Sold Gallery
These pages display a number of the rare items that I have had the pleasure of selling. To view more details and a larger photograph please click on the thumbnail picture.
Buckinghamshire Battalion F.S. Cap.
Scarce coloured FS.Cap to the Buckinghamshire Battalion the Territorial Battalion of OXFORD and BUCKS Light Infantry. Black body with red piping, blackened brass badge and silvered buttons (a nod to the territorial origins of the unit), size 7 with clear label with regimental number and initials. Bucks Batt were part of 6th Beach Group in Normandy.
48(RM) Commando 1945 Battledress.
A good 1945 dated Canadian battledress with badges for 48(RM) Commando. Size 13 Battledress (5'11"- 6') by the 'Workman Uniform Co.Ltd.,Montreal' with Cash's tape 48(RM) Commando shoulder titles which saw extensive use from late 1944. The tape has been stitched onto blue woolen material before attachment to the sleeve. Underneath the shoulder titles, embroidered Commando Group sleeve badges, darkened rank pips for Lieutenant to both shoulders. BD has had some additional tailoring (darts to the reverse etc) and is in generally excellent, clean condition with a few minor moth nips. Formed in early 1944, 48 Commando were extensively deployed in the Walchern operation and this BD is typical of those worn at the end of the war.
Modern SAS grouping.
Grouping of items representing the service of 24408049 Sgt.J.T.Heron SAS. Comes with unofficial awards including an engraved, hallmarked silver General Service Cross and official miniatures including GSM and NATO service and boxed Saudi Liberation of Kuwait medallion. Awards would indicate service in Northern Ireland, Yugoslavia and the 1991 Gulf conflict. Accompanied by an official issue beret mounted with an old type cloth cap badge which has clearly been worn for some time in service. An official stable belt, mess dress button and a parachute harness release buckle mounted with an Irvin parachute emblem. An uncommon grouping which would bear further research where possible.
WW1 British 20lb Cooper bomb.
A very scarce example of a WW1 British ' Bomb, H.E.,20-lb Cooper, Mk.I. Steel-cased aerial bomb with correct ' Fuse, D.A.,No.7, Mk IA'. In excellent, complete condition with wood and steel tail fin, loading shackle and dismountable fuse. Very few discernable markings apart from some inspection marks to the fuse interior. The Cooper bomb was the first HE bomb to be adopted by the RFC and the later RAF with it's main employment for use against troops, guns and transport. INERT (please contact us re postage before paying)
German FAD belt buckle.
All brass, two piece belt buckle for the ' Freiwillige Arbeits Dienst ' or Volunteer Labour Service, the forerunner of the RAD. Slight rusting to steel roller and prongs with a dark patination overall.
3rd Pattern F.S. Knife
Introduced from 1942 the 3rd Pattern F.S. knife was the zenith of FS knives formulating the design and method of production that is still used today. This wartime example retains nearly all of it\'s blackened finish to the ringed grip which has a number \' 2 \' cast into the top. Some minor rubbing and bruising to the highpoints. Blade retains it\'s needle point and the majority of it\'s blued finish with clearly discernible cross-graining apart from the tip. Late pattern sheath with both tabs and elastic retainer in good, used order. All together an excellent example. MR/06
WW2 German Silver Panzer Assault badge.
Silver grade Panzer Assault badge by Hermann Aurich, Dresden. Solid zinc with silver wash finish with the classic Aurich crimped hinge and solid pin, slightly dished reverse. Stylised ' A H ' Aurich trademark to reverse. In good, clean condition with light rubbing to highpoints and 85% + silver wash remaining, light patination to reverse. Good original example.
No.2 Commando shoulder title.
Unissued, printed No 2 Commando shoulder title. With some folds and other minor marks otherwise in excellent condition. Printed commando shoulder titles are becoming increasingly difficult to find.
Italian SRCM 35 Fragmentation grenade.
WW2 Italian SRCM fragmentation grenade made by 'SETA'. Original paintwork that gave rise to their nickname of 'Red Devils'. In excellent condition with all internals including fragmentation sleeve and always type fuze. Uncommon in this condition. INERT
1945 2
1945 dated Mk2 Signal round for the 2" mortar. Black painted body with original stencilling and green band signifying a green star, this is reinforced by an embossed triangle to the tinned plate closing lid. Signal rounds had similar mechanisms to illuminating rounds with the signal component attached to a small parachute which burnt from 9 to 14 seconds. In excellent condition. INERT