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Click here to subscribeWomen’s Land Army (WLA) Attributed Shoulder Title, embroidered red on green slip on shoulder title with tape to the reverse. Accompanied by certificate of thanks for service in the WLA awarded to Mary A Smith, who served from April 7th 1941 until November 30th 1950; black and white photograph believed to be of Smith in WLA uniform. (3 items)
Great War Medal Pair and George V Regular Army Long Service Good Conduct Medal Group of Three Machine Gun Corps & Manchester Regiment, British War and Allied Victory medals “14773 PTE R HYDE M.G.C” and George V Crowned Bust Regular Army LSGC medal “7807636 CPL R HYDE MANCH R”. Medals are swing mounted for wear. Some polishing to WW1 medals and contact marks to LSGC.
Victorian Army Long Service Good Conduct and George V Meritorious Service Medal Pair Lancashire Fusiliers, 3rd type Victorian LSGC awarded “695 CLR EERJT J KING LANC:FUS”. George V Meritorious Service medal “C.SJT J KING LAN FUS”. Accompanied by a hallmarked silver shooting club medal engraved to the reverse “2ND V B L F SHOOTING CLUB 1899 SERG INST J KING”. First two medals with original ribbons and dark patina.
Royal Artillery Headdress Grouping, consisting of 1944 dated Far East issue Jungle Bush hat with ten fold pagri, the top four folds in blue and red, the colours of the Royal Artillery. To the side of the cap is cloth equally divided red and blue diamond formation sign for the Royal Artillery. Interior retains the original leather sweatband with clear 1944 date stamp and makers details. Accompanying the bush hat is a Nepalese style blue velvet cap with fine officers gilt metal small pattern Royal Artillery officers cap badge. Named to the interior lining “ADAMS”. The third item of headdress is an officers cap believed to be of the Royal Nepalese Army, having bullion embroidered Queens crown cap badge. All three items remain in good overall condition and are housed in part of an officers cap storage box. (3 items)
Selection of British Infantry Divisions Cloth Formation Signs, consisting of 1st Infantry division, embroidered 1st Infantry division Royal Artillery, printed 1st Infantry division Royal Artillery, embroidered 1st Infantry division Royal Army Medical Corps, various printed, woven and embroidered 2nd Infantry division, embroidered and printed 3rd infantry division, printed and woven 3rd pattern 4th Infantry division, printed 5th Infantry division, 2x small type embroidered 5th Infantry division, 2x embroidered 2nd pattern 5th Infantry division, printed 13th Infantry division, silk embroidered 15th infantry division, printed 17th Infantry division, printed and embroidered 17th Gurkha division, embroidered 36th division, printed 38th infantry division, facing pair of printed 40th Infantry division, embroidered 42nd division, embroidered 2nd and 3rd pattern 44th division, embroidered 45th Infantry division, embroidered and printed 46th Infantry division, printed 47th division, embroidered 48th division (on modern backing), printed 1st pattern 49th Infantry division, printed and embroidered 2nd pattern 49th Infantry division, embroidered, printed and silk embroidered 50th Infantry division, printed and embroidered 51st Infantry division, printed two piece 52nd Infantry division, printed and embroidered 53rd Infantry division, printed 54th Infantry division, printed and embroidered 56th Infantry division, embroidered and printed 56th Infantry division, embroidered 59th Infantry division, printed 61st Infantry division, silk embroidered 76th Infantry division, printed 77th Infantry division, printed 78th Infantry division, printed and embroidered BRINDIV formation signs and silk embroidered 1st Commonwealth division. Various conditions, some duplicates. (68 items)
Selection of Canadian Cloth Regimental Shoulder Titles and Formation Signs, including embroidered Royal Canadian Army Service Corps shoulder title, embroidered Royal Canadian Signals shoulder title, RCAS rectangular formation sign / title, embroidered RCA title, Royal Canadian Engineers shoulder title, Essex Scottish Canada large cloth badge, plus other items. Various conditions. (30 items)
Third Reich Period Luftschutz Gladiator Pattern Steel Helmet, with dark blue / black paint finish to the exterior. Original Luftschutz decal to the front is now absent. Complete with a leather sweatband to the interior and large pad to the crown. Complete with damaged chinstrap. Accompanied by a German civilian pattern helmet complete with the original liner system but a modern post war Army decal has been applied to the side; German Post War civilian pattern helmet with liner and chinstrap and a reproduction M16 pattern steel helmet with Third Reich style liner. (4 items)
WW2 German Army Issue Binoculars, being 6x30 Dienstglas stamped 46162 H/6400 and Voigtlander to the base plate. Housed in the original bakelite carry case. Accompanied by another pair of German officers field glasses in the original carry case, K98 cleaning kit in the tin and small wooden equipment box. All generally in good condition. (4 items)
3x 1943 Sealed Pattern Printed Shoulder Titles, all mounted onto Chief Inspectorate of Clothing Working Pattern and Royal Army Clothing Department sealed pattern cards, consisting of York and Lancaster, Kings Own and Royal Fusiliers. All with clear 1943 dates to the bottom corners of the cards. (3 items)
Selection of Southern Command Cloth Formation Signs, being embroidered and printed examples for various arms of service including printed Intelligence Corps, printed RADC, embroidered Royal Artillery, 2x embroidered RAMC, printed RAMC, printed RASC, embroidered RASC, printed RAOC, printed Corps of Royal Military Police, embroidered RAEC, 2x embroidered Army Physical Training Corps, 2x embroidered Royal Army Pay Corps, embroidered Infantry, printed Pioneer, variation embroidered Pioneer, printed Royal Signals and 2x embroidered Miscellaneous units. Various conditions. (21 items)
Indian Army Great War & Afghanistan North West Frontier 1919 Officers Medal Pair and Photograph Album, 1914-18 British war medal “2.LIEUT H V TREVETT”, 1908 Indian General Service medal with single clasp Afghanistan NWF 1919 “2-LIEUT H V TREVETT 1-12 PNRS”. Medals remain in good condition. Accompanied by a calling card and his personal snap shot photograph album covering his service in the North West Frontier, good clear images of him in uniform, fortifications, Indian soldiers, natives, construction of a water dam, etc. 61 images within the album.
WW2 Campaign, Long Service and Elizabeth II Meritorious Service Group Border Regiment, consisting of 1939-45 star, Atlantic star, Defence medal, 1939-45 War medal, George VI Regular Army Long Service Good Conduct “3594545 WO CL2 J E WELCH BORDER” and EIIR 2nd type Meritorious Service medal “3594545 WO CL2 J E WELCH KINGS”. Medals swing mounted for wear.
Pre War Palestine and WW2 Long Service Group of Corporal S Hards RASC, Who Served with the Infamous Traitor Theodore “Issy” Schurch, Hung For Treason at Pentonville on 4th January 1946, group consists of George VI General Service medal for Palestine “T/36690 CPL S HARDS R.A.S.C”, 1939-45 star, Africa star, Defence medal, 1939-45 War medal and George VI Regular Army Long Service Good Conduct medal “T/36690 CPL S HARDS R.A.S.C”. Medals court mounted for display. Corporal Sidney Hards served with 68th Company R.A.S.C in Palestine. Serving alongside him was Driver Theodore (Issy) Schurch, who during the North Africa and Italy campaigns was charged with nine counts of communicating information to the enemy, in some cases he travelled across enemy lines to communicate the information. Schurch was tried by court martial and sentenced to death by hanging, the sentence was carried out at Pentonville Prison on 4th January 1946, the hangman being Albert Pierrepoint. Comes with folder of research.
97th (Kent Yeomanry) Field Regiment Royal Artillery Officers No1 Dress Full Uniform Grouping, consisting of four pocket No1 blue patrol tunic with flat type brass buttons engraved with Kent Horse KY, officers chain mail shoulder boards and silvered Kent Yeomanry officers collar badges. WW2 8th Army North Africa and Italy campaign medal ribbon bar above the breast pocket. Tunic is accompanied by the matching dress trousers. Also with the uniform is the original dress peaked cap with fine quality gilt metal officers cap badge to the front, leather strap supported by the flat type Kent Yeomanry side buttons. Leather sweatband to the interior with Herbert Johnson tailors details. The cap sadly suffers with moth damage to the reverse section but the uniform is generally in good condition just a little dusty. (3 items)
Royal Signals Officers Field Service Cap, of blue cloth body with bullion wire regimental badge, bullion wire piping to the side flap and crown. Brass regimental buttons to the front and sky blue coloured top. Black velvet cushioned band to the interior with the original size label. Cap shows minimal service wear; Royal Electrical & Mechanical Engineers Scottish Officers Glengarry cap with bullion embroidered regimental badge on tartan backing. Complete with the original tallies to the back of the cap and blue cloth ball to the top of the cap; WW2 period Royal Artillery officers coloured field service cap with bronze regimental flaming grenade badge, blue cloth bottom section with red cloth top having bullion wire edging, brass kings crown regimental buttons to the front. Officers quality lining to the interior which shows service wear; Royal Army Ordnance Corps dress side / field service cap of blue cloth body and red top section, gilt and enamel small type cap badge, bullion wire piped edges and brass regimental buttons to the front. Interior with inked name label. Evidence of service wear to the cap. (4 items)
WW1 British Army Chaplains Trench Cap, fine khaki officers soft trench cap with blackened officers cap badge to the centre. Thin black leather chinstrap supported by pressed leather side buttons with Maltese cross. Reverse of the cap is tailored with eight air vents. Interior of the cap has quilted spun lining which is typical of WW1 officers trench caps. Cap shows honest service wear and staining, some minor areas of moth damage.
Selection of Third Reich Insignia & Awards, consisting of fine quality Hitler Youth armband, NSDAP political swastika armband, embroidered black on yellow Deutsche Wehrmacht armband worn by people in service of the German army, Triangular NSDAP pennant with twist cord rope to edges, black grade wound badge with pin and catch fixing to the reverse, Eastern Front campaign medal with ribbon and aluminium identity disc stamped “316 NACHR ERS KP 246”. All remain in generally good condition. (7 items)
Rare WW2 German Panzer Officers Overseas / Side Cap, fine black wool example with silver bullion piping to the crown and partial side flap. Officers bullion cap cockade and bullion dark blue / black backed officers army pattern cap eagle. Thin rose pink Waffenfarbe to the front of the cap. Black cloth lining to the interior with leather forehead cushion. Stitched to the inside of the cap is initials of the original owner “C.v.K”. Cap remains in very good overall condition.
WW2 German Army Winter Camouflage Over Smock, white cloth over smock with one piece hood. Slash side pockets leading to the interior. Original ties to the hood and sleeves. Red cloth pinned to one arm, for display as a manoeuvres armband. Some staining to the front but generally in good condition. These over smocks were worn over uniform and equipment to act as camouflage in winter conditions in places such as Bastogne and on the Eastern front.
WW1 1914 “Mons Bar” Medal Trio Scots Guards, awarded to “3473 PTE G E S ROGERS S GDS”. August – November bar attached to 1914 star ribbon and medals swing mounted for wear. Accompanied by numbered silver war badge, regimental badge with remains of brooch fitting and National Registration card. George Edward Samuel Rogers lived in Stretford, Manchester. He enlisted in the British Army on 6th July 1900 in Liverpool. Mobilised for service with the B.E.F in France August 1914 and served on the Western Front from September 1914 until he was wounded by gunshot wound to the thigh in March 1915.
WW2 German Infantry Officers Tunic Shoulder Boards, knotted bullion wire on white cloth covered backing boards. Gilt numerals and two pips to each. Sew in type examples; Pair of early M36 pattern combat tunic NCO’s shoulder boards with metal “541” to the centre of each board. Complete with tabs to the reverse. Miss-match pair of late war German Army Artillery section combat tunic shoulder boards with tabs to the reverse. (3 pairs)
German Army Wehrpass 1944 Normandy Casualty, belonging to Obergefreiter Anton Josef Fillmann of 2nd Grenadier Regiment 744. Enlisting in 1943, he served with various units before joining 2nd Grenadier Regiment 744 in December 1943, he was killed in Normandy, France on 19th June 1944. The book has civilian photograph to the inside. Grenadier Regiment 744 was part of the German 711 Infantry Division, stationed at Cabourg, northeast of Caen. The unit suffered heavy casualties in defending Sword Beach against the British on D-Day.
WW2 German Army (Wehrmacht) and Luftwaffe Other Ranks Belts and Buckle Sets. Black leather belt fitted with two equipment straps with metal clip fittings. Other ranks belt buckle retaining much of the original olive drab paint finish. Buckle maker marked RS&S to the reverse; Fine Luftwaffe other ranks belt fitted with original belt buckle retaining much of its original blue paint finish. Black leather belt remains in very good overall condition. Both are very good examples. (2 items)
Selection of WW2 German Tunic Shoulder Boards and Collar Patches (Litzen), consisting of pair of Kriegsmarine shoulder boards with tress, two pips and gilt metal anchors; sew in Luftwaffe Signals section NCO’s shoulder boards; single Luftwaffe flight section shoulder board; pair of German Army officers administration section bullion collar tabs, pair of Artillery officers bullion collar tabs, other ranks Artillery section collar tabs and a studio portrait photograph of Administration officer. Various conditions.
Scarce WW2 Polish Holy Cross Mountains Brigade Breast Badge, being of silver plate having screw post fitting on the reverse. Badge has an unmarked copper dish to the reverse. Good overall condition. The Holy Cross Mountains Brigade was a tactical unit of the Polish underground NSZ organisation during WW2. In 1944, they did not obey orders and merge with the home army and as a result were part of the NSZ-ZJ faction. During WW2 this unit fought both the Germans, Soviets and other underground communist units.
Attributed to Arthur Dooley (1929-94), a polished and patinated bronze and steel sculpture: Centurion, the elongated warrior with cloak, shield and spear, on a rectangular base, circa 1970-80, 69 cm high.*Biography Originally employed as a dockyard welder, Dooley enlisted into the Irish Guards in 1945, deserting to join the Palestine Liberation Army and an inevitable period of detention on his recapture. Working as a cleaner in Saint Martins School of Art, London he eventually became a student there in 1953. He returned to Liverpool to become a sculptor and to make ends meet, he was employed by the police. His preferred medium was scrap metal.
A Wedgwood & Sons parian portrait bust of Sir Colin Campbell: sculpted by Wyon, head and shoulders and on circular socle, impressed marks 'Campbell/Josiah Wedgwood & Sons/Published March 29 1858/E.W.Wyon', 40 cm high.* Sir Colin Campbell [1792-1863] was a British Army Officer who had an extensive and successful military career which included Imperial India and the Crimea.
Socialist Pamphlets.- Morris (William) Alfred Linnell Killed in Trafalgar Square, November 20, 1887. A Death Song, 8pp., illustration by Walter Crane, foxed and soiled, a little creased and frayed at edges, preserved in cloth folder, bookplates of Oliver Brett and Freeman Bass, Sold for the Benefit of Linnell's Orphans, 1887; Chants for Socialists, original red printed wrappers, Socialist League, 1885; International Health Exhibition. Textile Fabrics. A Lecture, original grey-green wrappers printed in brown, 1884; The Tables Turned; or, Nupkins Awakened. A Socialist Interlude, original blue wrappers, 1887; A King's Lesson, original wrappers, preserved in cloth folder, bookplate of Oliver Brett, Aberdeen, 1891; The Reward of Labour..., Being No.1 of the Hammersmith Socialist Library, original grey wrappers, slightly damp-stained at foot of spine, [1893] § To Socialists, 3pp., a little soiled and browned, 1885 § Socialist League (The). The Socialist Platform, No.1: Address to Trades' Unions, 2 woodcut headings, soiled, preserved in cloth folder (damp-stained), 1885 § Manifesto of English Socialists, original red wrappers, 1893 § Broadside. International Socialist Workers & Trade Union Congress. A Great Demonstration in favour of International Peace will be held in Hyde Park on Sunday, July 26, 1896, folded, spotted, c.380 x 160mm., 1896; and a quantity of others, similar, by or relating to Morris, mostly socialist (particularly Socialist League, Hammersmith Socialist Society, Fabian Society etc.) but including a few relating to Kelmscott or Morris & Co., some duplicates, most original wrappers, most stained and affected by damp at lower edge or corner, v.s., most 1880s & 1890s; sold not subject to return (a box) ⁂ An interesting but sadly damaged group of pamphlets relating to William Morris and socialism. The first commemorates the death of Alfred Linnell, a young clerk, on 2nd December 1887. On Sunday 13th November 10,000 people including William Morris and George Bernard Shaw had demonstrated in Trafalgar Square against repression in Ireland and unemployment. There were violent clashes and many were beaten by police with truncheons. This was the original "Bloody Sunday" and resulted in another protest against the police and army in Trafalgar Square the following week. During this Alfred Linnell was knocked down by a police horse and died later of his injuries, causing a mass outcry. People flocked to his funeral on 18th December and William Morris, as leader of the Socialist League, gave the main address and produced this pamphlet to raise money for Linnell's family.
Soldier in India.- Langford (Frank, of 85th Light Infantry, fl. 1872-80) Diary, autograph manuscript, 79pp. excluding blanks, in ink and pencil, some ff. excised, a few ff. loose or working loose, a few cut, slightly browned, inner hinges split, original blind-stamped calf, rubbed, original brass clasp, upper cover corner creased, edges and corners worn, 155 x 90mm., 1872-80; and an oil on board portrait of Langford, v.s., v.d. (2). ⁂ "May 12 Wed [1880] Went for a walk after breakfast as far as the village with Sitwell a Joori thief shot at the fort": "Jan 13 Thurs [1880] Reached Lahore 5 am very cold had some tea and bread, went on by train to rest camp, very down all day called on the 8th, all were out, drove to fort in the evening &c... ." Notes on life as an officer in the British Army in India, with some notes from a correspondent in British Columbia, Canada. Devlali, or Deolali, Nashik district, Maharashtra. Deolali was a British Army camp, the original location of the Army Staff College. It is also the source of the British slang noun doolally tap, loosely meaning "camp fever", and referring to the apparent madness of men waiting for ships back to Britain after finishing their tour of duty.
Food & drink.- Butchers.- Promenade des Boeufs Gras suivie de la Chanson Les Tribulations des Boeufs Gras, broadside, 545 x 440mm., large woodcut vignette of the procession, blue governmental ink stamp to verso, folds, some creasing to edges, a few spots, Paris, Typ. Morris et Comp., [1860]. ⁂ A rare broadside advertising this procession, in which the guild of butchers would show their prize bulls. In this particular year the bulls are named after key locations from the Second Italian War of Independence of 1859, in which a French and Sardinian allied army defeated the Austrian Empire.
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