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.
CLOTH LUFTWAFFE PILOT'S BADGE.
An excellent quality Luftwaffe Pilot's badge in contrasting grey cottons. Purchased with a collection of Luftwaffe cloth items,this was mounted under glass and padded at the back. I removed it and the cloth seems to be nearly mint. Good quality cotton and clear lines, looks to be a nice badge.
O.T.C. Whistle.
Nickelled brass ' Acme Thunderer 'snail type whistle, marked to the OTC on one side and a coat of arms to the other. The coat of arms could well be from All Souls College, Oxford. Whistle has a dark blue and white woven lanyard. Unusual to find whistles marked to Officer Training Corps, more so with identifiable crests.
Luftwaffe officer's breast eagle for white summer
Alloy, pin-back Luftwaffe officer's breast eagle for the white summer tunic. Clear Assmann manufacturer's mark to reverse, intact pin, clear detail with slight overall toning. Good example.
Wehrmacht tropical motorcyclist's coat.
Mint, unissued Wehrmacht tropical motorcyclist's coat. Dated 1941 with a Berlin manufacturer mark and the original, tacked in, paper issue label. Made out of heavy olive cotton twill material and with a quarter length internal mesh lining. All buttons present with some very minor snagging to one shoulder strap loop. A superb example of an item of uniform in widespread use by the Afrikacorps. Heavy item.
WW2 Combined Operations formation signs.
A good pair of used examples. Red eagle, Tommy Gun and anchor embroidered on navy wool "tombstone" that has been cut and shaped into circles The badge was designed in 1942 by Lieutenant D.A. Grant RNVR. In excellent unmothed condition with indications of having been removed from a uniform..
48(RM) Commando shoulder titles.
Three part construction Cash's tape shoulder title for 48 Royal Marine Commando. Formed in early 1944, 48 Commando were extensively deployed in the Walchern operation. Cash's tape titles were in extensive use from late 1944. In good used condition with clear evidence of having been removed from a tunic.
N.S.B.O. sports vest emblem.
Mint, unissued sports vest emblem for the N.S.B.O. or Nationalsozialistische Betriebszellenorganisation (Nazi workplace cell organization). Cotton Bevo weave construction onto an artificial silk type material,slightly stiff with the original material dressing. Excellent example of an uncommon emblem.
SHOOTING ASSOCIATION BADGES.THIRD REICH.
Here are two lovely enamel Shooting Association badges from the City of Bamburg. Bamberg is a city in Bavaria, Germany. It is located in Upper Franconia on the river Regnitz. Both badges obtained together, and are obviously period. One is pin-back, the other is a stick pin. Both badges are for shooting in Bamberg and on the reverse, they are made in Bamberg too!! One with the crossed rifles has a nice little swastika to the lower part, the other badge has no symbol on it. A really nice pair!
Reichsbahnpolizei sleeve eagle.
Uncommon embroidered silver cotton on wool Railway police sleeve eagle. Worn on the upper left sleeve of the service tunic and overcoat by all ranks. In good condition, clear evidence of having been removed from a uniform
WW2 Australian Owen Machine Carbine bayonet.
A good clean example of the 'Bayonet, Owen Machine Carbine,Mk I. Manufactured by the Orange Arsenal in December 1944 and marked to that effect on the ricasso alonf with Australian acceptance marks. Both grips are clean and faintly marked 'SLAZ 44' along with a 'Mangrovite' marked scabbard.