tania Long
  • Shelley Mydans
  • Sigrid Schurz
  • Ann Stringer
  • Sonia Tomara
  • Bonnie Wiley

Anti-Nazi Resistance

  • Lucie Aubrac
  • Simone de Beauvoir
  • Masha Bruskina
  • Marie Louise Dissard
  • Justyna Draenger
  • Marguerite Duras
  • Marie Fourcade
  • Haika Grosman
  • Denise Jacob
  • Andrée de Jongh
  • Rosemary Maeght
  • Gole Mire
  • Inge Scholl
  • Sophie Scholl
  • Hannah Senesh
  • Genevieve Soulié
  • Dorothy Tartiére
  • Germaine Tillion
  • Helene Vianna
  • Simone Weil

Secret Agents

  • Vera Atkins
  • Lise de Baissac
  • Andrée Borrel
  • Yolande Beekman
  • Mathilde Carre
  • Madeleine Damerment
  • Christine Granville
  • Virginia Hall
  • Noor Inayat Khan
  • Cecily Lefort
  • Vera Leigh
  • Sonya Olschanezky
  • Eliane Plewman
  • Lilian Rolfe
  • Diana Rowden
  • Yvonne Rudelatt
  • Odette Sansom
  • Violette Szabo
  • Nancy Wake
  • Pearl Witherington

Women Civilians

  • Eileen Kane
  • Stella Hughes
  • Naomi Mitchison
  • Jessica Mitford
  • Unity Mitford
  • Francis Partridge
  • Muriel Simkin
  • Joyce Storey

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