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American and other Military Patches, Medals, Button mixed lot including: WWII KVH - 4th Armoured Division U.S. Army Liberation of Czechoslovakia 1945 Commemorative Medal, a replica WWII Iron Cross, British RAF Buttons (8), US Airborne, USAF Patch, Army Services Force Patch,29th Division, 5th Army Patch, 28th Infantry Division Patch Pennsylvania Army National Guard Patch, 8th Infantry etc. (19 cloth patches in total) and American 1960s onward US Air Force Wings (5) including: Non Rated Officer Air Crew, Navigator (Aircraft Observer), Master Navigator, USAF Flight Surgeon Wings silver and gold class.

Large Military Collection, includes Swedish WW2 ammunition belt, two models of a AA gun & a Russian 1910 machine gun, books on WW2 soldiers, two commemorative jugs in the form of German Generals, a 8th Army Desk stand/table decoration, two WW1 button sticks, an unusual banner top made from aluminium, deactivated & inert Shell fuse head, a known reproduction German pennant (framed) & a inert 7.62 link of 20+ empty cases.

A box containing various army related button s and badges etc.

Two British Khaki Drill Jackets And Breechesconsisting light khaki tan, single breasted tunic.  Pleated chest pockets and lower bag pockets, all with buttoned flaps. Brass Lieutenant shoulder rank.  Brass West Yorkshire Reg buttons ... Similar tunic with Indian Army Ordnance Corps buttons ... Fine khaki cord, wide leg breeches.  Lower leg with brass button fastening.  3 items.

A visitors’ book for the GOC (General Officer Commanding) in Cairo dating to 1927-31, the book belonging to General Sir Edward Peter Strickland (1869-1951) containing over 3000 signatures of guests who visited the army headquarters and includes the signatures of Princess Mary, Edward Prince of Wales, and the Princess of Romania; together with two leather wallets and further documents pertaining to Lieut General Sir Peter Strickland, one of the wallets with engraved yellow metal presentation button 'La Mission Militaire Francaise, 1st Division, au Major General E. P. Strickland', with further monogrammed roundel.

A small quantity of cap badges, buttons, etc to include; Royal Navy Junior Ratings cap badge, a WWII Polish Commemorative medal Italy, WWI Army Service Corps badge, WWI Scots Guard button, 1840-1850 London button, etc.

* Escape & Evasion. A collection of WWII RAF and Army button compasses, plus a fly button compass and other types QTY: (7)

A British General Officer Battle Dress Tunic Olive-drab wool cloth, open collar, four-button front closure, breast pockets with pleats, scalloped flaps and button closure, sleeve cuffs with button closure, waist adjustment strap with metal slide buckle. Battle dress collar insignia rank of General, arrow-shaped bar, red cloth backing, embroidered gilt wire stripe at centre, small brass button with crossed baton & sword. Epaulette insignia of Major General, machine-embroidered, large rank pip above crossed baton & sword, hand-applied. Sleeve shoulder flashes of 21st Army Group, machine-embroidered red shield with blue cross and yellow crossed swords superimposed, hand-applied. Three ribbon bars sewn to breast, to include French Croix de Guerre with Palm. Partial lining in olive cotton, two inside breast pockets, tailor stamps.Provenienz: Dave Webster Collection.USA-Los – weitere Infos hier A British General Officer Battle Dress Tunic A British General Officer Battle Dress TunicOlive-drab wool cloth, open collar, four-button front closure, breast pockets with pleats, scalloped flaps and button closure, sleeve cuffs with button closure, waist adjustment strap with metal slide buckle. Battle dress collar insignia rank of General, arrow-shaped bar, red cloth backing, embroidered gilt wire stripe at centre, small brass button with crossed baton & sword. Epaulette insignia of Major General, machine-embroidered, large rank pip above crossed baton & sword, hand-applied. Sleeve shoulder flashes of 21st Army Group, machine-embroidered red shield with blue cross and yellow crossed swords superimposed, hand-applied. Three ribbon bars sewn to breast, to include French Croix de Guerre with Palm. Partial lining in olive cotton, two inside breast pockets, tailor stamps.Provenance: Dave Webster Collection.USA lot - more info hereCondition: II

A Visor Cap for Italian Army General Cap body in grey-green ribbed wool, grey-green ribbed centre band with silver-aluminum soutache piping, hand-embroidered ornate silver-aluminum Greek pattern around circumference, black leather chinstrap retained by silver button with plumed helmet motif. Silver-aluminum wire hand-embroidered crown and eagle over red backing, black leather visor with green underside. Cream rayon lining, manufacturer logo printed in red, damaged moisture shield, brown leather sweatband. Size ca. 55 cm.Provenienz: Dave Webster Collection.USA-Los – weitere Infos hier A Visor Cap for Italian Army General A Visor Cap for Italian Army GeneralCap body in grey-green ribbed wool, grey-green ribbed centre band with silver-aluminum soutache piping, hand-embroidered ornate silver-aluminum Greek pattern around circumference, black leather chinstrap retained by silver button with plumed helmet motif. Silver-aluminum wire hand-embroidered crown and eagle over red backing, black leather visor with green underside. Cream rayon lining, manufacturer logo printed in red, damaged moisture shield, brown leather sweatband. Size ca. 55 cm.Provenance: Dave Webster Collection.USA lot - more info hereCondition: II

An Italian Army General Tunic and Bustina Cap Grey-green, fine tricot cloth, open collar, four-button front, breast and waist pockets with straight pocket flaps and pleats, silver metal buttons, simulated French cuffs. Sleeve insignia of embroidered silver wire over grey backing, rank of Brigadier General, hand-applied. The collar lined in black velvet, piped in red with single gilt metal star attached. Shoulder boards of silver metallic tresse base, piped in red with hand-embroidered gilt wire crown and eagle over red backing. Lined in grey rayon with striped sleeves. Includes brown leather belt with gilt metal claw buckle and cross strap. Bustina cap body in grey tricot wool, fold down, side panels with single metal snap closure, front visor panels with two-button metal snap closure. Front cap insignia of hand-embroidered gilt wire crown and eagle over red backing, hand-applied, left side panel insignia of rectangular silver metallic tresse over red backing with gilt metallic thread embroidered star on red backing at centre. Yellow color imitation silk lining with printed manufacturer logo, brown leather sweatband with silk tie at back. Size ca. 54 cm.USA-Los – weitere Infos hier An Italian Army General Tunic and Bustina Cap An Italian Army General Tunic and Bustina CapGrey-green, fine tricot cloth, open collar, four-button front, breast and waist pockets with straight pocket flaps and pleats, silver metal buttons, simulated French cuffs. Sleeve insignia of embroidered silver wire over grey backing, rank of Brigadier General, hand-applied. The collar lined in black velvet, piped in red with single gilt metal star attached. Shoulder boards of silver metallic tresse base, piped in red with hand-embroidered gilt wire crown and eagle over red backing. Lined in grey rayon with striped sleeves. Includes brown leather belt with gilt metal claw buckle and cross strap. Bustina cap body in grey tricot wool, fold down, side panels with single metal snap closure, front visor panels with two-button metal snap closure. Front cap insignia of hand-embroidered gilt wire crown and eagle over red backing, hand-applied, left side panel insignia of rectangular silver metallic tresse over red backing with gilt metallic thread embroidered star on red backing at centre. Yellow color imitation silk lining with printed manufacturer logo, brown leather sweatband with silk tie at back. Size ca. 54 cm.USA lot - more info hereCondition: II

A Japanese Army Officer Service Tunic Olive-drab, fine quality tricot wool, single-breasted, breast pockets with scalloped and pointed flaps, waist pockets with straight flap closure, false right rear vent, left vent open for sword provision and button/tape closure, simulated French cuffs. Smooth, gilt finish buttons, collar with double hook and eye closure. Collar rank insignia of Captain, rectangular bar of red cloth, gilt metallic tresse stripe across centre with three, silver star rank devices, long edges piped in gilt wire cord, hand-applied. Sleeves with single, dark-olive lace stripe above cuff, machine-applied, below three embroidered gilt wire stars on olive-green backing, hand-applied. Ribbon bars pinned above left breast; Company Grade Commanders badge pinned to loops on lower right breast. Padded lining of green rayon, striped sleeves, embroidered identification tags at neck and inside left panel. Excellent condition.Provenienz: Dave Webster Collection.USA-Los – weitere Infos hier A Japanese Army Officer Service Tunic A Japanese Army Officer Service TunicOlive-drab, fine quality tricot wool, single-breasted, breast pockets with scalloped and pointed flaps, waist pockets with straight flap closure, false right rear vent, left vent open for sword provision and button/tape closure, simulated French cuffs. Smooth, gilt finish buttons, collar with double hook and eye closure. Collar rank insignia of Captain, rectangular bar of red cloth, gilt metallic tresse stripe across centre with three, silver star rank devices, long edges piped in gilt wire cord, hand-applied. Sleeves with single, dark-olive lace stripe above cuff, machine-applied, below three embroidered gilt wire stars on olive-green backing, hand-applied. Ribbon bars pinned above left breast; Company Grade Commanders badge pinned to loops on lower right breast. Padded lining of green rayon, striped sleeves, embroidered identification tags at neck and inside left panel. Excellent condition.Provenance: Dave Webster Collection.USA lot - more info hereCondition: II

British Army Queen's South Africa Medal 1899 named to 5781 Pte E Ryan, Wiltshire Regiment, with hat badge and button

A British Army M76 Armoured Unit M.F.V Tank Crew helmet, complete with microphone, earpiece and large clip on talk button, together with another vehicle crew helmet, also with earphones, a neck mount Amplivox microphone and communication button

Schutzstaffel-SS - Waffen SS : Schwarze Panzerjacke eines Hauptscharführers der Division Hohenstauffen.Heeres - Schnitt. Schwarzer Wollstoff. Umgeklappte Brustklappen mit genähten Knopflöchern. Verdeckte Knopfleisten mit schwarzem Futter. Schwarze Kunststoffknöpfe. Original vernähte Kragenspiegel für SS - Hauptscharführer in weißen Wollfäden, bzw. versilberten Metallfäden und versilberten Rangsternen auf schwarzer Unterlage. Original vernähter, gewebter SS - Ärmeladler in Mannschaftsausführung. Eingenähte Schulterstücke aus schwarzem Wollstoff mit Litze aus versilberten Metallfäden und zwei Rangsternen. Mit rosa - roter Paspelierung für Panzertruppe. Auf schwarzer Tuchunterlage. Feldgrau lackierte Leichtmetallknöpfe. Originalesgraues Innenfutter für Panzerjacken des Heeres und korrekten schwarzen Kammerstempeln. Auf der linken Brust genähte Ordensschlaufen, im Knopfloch vernähte Bänder des Eisernen Kreuzes 2. Klasse und der Ostmedaille. Am linken Ärmel original vernähtes Ärmelband "Hohenstauffen" in Bevo - Ausführung. Sehr schöne originale Panzerjacke, unserer Meinung nach absolut stimmig und zusammengehörig. Gerade am Ende des 2. Weltkriegs wurden bei einigen Panzer - Verbänden der Waffen - SS wie in diesem Fall Heeres - Jacken verwendet. Alle Effekten original vernäht. SS - Waffen SS : Black Panzer Wrapper for a Hauptscharführer of the Hohenstaufen - Division.jacket is army cut version. Black wool fabric. Folded chest flaps with sewn buttonholes. Concealed button plackets with black lining. Black plastic buttons. Original sewn collar tabs for SS - Hauptscharführer in white wool threads, or silvered metal threads and silvered rank stars on black backing. Original sewn woven SS - sleeve eagle in crew design. Sewn-in shoulder pieces made of black wool fabric with braid of silver-plated metal threads and two rank stars. With pink - red piping for armored troops. On black cloth backing. Field gray painted light metal buttons. Original gray lining for Army armored jackets and correct black chamber stamps. On the left breast sewn medal loops, in the buttonhole sewn ribbons of the Iron Cross 2nd Class and the Eastern Medal. On the left sleeve original sewn sleeve band "Hohenstauffen" in Bevo - design.Very nice original panzer jacket, in our opinion absolutely coherent and matching. especially at the end of World War II, some Panzer - units of the Waffen - SS were like in this case used Heeres - jackets. This fact is proofed by several original photos of SS - tank crew members in action. All effects original sewn.

Deutsches Reich 1933 - 1945 - Führende Persönlichkeiten des 3.Reiches : Martin Bormann: Sommer Uniform als Reichsleiter der NSDAP.Weißes Tuch mit vergoldeten Knöpfen. Auf dem oberen Rand des Innenfutters Schneideretikett: "LODENFREY, MÜNCHEN MASSABTEILUNG" mit Wappen. Innentasche mit RZM-Etikett und Schneideretikett: "LODENFREY. MÜNCHEN MASSABTEILUNG" und handschriftlicher Bezeichnung in schwarzer Tinte: "REICHSL. BORMANN" und datiert" 29. 4. 39.". Hervorragend geschnittene weiße Sommeruniform mit leichten Alters- und Vergilbungserscheinungen und braunen Stockflecken auf der Vorderseite. Original vernähte Reichsleiter-Kragenspiegel, "Blutordens - Band" am linken oberen Taschenknopfloch und Reichsleiter-Hakenkreuz-Armbinde. Die Reichsleiter Kragenspiegel in besonders feiner Dualausführung aus vergoldeten Metall-, bzw. Cellophanfäden auf roter Tuchunterlage. Leichte Abnutzungs-, bzw. Altersspuren, jedoch ohne Beschädigung. Im weißen Tuch Stockflecken. Das Innenfutter zeigt altersgemäße Trage- und Verschleißspuren, jedoch keine Risse.Beigefügt eine umfangreiche notariell beglaubigte Dokumentation des US-Soldaten Robert G. Eiland, der dem 7. Infanterieregiment der 3. Infanteriedivision zugeteilt war, der die Uniformen aus Hitlers Berghof in Berchtesgaden erbeutete. Dazu ein selbstverlegtes 125-seitiges Buch, das Robert Eilands Erlebnisse während des Zweiten Weltkriegs schildert. Enthalten sind detaillierte Beschreibungen seiner Jagd nach "Kriegsbeute" und der Erbeutung der Bormann-Jacke. Auf den Rückseiten sind Bilder des Veteranen mit der erbeuteten Jacke abgebildet.Martin Bormann (17. Juni 1900 - 2. Mai 1945) war Leiter der NS-Parteikanzlei. Er erlangte immense Macht im Dritten Reich, indem er seine Position als Privatsekretär Adolf Hitlers nutzte, um den Informationsfluss und den Zugang zu Hitler zu kontrollieren.Bormann schloss sich 1922 einer paramilitärischen Freikorps-Organisation an, während er als Verwalter eines Großgrundbesitzes arbeitete. Er trat 1927 in die NSDAP und 1937 in die SS ein. Er arbeitete zunächst im Versicherungsdienst der Partei und wechselte im Juli 1933 in das Büro des Stellvertreters von Rudolf Hess, wo er als Stabschef fungierte.Bormann nutzte seine Position, um eine umfangreiche Bürokratie aufzubauen und sich so weit wie möglich in die Entscheidungsfindung einzubringen. Er wurde in Hitlers engsten Kreis aufgenommen und begleitete ihn überall hin. Ab 1935 fungierte er als Hitlers persönlicher Sekretär, ein Posten, zu dem er 1943 offiziell ernannt wurde. Nach Heß' Flug nach Großbritannien am 10. Mai 1941übernahm Bormann dessen frühere Aufgaben und wurde zum Leiter der Parteikanzlei ernannt.Bormann kehrte am 16. Januar 1945 mit Hitler in den Führerbunker in Berlin zurück, als sich die Rote Armee bereits der Stadt näherte. Nachdem Hitler sich das Leben genommen hatte, versuchten Bormann und andere am 2. Mai aus Berlin zu fliehen, um der Gefangennahme durch die Sowjets zu entgehen. Seine Todesumstände wurden nie geklärt. Er beging wahrscheinlich auf einer Brücke in der Nähe des Lehrter Bahnhofs Selbstmord. Eine Leiche wurde erst 1972 gefunden und als angeblich authentisch bestätigt. Bormann wurde vom Internationalen Militärgerichtshof in den Nürnberger Prozessen 1945 und 1946 in Abwesenheit zum Tod durch den Strang verurteilt. Die hier angebotene Uniform ist in dem profunden Standardwerk von Jeff Clark: Uniforms of the NSDAP, Atglen PA, USA, , 2007, S. 102 abgebildet und beschrieben. Prächtige und bedeutende Uniform einer der interessantesten Persönlichkeiten des 3. Reiches und ein Sammlerstück von überragender Seltenheit. Hervorragend für eine museale Ausstellung geeignet. The Third German Reich 1933 - 1945 - Leading Personalities of the 3rd Reich : Reichsleiter Martin Bormann Summer Uniform Reichsleiter Martin Bormann Summer Uniform. Marked to inside upper liner with tailor?s label LODENFREY, MÜNCHEN MASSABTEILUNG with crest. Inside pocket features RZM label and tailor?s label marked LODENFREY. MÜNCHEN MASSABTEILUNG and named to REICHSL. BORMANN and dated 29. 4. 39. Superbly tailored white summer uniform shows light wear/age and yellowing to fabric with brown spotting to front. Exterior features correctly sewn insignia with Reichsleiter collar tabs, ?Blood Order? ribbon to left upper pocket button hole and Reichsleiter swastika armband. Insignia shows light wear/age with no damage or mothing. Interior lining shows wear/age but, no rips or tears. The Reichsleiter collar tabs in a particularly fine dual design of gilded metal or cellophane threads on a red cloth backing. Includes extensive notarized documentation from the US Soldier, Robert G. Eiland assigned to the 7th Infantry Regiment of the 3rd Infantry Division who ?liberated? the uniform from Hitler?s home (Berghof) in Berchtesgaden. Lot includes self published 125 page book describing Robert Eiland?s experiences during WWII with the 3rd Division. Included are detailed descriptions of his hunt for ?War Booty? and the ?liberation? of the Bormann jacket. Back pages feature pictures of veteran with captured jacket. Martin Bormann (17 June 1900 ? 2 May 1945) was a prominent official during the Third Reich and head of the Nazi Party Chancellery. He gained immense power within the Third Reich by using his position as Adolf Hitler?s private secretary to control the flow of information and access to Hitler. Bormann joined a paramilitary Freikorps organisation in 1922 while working as manager of a large estate. Bormann joined the Nazi Party in 1927 and the SS in 1937. He initially worked in the party?s insurance service, and transferred in July 1933 to the office of Deputy Rudolf Hess, where he served as chief of staff. Bormann used his position to create an extensive bureaucracy and involve himself as much as possible in the decision making. He gained acceptance into Hitler?s inner circle, and accompanied him everywhere, providing briefings and summaries of events and requests. He began acting as Hitler?s personal secretary in 1935, a post to which he was officially appointed in 1943. After Hess? solo flight to Britain on 10 May 1941 to seek peace negotiations with the British government, Bormann assumed Hess? former duties, with the title of Head of the Parteikanzlei. He had final approval over civil service appointments, reviewed and approved legislation, and by 1943 had de facto control over all domestic matters. Bormann returned with Hitler to the Führerbunker in Berlin on 16 January 1945 as the Red Army approached the city. After Hitler committed suicide, Bormann and others attempted to flee Berlin on 2 May to avoid capture by the Soviets. Bormann probably committed suicide on a bridge near Lehrter Station. The body was buried nearby on 8 May 1945, but was not found and confirmed as genuine until 1972. Bormann was tried in absentia by the International Military Tribunal in the Nuremberg trials of 1945 and 1946. He was convicted of war crimes and crimes against humanity and sentenced to death by hanging. Magnificent and highly important uniform of one of the most interesting personalities of the 3rd Reich and a highly desirable museum quality collectible. Marked to inside upper liner with tailor?s label LODENFREY, MÜNCHEN MASSABTEILUNG with crest. Inside pocket features RZM label and tailor?s label marked LODENFREY. MÜNCHEN MASSABTEILUNG and named to REICHSL. BORMANN and dated 29. 4. 39. Superbly tailored white summer uniform shows light wear/age and yellowing to fabric with brown spotting to front. Exterior feat

A British Army Uniform To Include Tunic & Trousers Complete With Related Button And Badges.

An 18th century Robert Wilson of Birmingham flintlock fusil type longarm, 140 cm long, a Victorian 1853 "Pioneer" saw backed short sword and scabbard, an 1845 pattern Rifles officers sword and scabbard by Firmin & Sons, and two further swords and scabbards of the same pattern, two Tibetan Dungchen ceremonial trumpets, and a British army brass "Button Stick"The hammer of the gun is missing to top section of the clamp, the section of housing above the stock is missing and the stocking is cracked near the trigger gaurd.The lock doesn't cock to either half or full cocked position.This fusil will require restoration to make good/safe.Please see the extra images..

An Irish c. 1920s Army Uniform button manufactured by Comyn Brothers of College Green Dublin; together with 'Say Yes' voting coin

POIGNANT DIARY & MEDAL GROUP AWARDED TO PRIVATE JOHN JOHNSTONE ALEXANDER BULLOCK, CAMERONIANS WWII army no. 14758599, the medals comprising the War Medal, the 1939-45 Star, and the France & Germany Star, the diary from January 1st-15th February 1945, with him dying a week later on the 23rd February of his wounds, aged 19, along with his service book, a photograph of him, eight photographs of his grave, his glengarry, his father's button polisher inscribed J. BULLOCH (this WWI period, his father having served from 1918 and survived the war), newspaper cuttings, a letter from the family who agreed to tend his grave after he was reburried in 1947, further letter from this family, his church in Coatbridge for where he was organist, contained in a burr walnut caseNote: Bullock enlisted aged 18 on the 4/5/1944. His diary tracks his first posting, 1st entry 1st Jan 1945: Think that we are leaving Langholm at last. Final preparations. Received parcel from mother also card. Parade 8PM. Arrived Carlisle 11PM. Phone home for last time.; there are then daily entries until 8th February: Into Battle; with X for the next six days until 15th February: Shrapnel wound in head at 9:30 AM. Heavily wounded and Sey. and Bill killed. Not serious, but very lucky to be alive. Syd[?] and I sent back. Glad to be out.; he would die one week later on the 23rd April. His Notification of Death noting ...died of wounds in Western Europe... while serving with the Allied Expeditionarly Force.

A Royal Lancaster 1st VOL,r BATT,n Cap Badge, South Lancashire Cap Badge and Royal Lancaster Cap Badge all of circular form along with a Royal Lancaster Fussiliers Cap Badge, Lancaster's Own Button, Royal Army Corps Collar Badge a pair of Copper Serviette Rings inscribed Pieters Hill S Africa 27 2 00 and two WW2 Medals, 39-45 Star and Atlantic Star

A small box containing 3 Glasgow Tramways buttons, a Royal Army Medical Corps button, a small music box and other collectable items together with two Royal Golden Wedding coins

From the Ferdinand Otto Miksche collection.Late 1930s Spanish Civil War cap worn by Lieutenant Colonel Ferdinand Otto Miksche. Khaki cloth, thread red star, brass button and tassel. He was sent as part of a Czech convoy to Spain during the Civil War, and served as a major in the artillery unit.Ferdinand Otto Miksche was a Lt Colonel in the French Amy and the holder of the French Legion D'honneur. Born in Austria he became and Officer in the Czech Army and in 1945 the Czech Military attache in Paris. He spent time in England with De Gaulle at the time of establishing the Free French Forces. He returned to France with De Gaulle and became a French citizen and the Lt Colonel on the Foreign Legion. Miksche spent 8 years in Portugal in the 1950s and received their highest honour (Order of the Portuguese Empire) for his work teaching in the Military academy in Caxias. In later years he was a frequent  guest on German TV and became a liason attache to Strauss and the Bavarian Government.

Allen & Wheelock Center Hammer Lipfire Army Revolver, Second Model .44 caliber, 7.5 inch round-to-octagonal barrel, S/N number 88 on the loading gate cylinder and on the ejector rod, 1400 on the frame, left of barrel, flat marked Allen & Wheelock, Worcester, Mass. U.S./Allen's Pat's Sep. 7, Nov. 9, 1858. narrow walnut two piece grip, with associated leather holster.Non original cylinder arbor pin lacking end button, action is seized, Makers marks and numbers rubbed, steel barrel and frame polished and with some oxidization and pitting

Collection of Ephemera, including silver sugar nips, a boxed set of child's spoon and pusher in original fitted box, paper knife with owl handle, silver salt spoon, tea scoop, teaspoon, Emca City whistle, small fruit knife, Schrader Balloon Tyre Gauge, German flint lighter, Army knife with cutlery, etc. heavy magnifying glass, button hook, small perpetual calendar, spirit measure, etc. Interesting collection.

WW2 British Army, MI9, SOE, Special Forces, Vest (WESKIT) Button Escape compass in Brown Bakelite.

WW2 British Army, MI9, SOE, Special Forces, Vest (WESKIT) Button Escape compass in Brown Bakelite. Four unissued examples still on original cardboard backing.

A Canadian army brass clothing protector together with a Royal Army Service Corps button stick

A blue dress uniform Military jacket having British Army Scots Guards brass buttons (one button missing to front), 36/38" chest approx., along with Navy Military trousers with red stripe and with Scots Guards officer's peaked forage cap by Edward Smith, 7 1/2 hat size.

A quantity of Military Buttons and Badges to include; Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry button, a British Army General Rank Sword and Baton Dress Uniform button, a Royal Scots Guards button, etc. Cap Badge for P.A.I. Italian African Colonial Police, an Indian Army Rajputana Rifles Pagri badge, a Mention in Despatches Emblem 1914-20, a Burma Star Ribbon, a War Medal Ribbon, etc.

A small quantity of miscellanea to include a canvas pistol holder, three magazine eight round colt clips, three canvas army belts, Carl Zeiss Jena binoculars in case, brass button cleaning hooks and a leather satchel.

A Victorian photograph album, the "Army and Navy Album", with coloured Army and Navy prints on the board pages by Caton Woodville, gilt page edges, the front cover deeply embossed with Household Cavalry trumpeter and a dreadnought, and with brass clasp. GC (some leather scuffing, catch button missing, no photos). £40-50

A British WWII era triple ammunition pouch 1937 pattern, in tab webbing, 1940 dated inside, together with a pre WWII 1925 dated army shaving/cleaning kit roll, this kit now only contains a 1938 brush and brass button cleaning stick, and a size 57 helmet liner, marked Robert James on one of the tongues

One box containing two brass button cleaning sticks (some verdigris); a 1977 dated pack of armoured vehicle recognition cards (good condition); one Eaglemoss military watch (boxed) one US Army 1st Cavalry Division patch (good condition); one Vietnam War Chinese type 56 AK chest bandolier (some minor staining and service wear, plus damage to one toggle); one Vietnam War Vietnamese embroidered satin banner, dated 1965 (some fading and minor staining); one Vietnam War era cotton armband for Ho Chi Minh City (some loose stitching);; one modern Cathey Inc Leather Shoulder holster M7 1911 pattern, embroidered U.S.M.C to front (good condition); one Yugoslavian ON-M59 monocular in original leather case (service wear to case, monocular in good condition with clear optics)

WW2 Polish Badge and Insignia Grouping, consisting of Polish Armoured divisions beret badge with screw post fitting to the reverse, other ranks cap eagle with split pin fittings to the reverse, single brass officers tunic button, RAF POLAND nationality eagle shoulder title and army POLAND nationality shoulder title (heavily mothed). Various conditions. (5 items)

1914-15 Star of Second Lieutenant Henry Elliot Byers 3rd Battalion Duke of Cornwall’s Light Infantry Attached Royal Flying Corps who was Killed in a Flying Accident on 12th November 1916, the medal was awarded to him as a private in the Royal Highlanders Black Watch, “1556 PTE H E BYERS R. HIGHRS”. Complete with its ribbon, RFC tunic button and a folder of photocopied research. Henry Elliot Byers was born in Naas, Co. Kildare Ireland in 1884. His father was serving in the Royal Dublin Fusiliers and his mother a army school teacher at the time of his birth. The census of 1911, shows him serving as a boy clerk to the Inland Revenue. On the outbreak of WW1, both Henry and his brother, enlisted in the 6th Battalion of the Royal Highlanders Black Watch and moved from Ireland to Scotland before going to France on 2nd May 1915. He returned from the front in February 1916, when he gained a officers commission in the 3rd Battalion DCLI, being straight away forwarded for attachment to the Royal Flying Corps. He was placed in the 16th Reserve Squadron of the RFC for training to become a pilot. Henry was killed at the age of 22 on Sunday 12th November 1916 during a training flight. A newspaper report of the incident appeared in the Weekly Irish Times and is as follows: “Sec. Lieut. Henry Elliot (Harry) Byres, killed in aeroplane accident at Bealieu, Hants, on November 12th, 1916, aged 22 years was the second son of Henry Elliot and Frances Byers, 18 Ellesmere avenue, N.C. Road, Dublin. Educated at the Diocesan School, Molesworth street, Dublin. He entered the Civil Service, and was appointed a Second Division Clerk in the Accountants branch of the G.P.O, Dublin. With an older brother he joined the Black Watch (Territorials), and on the outbreak of war left for duty in Scotland. Volunteering for active service they went with their battalion to France in May 1915, the younger brother returning in February 1916 to take up a commission. He was gazetted to the Duke of Cornwall’s Light Infantry on July 7th, 1916, and was attached to the Royal Flying Corps a few weeks later. His elder brother and two younger brothers are at present serving with the Black Watch.” It is reported that Henry’s aircraft was seen nose diving at 3000 feet, and he died instantly from his injuries of the crash, receiving a compound fracture to the skull, broken limbs and internal injuries. His body was moved to Dublin and he was laid to rest at Grangegorman Military Cemetery, Dublin. His brother George Elliot Byers is also commemorated at this cemetery, as he was killed in action at Bapaume, France, on 21st March 1918.

Family group. A group of five Second World War and later medals, awarded to W/5804 Emmeline Kate Stuttard, Auxilary Transport Service/Women's Royal Army Corpscomprising 1939-45 Star, Defence Medal, 1939-45 War Medal, General Service Medal with Malaya Clasp (named to "W.O. CL.2 E.K Studdard W.R.A.C"), Territorial Efficiency Medal with one clasp (named to "SJT. E.K. STUTTARD, A.T.S); a certificate of service, WRAC Attestation form, voluntary enlistment certificate; British passport, letters of pension and testimonial. Other items comprise a WO1/WO2 rank leather wriststrap with large Tudor crown, a white metal sweetheart brooch gifted and inscribed to W/5084 Stuttard from the 45th Tank Regiment, dated December 10th 1939; a Q.M.A.A.C ATS & WRAC lapel badge; Army General Service cap badge, Regimental button, three further Tudor-style crowns, a pair of two 12/WRV shoulder titles, a LESC badge. Sold together with First World War and later items relating to E.K Stuttard's father, Company Quarter Master Sergeant S.H Stuttard, Leeds/West Riding Volunteer Regiment. Comprising a group photograph of the 2nd Battalion Leeds Volunteer Training Corps taken at Monk Fryston Camp, Whitsuntide, 1915 by Charles R.H Pickard, Briggate Chambers, Kirkcade Leeds, photograph measures 29 x 21cm, overall dimensions 45.5 x 35cm, a further photograph of the 5th Volunteer Battalion (P.W.O) West Yorkshire Officer, Warrant Officers and Non-Commissioned Officers in May 1919 taken at Carlton Barracks, with names of the permanent staff below (showing Stuttard in the middle row, eighth person from the right); a course qualification certificate from the Northern Command Travelling School for Volunteers, West Yorkshire cap badge, J.A Wylie & Co London On War Service 1915 badge numbered to 24406Notes: Emmeline Kate Stuttard was born in 1907 and served with the British Army for 22 years and 224 days, including during the Second World War in France from 22nd April 1940 - 26th September 1940.

An interesting accumulation of items relating to William ‘Jim’ John Ashman, who travelled from Britain to the United States and enlisted with the 4th Infantry (Machine Gun Company) during the Mexican Revolution and U.S. Occupation of Veracruz before subsequently returning home to serve with the British Armed Forces in WW1. Comprising: Two large panoramic albumen photographs: 5th Brigade Camp, Fort Crockett, Texas, photo copyright 1915 by Medley and Henningsen; and 4th & 7th Infantry Camp, Fort Crockett, Texas 1914, photo copyright Medley and Glandford, each measuring 128cm x 23.5cm (previously framed, now rolled) Approximately 156 loose printed and real photographic postcards relating to America and Mexico, circa 1912-15. Subjects include military camp life and soldiers in Galveston and Veracruz, boxing matches and group portraits; the wreck of a U.S aeroplane at No. 11 Mobilization camp, Texas City; portrait of General Pancho and Mrs Villa; street scenes and views of daily life in Mexico; Mexican outlaws and ‘Mujereres Patriotas’ (with an inscription to reverse ‘I am not afraid of the men but I don’t like to come across this bunch, the women are worse than the men’). Other cards document deaths, damages, and consequences of the invasion, including damage to the Naval School building in Veracruz, prisoners being marched to their execution, and several graphic postcards of such as piles of the dead killed near the customs house (April 21st – 22nd, 1914). Related ephemera - Five Thanksgiving and Christmas Rosters/Menu Cards (‘D’ Company 4thS Infantry – Fort Crook Nebraska 1912 and Camp Crockett Texas, 1913 and 1914); a St Patrick’s Day Masquerade Ball ticket; United States Army Signal Book 1914, circulated Confederate States currency bank notes, including a $500 note; a Special Privilege Card; a copy of ‘American Occupation – Vera Cruz 1914’ (National Capital Press, 1914) named to William Ashman in the inside cover. Ashman’s pair of stirrups; leather gaiters; folding campaign rack, a medal or token commemorating the US Army on the Mexican Border, Galveston Texas; American Occupation of Veracruz Mexico 1914 medal (named to W.J Ashman, very worn) and another, unnamed, etc. A further album of printed postcards of the United States and Canada, including twenty-six different State Girl postcards, felt pennant postcards from Nova Scotia, various Fort Crockett illustrated humorous postcards etc. Together with items relating to Ashman’s service during WW1 and later (Glamorgan Yeomanry, Welsh Regiment and Shropshire Yeomanry): Comprising a bundle of dog tags, 1914-18 War Medal and Victory Medal (named to “320950 Pte. W. J Ashman). War Service badge, pair of Glamorgan shoulder titles. Welch cap badge and a Glamorgan Yeomanry Badge. General Joffre and 1914-1919 War commemorative medals. An Official Copy Soldier’s Prayer book and a copy of the New Testament. A collection of British postcards, including photographs of Ashman boxing and two further small albums of greetings postcards etc. A discharge certificate, dated 2nd July 1921. A small collection of business and trade cards together with a White Star line ticket (for his return to the UK in 1915), various invitations, business and trade cards. A brass button cleaner and two pocket knives.William John Ashman (b. 16th December 1890 - d. July 1970). Travelled to Halifax, Nova Scotia on 18th July 1912. Spent some time working as a cattle rancher before enlisting with the U.S Army on 16th October 1912. Returned home to the UK in 1915. Enlisted with the Welsh Regiment in the same year and later transferred to the Shropshire Yeomanry. Service numbers 320950 and (Tf)396246.The postcards in this lot were sent predominantly to Ashman's sister or parents. The majority are not postmarked, although they are often captioned to the reverse with additional personal commentary by Ashman. Some feature portraits of Ashman, including in uniform and, given his talent for bare-knuckle boxing, during boxing matches in both the United States and at home.

WWII FIRST RIFLE BRIGADE BREAST BADGE,by Kirkwood and Sons, Edinburgh, marked and dated 1942 to reverse, together with a cap badge, small Army Reserve silver button and a silver fob medal (4)

United States Army officers blouse with zip front and two breast pockets, pair of trousers, United States officers Naval jacket with brass buttons and insignia, with one rank stripe to cuff, American Marine's blouse with corporal stripes and collar badges, button front and two outer breast pockets, American Air Force shirt with collar insignia

South Wales Borderers Silver cap badge plus others. Comprising: South Wales Borderers Stamped STERLING ... WW1 General Service Button converted to cap badge with slider (Kitchener Army) ... RAMC by E E Woodward ... RAF ... RCAF. All complete with fittings. (5 Badges). PAYMENT BY BANK TRANSFER ONLY

WW2 British Army, MI9, SOE, Special Forces, Vest (WESKIT) Button Escape compass in Brown Bakelite.

WW2 British Army, MI9, SOE, Special Forces, Vest (WESKIT) Button Escape compass in Brown Bakelite.

WW2 British Army, MI9, SOE, Special Forces, Vest (WESKIT) Button Escape compass in Brown Bakelite.

WW2 British Army, MI9, SOE, Special Forces, Vest (WESKIT) Button Escape compass in Brown Bakelite.

A Fairbairn-Sykes 1st Pattern Commando fighting knife, the 16.5cm double edged spear-point blade (tip missing) marked to the ricasso The F-S Fighting Knife and Wilkinson Sword Co Ltd London to the opposing side, having a shaped oval cross guard with chequered nickel grip, housed in a nickel mounted leather sheath with Newey Pat. button, 29.5cm, together with London Scottish Regiment cap badge and a volume of Stephen Schofield's Musketoon with related press cuttings.Formerly the property of 841059 Private Reginald Makeham and sold by family descent. Ipswich born Private Reginald Makeham of the Gordon Highlanders and No. 2 Commando was one of seven men who were captured after Operation Musketoon, and later executed at Sachsenhausen Concentration Camp, Berlin, on 23rd October 1942. He was aged 28.Operation Musketoon was the codeword for a WWII British-Norwegian commando raid on an electricity generating station and aluminium manufacturing plant at Glomfjord, in German-occupied Norway. Two officers and eight men from No 2 Commando alongside two Norwegian corporals working for the SOE set off on 11th September 1942.They crossed the North Sea on a Minerve-class submarine belonging to the Free French Navy, Junon, which was chosen due to its silhouette appearing similar to a German U-boat. Upon reaching the shore they set out on a difficult overland mountainous trek to Glomfjord, which took several more days. They established a hide-out overlooking the plant and, despite close encounters with German scouting groups, decided upon the night of 20th September to carry out the attack, as they were running low on supplies. After infiltrating the plant, the men helped the Norwegian workers to escape and planted plastic explosives around the pipes and machinery. One German guard was killed and another wounded during the operation, but the men completed their mission before German reinforcements arrived. The destruction they caused was hugely out-of-proportion to the small number of men involved in the special operation and the plant remained closed for the rest of the war. However, during the attempted escape, seven of the ten Commandos were captured, taken to Colditz Castle, and later executed at Sachsenhausen Concentration Camp under Hitler's infamous Commando Order. It was not until the proceedings of the Nuremberg War Crimes Trials that the raid and the criminal imprisonment and execution of the Commandos became common knowledge, as the German Army had stated that the commandos had escaped. The men, including Makeham, are commemorated on the memorial plaque at Sachsenhausen and the Brookwood Memorial for British and Commonwealth Second World War soldiers who have no known grave. Wilkinson marks are worn.Gouge to the pommel.No further condition issues which cannot be seen in the images.

A small vintage brass lighter looks to have been made from military buttons, possibly trench art. With the design of British RAF button to one side and USAF (& Army) the other. Approx. 2.5cm diameter.

A Pair of Chinese Republic Kuomintang Army Officer's Dress Daggers, each with 25cm double edge steel blade with a narrow fuller to each side, brass crossguard with globular quillons, the brass hilt with push button locking, engraved with prunus blossom and with faux tortoiseshell grips bound with wire, the chromed steel scabbard with prunus engraved brass mounts, 39.5cmEach with some orange rust pitting to the blade and scabbard. Press studs operational.

A German Second World War Army Zeltbahn. A splinter pattern camouflage armed forces zeltbahn, these were utilised either individually as a rain cape or with three button together acted as a tent, this example having all of its zeltbahn buttons present. Some period patching and stitching. Maker marked Berlin date 1938 stamped to one corner of the zeltbahn, reasonable condition £50-£70

German, British, and Overseas Great War and Second World War Metallic Badges. Comprising 5 British Great War War Savings Committee enamel badges, 2 square, 3 circular. 1 nicely enamelled red, white and black pin showing the Third Reich swastika but located within an English, London, Forest Gate jewellers presentation box indicating it could possibly be of British vintage circa Great War (the swastika was in use in many European and Scandinavian countries as symbol of luck up until the end of the Great War. 2 Russian stars. 2 Italian Second War military badges. German Second War motorcyclist identity disc. 5 separate German Day badges. 2 highly interesting down swept winged eagle and swastikas over a red cross with swastika to the centre with the paper attachment of a bernstein (amber) manufacturers labels attached with twisted and screwed lapel pin fixings. NSKK side cap button. Third Reich Wound badge in black miniature. An M.29 Third Reich eagle and swastika miniature. 5 accompanying Third Reich mixed badges. A card containing 9 motifs that would attach to medal ribbons, Police, Customs, Luftwaffe, Prague Castle Bar, Faithful Service Medal. 9 further unidentified Third Reich related items. Bavarian 25 year Fire Police Long Service Medal. Free French Croix de Guerre with swords. 1 Fascist Italian cap badge. 1 Royal Army badge. 1 German 1928 overseas flight stallion, generally good condition (lot) £100-£140

Various button related books including Paulsom (NW) Buttons of the Indian Army 7 vols; Uniform Buttons of Cornwall; Buttons - A Guide for Collectors etc.

WWI British Army Medics armband with button fastening. P&P Group 1 (£14+VAT for the first lot and £1+VAT for subsequent lots)

AN INTERESTING COLLECTION OF ORIGINAL WORLD WAR TWO BADGES AND INSIGNIA, including a German Wehrmacht aluminium belt buckle with leather tab, a small-size early SA brass belt-buckle, a German Army Parachutist's badge, a German Destroyers War badge (pin absent), a German artillery Lieutenant's shoulder-board numbered '72', a small cloth Luftwaffe eagle, a triangular Wehrmacht inverted triangular forage cap insignia, a yellow skull and crossbones pennant from a mine flag, three British cap or collar badges, a button from a naval tunic, two British shoulder titles, two British unit insignia and a clip from a .303 Enfield rifle, all sewn to a piece of coarse green cotton material, possibly German.

British Army 28th Regiment of Foot (North Gloucestershire) officer's shell mess jacket, retaining 14 small buttons to front, cuff button and shoulder cord, attributed to Lieutenant Edward Lumley 1850-1854Consigned by the Soldiers of Gloucestershire Museum Trust 

British Army 28th Regiment of Foot (Gloucestershire Regiment) officer's scarlet coatee with gilt regimental buttons and regimental ornaments to the white Kersey turnbacks (note one later collar button to the Royal Engineers)Consigned by the Soldiers of Gloucestershire Museum Trust 

WW2 Japanese Army Combat Shirt, lightweight khaki cotton half button front shirt. Felt rank patch to the breast pocket and wooden buttons. Good overall condition.

2x WW2 Women’s Land Army (W.L.A) Shirts, both being short sleeved shirts with button front. One has original label with 1944 date. Both generally good condition. (2 items)

Pair: Attributed to D. E. Ridley, Royal Navy 1939-45 Star; War Medal 1939-45; together with the riband of the Atlantic Star, in card box of issue, addressed to ‘Mr. D. E. Ridley, 28 Gilpin Avenue, East Sheen, London’, and inscribed in ink ‘C/LDX 4775’, good very fine Five: Representing the entitlement of Trooper J. McGrath, 41st Royal Tank Regiment T.A., 3rd Kings Own Hussars, Royal Armoured Corps, late Lancashire Fusiliers and Manchester Regiment 1939-45 Star; Africa Star, 1 clasp, 1st Army; Italy Star; Defence and War Medals 1939-45, with M.I.D. oak leaf, court mounted, unnamed as issued but accompanied by copies of service records, some laminated, and a statement that the medals had belonged to the former owner’s grandfather, good very fine Three: Attributed to Private R. Williams, Devonshire Regiment 1939-45 Star; Africa Star; Italy Star; Defence and War Medals 1939-45; together with one large brass and one smaller bi-metal regimental button; a personalised 1936 Christmas Card from Roy Williams; and two photographs of the recipient, very fine Three: Attributed to Private R. D. Williams, Royal Army Medical Corps 1939-45 Star; Defence and War Medals 1939-45, very fine One: Attributed to Mr. A. T. W. Daniels Defence Medal; unnamed as issued, with Home Secretary’s enclosure, in named Home Office card box of issue addressed to ‘Mr. A. T. W. Daniels, 51 Navarino Mansions, Dalston Lane, Hackney’, and Home Secretary enclosure slip, very fine South Africa Medal for War Service, unnamed as issued, good very fine (15) £80-£100 --- D. E. Ridley, No. X4775 was an Acting Petty Officer Telegrapher, Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve, and received the Royal Naval Reserve Long Service Medal in October 1945. John McGrath was born on 24 February 1914. He first enlisted into 10th Battalion Manchester Regiment on 12 May 1936, and was transferred to 41st Royal Tank Regiment in September 1939, but was discharged, as he was urgently required for civil employment. He re-enlisted into the Royal Armoured Corps on 24 June 1940, but was posted to 1st/5th Battalion, Lancashire Fusiliers, until posted to 108th Regiment R.A.C. and then to 142nd Regiment R.A.C. in 1942, serving with that unit in North Africa and Italy. He was transferred to Class ‘Z’ Army Reserve in May 1946. His home address in 1940 was at Oldham, Lancs and later at Warwick Rd., Clacton on Sea, Essex. There is no indication in his service papers that he was mentioned in despatches, and the award has not been traced in the London Gazette. Raymond D. Williams served in the B.E.F. with H.Q. 3rd Field Ambulance R.A.M.C. He later served in No. 10 General Hospital, Gibraltar. His home address was at 29 Penbryn Terrace, Penrhiwceiber, Glamorgan. A handwritten note with the lot states that he assisted in the burial of the first British Casualty in the B.E.F., at Luttange, of a Pte. Priddy [sic] of the King’s Shropshire Light Infantry (Private T. W. Priday, K.S.L.I., died on 9 December 1939, and is buried in Luttange Communal Cemetery, France; he is recognised by the Commonwealth War Graves Commission as the first British casualty of the Second World War). Sold a with named ‘Toc H’ Pass issued to 7264200 Pte. R. D. Williams, Royal Army Medical Corps dated 9 December 1939; a small personal diary for 1940 issued by the ‘Toc H’ organisation to named to R. D. Williams, H.Q. 3rd Field Ambulance B.E.F. France, containing some faint pencil entries relating to his time in the B.E.F. and being evacuated from Cherbourg on 12/13th June 1940, this distressed with loose pages; a couple of press cuttings in which he is mentioned; and a glossy postcard photo book containing 10 postcard photographs of Gibraltar where he was later stationed

women's land army breeches (24/5 w), a similar style of men's breeches/ jodhpurs with the label cut out and replacement patches on the inner knee (34w), 1952 dated Ranken & co of India polo trousers, (38w), 30s/40s white cotton twill men's shorts with button fly, men's vintage hunting trousers/ breeches (30 w) and a pair of French navy workwear dungarees (L) (6)

A Quantity of Militaria, includind a Second World War prismatic marching compass by T.G.Co., dated 1944, a pair of Prism No.2 Mk.3 military binoculars in webbing case, various buttons, two button plates, a pair of goggles, a Canadian Army side cap, a North Africa silk escape map, cloth insignia, dog tags, a packet of Radiant wax candles etc

Various WWII medals, military button, etc., a Good Conduct medal with Regular Army clasp, WWII Campaign and Victory medals, and a Elgin War Issue open faced pocket watch with black 4cm diameter dial, Arabic numerals, in chrome plated case with crow's foot mark stamped A.89530, all in a Mappin card box. (a quantity)