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Click here to subscribeArmy Service Corps Pouch and Waist Belt Clasp, gilt metal two piece pouch badge with three screw post fittings to the reverse. Two piece gilt metal rectangular belt buckle with regimental badge to the centre. Both remain in good condition with much of the gilt wash finish remaining. (2 items)
Selection of Army Service Corps, Royal Army Service Corps and Royal Corps of Transport Badges, Titles and Buttons, consisting of brass territorial T/ASC/NORFOLK&SUFFOLK shoulder title with three lug fittings, four variations of Royal Army Service Corps gilt metal cap badges, ten variations of officers and other ranks collar badges, Air Despatch brass wing, nine brass ASC and RASC shoulder titles, EIIR Royal Army Service Corps officers chrome gilt and enamel cap and collar badge set, Royal Corps of Transport officers chrome gilt and enamel cap and collar badge set, other ranks brass Royal Corps of Transport cap and collar badge set, large cast white metal Royal Army Service Corps badge, pair of anodised collar badges, two large and one small type Victorian Commissariat Staff gilt tunic buttons, Victorian Military Train tunic button and various other Victorian to Elizabeth II period tunic buttons for the various organisations under the Royal Army Service Corps. (64 items)
Selection of Royal Army Service Corps Cap and Collar Badges, consisting of George V officers gilt and enamel cap badge with blade fittings, single gilt and enamel officers collar badge, smaller type gilt and enamel officers collar badge, OSD bronze George V cap and collar set, George V other ranks cap badge with slider fitting, three George V other ranks collar badges, two Edward VIII other ranks collar badges, George VI officers gilt and enamel cap badge, pair of officers gilt and enamel collars, single gilt and enamel officers collar badge, two silver gilt and enamel officers cap badges (one with damaged crown), various officers collar badges, George VI OSD bronze cap and collar badge set, various other ranks George VI period cap and collar badges including chrome, blackened, far east cast and plastic. Generally all remain in good condition. (39 items)
Selection of Colonial Army Service Corps Cap and Collar Badges, including scarce George VI Burma Army Service Corps cap badge with two lug fittings on the reverse, rare white metal cap badge and collar badge for the Ceylon Army Service Corps, officers and other ranks cap badges for the Royal Indian Army Service Corps, East Africa Army Service Corps cap badge and shoulder title, various Australian and Canadian Army Service Corps cap and collar badges, South African Army Service Corps cap and collar badge. Various early other ranks and officers Supply & Transport Corps cap badges, plus others. (33 items)
Selection of Army Ordnance & Royal Army Ordnance Corps Badges and Insignia, consisting of two large type Victorian field service cap badges circa 1896, being the ordnance shield with three part scroll bearing “ARMY ORDNANCE CORPS”. Two lug fittings to the reverse of each. Officers gilt cap badge with ORDNANCE in the lower scroll, pair of facing officers gilt collar badges, set of bronze OSD cap and collar badges, gilt metal cap badge with two lug fittings, Army Ordnance Corps small type field service cap badge with slider fitting to the reverse, pair of miss-matched shield type collar badges, post 1920 officers gilt and enamel field service cap badge with two lug fittings on the reverse, four variations of post 1920 cap badge including bronze OSD and WW2 Bakelite issue, two officers gilt and enamel collar badges and other ranks gilt metal collar badge, gilt metal cap badge and pair of collar badges being the 1947-49 type with SUA TONANTI TELA in the scroll, two 1947-49 type officers gilt and enamel collar badges, post 1949 Kings crown J R Gaunt maker marked officers silver gilt cap and collar badge set, bi metal Kings crown other ranks post 1949 cap badge on slider and single collar badge, post 1954 officers silver gilt cap and collar badge set, other ranks post 1954 cap and collar badge set, pair of bullion post 1954 beret badges, Army Ordnance Department (A.O.D) brass shoulder title, three variations of Army Ordnance Corps brass shoulder title, small type RAOC brass shoulder title, embroidered cloth RAOC shoulder title, black on khaki slip on shoulder title, gilt and enamelled officers collar badge with non-pierced garter, other ranks kings crown helmet plate (no backing to centre) and eighteen variants of tunic buttons dating from Victorian era up to George VI. Various conditions, mostly very good. (64 items)
Royal Army Ordnance Corps Officers Cap Badge, being a fine example of post 1920 gilt and enamel officers cap badge with Gaunt makers mark on the reverse. Badge has two lug fittings on the reverse. Accompanied by 1947-49 type officers silver gilt and enamel cap badge with two lug fittings on the reverse. Both badges retain much of the original gilt wash finish and enamel remains intact. (2 items)
Selection of Colonial Army Ordnance Corps Badges, consisting of bronze OSD cap badge for Royal Canadian Ordnance Corps with two lug fittings on the reverse and makers mark of W Scully Ltd Montreal, facing pair of bronze OSD Royal Canadian Ordnance Corps collar badges made by Firmin London, early type gilt metal other ranks collar badge worn by the Canadian Ordnance Corps with beaver on top of shield, other ranks gilt metal cap badge of Royal Canadian Ordnance Corps with two lug fittings on the reverse, WW1 period South African Ordnance Corps cap / collar badge with two lug fittings on the reverse, gilt metal Indian Army Ordnance Corps cap badge with slider fitting on the reverse and a pair of gilt metal Indian Army Ordnance Corps collar badges. (9 items)
Selection of Army Catering Corps Badges & Insignia, consisting of officers silver gilt Kings crown cap badge, marching silver gilt officers collar badges, OSD bronze cap and collar badge set, other ranks all brass cap and collar badge set, other ranks bi metal cap and collar badge set, WW2 bakelite cap badge with blade fittings, chrome kings crown cap badge with two lug fittings on the reverse, EIIR officers silver gilt cap and collar badge set, bullion wire beret badge, EIIR other ranks bi metal cap and single collar, later pattern officers silver gilt cap and collar with lower scroll WE SUSTAIN motto, three brass ACC shoulder titles, unusual locally made embroidered yellow on blue cloth shoulder title, printed ACC shoulder title, embroidered brown on yellow shoulder title, Far East black on khaki slip on shoulder title, black on khaki slip on shoulder title and brass with enamel centre pin back badge. (32 items)
Selection of Royal Army Educational Corps Badges, consisting of pre 1951 officers gilt cap badge with two lug fittings on the reverse, officers gilt collar badge, OSD bronze cap badge and miss-matched pair of collar badges, other ranks brass cap badge and collar badge set, scarce officers silver gilt trial pattern collar badge, Post 1951 pattern officers silver gilt cap and miss matched collar badge set, other ranks cap and collar badge set, post 1955 officers silver gilt cap and collar badge set, bullion officers beret badge, two types of tunic button, embroidered RAEC shoulder title, brass AEC shoulder title and brass RAEC shoulder title. All items remain in good condition. (24 items)
WW2 Royal Ulster Rifles Bakelite Cap Badge, complete with two blade fittings on the reverse. Accompanied by plastic Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders glengarry badge (distorted and tip missing) with blade fittings on the reverse, pair of Bakelite Royal Marines globe collar badges, two types of Royal Army Ordnance Corps cap badge both with blade fittings on the reverse, REME Bakelite cap badge with blade fittings on the reverse and two examples of Bakelite Royal Army Service Corps cap badge (one missing fittings on the reverse). (9 items)
Selection of Various Cap Badges, Collars and Shoulder Titles, consisting of bronzed Lincolnshire Yeomanry cap badge with two lug fittings on the reverse, silvered officers Bedfordshire regiment cap badge with two lug fittings on the reverse, North Staffordshire regiment cast brass slouch hat badge with two lug fittings on the reverse, Kings Own Yorkshire Light Infantry officers gilt metal cap badge with blade fittings on the reverse, brass Royal Gloucestershire Hussars Imperial Yeomanry cap badge with two lug fittings, officers silver gilt Duke of Wellingtons West Riding regiment cap badge with two lug fittings on the reverse, early Inniskilling Fusiliers cap badge with large slider fitting to the reverse, Yeomanry Cadets cap badge with slider fitting to the reverse, oval badge of the Scottish Territorial Red Cross Brigade with two lug fittings on the reverse, EIIR Royal Green Jackets officers silvered cap badge with two lug fittings on the reverse, 14th/20th Hussars cross Kukri’s sleeve badge, brass T/5/E.YORK shoulder title with three lug fittings on the reverse, white metal T/28/COUNTY OF LONDON shoulder title with brass backing plate, 2nd Volunteer Battalion Somerset Light Infantry field service / collar badge, Toronto Scottish Glengarry badge, brass T/7/ROYAL SCOTS shoulder title, Mixed Services Organisation (MSO) British Army of the Rhine brass badge with two lug fittings on the reverse, plus other items. All remain in very good condition. Viewing recommended. (34 items)
Selection of British Regimental Cap / Headdress Badges, consisting of bi-metal West Yorkshire regiment cap badge with slider to reverse, brass Wiltshire regiment cap badge with slider to the reverse, WW2 Bakelite Royal Army Ordnance corps cap badge with blade fittings, Anodised aluminium Argyll & Sutherland Highlanders glengarry badge, Liverpool Scottish Cameron Highlanders glengarry badge with two lug fittings on the reverse, bi-metal South Wales Borderers cap badge with slider fitting to the reverse, blackened anodised Royal Tank Regiment cap badge with two lug fittings on the reverse, anodised Bedfordshire & Hertfordshire regiment cap badge with slider fitting to the reverse, Rifle Brigade cap badge with slider fitting to the reverse, plus others. Some restrike badges also included. (40 items)
Selection of British Regimental Cap Badges, consisting of bronze OSD Royal Artillery cap badge with blade fittings on the reverse, bronzed brass Canadian Royal Artillery cap badge with slider fitting to the reverse, WW2 Bakelite Royal Army Service Corps cap badge with two blade fittings on the reverse, anodised aluminium Royal Highlanders glengarry badge with two lug fittings on the reverse, anodised Royal Military Police cap badge with slider fitting to the reverse, blackened brass Buckinghamshire Battalion cap badge with slider fitting to the reverse, blackened brass Queen Victoria Rifles cap badge with slider fitting to the reverse, anodised Coldstream Guards cap badge with two lug fittings on the reverse, anodised Royal Military Academy Sandhurst cap badge with slider fitting to the reverse, white metal Duke of Edinburgh’s Own Volunteer Rifles with two lug fittings to the reverse, plus others. Some restrike badges also included. (40 items)
Selection of British Regimental Cap Badges, consisting of officers silver and enamel Army Legal Corps cap badge with two lug fittings, bi-metal Middlesex Regiment cap badge with slider fitting to the reverse, Post 1953 Royal Armoured Corps cap badge with slider fitting to the reverse, anodised South Nott’s Hussars cap badge with slider fitting, anodised Northumberland Fusiliers with red and white hackle, anodised Parachute regiment cap badge with slider fitting, Kings Royal Rifle Corps blackened brass cap badge with slider fitting to the reverse, anodised Royal Military School cap badge with slider fitting, anodised aluminium North Staffordshire regiment cap badge with slider fitting, anodised 16th The Queens Lancers with slider fitting to the reverse, bi-metal East Lancashire regiment cap badge with slider fitting to the reverse, plus others. Some restrike badges also included. (40 items)
Selection of British Regimental Cap Badges, consisting of Kings College School Wimbledon OTC blackened brass cap badge with slider fitting to the reverse, Royal Highland Fusiliers anodised glengarry badge, WW2 Bakelite General Service Corps cap badge with two blade fittings to the reverse, brass Army Cyclist Corps cap badge with slider fitting to the reverse, London Scottish Glengarry badge, anodised aluminium Royal Marines cap badge with two lug fittings to the reverse, anodised Berkshire and Westminster Dragoons cap badge with slider fitting to the reverse, bi-metal Notts & Derby regiment cap badge with slider fitting to the reverse, brass Royal Air Force cap badge with two lug fittings on the reverse, anodised University of London OTC cap badge with slider fitting to the reverse, brass 2nd Dragoon Guards (Queens Bays) cap badge with slider fitting to the reverse, Shropshire Yeomanry cap badge with slider fitting to the reverse, plus others. Some restrike badges also included. (40 items)
Selection of British Regimental Badges and Insignia, consisting of EIIR Royal Highlanders Black Watch officers two piece silver gilt glengarry badge with two lug fittings to the reverse, City of London Yeomanry two piece large type badge with slider fitting to the reverse, bi-metal Cambridgeshire regiment cap badge with slider fitting, two Rifle Brigade white metal Pagri badges, WW2 Bakelite Essex regiment cap badge fitted with pin fitting on the reverse, WW2 Bakelite Royal Engineers cap badge (one blade missing), WW2 Bakelite Royal Army Service Corps cap badge with two blade fittings on the reverse, 18th Queen Mary’s Own Hussars cap badge with slider fitting to the reverse, officers gilt and enamel Light Dragoons cap badge with two lug fittings on the reverse, officers silver gilt Mobile Defence Corps cap badge with two lug fittings on the reverse, cloth Rough Riders shoulder title. Accompanied by a selection of anodised collar badge pairs, cap badges and shoulder titles of various regiments. (50 items)
Selection of British Regimental Badges, consisting of cap badges, pouch badges, collar badges and arm badges. Various regiments including Parachute regiment, Army Air Corps, Tank Corps, SAS, 2x Artists Rifles SAS pouch plates, Fifth London RFA Brigade cap badge, Glider Pilot regiment cap badge, T/1/RF/City of London shoulder title, Cheshire Regiment pouch badge, plus others. We are of the opinion that most if not all of these badges are re-strikes / reproductions. Sold as viewed. (39 items)
Selection of Cloth Insignia consisting of large embroidered khaki RSM arm badge, embroidered white on black New Zealand slip on nationality shoulder title, 7th Indian division formation sign of metal and felt, embroidered red on blue COMMANDO cloth shoulder title, embroidered Royal Army Chaplains Department cloth shoulder title, white on green INDIAN ARMY cloth shoulder title, slip on rank slide with green embroidered crown and pip, Royal Tank Regiment embroidered arm badge, plus other items. Various conditions. (29 items)
Selection of Badges and Insignia consisting of printed Queens Regiment shoulder title, pair of WW1 period white on red embroidered Queens Regiment shoulder titles (one heavily mothed), pair of black on khaki Queens shoulder titles, 2x brass Queens regiment cap badges with slider fittings to the reverse, WW1 period brass Army Ordnance Corps cap badge with slider fitting to the reverse, pair of brass AOC shoulder titles, chrome and enamel WW2 Kent Home Guard rifle and pistol competition badge, 1st Battalion Kent Home Guard Rifle Club bullion blazer badge, two brass Buffs (East Kent) regiment cap badges with slider fittings to the reverse, two bullion Kent related bullion blazer badges, Polish enamel screw back breast badge, plus other items. (36 items)
Army Service Corps Pouch Plate being a fine gilt metal Kings crown example with screw post fittings to the reverse. Cast white metal EIIR period pipers pouch badge for the Royal Army Service Corps with two lug fittings on the reverse. Army Pay Corps brass pouch badge, Victorian Royal Engineers pouch badge with screw post fittings on the reverse, 6x Royal Engineers arm badges in bullion and embroidered cloth. 7 cloth and one gilt metal arm badges for the Royal Signals regiment. All badges remain in good overall condition. (18 items)
Selection of Collar Badges of Royal Warwickshire Regiment consisting of various types of Antelope pattern and Bear & Ragged Staff type. Officers and other ranks types in white metal, bronze, silver gilt and anodised. Trial pattern white metal Antelope on backing plate. White metal collar badge worn by the 1st Warwickshire (Birmingham) Rifle Volunteer Corps. Various officers Militia battalion examples with separate piece coronet and chain. Generally all in good condition. Couple with alterations to the reverse. Many of these badges are the actual examples pictured on pages 38-41 of “History of the British Army Infantry Collar Badge” by Colin Churchill. (78 items)
Selection of Royal Fusiliers (City of London Regiment) Collar Badges consisting of three pre 1881 examples in gilt metal with number 7 to the centre, various examples of post 1881 in gilt metal and white metal, WW1 period officers bronze Cap/Collar badge with two lug fittings on the reverse, officers bullion wire examples with gilt metal and silvered centre rose, various other ranks an officers collars with only rose on the ball of the grenade, Victorian crowned example with white Hanover Horse below the garter, pair of officers EIIR period in silver gilt with Hanover horse below the garter, five anodised aluminium small type collar badges, bullion frock coat collar badge worn by the Royal London Militia and white metal and silver plated strung bugle collar badges as worn by 3rd or Westminster Middlesex (Light Infantry) Militia. All remain in good overall condition. Many of these badges are the actual examples pictured on pages 42-45 of “History of the British Army Infantry Collar Badge” by Colin Churchill. (36 items)
WW2 Gallantry Medal and Extensive Document Grouping of Major D C Hopson Royal Armoured Corps Attached No3 Commando and 1st Commando Brigade, Awarded the Military Cross for Gallantry during the Normandy Landings (D-Day) and the Distinguished Service Order for Actions at the Battle of Esseller Forest 1945, consisting of refurbished GVIR DSO in silver gilt and enamel with replaced un-dated top mount bar, Military Cross GVIR with the reverse officially dated 1945 and engraved to the centre “MAJOR D C HOPSON”, 1939-45 star, Africa star, Italy star, France & Germany star and 1939-45 War medal. Medals have been modern swing mounted with a mixture of original and reproduction ribbons, stars also do not appear to match in colouring. Bronze boxing medal engraved to the reverse “3 CDO Inter Coy 1943 D.C.H” and another larger boxing medallion with badge of the Seaforth Highlanders and engraved “Lt D HOPSON RU 1941”. Two cloth formation signs for British Troops in France. The paperwork archive that accompanies the medals consists of various typed reports of operations taking place in 1945 with reconnaissance reports and instructions of the objectives needed to be achieved in the operation, GQ Parachute Company framed certificate dated 1946 awarded to Major D C Hopson DSO MC, four black and white press photographs of North West Europe interest, six HQ 21st Army Group report folders with maps and plans of operations taken place including the Report on River Weser (text & plans), part 1 of Ems-Weser Elbe Canal, Report on East Frisian Waterways, Report on River Ems (text & plans). Some other larger maps, manual and three photographs taken after the liberation of Belsen concentration camp. ** Major Hopson served with Royal Armoured Corps attached to No3 Commando in Italy and was wounded several times and mentioned in despatches for gallantry during the campaign. The unit was brought back to the UK to prepare for Operation Overlord (D-Day). No3 Commando landed as part of the 1st Special Service Brigade on the morning of 6th June 1944 at Sword Beach, with the objective of linking up with the 6th Airborne division. His recommendation for The Military Cross is as follows “Since the time of landing in Normandy on 6th June 1944 this officer had shown the same determination and gallantry and coolness when under fire which he had already shown in Agonone, Sicily and in Termoli, Italy, on 14th July 1943 and 5th October 1943. On the 6th June 1944 when the 2nd i/c was wounded bringing the unit forward, Major Hopson took charge and led the troops across the bridges Benouville with great speed and skill, and with slight casualties. Subsequently, although wounded in the head when the self-propelled gun in which he was operating struck a mine, he insited on proceeding out with another self-propelled gun and completing his task. On the occasion of the attack at Breville he performed invaluable service by leading tanks up to the forward positions which the commanders had not had time to recce. Several times during heavy shelling of the units FDL’s he again showed great courage and coolness in directing the bringing to shelter of the wounded although he himself was again slightly wounded. His service with this unit has always been an example of courage, coolness and efficiency and an inspiration to his fellow officers and men.” Originally recommended for the Distinguished Service Order (DSO) this was downgraded to a Military Cross, appearing in the London Gazette 1st March 1945. ** Continuing to serve with the unit throughout the campaign in North West Europe, he was again involved in heavy fighting during the crossing of the Rhine during Operation Plunder. He was awarded the Distinguished Service Order for gallantry during this time, the recommendation for the award is as follows, “Since Jan 45 Major Hopson has been Brigade Major of the First Cdo Bde, and has taken an active part in all operations since that time. He crossed in the first wave both in the Battle of the Rhine and the Weser crossing. In the Battle of Esseller Forest he particularly distinguished himself. The Brigade encountered a strong Kriegsmarine Fusilier force of three battalions, two companies of SS troops and a detatchment of SP guns. The Brigade consolidation area was in the form of a tight bridgehead over the river Aller, which was of the greatest importance to 11 Armd Division. At about 1130 hrs on 11 Apr 45 the Brigade was heavily counter attacked from three sides. Bde HQ was under mortar and small arms fire and several officers and men were killed by sniping. Physical contact with units was impossible. Major Hopson was in a slit trench with a No.22 wireless set and was very much exposed from one flank to enemy fire. Nevertheless during the whole battle when vital messages were being sent, Major Hopson continually exposed himself to fire in order to ensure that there should be no fault or delay in the passing of the orders. The whole battle was a great success and the bridgehead consolidated, allowing 11 Armd Div to pass complete over the River Aller. Major Hopson complete disregard for his own safety, and his wholehearted devotion to duty materially contributed to the success of the operation. Both before and since that date Major Hopson has distinguished himself on every occasion the brigade has been in action, and has been an inspiration and an example to all members of the First Commando Brigade”. The award appeared in the London Gazette on 11th October 1945. ** We are of the opinion due to the construction of the medal bar, that the medals in this grouping have been made up by a collector / dealer to resemble the group of Major D C Hopson and is being sold as viewed. We would ask any potential bidders to view the item in person to make sure that they are happy with what they are buying. This Lot is not subject to return.
Victorian Army Medical Department Bullion Forage Cap Badge Circa 1873-84, eight pointed bullion star with Victorian crown displacing top point, central garter strap with “ARMY MEDICAL DEPARTMENT” within and VR cipher to the centre. Badge is mounted onto a red cloth backing material. Some wear to the backing material.
A Collection of WWII Nazi Memorabilia to Include A Photo of Polish Holocaust Prisoner Edward Fikus with His Cloth Arm Badge "Buchenwald" Attached Verso. Also Reference to Auschwitz Number 26583 and Neuengammen Number 63748. Signed and Dedicated. Four Stamped but Unposted Postcards of Hitler. A Nazi Wound Badge. A National Socialist German Workers Party Membership Book Containing Fifty Payment Stamps for 1940-44. All Collected by William Lovering when Serving in Germany with Royal Artillery in 1945. This Lot includes His Standard Issue Medals in Original Box, A Photograph of The Regiment, A Postcard Showing Action of 25/53 Heavy Regiment. His Certificate of Service, Pay Book and Release Book Also Letters Number Three, Number Four on Non-Fraternization with Germans and Personal Message from Commander in Chief Army Group Dated 1944.
An historic New Zealand 'Original All Blacks' shirt worn by Ernest Booth during the tour of the British Isles and France in 1905-06, with fern badge and canvas overlay to the shoulders and upper chest and back, leather neck line extending down the lacing-v, period repair to the midriff, red stitched laundry marking to canvas beneath neck line; sold with five photocopied sheets relating to the shirt, Ernie Booth, the 1905-06 tour and it's recent exhibition in Bristol during the 2015 Rugby World Cup (6) The Original All Blacks, also simply known as "The Originals" were the first New Zealand national rugby union team to tour outside Australasia. They toured the British Isles, France and the United States of America during 1905-1906. Their opening game was against Devon on 16 September 1905 whom they defeated 55-4. Such was the surprise that some newspapers in Britain printed that Devon had scored 55 points and not the All Blacks. They went on to defeat every English side that they faced, including a 16-3 victory over English county champions Durham. They defeated the national teams of Scotland, Ireland and England and suffered their only loss of the 35-match tour when defeated 3-0 defeat by Wales at Cardiff Arms Park. The 1905 All Blacks tour of Britain went on to achieve legendary status within the rugby world and New Zealand in particular. They scored 976 points and conceded only 59, and thus set the standard for all subsequent All Black sides. The tour also saw the first use of the All Blacks nickname and established New Zealand's reputation as a world class rugby nation as well as the famous black shirt becoming an international sporting icon. The present "Originals" shirt was worn by Ernest Booth in the match v Bristol at the County Ground, Nevil Road, 23rd September 1905 which at the time was leased for Bristol RFC home matches. The game was watched by 6,500 spectators who witnesses the tourists winning impressively 41-0. At the end of the match Bristol's full-back and captain James Oates swapped shirts with Booth. Oates kept the shirt until the 1950s when he gifted it to the Bristol captain of the time Doug Pratten. The shirt has remained in the Pratten family until this day. Ernest Booth, nicknamed "General" after the founder of the Salvation Army, played at full-back or as a three-quarter. He was selected for 16 of the Originals' matches on the historic 1905-06 tour including the Test Match v France in Paris New Year's Day 1906. Born in Teschemakers 24th February 1876. Ernie Booth played for Kaikorai and represented Otago, before moving to Sydney where he captained Newtown and represented New South Wales. He later became a rugby journalist and during the First World War served in the Australian forces as secretary of the YMCA. In the 1920s Booth became a professional rugby coach for the Southland Union, an appointment that can be cited as a significant innovation in an era of strict amateurism. As a result of protests from the National Union, Booth's role was 'redefined' but he continued coaching including outreaches to schools where he discovered the likes of Frank Kilby, Rusty Page, Lance Johnson & Brushy Mitchell. Ernest Edward Booth died in Christchurch 18th October 1935 aged 59. This shirt has twice been exhibited on loan from the Pratten family. Firstly at the Museum of Rugby at Twickenham Stadium in the centenary year of 2005; and more recently to coincide with the 2015 Rugby World Cup in the Bristol Life Gallery at M Shed, the city's newest museum.
A collection of appox. over 400 military cap and other badges, including a Liverpool Pals silver badge, one of the first 100 as issued by the Earl of Derby, cavalry, cyclist, naval and others, and a group of related books, including Kipling (A and H) Head Dress Badges of the British Army, two vols (qty) See illustration Condition report Report by MW Good condition.
A SMALL COLLECTION OF WWI ERA POST CARDS AND PAPERWORK RELATING TO SOLDIERS, etc, forty two WWI era post cards including damage to buildings (Somme etc) etc, three souvenir post card books, Battle De L'Ainse, Advance on the Somme, souvenir Des Terrasses, together with a small Army issue Active Service Testament 1914, inscribed on the inside cover Pte H. Buckley 5035 Xth Royal Hsrs, Pte 5035 Buckley was K.I.A. 14/11/1914 and is commemorated on the Menin Gate, Ypres Belgium original Royal Warrant for Lt. H. Dowdeswell Volunteer Forces dated 1884, three black and white post cards of uniformed soldiers, Army Service Corps Sweetheart post card, King George V Peace medal and small enamel badge
AN IRISH EARLY 20TH CENTURY ARMY TUNIC, in green cloth applied with a string of gilt metal button embelished with the National harp, applied with associated 4-colour badge, green,orange,black and tan , with further shoulder badges:together with a World War II RAAF Battle dress tunic, dated 1943, in blue cloth , together with associated cream fabric jodhpurs (2)
A COLLECTION OF 20TH CENTURY IRISH MILITARY BADGES including a 1939 1st Pattern Officers Óglaig Na h-Eireann cap badge; a 1960 Óglaig Na h-Eireann Stay-Brite cap badg;, a WWII Irish defence badge; a Stay-Brite Irish infantry badge, with another Irish infantry badge; an Army Supply and Transport service collar badge; a 1942-1958 Infantry shield; a brass Calvary Corps badge; two bronze Officer bars and a bronze diamond with interlace design; a Defense Force Emercency ribbon bar; together with three brass Irish Volunteer buttons, a pocket compass and a J. Hudson & Co. 'Metropolitan' police whistle (17)
'THE MAN WHO WAS SINN FEIN' O'Caoimh (Padraig or Paudie) 1881-1973. A superb and important display of his 1916 and War of Independence Medals, attractively mounted and framed with his Irish Volunteer uniform buttons and cap badge, and his 1916 Survivor's Armband (worn at commemorative parade 1935), and with a good original photograph. The Collection here offered include: a. His 1916 bronze Medal with ribbon and pin; b. His War of Independence bronze Medal (1917-1921), with scarce 'Comrac' bar; c. His 1916-1966 silver gilt Survivors Medal, bar and ribbon; d. His 1921-1971 bronze Jubilee Medal with clasp and ribbon. With three Volunteer buttons, his Volunteer Cap Badge, and his rare 1916 - 1935 Survivors Armband (worn by 1916 veterans only, before the issue of the medals). Paudie O'Keeffe was a close friend and associate of Arthur Griffith from the early days of Sinn Fein, and also a very good friend of his fellow Corkman Michael Collins. Born in Co. Cork, he worked as a post office sorter and joined the I.R.B. there. About 1901 he was transferred to the G.P.O. in Dublin, & in 1908 he became joint-honorary Treasurer of Sinn Fein. He married Cait de Paor, one of the Wyse Power family in 1910, her brother John Wyse Power was a founder member of the G.A.A. Paudie was also in the Banba Rifle Club (1912-13), whose members practised shooting in the Greenmount Oil Works in Harold's Cross (owned by the Le Brocquy family); others members included Cathal Brugha, Sean Mac Diarmada, and Eamonn Ceant; Brugha was the best shot according to Paudie. In 1914 Paudie had a major part in the Kilcoole arms landings for the Volunteers. In April 1916 he was closely involved with Griffith and Eoin Mac Neill in the exchanges over plans for Easter Sunday. At one stage Mac Neill sent him to ask at the Sunday Independent office what was the latest time a notice (of cancellation) could be accepted. Nevertheless when the Rising went ahead on Easter Monday, Paudie showed up with his rifle, leaving his wife and three children, and served in one of the O'Connell Street garrisons, opposite the G.P.O. holding out until the building collapsed around him. He was imprisoned after the Rising, and on his release was appointed full-time General Secretary of Sinn Fein. He played a major part in building up the party organisation; it has been said that 'Paudie O'Keefe was Sinn Fein.' British Army raids on his office made no difference, because Paudie kept every detail in his head. He had a notable turn of phrase; around this time a visiting British journalist (Sir Arthur Gibbs), asked him what was the meaning of these strange words 'Sinn Fein'; the answer he gave was 'Vengeance, bejasus, vengeance.' Paudie was elected a member of the First Dail and was imprisoned again for a seditious speech; he supported the Treaty, and after Independence was appointed deputy governor of Mountjoy Jail. It is said that he found the job distasteful, and in the 1920's he moved to the Seanad as assistant Clerk. Many years later as one of the four surviving members of the First Dail, he was asked for his memories of the Civil War. 'Ah,' he said 'when they shot Liam Mellows that broke my heart,' (cf. Seamus O'Neill, 'The Man who was Sinn Fein,' Irish Press 27.9.1973). A superb collection, attractively mounted and preserved, commemorating one of the central and best-loved figures of the Independent Movement, before and after 1916. (1)
Royal Artillery side cap with badge, TRFs, buttons, dog tags, large selection of paperwork and ephemera including Army Service Book, driving licence, newspaper cuttings, 64th Light Anti Aircraft Regiment Royal Artillery Handbook, lighter and 5th & 8th Army Commemorative Medals for Naples 1943 (relates to medals in lot 112)
Cigar box containing 1939-45 Medal, Atlantic Star, Pacific Star, and Defence Medal, also WWI medals, various buttons, German belt buckle, Manchester Regiment cap badge, army buttons, etc, also a complete set of 61 copies of Image of War, and Cornelius Ryan, The Longest Day, and Instructions for British Servicemen in France 1944.
A 4th Battalion Parachute Regiment campaign medal group, that of 5435788 R W Ellis, including two 1930s DCLI silver Army sports prize fob medallions and his post-War Exemplary Fire Service medal, together with brooched cap badge, cloth shoulder title and other insignia, the group being supported by facsimile service records
RAF Signed Cover Collection 1 in Superb Album With Slipcase. 40 (approx) covers including rare varieties housed in expensive Importa Blue cover album with slipcase. Covers have a retail price of over £1100 including DE383 1972 RAF Sealand 30 Years in Maintenance Command cover, BFPS 1294 postmark. Flown from RAF Sealand to Bruggen to Andover to Valley and return. Red and green flight cachet details. Signed by three of the pilots who flew the covers between stations. RRP £15 DE428 C26 21 Nov 73 BFPS 1405 Postmark Princess Mary Flown on Medical resupply flight in Westland to RAF Hospitals & Medical Est. Signed by the crew who flew the covers and Special Signed by Matron - in - Chief Air Commandant B.M.Ducat - Amos. RRP £25 DE447 C33 21 Aug 74 FPO 965 Commemorating First Flight of the Hark First Development Aircraft XX154 . Black flown cachet. Flown on maiden flight of the Hawker Siddeley Hawk XX 154 Piloted by Mr D M S Simpson. Personally Signed by Mr D M S Simpson Chief Test Pilot H S A ( Kingston ) Certified Copy number 1355 of 1979. RRP £25 DE454 C35 RAF Gliding & Soaring Association 25th Anniversary. Special Blue Flown cachet flown in a two seater Glider Schieicher Ka 13 from the Eagle Gliding Club at Detmold Germany flight time 12 minutes. Then cover was subsequently flown from RAF Gutersloh to Luton Airport on the 16th December 1974 and then delivered to the RAF Gliding & Soaring Association Centre at Bicester.Personally Signed by the Pilots Air Commodore N W Kearon CMG, CBE, RAF and Chief Technician G Kirby. Backstamped RAF Post Office Gutersloh 16th Dec 1974 and No 71 M.N. RAF Bicester 17 Dec 1974. Certified Copy No 117 of 1250. RRP £25 DE461 C38 15 Apr 75 BFPS 1485 25 th Anniversary of the Radio Engineering Unit RAF Henlow. Flown from RAF Gibralta to RAF Finningley via Nice in a Dominie Mk1. Special signed by Air Marshal Sir R E W Harland. Air Officer Commanding in Chief Support Command. RRP £20 DE471 C45 C45 28 April 77 Introduction of the Hawk into the Royal Air Force Special Postmark. Commemorating the First Training Flight in a Hawker Siddeley Hawk at RAF Valley. Scarce Muscular Dystrophy Society variation signed by AVM Frederick Sowry and Ernest Folley AFC. Limited edition numbered 18 of just 50. RRP £50 DE528 C87 23rd June 1981 BFPS 1748 Royal Star of Garter Home flown in Westland Whirlwind. Yellow flown cachet Flown from Headquarters British Forces Post Office to The Royal Star and Garter Home, Richmond Upon Thames in Westland Whirlwind . Then carried by hand propelled Wheelchair from Richmond Park via Kingston, Leatherhead, South Holmwood, Capel, Kingsfold,Washington,Findon, Salvington to Worthing Town Hall. Where it was driven past Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent who took the salute from the members of the Royal Star and Garter Home. Personally Signed by Marshal of the Royal Air Force Sir Denis Spotswood GCB, CBE, DSO DFC and Charles Hankins The Black Watch ( Royal Highland Regiment ). Charlie who lost both legs, was wounded in the chest and blinded in one eye in action with the Black Watch in North Africa. He carried the covers in a wheelchair from London to Worthing!! RRP £40 DE531 C90 12th Sept 1981 BFPS 1755 41st Anniv of the Battle of Britain.10th Anniv of the Society of Friends RAF Museum.Special Signed Marshal of the RAF Sir Dermot Boyle.President Society of Friends RAFM.Certified Copy No 401 of 982. RRP £25 DE657 17 Dec 69 BFPS1105 London to Sydney Air Race. Black flown cachet from RAF Brize Norton in VC10 XV103 to Singapore and from there to Adelaide and then Sydney Australia in Hercules C.Mk.1 XC206. Scarce variety, one of only 250 flown by Red Arrows pilots Flt Lt Kingsley and Evans AFC who also flew in the race. RRP £45 DE659 17 Dec 69 BFPS1105 London to Sydney Air Race. Flown by Flt Lt Kingsley from Gatwick to Sydney. Total flight time 77 hours! Signed by Kingsley. Emergency landing at Flores Island cachet. RRP £25 DE663 1st UK Aerial Post Hendon - Windsor 9 Sep 71 BFPS 1173 60th Anniversary of the First UK Aerial Post Hendon to Windsor Royal Hendon. Cover depicts Bleriot 11 Hendon 1911. Flown from RAF Hendon to Windsor Castle, landing on the East Lawn in the Home Park Private at 1100 hours on 9th September 1971. Carried in Bristol Sycamore MK XIV, of 32 Squadron RRP £8 DE664 1st UK Aerial Post Hendon - Windsor 9 Sep 71 BFPS 1173 60th Anniversary of the First UK Aerial Post Hendon to Windsor Royal Hendon. Cover depicts Bleriot 11 Hendon 1911. Flown from RAF Hendon to Windsor Castle, landing on the East Lawn in the Home Park Private at 1100 hours on 9th September 1971. Carried in Bristol Sycamore MK XIV, of 32 Squadron. Special signed by MRAF Sir John Slessor, Air Officer Commanding Coastal Command in 1943 and 1944. RRP £25 DE665 1st UK Aerial Post Hendon - Windsor 9 Sep 71 BFPS 1173 60th Anniversary of the First UK Aerial Post Hendon to Windsor Royal Hendon. Cover depicts Bleriot 11 Hendon 1911. Flown from RAF Hendon to Windsor Castle, landing on the East Lawn in the Home Park Private at 1100 hours on 9th September 1971. Carried in Bristol Sycamore MK XIV, of 32 Squadron. Signed by the crew Flt Lt Darby and Flt Sgt Taylor. RRP £12 DE708 15 10 74 Geneve Aeroport CDS Retour En Suisse. Cover depicts the Schaffhausen Salient in the Alps,RAFES badge and Swiss emblem. Signed by Fg Off P W Walker who was shot down over France,was a navigator of a Mosquito of 627 Sqn attacking Berlin RRP £25 DE746 29 3 80 Bruxelles 1000 Brussel. 40th Anniversary of the Formation of the First Secret Army. Armee Secrete ( The Secret Army )Louvain. Cover depicts members of Armee Secrete meeting a Royal Air Force Lysander landing by moonlight in Belgium, RAFES badge and Armee Secrete logo. Signed by Lysander pilot D .M.S.Simpson OBE Flown in Lysander. RRP £15 DE771 25 26 Aout 1984 Paris Special Postmark on French Resistance Stamp. Liberation of Paris . Black flown cachet flown from RAF Northolt to RAF Wildenrath in Pembroke then taken by road to Paris to join the 40th Anniversary Celebrations. Signed by French Resistance veteran Captain Lucien Duval. RRP £20 DE776 25 26 Aout 1984 Paris Special Postmark on French Resistance Stamp. Liberation of Paris . Black flown cachet flown from RAF Northolt to RAF Wildenrath in Pembroke then taken by road to Paris to join the 40th Anniversary Celebrations. Signed by Georges d Ouetremont His Military career began with National Service in the 2nd Chasseur a Cheval ( motorised ) regiment of the Belgian Army.He took part in the Blitzkrieg campaign of the 10th to the 28th May 1940 when his country was forced to surrender to the Germans At the beginning of 1942 he joined the escape line founded by Countess Andre de Jongh ( Dede ) which later become the Comete line. RRP £45 DE778 40th Anniv of the Self Liberation of Buchenwald Signed POW 1 04 85 Weimar CDS ( East Germany ) 40th Anniversary of Liberation Buchenwald Concentration Camp. Cover depicts the Buchenwald Concentration Camp Memorial and Liberation logo. Buchenwald Concentration Camp accommodated some 25,000 prisoners. Many of whom were exterminated and cremated by the Gestapo. In late 1944 2,000 prisoners . including 180 Allied Aircrew, were transported from Paris to Buchenwald and held there until the Luftwaffe obtained their release as POW's and moved them to Stalag Luft 3 at Zagen. Carried from Fresnes Prison Paris to Buchenwald Concentration camp,, Weimar by Sqn Ldr S A Booker MBE, former inmate No 78370, Retracing the journey he was forced to make on 14th to 18th August 1944. Then together with 1650 French Resistance Patriots and 76 follow members of the Royal Air Force captured by the Gestapo whilst evading capture in Northern France. pilot Signed. RRP £10And many more. All signed items come with a Certificate of Authenticity and can be shipped worldwide.
RAF Signed Cover Collection 4 in Superb Album With Slipcase. 28+ covers including rare Battle of Britain Aces, Luftwaffe aces VC winners and many scarce varieties housed in expensive Importa Blue cover album with slipcase. Covers have a retail price of over £850 including DE1661 RAF8 28th Nov 1972 30th Anniv Operation torch Flown from Gibraltar in Bristol Britannia of 511 Sqn to Brize Norton then to RAF Leconfield in Westland Whirlwind by 202 Sqn . 30th Anniv Operation torch. Signed by Sqn Ldr McKinley who flew the cover aircraft, Saro London in 1939. RRP £25 DE1673 FF1 1 March 1979 BFPS 1919 Folkestone to Cologne 60th Anniversary of the First Scheduled United Kingdom international Air Mail Service Folkestone to Cologne. Scarce variation reflown in a Bell Jet Ranger from Battersea Heliport. Signed by Ian Fraser VC. RRP £55 DE1689 FF5 25 July 1979 Jersey 70th Anniv 1st Air crossing of Channel. Flown in 1979 Stella artois air race. Signed by the pilot Mr Edward Wein and former Leader of the Liberal Democrat Party David Steel. RRP £20 DE1699 FF12 60th Anniv of Formation of No.1.Flying Training School. Signed by A.V.M. Rogers & Grp Cpt R.H.Wood OBE RAF. RRP £12 DE1701 FF14 28 March 1980 BFPS 1618 60th Anniversary of the opening of London's First Air Terminal Croydon Airport. Flown from the derelict site of the Croydon Airport on the 60th Anniversary of its opening as London's first international Air Terminal. Special signed by Sqn.Ldr.Milward & by Sir Peter Masefield. RRP £20 DE1709 FF20 40th Anniversary of World s First Decisive Aerial Campaign the Battle of Britain. Flown from RAF Abingdon over RAF Debden in a Jaguar. Incredibly rare variation signed by Battle of Britain veteran AVM John Barron Worrall DFC (1911 1988) who led No. 32 Squadron in the Battle, flying Hurricanes. Also signed by the pilot who flew the covers. RRP £185 DE1713 FF20 40th Anniversary of World s First Decisive Aerial Campaign the Battle of Britain. Flown from RAF Abingdon over RAF Debden in a Jaguar. Signed by Battle of Britain ace Dennis David and the pilot who flew the covers. RRP £25 DE1716 FF20 40th Anniversary of World s First Decisive Aerial Campaign the Battle of Britain. Flown from RAF Abingdon over RAF Debden in a Jaguar. Signed by Battle of Britain veteran Air Commodore S. C. Widdows DFC, OC 29 Fighter Squadron. RRP £30 DE1722 RAF11c RAF 11c FDC 230 Sqn Double Signed 15 Apr 73 BFPS 1308 postmark No 230 RAF 60th Anniversary of the Formation of the Squadron . Blue flown cachet Flown in Puma of 230 Sqn from RAF Oliham via Westland Helicopters Yeovil to Westland Heliport London. Personally Signed by Air Cdre P H L Scott AFC RAF, British Air Attache Paris and Wing Commander P D A Austin AFC RAF, Pilot and Squadron Commander. Certified Copy No 1034 of 1250 RRP £15 DE1743 RAF19 28 Sep 73 BFPS 1421 No 360 Sqn RAF Award of the Badge. Flown in Canberra. Special signed Air Vice Marshal D.G.Evans Air Officer Commanding 1 Group. Even rarer variation signed as well by Lt Hugo Broch KC, 324 missions, 81 victories in the East. Photocard inside the cover. RRP £55 DE1753 RAF23 4 Apr 74 BFPS 1453 Postmark. 19 Squadron Flown Lightning. 4 Apr 74 BFPS 1453 25th Anniversary of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization Special Postmark on QE 10p stamp. No 19 Squadron Royal Air Force, 25th Anniversary of the Formation of NATO. Signed Sir Lewis Hodges DSO DFC ADC, WW2 escaper & OC 161 & 357 sqn. Col Van Oosten, Burma Railway survivor, Brig Ghenne, Secret Army WW2 & Wg Cdr P Vangucci who flew the covers. RRP £50 DE1754 RAF24 1 May 74 BFPS 1436 Postmark Flown in Canberra 7 Squadron, Flown in Canberra. Special signed Sir Alan Boxer DSO DFC and Wing Commander A E Radnor, both former Commanders of 7 Sqn. RRP £15 DE1755 RAF24 1 May 74 BFPS 1436 Postmark Flown in Canberra 7 Squadron, Flown in Canberra. Unusual variation signed by Pathfinders veteran Hamish Mahaddie DSO DFC who served with 7 Squadron. RRP £25 DE1756 RAF25 13 May 74 25th Anniversary of First Flight of the Canberra 100 Squadron. Flown and signed by Battle of Britain ace Wg Cdr R P Beamont from British Aircraft Corporation Airfield Warton in a 100 Sqn Canberra T MK 4 No WJ 861 to commemorate the first Canberra flight by him on 13th May 1949. RRP £35 DE1758 RAF26 24 May 74 BFPS 1439 The Disbandment of 543 Squadron. Signed Miss Constance Babington - Smith MBE the famous wartime photo interpreter. Author of Evidence in Camera. RRP £25 DE1759 RAF26 24 May 74 BFPS 1439 The Disbandment of 543 Squadron. Super scarce variation signed by ace Flt Lt Garry Nowell DFM* and JG54 veteran Hans Ekkehard Bob. Full career information of both pilots inside the cover. RRP £65 DE1763 RAF28 9 Oct 74 BFPS 1874 Special Churchill Postmark on 4 1/2 p Churchill Stamp. 12 Squadron. Flown in Buccaneer from the Squadrons Operational base at RAF Honington in Suffolk to the Albert Canal Bridges at Maastricht in Belgium. Signed by Sqn Ldr W. Simpson, Flt Cdr B Flight No.12 Sqn 1936-40. RRP £18 DE1765 RAF29 1 Jan 75 BFPS 1489 10 Squadron 60th Anniversary of Formation of the Squadron . Red Flown cachet flown on VC 10 scheduled flights 2091 & 2725 from RAF Brize Norton via Cypus and the Maldive Islands to the Far East. Signed A.C.M. Sir Ronald Ivelaw-Chapman DFC AFC. WW1 pilot BEF 1918. In 1944 he flew on his only sortie in a Lancaster, shot down, evaded capture for 5 weeks before being caught by the Gestapo. Amazing man. RRP £45 DE1766 RAF30 10 Jan 75 Vallet postmark Postmark 13 Squadron Flown Canberra from RAF Luqa. Signed by A.Cdre. Venn, OC 13 Sqn. 1935-37. RRP £15 DE1769 RAF30 10 Jan 75 Vallet postmark Postmark 13 Squadron Flown Canberra from RAF Luqa. Signed by A.Cdre. Venn, OC 13 Sqn. 1935-37. RRP £15 DE1773 RAF32 24 Mar 75 BFPS 1491 30th Anniversary Operation Varsity, 48 Squadron Flown in Hercules. Signed by R.Mortimer former member of No.2 Fwd.Obs.unit RA Btn.Airborne Div. RRP £15 DE1779 RAF34 6 Jul 75 BFPS 1513 20 Squadron Open Day at RAF Wildenrath. Flown from RAF Wildenrath to GAF Diepholz and return in one of four Harrier Aircraft of 20 Sqn. Signed AVM. R Harding 20 sqn CO Spitfires, Air Cdre Hine CO 92 & 17 sqn & Wg Cdr D Brook 20 sqn CO. RRP £35 DE1787 RAF36 31 Aug 75 BFPS 1916 46 Disbandment of the Squadron . Picture cachet of Neuport 12 1916 , Hawker Hurricane and Andover. Scarce variety signed by WWI ace Wg Cdr Norman Macmillan MC AFC, later Chief Test Pilot for the Fairey Aviation Company. Numbered 20 of 45. RRP £40 DE1790 RAF38 21 Dec 75 Jersey. Honouring 56 ( F ) Squadron RAF Flown Lightning. Personally Signed by Mr.R.C.Newman RAF 1915 to 1919. WW1 fighter pilot. Compatriot of Albert Ball VC,and who served at Vert Galand 5 Apr 1917 on the arrival of 56(F) sqn on the Somme. RRP £30 DE1791 RAF38 21 Dec 75 Jersey. Honouring 56 ( F ) Squadron RAF Flown Lightning. Signed by the pilot Wg Cdr Blackley. Scarce variation also signed by MRAF Sir Thomas Pike DFC*, flew prior to WWII and went on to become Deputy Supreme Commander of the Allied Forces in Europe. Numbered 11 of 42. RRP £30 DE1793 RAF40 1 Feb 76 BFPS1522 60th Anniversary of No 35 Squadron flown cachet Flown in Vulcan B2 XJ825 RAF Scampton on Night Bombing and Navigation Sortie. Flight time 5 hours 15 mins. Signed A.V.M. D C T Bennett DSO, WW2 bombers & escaper. Most famous as founder of the Pathfinders. RRP £40 Good condition. Est: All signed items come with a Certificate of Authenticity and can be shipped worldwide.
RAF Signed Cover Collection 8 in Album With Slipcase. 20+ covers including rare Red Arrows Team signed covers scarce varieties from AC Co-ordinated series. Covers have a retail price of over £550 including DE1975 25 4 95 BFPS 2463 postmark on 25p Cat Stamp. Battle of the imjim River Flown Herclues RAF Lyneham around the World to Cairo,Colombo, Bangkok,Hong Kong,Yokota,Honolulu, Las Vegas,Washington DC and then back to Lyneham. Special signed General Sir Anthony Farrar-Hockley DSO* MC (1924 - 2006), affectionately known as "Farrar the Para". He was a British soldier and military historian who distinguished himself in a number of conflicts including WWII (winning the Military Cross in Greece) and the Korean War. A rare signature. RRP £45 DE1976 16 Dec 94 BFPS 2438 50th Anniversary Battle of the Ardennes 16 Dec 44 Flown Hercules. Special signed Professor Sir Harry Hinsley OBE MA FBA.Spent the war at the Government Code and Cypher School at Bletchley Park,work took him USA & the Far East. RRP £65 DE1978 24 3 95 BFPS 2446 50th Anniversary Operation Plunder Special Postmark Crossing of the Rhine Operation Varsity. Special Signed Lt Col F Eadie commanded 1st Canadian Parachute Battalion through Germany 1945. RRP £20 DE1979 12 Oct 95 BFPS 2487 Ulster Operation Banner. Flown in Army Lynx from RAF Aldergrove. Special signed by General Sir Frank King GCB MBE. RRP £15 DE1980 1 Jan 96 BFPS 2488 Formation of Airborne Territorial Army The Airborne Territorial Army. Special signed by Field Marshal Sir Roland Gibbs GCB CBE DSO MC JP. R Gibbs was commissioned into the Kings Royal Rifle Corps on 31 December 1939 during the early stages of World War II. Deployed to North Africa in 1941, he was promoted to lieutenant on 1 July 1941 and awarded the MC on 15 October 1942, took command of 'C Company' in March 1943 and remained in that role for the rest of the War taking part in the Allied invasion of Italy, the Normandy landings and fighting in North West Europe.Being awarded the DSO on 2 August 1945. RRP £20 DE1989 27 Jul 85 BFPS 1892. Formation of Bomber Command Association. Special Signed by Lady Harris Wife of the late Marshal of the Royal Air Force Sir Arthur Harris and personally Signed by Air Vice Marshal D C T Bennett. RRP £50 DE1990 29 Oct 85 BFPS 2104 Diamond Jubilee of the Royal Observer Corps. Flown in a Tornado F2 of 229 Sqn and signed by the crew: Flt Lt Burnside and Flt Lt Burden. RRP £10 DE1992 23 June 85 Digital Schneider Trophy Race, Flown Cover. Signed by the pilot Mr P Shipton. Race Position 4th. RRP £9 DE1993 23 June 85 Digital Schneider Trophy Race, Flown Cover Flown in the Digital Schnider Trophy Race from Bembridge Airport aircraft Beagle Bulldog XX654. Special Signed by Gp Capt L S Snaith Member of the Original Trophy Team of the Schneider Trophy in 1931 that won the orginal Schneider Trophy outright for Great Britain. And the 1985 Schneider Trophy Air Race Judge . And on the reverse Signed by Sqn Ldr C Hilliker of the 1985 Team Details and photo enclosed. Numbered 87 of 435. RRP £35 DE1995 21 Oct 85 BFPS 2103 25th Anniversary of the First Lift off of the P1127. Green Flown Cachet Flown in Harrier and signed by Pilot Mr H E Frick. RRP £10 DE1996 16 Sept 86 British Forces Postal Service 2123 46th Anniversary of the Battle of Britain postmark.The Red Arrows Salute Farnborough 1986.Cover depicts The Red Arrows at Farnborough 1986 Air Show, RAF Aerobatic Team ( The Red Arrows ) Badge & Farnborough International 86 logo. Red Flown cachet ( on the Back ) Flown by the Red Arrows Hawks from RAF Scampton to Farnborough to participate in Farnborough 96.Personally Signed by Complete Red Arrow Sqn Ldr R.M.Thomas, Team Leader, Flt Lt P.D.Lees, Sqn Ldr A.B.Chubb, Flt Lt P.J.Collins, Sqn Ldr G.I.Hannam, Flt Lt A Lunnon - Wood, Flt Lt Thurley Flt Lt C.D.R.McIIroy, Flt Lt D.W.Findlay and the display team manager Sqn Ldr H.R.Ploszek. RRP £40 DE1999 13 Oct 87 BFPS 2154 The 47th Anniversary of the Battle of Britain special postmark on 17p Lord Dowding / Hurricane stamp. Lord Dowding Sheltered Housing Project. Cover flown in Hurricane LF 363 of the Battle of Britain Memorial flight from RAF Coningsby to RAF Abingdon to participate in the 1987 Battle of Britain open day flying display. Signed by the pilot Sqn Ldr K.N.T. Lee DFC of No 501 Sqn. RRP £12 DE2001 1 Sep 88 BFPS 2172 50 Anniversary of RAF Pitreavie Castle Flown in Wessex Signed 4 pilots who flew the cover on training sorties. Also special signed by Sqn Ldr Terence Bulloch DSO* DFC*, the legendary U-Boat attacker. RRP £35 DE2003 1 Sep 88 BFPS 2172 50 Anniversary of RAF Pitreavie Castle Flown in Wessex. Special signed The Duke of Hamilton and Brandon MA Honorary Air Commodore,No 2 ( City of Edinburgh ) Maritime Headquarters Unit, Royal Auxiliary Air Force RRP £12 DE2004 1 Sep 88 BFPS 2172 50 Anniversary of RAF Pitreavie Castle Flown in Wessex. Signed by Air Vice Marshal D C G Brook. Certified Copy No of 500 RRP £12 DE2009 13 May 89 BFPS 2205 40th Anniversary of the First Flight of the Canberra. 25th Anniversary of the Red Arrows .Flown cachet Flown in Hawk XX307 of the RAF Aeorbatic Team The Red Arrows from RAF Scampton on a practice flight in preparation for the Air Display at RAF Wyton to mark the 40th Anniversary of the Canberra. Signed by all Red Arrows team pilots plus Manager. RRP £45 DE2012 12 Jun 89 BFPS 2203 Presentation of a Colour by HM the Queen to the Royal Auxiliary Air Force at RAF Benson. Flown in BAe 146 of the Queens Flight from St Helier, Jersey to London. Special signed The Duke of Hamilton & Brandon MA Honorary Air Commodore,No 2 ( City of Edinburgh ) Maritime Headquarters Unit, Royal Auxiliary Air Force, The Duke of Grafton KC DL Honorary Air Commodore No 2623 ( East Anglian ) Squadron Royal Auxiliary Air Force Regiment & Sir Rex Hunt CMG . Honorary Air Commodore No 2729 ( City of Lincoln) Squadron. RRP £35 DE2017 24 - 29 Sep 89 BFPS 2289 Royal Navy Equipment Exhibition Flown in Lynx. Special signed Vice Admiral Sir Jock Slater KCB LVO Chief of Fleet Support. RRP £18 DE2022 8 Sep 90 BFPS 2290 Farnborough Special Postmark. The Red Arrows The Royal Air Force Aerobatic Team Salute at Farnborough. . Red Flown cachet on the back Cover flown by the Red Arrows. Personally Signed by the 9 Pilots Red Arrows Display Team and the team manager. Tim Miller, Paul Rogers, Dom Riley, john Newton, Martin Cliff, Tony Smith A L Huy, Steve Johnson, Andy Wyatt & Andy Stewart team manager second year. RRP £45 DE2024 11 Sep 90 BFPS 2232 50th Anniversary of the Battle of Britain. Postmark on 20p Victoria Cross Stamp.RAF Northolt 75th Annivversary Battle of Britain 50th Anniversary . Red flown cachet on the reverse Flown in HS 125 XX508 of No 32 Sqn over Buckingham Palace on the Battle of Britain Flypast. Signed by FIt Lt L. Martel. Polish Battle of Britain fighter pilot. RRP £40 DE2025 5 Feb 91 BFPS 2258 RAF Reserve Service Flown on Sea King Nimrod & Wessex. Signed by Air Vice Marshal J Morris CBE BSc RAF Air Officer Scotland and Northern Ireland. RRP £15 Good condition. Est: All signed items come with a Certificate of Authenticity and can be shipped worldwide.
Third Reich insignia: Coastal Artillery badge by HAD (Hermann Aurich, Dresden), worn; War Merit Cross 1st Class (pin catch AF, dull grey finish); East Front Medal with ribbon (requires cleaning); and aluminium Army cap cockade and wreath; also a WWI Wound badge in black, Polish WWII period cap eagle, an Italian “Africa Orientale” medal, and 9 other sundry items. Average GC
10 Commonwealth cap badges, including Vic Canadian slouch hat, RCMP (one lug replaced), Malta Artillery large cannon, RWAFF, Somaliland Scouts, Cast IAOC, etc; a WWII period Indian National Army thin die struck badge (fastening missing); 4 collars, including Canadian pre 1914 96th Regt and 72nd CEF, etc. GC (15)
American Gulf War challenge coins (10) including: 29th Signal Battalion, Army National Guard, Operation Iraqi Freedom, Military Sea Lift Command, Warriors' Watch Riders, Deputy Chief of Staff, Operations etc. With an Iraq Culture smart card and a 16th Infantry Regiment, Stonewall Brigade cloth arm badge. An scarce collection.
Lot of World War two badges and buttons to include: three whistles, one Indian Army marked, nine ARP buttons, thirty one officers rank pips, four officers Major's rank crowns, fourteen Canadian Army buttons, one Coventry Ordnance Works Ltd Special War Service badge, two East Lancashire Officers bronze cap badges, five East Lancashire Officers collar dogs
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