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.
N.S.D.A.P. building or hall drape.
Large, approx 1m x 4m, double-sided building banner or podium drape.Printed swastika on seperate white circle sown on to main drape. Hanging loops to one end. In excellent, moth free condition.
FABULOUS THIRD REICH POLICE NCO'S VISOR. Nr MINT
A really good find! A virtually mint visor cap being Feldgendarmerie, for the 'town' Police, green piping. There is one slight piece of damage to the rear of the cap, looks as though a small piece has been sliced out of the crown. I think this cap was packed away and caught in a hinge of a trunk or similar, as this is not a moth or a rodent 'nip'!! Other than this the cap is virtually mint. Sweatband is torn in one place, but it looks as if this cap has never been worn, just packed away.
1935 Munich Octoberfest Daybadge.
Uncommon pinback tin daybadge issued by the DAF celebrating the 1935 Munich Octoberfest. Pleasing design featuring a brewer's dray and the DAF symbol with all of it's bronzed finish. Intact pin to reverse.
WW2 Japanese 7.7mm, Type 99 ' Last Ditch ' Rifle
DEACTIVATED Japanese ' Last Ditch ' or ' Substitute ' 7.7mm , Type 99 rifle. This example was manufactured at the Tokyo Juki Kogyo Arsenal as part of the 27th series in approx. late 1944. Last Ditch weapons were built in an attempt to simplify and speed up production and this example features; receiver marked only with chrysanthemum, welded and pinned front band, fixed peep sight, no cleaning rod, wood buttplate and simplified cocking handle. This example is in excellent condition with clear manufacturer's marks. An attempt has been made to deface the chrysanthemum, typical of surrendered weapons, with the rest of the metalwork in good condition and demonstrating clear machining marks again typical of last ditch weapons. An opportunity to acquire an interesting variation of the Arisaka family of rifles. AVAILABLE WITHIN THE UK ONLY.
Commando SBS shoulder title.
A hugely scarce title 'COMMANDO S.B.S.', Special Boat Squadron shoulder title. Embroidered red on blue with a rough woven cotton backing and clearly having been removed from a uniform. Some moth damage which does not greatly detract. The SBS were formed from the Army Commandos, initially being formed as the Folboat Section, No.8 Commando. Two squadrons of the SBS were formed in 1942 with No2 Squadron going on to be amalgamated with COPPS.
S84/98 Bayonet and frog.
Excellent condition Third Reich S84/98 bayonet for the K98 rifle.Wooden gripped, manufacturer marked cqh (Clemen &Jung) and 1944 dated. Inspection marks to most major components. Clean scabbard marked 'cof' (Eickhorn) with a 1942 dated frog manufacturer marked 'gfg' (Carl Hepting & Co.) .Excellent clean condition.
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