German Army Mountain Troops (Gebirgsjäger) Officers Camouflaged Field Cap, white cloth single button M-43 style field cap with aluminium piping to the crown and metal edelweiss badge to the side. White cloth lined interior with size stamp “58”.please make sure you have read and understood the information in the auction information pagePLEASE MAKE SURE YOU HAVE READ AND UNDERSTOOD THIS INFORMATION BEFORE BIDDINGThis auction comprises a private European collection of Third Reich militaria, mostly consisting of cloth headdress and steel helmets. This collection has been put together over a period of time from private house buys, flea markets (flohmarkt) and internet auction sites.We have been requested by the estate of the collector to offer all lots at a start price of £100, all items are sold on a "sold as viewed basis and are not subject to return". All items offered in this auction are not covered by our usual guarantee of authenticity of items from this period in history. We ask that all interested bidders, study photographs provided or ask for any others they require, these requests must be made at least 24 hours prior to the auction. All bidders must satisfy themselves with what they are bidding on and buying. Many of the items in this collection, if not original, may have been produced using original parts. Buyers must satisfy themselves with what is original and what is not.
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German Army Panzer M-43 Field Cap, coarse black wool body with two button front. Bevo one piece Panzer pattern eagle and cockade cap insignia. Grey lining to the interior with remains of ink stamps. Cap shows wear and staining.please make sure you have read and understood the information in the auction information pagePLEASE MAKE SURE YOU HAVE READ AND UNDERSTOOD THIS INFORMATION BEFORE BIDDINGThis auction comprises a private European collection of Third Reich militaria, mostly consisting of cloth headdress and steel helmets. This collection has been put together over a period of time from private house buys, flea markets (flohmarkt) and internet auction sites.We have been requested by the estate of the collector to offer all lots at a start price of £100, all items are sold on a "sold as viewed basis and are not subject to return". All items offered in this auction are not covered by our usual guarantee of authenticity of items from this period in history. We ask that all interested bidders, study photographs provided or ask for any others they require, these requests must be made at least 24 hours prior to the auction. All bidders must satisfy themselves with what they are bidding on and buying. Many of the items in this collection, if not original, may have been produced using original parts. Buyers must satisfy themselves with what is original and what is not.
Privately Tailored German Army M-43 Pattern Field Cap, lightweight field grey cloth cap with two button front. Bevo one piece German army cap eagle and cockade insignia to the front. Interior with fine quality lining and chamois forehead section sweatband. Cap shows service wear.please make sure you have read and understood the information in the auction information pagePLEASE MAKE SURE YOU HAVE READ AND UNDERSTOOD THIS INFORMATION BEFORE BIDDINGThis auction comprises a private European collection of Third Reich militaria, mostly consisting of cloth headdress and steel helmets. This collection has been put together over a period of time from private house buys, flea markets (flohmarkt) and internet auction sites.We have been requested by the estate of the collector to offer all lots at a start price of £100, all items are sold on a "sold as viewed basis and are not subject to return". All items offered in this auction are not covered by our usual guarantee of authenticity of items from this period in history. We ask that all interested bidders, study photographs provided or ask for any others they require, these requests must be made at least 24 hours prior to the auction. All bidders must satisfy themselves with what they are bidding on and buying. Many of the items in this collection, if not original, may have been produced using original parts. Buyers must satisfy themselves with what is original and what is not.
WW2 Australian Army Brigadier General’s 1941 dated uniform slouch hat by Hatcraft PTY LTD. Fur felt body, with only a couple of moth nips, with good shape to shaped crown, with snap button closure, with twin sets of air vent grommets, dark beige puggaree, with Brigadiers bullion padded badge & RAA oxidised cap badge. Leather chinstrap & sweatband in excellent condition, with manufacturers details, size 7 & date. Internal felt shows T8 & arrow stamp. Overall an exceptional condition piece, to a senior officer.
WW2 British RAF Tropical Uniform insignia, all uniform removed, comprising of a pair of embroidered shoulder insignias, LAC Prop rank badge, black plastic RAF cap badge, brass RAF cap badge, 1939-45 Star ribbon, 5 large brass tunic buttons and two small. Single US Army brass greatcoat button, a set of red worry beads and a tattered Scottish Flag miniature pennant.
Selection of Indian Army Button Reference Books etcComprising: Buttons of the Indian Army Volumes I and II (2 x copies of each) By Lt Col Poulsom. “The Campaigns and Medals of the Honourable East India Company and the Indian Army””The Victoria Crosses of the HEIC & Indian Army. By A.G. Stone OBE. (4 copies). ... “The Genealogy of the Regiments of the British Army” “The Yeomanry” By Arthur Baker. (2 copies). .... Similar title and author “The Cavalry”. (11 items)
Gordon Highlanders Officer’s Mess Coatee and anotherAn extremely rare example of the short-tailed mess uniform introduced briefly for Highland regiments in the 1920s. Scarlet single-breasted cut-away coat with yellow cloth lapels and plain cuffs with 3-button slash. Vented skirt 7 ½ in. long. Shoulder-loops of red square cord with a central row of black braid, bearing small metal rank-stars. Three regimental buttons to front, with false button-holes on left side. Scarlet lining bearing label of J&F French, Dover St, London, dated 1925 to 2Lt RN Christie ... together with an officer’s mess jacket of the Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders with pale yellow cloth facings and white piping. Notched roll collar, turned back to conceal six regimental buttons on the right-hand side, and with real buttonholes on the left. Four more front buttons visible below the collar. Pointed cuffs, each with two buttons. Fine shoulder-cords as for Full Dress each bearing two embroidered stars. One shoulder-cord button absent, otherwise GC. (2 items) The short-lived Mess Coatee was not mentioned in any issue of Dress Regulations and it is not clear how many officers actually wore it. Richard Norman Christie appears as a Major in the Gordons in the 1938 Army List. He became 2i/c of his Bn. and was taken prisoner and held in Oflag X11B.
A group of WWII British army buttons and cloth badges including with some replicas, including overall thirty nine badges, over thirty buttons, three pairs of cloth badges, featuring a pair of Royal Northumberland Fusiliers shoulder badges, a button die mould, a pair Duke of Wellington's regiment cloth shoulder titles, together with a mixed group of seven pieces of military issue plated cutlery. (1 bag and a wooden case)
A German Third Reich Luftwaffe Marksman's Lanyard, in plaited grey braid with silver/aluminum threads interwoven in a 'V' pattern, one end applied with a silvered aluminium Luftwaffe eagle and swastika badge, with two button loops and three silver/aluminium cord slides, 44cm; a Similar Army Marksman's Lanyard, in plaited silver aluminium cord backed by silver grey grosgrain ribbon, one end applied with silvered aluminium shield with Wehrmacht eagle with downswept wings, with two button loops and three cord slides, 48cm (2)
ARMY & NAVY C.S.L, LONDONA RARE .297-230 (MORRIS) SINGLE-SHOT PISTOL, MODEL 'TRANTER'S PATENT', serial no. 2128, COMPLETE WITH PERIOD MAXIM SOUND MODERATOR,circa 1900, with blued 8 1/2in. octagonal to round barrel signed on the top 'ARMY & NAVY C.S.L. LONDON', dove-tailed blade fore-sight, standing notch rear-sight, the muzzle threaded at the end for a period Maxim type sound moderator (included), open iron frame marked 'TRANTER'S PATENT', push button opening, exposed hammer, chequered walnut birdshead grip with no provision for shoulder stock and spur trigger, much finish remaining. Sold as an exempt item under Section 58 (2) of the 1968 Firearms Act, to be held as a curiosity or ornament
Military.- Carter (Thomas) Medals of the British Army, and how they were won, 3 parts in 1 vol., colour frontispieces, 15 plates and illustrations, bookplate, later half-morocco, gilt, a little rubbed, 1861 § Calver (William L.) The British Army Button in the American Revolution, presentation copy inscribed by author, colour frontispiece, illustrations, original cloth, slight bumping to corners and spine extremities, 1923 § Rough Notes by and Old Soldier, 2 vol., portrait frontispiece, cracked hinges, remnants of labels and small loss to front free endpapers, original decorative cloth, rubbed and worn, chipping to spine heads, 1867 § Norman (C. B.) Battle Honours of the British Army, frontispiece, plates and maps, occasional spotting, later half-morocco, 1911; and c.55 others, similar, v.s. (c.60)
Circa 1330 AD. A heavy iron war mace, with hexagonal prismatic head surmounted by an iron button, the faces of the hexagon divided by lines preserving traces of gilding; mounted upon an iron staff with traces of silver, characterised by a ring of entanglement at the top and three concentric circles below. See ??????? ?.?. ???????-????????? ?????????? ?????? ???????? XIV - ?????? XV ??. // ??????????? ????? ? ??????? ? ???????? ????? ??????, ?., 1983; Head, 1984, Armies of the Middle Ages, volume 2, Worthing, 1984; Nicolle, D. Arms and Armour of the Crusading Era, 1050-1350, Islam, Eastern Europe and Asia, London 1999; Bashir, M. (ed.), The Arts of the Muslim Knight, The Furusiyya Art Foundation Collection, Milan, 2008. 1.5 kg, 45.5cm (18"). From an important private family collection of arms and armour; acquired on the European art market in the 1980s, and thence by descent; believed originally from Eastern Europe; accompanied by an academic report by military specialist Dr Raffaele D'Amato. The war mace belongs to the group of the eastern war maces used by the Mongol armies in 13th century. In particular it is an interesting parallel to a mace published by Gorelik (1983, pl.27, n.67), having the same hexagonal prismatic shape, dated at the 13th century AD. It is also the same kind of mace that was brandished by the Il-Kh?nid Persian-Mongol warriors (scene of the battle of Ardashir and Artavan) in the very famous manuscript Demotte Sh?hn?mah, made in ?dharbayj?n in about 1335 AD (Nicolle, 1999, figs.632J"). The mace, perhaps because of its ancient associations, acquired a legendary quality, second only to the swords in the Islamic world, and therefore also of the Ilkhanid Turco-Mongol warlike state, that with the Sultan Ghazan adhered to the Islam in 1295 AD. Amongst Mongols and Turkish warriors, the mace became a symbol of office, and maces, gilded like this one, played a role in ceremonies which significance was a mixture of religious and military elements. From a military point of view, it was an extremely effective weapon in close combat, particularly from horseback against an armoured opponent, where a heavy mace could easily damage even the thickest steel armour and crash heads and helmets at the same time (Bashir, 2008, p.235"). The Ilkhanid Empire was originally part of the Mongol Empire founded by Genghis Khan, its Persian branch created by Hulegu, grandson of Genghis Khan himself. Settled in Persia, the Mongols fostered the growth of cosmopolitan cities with rich courts and wealthy patrons, who encouraged the arts to flourish. At the death of Kublai Khan the Ilkhanid Khanate was de facto independent, until his dissolution in 1335 AD. The core of its army were the powerful armoured cavalrymen, of Mongol, Turkish and Iranian origin, covered with Khuyagh armour, a lamellar or laminated corselet, mainly in iron, sometimes in bronze; they wore hemispherical helmets with reinforced brow, a plume tube or a spike, and mail, lamellar or leather aventail, round shields and offensive weapons like sabres, bow and arrows and naturally war maces (Heath, 1984, pp.114-115"). Most probably our specimen is from an excavation. The piece is very rare and is in excellent condition. The mace is a type of short-arms, a weapon of impact-crushing action, consisting of a wooden or metal handle (rod) and a spherical pommel (head), which can be smooth or studded with spikes. The mace is one of the oldest types of edged weapons, a direct heir to the club, which began to be used in the Stone Age. It became widespread in the late Middle Ages, which was due to the excellent 'armour-piercing' qualities of this weapon. The mace was great for breaking through heavy armour and helmets. The heads of some maces were huge. Mace has several significant advantages over bladed weapons. Firstly, a mace (like a hammer) never got stuck in enemy armour or shield, which often happened with a sword or a spear. With the help of maces, it was possible to completely deprive the enemy of the shield, inflicting several strong blows on it. In this case, either the shield broke, or its owner received a fracture of the limb. You can also add that the blows of the mace almost never slide off. Secondly, you can learn to use a mace much faster than a sword. In addition, these weapons were relatively cheap and almost 'unkillable'. The mace has a significant advantage in comparison with the war hammer: the enemy can be beaten with either side of the weapon. The mace was an essential weapon according the Islamic Fur?s?yah during close combat, and some military treatises are devoted to this weapon (for example, the 'Kit?b Ma?rifat La?b al-Dabb?s f? Awq?t al-?ur?b wa-al-?ir?? ?alá-al-Khayl,' held in Paris, BNF MS Ar. 2830 and BNF MS Ar. 6604; Istanbul, Ayasofya MS 3186; on the fur?s?yah treatises dealing with the art of the mace, see also al-Sarraf, 'Mamluk Fur?s?yah Literature and Its Antecedents'"). The most common name for the club/mace was the Persian 'gurz' and its derivatives: garz, horz and gargaz. The written sources describe four methods of conducting battle: throwing at an enemy from a long distance: close combat at a distance proportioned to the length of the club; rotation of the mace when a warrior was surrounded by enemies; defeating the enemy in front of you. The maces or clubs with huge heads and relatively short poles were suitable for throwing. Our mace belongs to a simplified form of maces, a sort of cube-shaped tops with six cut corners transforming it in hexagon (type II"). All the specimens are in iron and date back to the 12th–14th centuries. A very widespread category of finds is made up of type II maces, mainly found in the excavations of the Southern Russian cities that were destroyed during the Tatar-Mongol invasion. They were also found in Novgorod, Moscow, and in the peasant Kostroma barrows. Usually, maces were considered to belong to the nobility, but the simpler specimens probably were widely available as weapons for ordinary soldiers, citizens and peasants. This is also supported by the simplicity and sometimes carelessness in the decoration of the maces themselves. Fine condition.
WWII medals to the Bradley-Cook family comprising: Six: 1939-45 star, Africa star with 1st Army clasp, Italy star, Defence, War, Territorial Efficiency medal, Geo VI first type (1430374 Sjt B.R. Bradley-Cook, RA), VF, mounted as worn, with pair of Rough Riders cloth shoulder titles and 1 button, Y/RHA brass title, Sgt'[s chevrons etc, ephemera includes an interesting typed file “Diary of W/Sgt Bradley-Cook (1430374) 1942-1946” covering his service in N. Africa and Italy, amongst the pages a newspaper cutting “Major in Eighth Army meets Brother in First” and relates to the Tunis parade to celebrate the defeat of the Axis in North Africa, where he was reunited with his brother Major J.R. Bradley-Cook serving with the Royal Tank Regt and who had been seriously wounded at El-Alamein. A diary entry for March 1944 states “Met Jack (John) again who looks a lot fitter. He is now a Colonel with the M.C. up which he won at El Alamein!”; a war medal with Wrens service certificate to Barbara Margaret Leney (who later became Mrs B.M. Bradley-Cook) EF. A miniature MC group of 7: MC, 1939-45 star, Africa star with 8th Army clasp, Italy star, Defence, War, Territorial Efficiency medal (the miniatures of Major J.R. Bradley-Cook, 40th Royal Tank Regt, Westminster Dragoons “ Monty”s Foxhounds), with photos of recipient, Old Comrades list, funeral service card (2003) and a photocopied citation of Feb. 1944 recommending the Major for an MC following his service north of the River Garigilano (Monte Cassino area). Also in lot a family related WWI memorial plaque to Frederick Johnson Cook, GVF
WW1 British Sweetheart badge collection to include 14 badges with Mother of Pearl backing; Durham Light Infantry, Tank Corps, Royal Artillery, Royal Garrison Artillery, Army Service Corps, Army Vet Corps, Scottish Rifle (Cameronians), Royal Engineers, South Wales Borders, East Surrey Regt, Cheshire Regt, Leicesters, Kings Royal Rifles, Royal Ulster Rifles. Along with WW1 German fob in the form of Picklehaube helmet (no spike), Victorian Swastika charm with coin, 1950's Civil Defence Corps lapel badge, Primrose League lapel badge, WW2 RAF button, etc.
Original vintage World War Two propaganda poster: Button your lip! Loose talk can cost lives. Colourful illustration against a red background featuring a US army officer in uniform with his lips buttoned up, the text above in stylised white letters and below in black letters over yellow strips. Distributed in the interest of National Defense, and as a means of obtaining funds for Ambulances wherever needed. British and American Ambulances Corps, Inc., New York City. Litho in the U.S.A. Good condition, stains, small tears, minor loss and creases on margins.Year of printing: 1942, country of printing: USA, designer: O. Soglow, dimensions (cm): 50.5x35.5.
Polish Army dress uniform with buttons by R Gaunt and Sons Ltd of London, bullion wire Poland shoulder titles, shoulder straps with two stars, 2 and button, needlework arm badge, green and black collar badges and medal ribbons including 1939-45 star, France and Germany star, WWII defence medal and WWII war medal Condition Report:No identifying markings on the jacket.No identifying markings on the jacket.This uniform comes from a single vendor, collection of over 800 uniforms that we have been offering over the past year, we have around 400 more to sell. The collection was amassed over forty year period from around 1970-2010
Army Medical Department Victorian Officer’s peaked pillbox Forage Cap.A rare and superb example of the 1880 pattern for a Surgeon Captain by Bartels & Co., Hanover St., London. The concave-sided body of dark blue melton cloth. Band of 1½ in. gold “staff” lace with twin black stripes. The top bearing a gold/black corded button edged with eight circles of gold French braid. Patent leather peak edged with gold “passing” embroidery. Roan leather headband, crimson silk lining bearing manufacturer’s details, and narrow chinstrap. Virtually unworn, near mint condition.
Russian Army officer's dagger, 21cm twin edge blade marked MO2151, shaped cross guard with release and ivorine handle with star button pommel, L33cm, in black leather covered scabbard with Hammer & Sickle and Kremlin top mount Condition Report Click here for further images, condition, auction times & delivery costs
What is believed to be a late Victorian Qing Dynasty Guanmao or Chinese Court Officials summer hat, woven in rattan, button or finial missing from top, the hat was reputedly brought back from China as a souvenir of the Boxer Rebellion of 1900, the vendor states ' the item was auctioned by a member of the Bartlett family from the estate of Jenny Hobbs nee Bartlett, she had a large collection of family military related items from the Hobbs and Bartlett family members, a number of Hobbs and Bartletts men served with the Militia because it was a family tradition,also a number of the men were workers for the Fortescue family on the Castle Hill Estate and it was expected, the story is that two boys who were employed to look after the estate horses went with one of the sons of the 3rd Earl Fortescue and other officers from local families to look after their horses with the British army starting in Africa and then Northern India with the Lancers, apparently they had only just arrived in India when one of them was used to help look after the horses heading to China, he told of travelling in open wagons with the horses and the problems of getting enough water for them, he was responsible for training Indian men in looking after the British officer's horses and said this was all part of the British army's part in quelling the Boxer Rebellion', as a point of interest the 1st Bengal Lancers formed part of the force sent to China with the British Army, also, one of the 3rd Earl Fortescue's sons, Major Lionel Henry Dudley Fortescue of the 17th Lancers was killed in action in Africa at Diamond Hill near Pretoria during the Boer War
A Second World War Royal Air Force cap badge in gilding metal, buttons, R.A.F. Volunteer Reserve lapel pin numbered 7353 to the reverse, a Flight Sergeants rank crown, and spent bullet belonging to Sergeant Pilot David Denchfield with a newspaper clipping reporting that his parents had been informed that he was a prisoner of war, together with items belonging to his father Herbert, a First World War veteran, including a white metal identity bracelet engraved, ' 42390 Pte. Denchfield, 2nd R. Innis. Fus.', a bi metal Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers cap badge and 1916 economy issue example, both with sliders removed, a Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers shoulder title in gilding metal, two hexagonal lugs to reverse, two General Service buttons, two items of trench art, a bullet case with General Service button to the base, and a brass disc with scalloped edge and tunic button for the Kings Royal Lancaster Regiment fixed to the centre, a pre First World War pamphlet to The Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers giving the history and distinctions of the Regiment up to the Boer War, and a quantity of family photos and post cards, records show Private Herbert Denchfield of the Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers entitled to the 1914-1918 British War Medal and Victory Medal, he also served in the Army Service Corps with the regimental number 367505, Herbert David Denchfield was born 2/11/19 at Eckington near Stavely, he worked as a clerk after finishing his education at Hemel Hempstead Grammer School, he joined the R.A.F.V.R. in May 1939 and was called to full time service on 1st September 1939, after pilot training he joined 610 (Spitfire) at Acklington, on a Blenheim bomber escort to St.Omer on 5/2/1941 the squadron was attacked by a force of Me 109's and Denchfield's Spitfire was hit, he baled out and was captured by the Germans, a nice father and son group of items, (Qty)
Vintage Laboratory Magnifying Lamp and Telephone, a 1960s M5 magnifying lamp with plastic shade on adjustable metal stand by PW Allen & Co also with British army broad arrow mark to rear, working at time of cataloguing, together with a two tone grey plastic push button telephone marked on underside P.O. Authorised Release 22215 756 GNA 81/7, G, (2)
A late 19thC set of seven Thomas Turner & Co of Sheffield 'Encore' Extra Hollow Ground cut throat razors, made for Army & Navy Stores, the steel blades folding into riveted ivory handles, respectively bearing engraved days of the week, in a fitted blue velvet lined, chamfered oak case, the hinged lid on a button clasp
A German Third Reich Army Cavalry Officer’s visor cap by EREL the cap constructed of a field grey doeskin with yellow piping and a dark green centre band, affixed with the army eagle and national cockade with oak leaves below, with a black peak and silver bullion officer’s chincord (currently detached, one silver pebble side button missing); the interior with brown sweatband stamped “Erel Stirnschutz / D.R.G.M D.R.P angem” and a indistinctly marked clear protection diamond, the brown silk interior initialled ‘JHK’ in ink
A German Third Reich Army Panzer Officer's visor cap a private purchase cap constructed of field grey short-napped wool with a dark forest green centreband and three rows of bright pink divisional piping, with an aluminium eagle and wreath and a tri-colour cockade with red felt centre, the silver officer's chincord held in place by a single silver pebble button to either side, with a pressed black cardboard visor which has a painted brown underside, the interior is lined a light brown rayon and has a brown leatherette sweatband, the clear protection diamond stamped in gold for manufacturer Leonhard Paulig - Leparo - Fabrikmarke
A German Third Reich Army M35 Parade tunic to a Wachtmeister (Sergeant-Major) at the NCO school constructed of field grey wool with bright Artillery piping, the single breasted waffenfrock with an eight silver pebble button front closure, embroidered with breast eagle, with shoulder straps and collar tabs and Funkmeister specialist patch (possibly added later) interior lined in green silk and with signs of wear
A German Third Reich Army Panzer Division (Tanks) Officer’s visor cap constructed of field grey doeskin with three rows of pink waffenfarbe, with a metal cap eagle and bullion wreath and cockade affixed to the forest green centreband, the silver cord chinstrap held in place by a silver pebble button to either side, the black peak with a brown cross-hatched underside, with a brown leatherette sweatband with ventilation holes to the forehead and a brown rayon interior liner, celluloid diamond missing
ORIGINAL MODEL 1938 GERMAN ARMY FIELD TUNIC An excellent field worn example. The tunic is stamped on the right inside 41 41 90 58 53 B37. With a manufactures stamp of ' Steir' The insignia is original with an Iron Cross 2nd class ribbon sewn through the button hole. With loops for a medal bar. Some light field repairs and slight mothing.
A German Third Reich Army Artillery Officer’s visor cap by Pekuro a late war example circa 1944-45 constructed of thick weave field grey tricot with a non-woollen green centreband and three rows of red waffenfarbe, cap affixed with replaced earlier pattern metal eagle, wreath and cockade, the silver chincord held in place by a silver button to each side, interior with a Stirndruckfrei brown leatherette sweatband with black velvet insert and classic late war block style ventilation holes, the gold lining directly stamped with manufacturers marks in black
A German Third Reich Field Service Army tunic to a Leutnant in the 4 th Infantry Regiment constructed of field grey wool with dark green collar, with a six-button single-breasted front closure and four pleated pockets each with single button, with medal ribbon for Iron Cross white infantry shoulder boards and right side embroidered army breast eagle, interior fully lined in grey rayon
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