45 (RM) Commando shoulder titles.
Three part construction, 12mm Cash's tape shoulder title for 45 Royal Marine Commando. Formed in 1943, 45 Commando fought in Normandy coming ashore on D Day as part of 1st Special Service Brigade. It moved through Europe and fought throughout including during the Ardennes and at the Meuse. Excellent, clean condition. read more
WW1 VTC/Volunteer Force Armband.
Rough wool armband with applied letters ' G R '. These armbands were worn by members of the Volunteer Training Corps and other early Volunteer Force units. Partially lined and named ' C.Rumney K.S.H. 809 '. Generally good condition with a 10mm x 20mm tear and slight rusting to buckle. Uncommon. read more
65.00 GBP
Green On ! - Arie-Jan Van Hees.
2004 1st ed. ' Green On ! ' A Detailed Survey of the British Parachute Re-Supply Sorties During Operation ' Market Garden ' 18-25 September 1944. 379pgs, maps with separate 16pg index. Profusely illustrated and exhaustive coverage of the re-supply parachute drops during the Arnhem operations. Good, clean condition with author's ink dedication. Excellent study, recommended. read more
WW2 Air Formation Signals Officer's Insignia.
Acquired during the last pre lockdown visit to a house clearance contact, this is a small grouping of insignia to an officer in the Royal Signals belonging to an Air Formation Signals unit. Air Formation Signals were a normal army signals unit providing communications for the Tactical Air Force. They were responsible for all communications to airfields and TAF headquarters and played an increas... read more
WW2 Wren's Cap.
Good quality, private purchase Wren's cap as worn by all ratings. Fine wool body with a fine leather sweatband and glazed sateen lining. WW2 ' HMS ' tally sewn into position. Excellent, clean example. read more
Gebirgsjäger Edelweiss BeVo Sleeve Badge.
Original sleeve insignia for German Wehrmacht Gebirgsjäger. Classic BeVo construction, slightly marked and creased. read more
Notes from Theatres of War No.21 - Partisans.
1945ed. ' Notes from Theatres of War No.21 Partisans.' 30pg review of partisan warfare and in particular the German response to irregular warfare. Includes provisions of the Hague Convention, tactics, partisan organisation and operations and thorough coverage of German anti partisan operations. Illustrated with diagrams, good, condition, some marking to covers read more
Switch No.10 Time Pencil Box.
Painted two piece box for the storage of Switch No.10 time pencils. Packed in fives and originally sealed with a coloured tape to indicate length of delay. Good, used, clean condition. ( time pencil included for display purposes only ). read more
Photographs of Modern Equipments 1939.
Published by the War Office, this landscape format manual shows everything from an inflatable reconnaissance boat to the Scout Carrier. Guns, tanks and trucks are all covered along with girder bridges and mortars. 41pgs of captioned photographs. Generally good condition with some light marking and creasing and the presence of 6 very small worm holes which don't affect the manual greatly. Priced... read more
Special Forces /SOE code silk.
Highly uncommon, wartime enciphering key printed on silk as used by SAS, Jedburgh teams and other clandestine forces. Using the one-time pad system of encription this key was used for encoding and decoding messages and was printed on silk for it's durability and ease of concealment, particularly in clothes. This particular example also includes shorthand message blocks for ease of transmission.... read more