C1900 Warwickshire Regt Carte de Visite style photo.
100mm x 140mm approx. b/w carte de visite style photograph of a member of the Warwickshire Regt. Good, sharp image with good detail to the foreign service helmet. Taken by a photographer based in Kalbadevi Road, Mumbai, ( Bombay ) India where the 1st Battalion arrived in 1898.
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THIRD REICH SILVER WOUND BADGE WITH ORIGINAL PACKET OF ISSUE.
A later produced badge made in the grey ‘blunt metal’ as the Germans call it. The silver finish has faded a little, merged into the alloy base. The badge is unissued and remains in the brown paper issue envelope. The envelope is a little tatty but otherwise complete. The badge is unmarked to the rear, but the packet is marked with the maker Rudolf Wachtler & Lange Mittweida. Their designated co... read more
THIRD REICH LUFTSCHUTZ MEDAL IN MINT CONDITION WITH ISSUE PACKET.
This alloy Luftschutz 2nd class medal is in mint unissued condition. It is complete with a mint length of ribbon and comes complete with the brown printed paper issue envelope. The medal is marked with a ‘10’ on the suspension ring. This for the company Foerster & Barth of Pforzheim. The paper packet is also marked with the same details on the reverse. A super medal combination, not to be upgr... read more
THIRD REICH SILVER WOUND BADGE IN ORIGINAL PACKET.
A WW2 Third Reich silver wound badge with the original brown issue envelope. The reverse of the badge is marked 107 for Carl Wild in Hamburg. The reverse of the envelope is also stamped with same maker, Carl Wild Metalwarenfabric Hamburg 24.
Really nice to get a matching set. The silver plating on the wound badge is 100% intact on the front but is starting to bubble a little on the reve... read more
British 1917 No.23 MkII Grenade.
WW1 No.23 Mk.II Hand Grenade, known more colloquially as the ' Mills '. Good example with a rough cast finish and an April 1917 dated base plug by ' M.M.Co. ' (Mills Munitions ) and an alloy filling plug. Body double marked with an ' F ' and what appears to be ' FJ ' under the lever. All parts present and fully strippable.
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Third Reich Pioneers' Manual.
Third Reich ' H.Dv.220/4 Ausbildungsvorschrift fur die Pioniere, Teil 4 Sperren '. Manual for Pioneers, 434pgs, illustrated throughout dealing with obstacles from bridges, barbed wire, trenches etc. Also includes sections and information about demolitions with diagrams of igniters, explosives etc. Good, clean condition. read more
WW1 EKI.
Quality example of a WW1 EKI. Three piece construction with a silver frame and thick pin attachment. Two manufacturer's marks below the fastening catch. Patinated frame with wear to the finish of the iron core which also has a hairline crack to the right of the ' W ' device. Priced accordingly. read more
WW2 Hungarian Dog Tag.
WW2 M38 Hungarian dog tag. Aluminium construction containing paper forms, in this example made out to Wallek Imrene, and closed with a catch. Original, wire reinforced neck cord. read more
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.
41cms x 28cms approx and in good clean condition. Variation with large Union flag... read more
The 54th Infantry Brigade 1914-1918.
C1919 ' The 54th Infantry Brigade 1914-1918 ' 207pg history published for private circulation by Gale & Polden. Illustrated with b/w photographs. The Brigade, which arrived in France in 1915 comprised two battalions of the Bedfordshire Regt and one each of the Royal Fusiliers and the Middlesex Regt. Good history of the Brigade with various appendices. Marked boards with some damage to the spine... read more
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