1913/14 Gale & Polden Christmas Card Sample and Order Book.
Particularly attractive sample book from the military publisher Gale & Polden of Aldershot. The book from the period 1913/1914 contains 26 multi-coloured sample cards all with regimental ribbons. The samples display all the options available to clients of Gale & Polden with samples of embossing, photographic inserts, gilding and card types. Excellent condition with some light marking. read more
WW1 British 6 Pdr. Tank Round.
Complete 6Pdr. round for the Q.F.Hotchkiss 6Pdr, 6Cwt Mk.II gun as carried by most marques of British Male tanks. Unfired projectile with residual paint and some markings combined with a brass case with a residual and difficult to make out head stamp. Ex museum display, still retaining Dymo tape description to case. read more
WW1 Belgian Military playbook, Identity card and British Paperwork.
WW1 Soldier's book, similar but more extensive than a British paybook, to a Soldier Emile Charles Vermeiee of the 27th Signals ? Regt. Dual language book in French and Flemish recording details of service, photograph and record of marksmanship. Accompanied by an identity card with photograph and a discharge note dated 30.12.1914 from RAMC Hospital Brighton allowing travel to Folkestone. In heav... read more
WKC Advertising Sign.
Celluloid and tin sign measuring 32cns x 480cms and features two swords and one bayonet behind the silver WKC knight head logo on a blue background. The sign is in excellent condition with the exception of the lower edge and one corner that has clearly suffered from water damage causing staining see images. Priced to accommodate these failings. read more
WW1 US Notes on the Chemistry of Gas Warfare.
Notes on the Chemistry of Gas Warfare for Divisional Gas Officers and Medical Officers. Prepared by the Infantry School of Arms, Oklahoma, this copy is individually numbered, marked CONFIDENTIAL and with the additional annotation ' not to be taken into front line trenches '. 21pgs dealing with the specific chemistry of individual poison gases but also dealing with their specific physiological e... read more
S.A.T.No.19 Anti-Tank Gun - 25mm Hotchkiss Mk I.
1939 S.A.T. Vol.I Pamphlet No.19 Anti-Tank Gun - 25mm Hotchkiss Mk I on 25mm. Carriage, Mk.I. Scarce manual for the French canon de 25 mm semi-automatique modèle 1934. When the BEF landed in France in 1939 it had insufficient numbers of anti-tank weapons, as a stop gap they were issued 300 guns which became known as Anti-Tank Gun, 25 mm. Hotchkiss, Mark I on 25 mm. Carriage, Mark I in British ... read more
Queen's Royal Regiment (West Surrey) Coloured FS Cap.
Coloured Field Service Cap for O/Rs of the Queen's Royal Regiment (West Surrey) . Blue wool body with green crown and red piping and brass cap badge. Approx size 7 with a white cotton drill lining. Good overall condition with some areas of wear, lining slightly grubby through use. read more
Late War NSDAP Party badges.
Zinc, late war NSDAP Party Badge. Marked RZM M1/77 ( Foerster & Barth, Pforzheim ) to the reverse with a to the reverse with a pin fitting and in excellent, clean condition part of a larger group of modest bring back items.
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8th Army RE Grouping - Normandy Diary.
Ephemera grouping to 1809708 Pte.Arthur J.Roberts RE. Clearly a veteran of the Desert campaign ( Africa Star 8th Army clasp endorsement to paybook ) with numerous copies the 8th Army newspaper ' Crusader ' and various photographs, CMF passes etc.Wallet containing more photographs, military and personal with a printed Canadian artillery divisional sign ( briefly attached to CRE GHQ )a collection... read more
Luftwaffe ' Robot ' Camera.
Luftwaffe ' Robo t' camera, a clockwork driven, ' powered ' camera which allowed a practised operator to take up to 4 frames a second. The Robot II was built by Otto Berning and Co. and this particular model modified for Luftwaffe use by the provision of an extended winder for use with a gloved hand. marked ' Luftwaffen Eigentum ', essentially Luftwaffe property, with an F prefix serial number... read more