WW1 6 Btn Sherwood Foresters Mobilization Orders.

WW1 period Mobilisation orders for 6th Battalion The Sherwood Foresters. 69pgs giving extensive instruction in the event of the battalion being mobilized giving establishments, inventories and addresses and key personnel involved in such an exercise. Rusted staples and marking to covers but otherwise clean.  read more

Code: 7556

WW2 A.T.S. Grouping.

Small grouping of items from a member of the A.T.S. W/174657 Pte.Rhoda, Frances Woodger. Comprising a paybook revealing that Woodger enlisted at Honition in 1942, along with her capbadge, dogtags, brass shoulder titles and lanyard. All items in good, used condition.  read more

Code: 7555

SAS POUCH, AMMUNITION, 1958 Pattern, Self loading rifle.

The SAS Regiment developed a series of personalised items of webbing to supplement and augment existing kit issues. This addition to the belt order was officially noted as Stores Ref. CN 8465-99-130-0247 POUCH, AMMUNITION, 1958 Pattern, Self loading rifle and this particular example is marked thus along with a manufacture date of 1979 by MECO. This example in good used condition, clearly named ...  read more

Code: 7554

Sherwood Foresters Soldier's Small Book.

Soldier's Small Book to 5827 Pte.Alfred, John Foster, Sherwood Foresters. Foster, a native of South Africa enlisted in South Africa and went on to serve in the Boer War with subsequent postings to Malta, China and Singapore. He was wounded in the leg in June 1900 at Schwartzkop and went onto be awarded the QSA with four clasps. Good original condition with numerous entries would reward further ...  read more

Code: 7553

Minox B Miniature Spy Camera.

Minox-B is a small, high-quality subminiature camera that is small enough to fit in the palm of a hand. It was built by Minox in Germany as the successor to the post-war Minox A. For Many years it was the worlds most famous and widely used camera for espionage photography until the end of the Cold War. Built between 1958 and 1969, it features a very high quality sense and a built in light meter...  read more

Code: 7552

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.  read more

Code: 7549

Periodical Notes on the Japanese Army No.1 - 1942.

Periodical Notes on the Japanese Army No.1 ' General Characteristics, Morale and Tactics 1942. 8pg brief coverage of what was known about the Japanese gleaned in operations in Hong Kong and Malaya and concludes ' the Japanese combine meticulous accuracy with Oriental cunning ' ! Good, clean condition and unusual.  read more

Code: 7547

Maker Marked German Black Wound Badge.

Die stamped steel Black Wound Badge with stout needle pin to reverse. Double manufacturer marked ' 126 ' and ' EH ' for Eduard Hahn, Oberstein. Solid blackened finish with some minor abrasions, excellent condition.  read more

Code: 7546

Personalised EKI.

Not one for the condition junkies this EKI has had a hard life, it's saving grace is the hand engraved details to the reverse. The cross is an Otto Schickle product with it's characteristic pin with the mark L/15, it has a slight curvature with a rubbed and lightly toned frame. The core has very little enamelling remaining with some scratching. The reverse is marked and both the pin are distort...  read more

Code: 7543

Cold War KGB Concealed ' Buttonhole ' Camera.

Russian F21 lightweight camera developed from the German Robot models for use in surveillance photography by the KGB and other Eastern Bloc security services. This example comes with the attachment which allows concealed use in a jacket or coat with a false button faceplate and a remote shutter release. The idea would be for the camera to be suspended by a cord or even sown into the lining with...  read more

Code: 7542