WW1 - West Riding Regt., History of the First 3 Years of the Great War.

1917 - History of the duke of Wellington's West Riding Regt. during the first 3 years of the Great War. 152pgs in a vaguely diary format with much information gleaned from letters, citations and contemporary publications. Includes rolls of POWs and wounded with b/w photographs. Interesting for the inclusion of contemporary source information which is not often easily accessed. Good, used condit...  read more

Code: 9942

Rhodesian PSYOPS Unit Stable Belt.

Stable belt for a member of the Rhodesian 1 Psycological Operations Unit. Established as part of the Corps of Infantry on 1 July 1977 and Headquartered at Old Cranborne Barracks
Salisbury (Harare).
' The main emphasis of 1POU was operations against the terrorist - structured towards psychological
confusion of the enemy - the objective of so undermining his morale that he b...  read more

Code: 9941

WW1 British Silver Wound Badge - D.L.I.

WW1 British silver wound badge numbered 206809 indicating issue to 211612 Pte.Leonard Lee of the 8th, Labour Coy. Durham Light Infantry. Good, patinated condition accompanied by copies of SWB record.  read more

Code: 9940

WW2 1939 Black Wound Badge - Klein & Quenzer.

WW2 1939 Wound Award in black. Die stamped steel example with needle pin in steel. Clearly marked ' 65 ' to the reverse indicating manufacture by Klein & Quenzer A.G., Idar/Oberstein. Good, used condition with rubbing to highlights.  read more

Code: 9939

WW1 British Hand Grenade No.34 Mk.III.

A good, 1917 dated British hand grenade No.34 Mk.III. The No.34 Hand Grenade was developed to counter the introduction of the German Model 1917 Eierhandgranate and ran to five marques, this being a MkIII. Using a percussion actuated delay fuze which requires the pin to be removed and the plunger hit against a suitably hard object. The plunger cuts a shear wire and fires a primer cap, which igni...  read more

Code: 9938

WW2 RAF Pilots' Wing.

A good example of an embroidered WW2 RAF pilots' brevet. Featuring oatmeal coloured feathers and crown in ' flat ' embroidered cotton. Clear evidence of having been removed from a uniform, in good, used condition.  read more

Code: 9937

' Ack - Ack ' - An Appreciation of the Anti-Aircraft Forces.

C1945 ' Ack - Ack ' An Appreciation of the Anti-Aircraft Forces with a foreword by Gen.Sir Frederick Pile. Includes subjects as diverse as ' into action against the flying bomb ', ' gardening on gun sites ', ' gun sites at sea ', ' A.T.S. In mixed batteries ' and ' stamp collecting...on A.A. sites ' ! Illustrated throughout with b/w photographs. Good, clean condition, ex-lib.  read more

Code: 9936

Third Reich State Service Armband.

A good example of the yellow cotton armband for civilians employed in state service. Impressive black embroidered eagle. Good, used condition with some light creasing.  read more

Code: 9935

RARE STICKPIN FOR THE THIRD REICH RJA.

Seldom found stick pin for the Third Reich Youth sports association the RJA. or Reichjugendsportsabzeichen. Round badge with RJA letters and swastika underneath. Reverse marked with maker ‘Wernstein Jena’. Nice knurled pin. Pin awarded to boys and the pin-back broach awarded to girls.  read more

Code: 9704

ISRB Anti-Disturbance Fuze (Air Armed).

Introduced in 1943, the Anti-Disturbance Fuze (Air Armed) was designed by the Inter Services Research Bureau based at Station IX, Welwyn. This device was designed to be assembled into an explosive device or charge when it is laid to prevent anyone from removing it. Zinc alloy casting threaded to accept a Type 6 burster with mechanisms designed to initiate on application of pressure or release.<...  read more

Code: 9933