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.
NSKK rare SPORTS VEST (?) BEVO
I have not seen one like this before, complete with unit detail etc. Measures approx. 5" x 5" in black cotton on cream/white BEVO backing. M-Gr OM, sadly I do not know what this means, I am sure someone out there will tell me. In fact, looking at the very detailed construction, and quality of this badge, it could be a sleeve badge for overcoat? Anyway, a very nice thing and great with a NSKK collection.
RLB OFFICER ARMBAND-EARLY BADGE-RAYON/BEVO.
A very nice example of this type of armband. Cloth itself is a powder-blue rayon type material. Has the early RLB badge BEVO woven into the fabric. Twin tress lines sewn to the top and bottom of the armband for an officer. Reverse has manufactureres mark 30 in the fabric. Near mint 100% original armband. VERY nice
HJ/BDM 1st Pattern Athletic shirt.
White cotton sports shirt (Sporthemd) worn by both HJ and BDM with the cloth HJ diamond in the centre of the chest, 7cm from the centre of the neckline. In excellent clean condition with no markings, a name label appears to have been neatly removed from the bottom hem. An excellent example which would be hard to upgrade.
WW2 RAF 'E' Type airtex flying helmet.
Unissued RAF 'Helmet, airtex, Type E'. Coded 22C/974 indicating a Size 2 this example with the elasticated chinstrap indicative of a late type. The airtex Type E helmet was introduced for crews on extended flights, such as Coastal Command, for comfort. This example in excellent , unissued condition with clean chamois inner earpieces, flexible and undamaged earphone carriers. All leather straps clean, flexible and undamaged with various issue stamps to interior and exterior.
Switch No.10 Time Pencil with box.
INERT Switch No.10, Time Pencil. Widely used by SOE and special forces this delay action fuze was used in conjunction with a detonator or Bickford cord to set off explosives. This example has a green safety strip indicating an approx. 3hr delay. The pencil was initiated by crushing the copper tube that shrouds a glass ampuole containing corrosive liquid. This example comes with an original tin which originally contained 5 time pencils. Tin in excellent condition with some remaining stencilling.
Prussian 1895 Pattern buckle.
Two piece brass and nickel 1895 Pattern belt buckle as used up to and into World War 1. Still retaining it's leather belt tab but unfortunately not marked in any way this example is in excellent condition with only minor surface abrasions.
Bund Freikorps Epp sleeve badge.
Embossed bronzed steel lions' head emblem of the Bund Freikorps Epp mounted on to a black material diamond. Formed by Ritter von Epp during the Freikorps period, the Bund was formed in 1933 by it's remaining veterans using a version of the insignia used in 1919. In excellent condition and maker marked to the reverse. Uncommon.
Kriegsmarine belt buckle.
Gilt aluminium Kriegsmarine belt bucklemaker marked to the reverse 'Richard Sieper & Sohn Ludenscheid - R.S & S'. Uncommonly retains approx 70% of it's gilt finish with wear to highpoints. Scarce.
WW2 RAF padded pilot's wing.
Embroidered RAF pilot's wing. Finely embroidered with an 'oatmeal' thread and padded. Hessian reverse overlaid with a thin paper backing-80% intact, with clear evidence of having been removed from a uniform. A good quality wing.
Switch No.9 'L Delay' .
Increasingly uncommon Switch No.9 'L Delay' MkI with storage tin and very uncommon instruction leaflet. Standard equipment for many of the special forces, resistance etc the 'L Delay' acts as a delay fuze working on the principle that Tellurium lead breaks after a period of time under a continuous tension at a given temperature. This particular example is for a 1 hour delay at 65 degrees F. Comes complete with an MD1, 1945 dated tin and a 1944 dated instruction leaflet marked 'Not to be taken into front line trenches'. 'L Delay' in excellent condition with some paint loss to information tab, tin equally clean condition with clearly legible stencilling. Instruction leaflet has some rust marks to front cover but is otherwise intact and legible.