WW2 REME Slouch Hat.
A good, used, WW2 slouch hat bearing the now faded, flash of the REME, a blue, yellow and red cotton rectangle. Solid felt body with some very minor moth bites with a six fold puggaree and a fastening stud to allow the folding of one side. Brown leather, unmarked headband with a contemporarily altered neck strap. Approx. size 7 with sweat staining to the interior body. Good example. read more
WW2 RAF Aircrew Oxygen Mask Tube Assembly
WW2 RAF Oxygen Supply Tube & Clip 6D/1571 which will fit Oxygen Masks Type G and H. Late wartime pattern, with a Mk IV bayonet fitting stamped, with AM Ref No. 6D/526. Contained in it's original wrapping and box indicating manufacture by Mine Safety Appliances Co.Ltd. Excellent, clean condition.
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British Far East ' goolie chit '
Multi-lingual ' goolie chit ' printed on silk stating ' I am an Allied fighter.....my Government will sufficiently reward you when the Japanese are driven away '. Chit headed by a Union flag with 16 translations of the introductory statement in languages including Chinese, Tamil, Burmese, Thai, and Kachin.
Chit approx. 50 x 30cms in good ,used condition, some marking, light staining etc.... read more
BROWN THIRD REICH POLITICAL LEATHER 'CROSS STRAP' SA/NSKK.
This is the narrow brown leather strap worn across the body on many political uniforms. Attached to 'D' rings on the belt, this runs from the rear, over the shoulder and back onto the belt. Complete with both gilded pebbled finish brass snap clips which are both identical and marked with RZM M1.
Gilded brass oval adjusting buckle. Lether is maker marked and stamped with 'Croupon 256'. A ... read more
National Socialist Women's League (NS-Frauenschaft) membership red cover and small lapel badge.
This is the small red leatherette double sided cover, that would have held the membership card or papers for the National Socialist Women's League (NS-Frauenschaft). It has the triangular NS badge embossed onto the front cover along with the word 'mitgliedskarte' (membershipcard). Celluloid slip covers inside. In excellent, near mint condition. There is also a small sized pin-back lapel badge f... read more
A GREAT WW1 GERMAN SOUVENIR 'TRINKET BOX' 1916.
Made of a thick glass base, with a metal hinged lid. This little box or case is approximately 8"x6" and 4" high. The beautifully crafted lid is in steel with a 'wavy' effect to the surface background. There is a flower embossed into each corner. The centre design is a beautifully embossed Imperial German Iron Cross 1st Class 1914. Below the cross are the dates 1914-1915-1916. This is not trench... read more
ORIGINAL SOUVENIR HANDKERCHIEF FROM 1936 BERLIN NAZI GERMAN OLYMPICS.
There were lots of souvenirs from this Olympic event, but I have personally not had one of these before. A mint condition, unused 12" square white lined handkerchief from the 1936 Olympics held in BERLIN. Beautifully embroidered in the bottom corner are the 5 Olympic rings in the different colours, with XI OLYMPIADE BERLIN above the rings and 1936 below. Super period souvenir of a very importan... read more
Clam Mine Instructional Leaflet.
1944 dated instructional leaflet for the British ' Bomb Clam MkIII - Description and Method of Use '. Three page leaflet with cut-away diagram that was included with the packaging of the mines. Excellent, clean condition and scarce.
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WW1 Women's Volunteer Reserve Magazines.
2 x editions, May and June 1917, of the Magazine of the Women's Volunteer Reserve. 20pgs with news of the various units around the country with some illustrations and period adverts.
The Women’s Volunteer Reserve emerged from one of the suffragette movements, the Women’s Social and Political Union. It was founded as The Women’s Emergency Corps in 1914 by Evelina Haverfield and Decima Moo... read more
R.A.F. Silk Escape Map - France/Belgium, Holland.
Mid-War, single sided silk escape map for use primarily by the RAF. 52cms x 44cms size, multi-coloured this example is coded ' C ' and primarily shows France, Belgium, Luxembourg and Holland to 1:2,000,000 scale. Excellent, clean condition, has been folded. read more