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.
WW2 Airborne Division printed formation signs.
Facing pair of printed Airborne Division formation signs featuring the well known image of Bellerophon astride a Pegasus. Although not a perfectly matched pair they were both removed from the same uniform by the original owner and both feature the same folding and stitching. In excellent condition.
Japanese 8mm Type 94 semi-auto pistol.
Uncommon DEACTIVATED 8mm Type 94 semi-auto pistol. Marked to one side of the frame 'TYPE 94', and serialled and dated December 1936 to the other. Manufactured at the Kokubunji factory of Chuo Kogyo and marked accordingly. Designed by Nambu to replace the Type 14 with an emphasis on lightness and safety, the Type 94 was built throughout the war. This example is in good condition with some minor pitting and is accompanied by the equally uncommon holster and shoulder strap. Pigskin holster is in good supple condition and has a replacement magazine. Shoulder strap has loops to accomodate extra rounds . An opportunity to acquire an uncommon pistol and holster combination. AVAILABLE WITHIN UK ONLY
R.A.D. Cufflinks.
Unusual silver washed brass and enamel cufflinks with the emblem of the RAD, the Reichsarbeitdienst or Labour Service. Silvered finish rubbed to high points and minor enamel damage to one link otherwise in good condition. Uncommon items.
LARGER SIZE Reichskreigs Flag. Navy marked. Great
As you can see from the pictures this is a BIG flag! Measures 2 metres x 3.35 metres. (6'6"x 11'), but is in excellent condition and would look fantastic as a wall drape or table cover. All the colours are very bright and not faded. There are only a few small moth holes. Marked with the size and typle on the canvas hem, along with the navy stamp of an eagle and swastika over the letter 'M'. This would have been flown over a naval administration building, or from a fairly large ship!!! Great looking flag and difficult to find in good condition. Rope lanyard present and perfect.
AP or No.8 Switch booby trap device.
Produced by M.D.1 or ' Winston Churchill's Toyshop ' the AP Switch was produced in spring 1940 as a booby trap device centred around the standard .303 round. Soon modified the device was designed to be buried in the ground whereupon a footfall would set it off firing the round through the foot or any other part of the target's anatomy - it was soon christened the ' debollocker' ! This scarce example is complete, including the umbrella spring that triggers the device and the spring, spindle and striker. Faintly stencilled M.D.1 A99 in yellow to the outside spike and complete with an INERT cartridge. The cartridge has been drilled to enable deactivation because of the impossibility of removing the projectile. The projectile has suffered some delamination because of water ingress and there is some minor loss of finish to small areas of the spike but all together an excellent example of an uncommon booby trap used by many organisations involved in unconventional warfare.
5 Commando brass shoulder title.
Good wartime 5 Commando shoulder title in brass. Cast with integral loops with the characteristic ' 5 ' typical of these titles. The brass 5 Commando shoulder title was produced during their time in the Far East and was in wear from late 1944 and was in widespread use in 1945 during their operations against the Japanese.
Bullion Chindit arm badge.
Good, worn, bullion embroidered example of the badge worn by the 77th Indian Brigade and later the 3rd Indian Division - The Chindits. Formed by Orde Wingate in 1942 and fought extensively throughout Burma, often behind Japanese lines. The name Chindits is a corruption of the word ' Chinthe ' which is the lion-headed pagoda guardian seen throughout Burma and represented by the patch. Classic, worn example, embroidered on coarse cloth,with some minor fraying. MR/C05
Collar Stud Escape Compass.
One of the more igenious concealed compasses from Clayton Hutton's team at MI9. This pattern was designed to resemble the collar studs that were generally available from Woolworths and other retailers. Originally the compass face would have been concealed by a coating of white paint which would have been scratched off to allow it's use as a compass. This example in good working order with very slight traces of whitener around the rim and some minor scratches to compass face. A scarce example of this pattern of escape aid.
WWII No.36 Mk I Hand Grenade with Gas Check.
A fine condition British, WWII, No.36M MkI Hand Grenade with base plate (gas check) for use in the cup discharger as fitted to the SMLE rifle. Features approx. 90%+ of the original brown lacquer with green filling ring and red ' Xs '. Base plate and lever are matching manufacturer marked with a 1940 dated base plug and base plate. All parts present and fully strippable. INERT.
Third Reich Police buckle and belt.
Great condition belt and buckle set for a Police officer. All alloy, two piece buckle in near mind condition. Black leather belt marked and dated. Size stamped as 110cm long. Both parts of leather stamped with 1943 dates. Difficult to upgrade, leather very supple.