WW1 Diary Grouping - Civil Service Rifles.

A grouping of diaries from 1915/16/17 and 1919 to 3251/531035 Pte.Albert.E.Hodges of 10 Platoon, C Company 2/15 City of London Regt. ( Civil Service Rifles ).
Hodges joined the Athletes' Volunteer Force in 1915 a fact noted in his 1915 diary and then went onto join the Territorials of the Civil Sevice Rifles later that year. The diary is full of his training with locations, weather and...  read more

Code: 8576

Memoirs of an Infantry Officer - Siegfried Sassoon.

First Illustrated Edition 1931 of Sassoon's classic ' Memoirs of an Infantry Officer '. Illustrated boards with a coloured frontispiece and coloured lithographs by Barnett Freedman. 312pgs published by Faber & Faber in a run of 3500. Good overall condition with bumped spine and light marking and cracked frontispiece, clean contents.  read more

Code: 8574

Escape Map T2/T4 Iran and the Caspian Sea.

Double-sided, hemmed rayon escape map T2/T4 centring on Iran to the one side and those countries surrounding the Caspian Sea to the other. Scale 1:3,200,000. Excellent, clean condition.  read more

Code: 8573

Polish 2nd Artillery Group Breast Badge.

Two piece construction, silvered Monte Cassino Cross with a superimposed wreath with the 2 Corps symbol, a mermaid with an artillery shell over an 8th Army shield. 45mm x 45mm approx by the maker Lorioli Fratelli, Milano & Roma. Good example.  read more

Code: 8572

WW1 6th Battalion Cameron Highlanders Shoulder Title.

WW1, blackened brass ' T6 S.R. ' shoulder title worn by the 6th ( Service ) Battalion Cameron Highlanders. Good, used condition with wear to blackened finish.  read more

Code: 8570

Imperial Japanese Army Aviation Wing.

Bullion and cotton Aviation wing for use by officers of the Imperial Japanese Army Air Force. Fine bullion wire wing with highlighted, cotton wreath surrounding a gilt star on blue wool backing. Reverse backed with black, glazed card. Good, used condition, removed from a uniform.  read more

Code: 8568

WW1 British Pocket Compass.

1915 dated, nickel cased pocket compass by the less commonly found manufacturer of J.Hicks of London. Fob watch style with button release lid with manufacture details to front cover. Compass in gwo, good, fresh condition.  read more

Code: 8566

IMPERIAL GERMAN SOUVENIR/COMMEMORATIVE PLATE FOR 1914-15.

A white china plate produced at the beginning of WW1 as a commemorative or souvenir. Dated 1914-15 they obviously thought it wasn’t going on much longer! Approximately 12” in diameter with a pierced decorative edge. Center portion has a nice Imperial Iron Cross motif, surrounded by a green oak leaf wreath with national colours as a binding ribbon. Further around the edge in large gold lettering...  read more

Code: 8563

RAF DOUBLE SIDED SILK ESCAPE MAP. C & D AREAS.

Mid-War double sided silk escape map for use primarily by the RAF. 52cms x 44cms size, multi-coloured this example is coded ' C ' and ' D ' and primarily shows France, Belgium, Luxembourg and Holland. Excellent, clean condition, folded  read more

Code: 8550

WW1 IMPERIAL IRON CROSS II CLASS. MAKER MARKED RING WITH RIBBON.

A very nice example of the WW1 Iron Criss second class, complete with a long ribbon. Due to the heavy silver content of these awards, it has toned to black in most places. Decent black paint. Ring suspension is marked with a maker, but quite hard to make out who it is. Looks like ‘75’ but could easily be ‘PS’ or similar. Have included a picture of it, you decide! Nice medal.  read more

Code: 8560