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.
CIA lock disablers.
CIA issue, plastic lock disablers. Clear plastic tube containing plastic lock disablers. Designed to be inserted into Yale type locks where the key like disabler will lift all of the lock tumblers allowing it to be inserted deep into the lock whereupon it is snapped off rendering the lock useless. Plastic container with slight crushing to one end ( covered by cap ) otherwise in excellent condition. Unusual item of espionage kit.
RCAF Flying Logbook for Aircrew casualty.
RCAF Logbook for Sgt A.W.Snowden, Air Gunner with 578 Squadron killed on a raid to Berlin on 19/02/44 aged 20. 1601000-Snowden A.W.Sgt. qualified as an air gunner on 24/3/43 with logbook starting 17/1/43. Various training flights then to C Flight 102 Sqn beginning with ops to Hamburg, Essen, Leverkusen, Nuremburg, Munchen Gladbach and Berlin. Moved to B Flight with an op to Modane - ' crashed '. Moved to 51 Sqn with further ops to Frankfurt and Berlin and then to 578 Sqn in Feb 1944 with ops to Berlin and final op to Leipzig which is the final entry. The log book is then stamped death presumed. F/Sgt. Arthur William Snowden RAFVR was from Beaconsfield, Bucks and died on 24/3/44 when his Halifax III LW508 LK-Y was shot down by a night fighter on it's return from Berlin. He is commemorated in the Hanover War Cemetery. The log book is in excellent condition and contains all relevant stamps and certifications, accompanied by a small amount of research.
RCAF Flying Logbook for Aircrew casualty.
RCAF Logbook for Sgt A.W.Snowden, Air Gunner with 578 Squadron killed on a raid to Berlin on 19/02/44 aged 20. 1601000-Snowden A.W.Sgt. qualified as an air gunner on 24/3/43 with logbook starting 17/1/43. Various training flights then to C Flight 102 Sqn beginning with ops to Hamburg, Essen, Leverkusen, Nuremburg, Munchen Gladbach and Berlin. Moved to B Flight with an op to Modane - ' crashed '. Moved to 51 Sqn with further ops to Frankfurt and Berlin and then to 578 Sqn in Feb 1944 with ops to Berlin and final op to Leipzig which is the final entry. The log book is then stamped death presumed. F/Sgt. Arthur William Snowden RAFVR was from Beaconsfield, Bucks and died on 24/3/44 when his Halifax III LW508 LK-Y was shot down by a night fighter on it's return from Berlin. He is commemorated in the Hanover War Cemetery. The log book is in excellent condition and contains all relevant stamps and certifications, accompanied by a small amount of research.
WW1 No.36 MkI Grenade.
A fine condition British, WW1, No.36M MkI Hand Grenade . Manufactured by M.M.Ltd in 1918, uncommonly both the body, baseplug and lever share the same manufacturer. The grenade is fully strippable and is in excellent, original black lacquer finish. INERT
British RASC MkII helmet.
1940 dated MkII helmet with RASC flash and named chinstrap. Helmet with 85%+ original paint finish and painted RASC flash to one side, approx 75%. Chinstrap clearly named to Lt.C.A.Paul. Shell dated and manufacturer marked RO & Co (Rubery Owen & Co.Ltd,Darlaston.). Size 6 3/4, 1939 dated liner, dry but sound. A good sound example of an increasingly scarce item, a unit marked helmet.
Early post-war SAS insignia grouping.
Comprising, shoulder title, capbadge and jump wing this early post war SAS grouping probably comes from the late 50's early 60's and came with some similarly dated copies of 'Mars and Minerva' the SAS Assocoation magazine. Both cloth items have been removed from a uniform and are moth free. The SAS jump wing is padded whilst the capbadge exhibits signs of having been bent to shape. A good original grouping.
Spange to the Iron Cross Second Class.
Unissued Spange to the EKII that was one of several to be found amongst the effects of a veteran. Spange retains a high proportion of it's original frosting with polished highlights, one small area of staining to one wing. Bar retains all pins which appear to have never been opened. Small areas of contact wear from having rattled around in a tin for sixty years ! - an excellent example.
GERMAN ARMY M 40 SINGLE DECAL COMBAT HELMET.
A very good example of this type of helmet, has 90% of the original paint finish and all of the decal. Decal has aged or blurred slightly, making it a little indestinct, but is all there. Great, original liner with all tounges perfect. Original chin strap present.Stamped inside size/maker Q66and liner size 58. Never been abused or messed with, nothing replaced. Great looking helmet with lots of 'been there-done that' appeal!
BC41 Knuckle Knife.
A good, clean example of the BC41 Knuckle knife. Reputedly issued to Commandos prior to their issue of FS knives, the design was heavily influenced by similar knives produced by some Sheffield manufacturers during WW1. Clean knife with some evidence of sharpening, sheath in similar condition with evidence of painting to front face of sheath. Another example of this scarce knife.
Japanese 9mm Type 26 Revolver.
Uncommon example of the Japanese 9mm Type 26 revolver. Adopted in 1893 which provided it's designation, 1893 translates to the 26th year of the reign of the Emperor Meiji, the designation is stamped into the frame of the pistol ' 26 Year Type '. This double action revolver served from the Russo-Japanese War through to World War II. This example was built at the Koishikawa Arsenal and is marked accordingly and has final assembly and firing performance marks stamped on the butt cap. New spec.( deactivated 2001) deactivation with bullet heads being used to mask the cylinder blocking rods. Worn, but clean finish, with tight action. Scarce example with deactivation certificate. AVAILABLE WITHIN THE UK ONLY.