RUSSIAN AND GERMAN,BRITISH TANKS AND SELF PROPELLED GUNS,PROFESSIONAL MADE

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IMPORTANT COLLECTION OF SCALE MODEL ARMOR
MADE BY THE CHIEF MODEL BUILDER FOR THE SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION
FOR ONE OF THE 3 MOST IMPORTANT NAMES IN MILITARY ORDNANCE COLLECTING !
During the 1970s Tom Nelson was working with the Smithsonian on one of several projects. There he met Frank Groff who was the top model builder. Tom was very interested in models of military ordnance and later founded " Collectors Armoury " which produced a fine line of scale models for sale worldwide. Tom intended using the Groff models in the production and advertising of fine models. It was one of many projects which Tom had to put aside to attend to his full time projects of writing,publishing and worldwide travel.
He was a VERY busy man.
A couple of decades ago when Tom was moving his office he asked me if I was interested in this set. I was. I bought the lot and asked him to autograph them for posterity. I don't recall if he sign all of them.
These have been in my office for 25-30 years and it is time to give them a new home.
One British , 2 Soviet and 8 German models.
I can not ship these. never had any luck shipping or buying plastic models as they always end up broken. These need to be picked up in the Washington DC area or I will deliver to a shipper in the area if so wanted.
I paid 0 each for the mounted model and each for the unmounted 30 years ago.
SERIOUS ARMOR MAN NEEDED.
SOME OF WHAT YOU SHOULD KNOW ABOUT TOM NELSON:
The 3 great names in military arms and ordnance collecting in the U.S. and much of the world are Bannerman. Cummings and Nelson. If you don't know these names you certainly should.
My old buddy and business associate Tom Nelson is the least well known of the 3 but had a major effect in the collecting and study of military arms of equal importance.
He joined the US Army in 1958 under Col. Jarrett in the Ordnance Museum in Aberdeen Proving Grounds, then in 1961 became VP of Interarco, later Interarms, for Latin America and South Asia countries. then founded Collector’s Armory Ltd.and several other successful businesses.
Most Popular Books
Imperial Japanese Army And Navy Uniforms and Equipment
The World's Submachine Guns, Vol. 1: Developments from 1915-1963
The World's Assault Rifles. Gary Paul Johnston & Thomas B. Nelson
The World's Machine Pistols and Submachine Guns Vol 2a Developments From 1964-1980
Noted arms historian Thomas B. Nelson is considered a legend in the field of firearms in general and assault rifles in particular. After his military service, Nelson worked at Interarmco (later Interarms) for nine years. In 1963 he published the classic reference “The World’s Submachine Guns,” and in 1967 he co-authored the original volume of “The World’s Assault Rifles” with Dan Musgrave. He was the founder of Collector’s Armoury, Ltd.
Thomas B. Nelson
Lt. Col. William L. Howard, the compiler of the informal book titled Technological Support of the Air-Land Battle and technical intelligence historian , includes the following short biography of Tom Nelson:
Born in New York City and raised in Cincinnati, Ohio, Thomas B. Nelson early developed a lively and avid interest in all types of small arms, but particularly the many and varied types of automatic weapons. During his studies at the University of Miami in Oxford, Ohio, and the University of Cincinnati, he started laying the groundwork for his book. After college, Mr. Nelson made an extensive tour of Europe and Scandinavia, collecting data and information from most of the larger arms firms within these areas. Immediately upon his return to the United States, he was called to duty by the U.S. Army. After basic training, he served under Col. G. B. Jarrett in the Foreign Materiel Section of the Ordnance Museum at Aberdeen Proving Ground. At Aberdeen, too, he attended the Army Ordnance Intelligence School. He was subsequently stationed at Arlington Hall Station, in Arlington, Virginia, there to perform comprehensive work in the small arms section of the Ordnance Technical Intelligence headquarters during the remainder of his tour of duty in the service. In 1961, after military service, he entered the private sector... He continues to be an avid student of military history and ordnance hardware
.
Tom Nelson Recalls His Debt to Col. Jarrett
In his own words from one of the several phone interviews I conducted with Tom Nelson, he recalled that after leaving college in 1958 he travelled all over Europe gathering material for his book, to be called
Submachine Guns of the World
. After this “grand tour”, he enlisted in Army.
After basic training, Tom was sent to Aberdeen Proving Ground, with no apparent assignment. It was here that he met Col. Jarrett, who after closely questioning Tom on his knowledge of, and interest in, military firearms, took him on as his aide. Tom recalls that his first assignment was to clean a long row of LMGs, which were stored on the upper balcony of the Museum building.
Shortly after assuming his duties in the Museum Tom was introduced to another newcomer, Dan Musgrave, who took over the first desk in the office.
At that time the U.S. Army Ordnance Technical Intelligence School was usually reserved for officers and senior NCOs, but Tom Nelson wangled an interview and, thanks to his accumulated knowledge and expertise, he was allowed to attend the school, whence he graduated 1st in his class.
In 1959, Nelson was given a letter from Col. Jarrett as an introduction to Joseph E. Smith, the civilian Chief of the Ordnance Technical Intelligence Agency (Conventional Weapon Division), later designated the Foreign Science and Technology Center (FSTC), then headquartered at Arlington Hall Station in Arlington, Virginia. On the strength of Col. Jarrett’s glowing letter of recommendation, Tom was taken on and served as Joe Smith’s aide from 1959 to the end of 1960, during which time he helped write the revised edition of Smith’s
Small Arms of the World
.
From December, 1960 to April, 1970, Tom traveled all over the world working for Sam Cummings, president of Interarmco. Still later he founded several companies of his own, including Ironside International Publishers Inc.
Tom recalls that in 1976, while he was in Tokyo, word came that Joe Smith had died at the young age of 54, and was succeeded by Hal Johnston as Chief of the Ordnance Technical Intelligence Agency. The remembrance he wrote for Joe Smith appears below.
As for his debt to Col. Jarrett, Tom sums up that today he has no idea what direction his life would have taken without Jarrett’s influence and example. His time at the Aberdeen Museum as Jarrett’s protegé, and the letter Jarrett wrote that introduced him to Joe Smith and the world of Ordnance Technical Intelligence, changed his life.
Col. Jarrett Praises The World’s Submachine Guns, Volume I
The book that put Tom Nelson on the map,
The World’s Submachine Guns
, was published in 1963. It featured a Foreword written in typically authoritative style by Tom’s old mentor, retired Ordnance Col. G. B. Jarrett, Director of the Ordnance Museum at Aberdeen Proving Ground, which is excerpted as follows:
This book deals with a weapon whose entire history goes back less than half a century, for the submachine gun was born in the trench warfare of World War I... This study gathers together, for the first time, pertinent data and illustrations of all significant submachine guns manufactured to date. In addition to serving as an excellent reference for the collector and a guide for the designer, it provides an invaluable information source for law-enforcement and intelligence personnel...
The author is highly qualified in his field, and his treatment of the subject is noteworthy for its clarity and comprehensive coverage. He shows a rare insight into the need or reason why any piece was developed and is especially knowledgeable as to what extent a piece may or may not be a worthwhile weapon from the user’s standpoint... END
I bought the first pistol which I ever owned in the Summer of 1965 at the Interarms retail store in Alexandria , Va. He was the manager of that business because he lived in the area and Sam Cummings added that job to his other numerous worldwide tasks. It was and Astra 400 and cost about .
Years later Tom Contacted me through the Smithsonian and asked if I could put together a crew of U.S. EOD men to clean up the mess in Kuwait after the fighting stopped. He had been contacted by the Kuwaiti minister of reconstruction who wanted to get set up to do the work ASAP.
Together we designed the cleanup of Kuwait under "Operation Desert Sweep"Inc. The lucrative U.S. contact was taken over by the Egyptian Army on the cheap and the portion of Kuwait which was supposed to be done by the U.S. was taken over by a German company which set up a U.S. company to "qualify" as the U.S. participant.
Tom invented the "nongun" which is a precision made replica of historical guns but made from metals of lower strength which could not be fired. These became very popular worldwide especially in Japan where ownership of actual guns is extremely controlled.
He sold the popular business to Franklin Mint and later bought it back from them when they found it did not fit with their other lines of products.
The first of Tom's homes which I visited in Virginia had a full sized sound proofed shooting range in the basement.
Tom's effort in obtaining ,creating and marketing items and publications for the universe of ordnance collectors was only surpassed buy Cummings and  Bannerman and neither of those two had the scope of knowledge about the subject which he had.
Some people want you to know that they are giants and some you only realize that they were after they have gone.
READ HIS BOOKS !
WELCOME TO THE CRITTENDEN SCHMITT ARCHIVES ON LINE MUSEUM AND DEACQUISITION SALE.
THE ITEMS IN OUR REFERENCE COLLECTION DATE BACK TO ABOUT 1849 WHEN MY GREAT UNCLE, RALPH CRITTENDEN AND HIS PARTNER RICHARD TIBBALS CREATED THE FIRST SUCCESSFUL AMMUNITION FACTORY IN THE UNITED STATES FOR THE PRODUCTION OF DRAWN CARTRIDGES , PERCUSSION CAPS AND ALL FORMS TO AMMUNITION OF INTEREST TO THE GUN MANUFACTURING FACTORS OF THE DAY. SPENCER , SHARPS , HENRY , VOLCANIC, JENNINGS, REMINGTON, JOSLYN,WESSON,BALLARD,BACON,BLISS,WARNER AND SMITH AND WESSON ALL SOLD CRITTENDEN AND TIBBALS AMMUNITION UNDER THEIR OWN TRADE NAME. THE UNION ARMY BOUGHT MILLIONS OF CTM PERCUSSION CAPS AND HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF SPENCER CARTRIDGES DURING LINCOLN’S WAR AND ALL OF THE SPENCER AMMUNITION USED IS THE FIRST MAJOR BATTLES INCLUDING GETTYSBURG WERE ALL MADE BY CRITTENDEN AND TIBBALS.
**Over the course of the next couple of years we will be offering for sale thousands of rare specimens of museum quality many of which have never been offered for sale before and which you will likely never see for sale again. Why are we selling this archive and reference collection? After 150+ years of interest in ammunition there is no one else interested in the field in our family. My personal collecting has spanned 50 years and I am at an age when it is time to stop and pass on such activities to others.
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