Motor Machine Gun Corps Cap Badge.
Bi-metal cap badge with slide to reverse. Brass crossed machine guns and crown with white metal MMG soldered beneath. Good, used condition. read more
NSDAP Jugend Belt Buckle.
A 35 x 50mm brass belt buckle for wear by a member of the NSDAP Youth. Commercially produced, non-regulation for wear on a narrow belt, this attractive buckle has a polished brass buckle with an added silver washed, die stamped plate. This example looks to be unused, still wrapped in tissue, with some light staining and marking. read more
WW2 Polish Cap Badges.
Acquired from the same estate in Bedfordshire these two badges are typical of those worn by O/Rs serving with the Polish Army in the UK during WW2. The first is an issue plastic ( cellulose acetate ) Polish Army eagle cap badge by A.Stanley of Walsall, just as typically this has deformed through heat but is intact and possesses both blades to the reverse. The second is a cast brass Army eagle s... read more
WW2 Souvenired Japanese Model 32 Helmet.
Standard issue Japanese Model 32 steel helmet. Retaining 85%+ of it's original olive paint and metal star. Poor quality leather liner remains although there has been some damage to the two of the sections and padding inner sacks have been removed. Ribbon chinstrap missing although partial suspension system remains. A name appears in characters around the inner rim which appears to have been rep... read more
1914 Grenadier Guards Casualty Paperwork Grouping.
A Grouping of paperwork and photographs concerning 16918 Pte.Albert Paul 1st Btn Grenadier Guards who was killed on 02/12/14 at Ypres. Includes Soldiers " Small Book ", several photographs included a tinted study, field postcards, KIA letter, Medal records etc. Pte.Paul was 19 when he was killed, originally from Crewe and spent 6 months as part of the Territorial Force with the 3rd Cheshire RFA... read more
23rd Indian Divison Rajputana Rifles Insignia.
A locally made 23rd Indian Division, semi padded shoulder patch inscribed in faded ink ' Rajputana Rifles India ' accompanied by a Captain's rank slide embroidered ' Raj.Rif '. Both items embroidered on KD material displaying marking and wear from use. Clearly retained as souvenirs of the fighting in Burma and Malaya. read more
Women's Volunteer Reserve Magazine.
A scarce copy of the Women's Volunteer Reserve Magazine for July 1917. ' 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 Moore to contribute to the war effort. The Corps later evolved into the Women’s Volunteer Reserve. The WVR was mainly in... read more
R.A.F. Silk Escape Map - Italy.
Double sided silk escape map covering North and South Italy ' 9.J.3 AND 9.J.4 '. A.D.I. ( Maps ) Air Ministry accreditation to both sides, these black and white examples are typical of the early style of escape maps. Good, clean example with light foxing to exterior folds. read more
WW2 Wound Award Badge - Maker marked.
WW2 Wound Award in black. Die stamped example with needle pin and manufacturer marked ' 3 ' ( Deumer ) to the reverse. Good example with little wear to the satin matt finish. read more
WW2 Parachute Sweetheart Badge.
Enamel and gilt pinback sweetheart badge in the form of a British Airborne jump qualification wing. Good condition with undamaged enamel, lightly patinated.
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