FRENCH M15 "ADRIAN" HELMET WITH COMMEMORATIVE PLAQUEWorld War I-era M15 "Adrian" helmet, with a metal comb affixed to the crown with four pins, and with the insignia of the French artillery service - a flaming bomb with the initials "RF" (Republique Francaise) in front of two crossed cannons - at the front. The helmet features an intact six-finger brown leather liner, mounted within the shell on bands of corrugated metal, unattached at the center, and a brown leather chinstrap. The bill of the helmet bears an attractive metal plaque with laurel branches in relief, and bearing the legend "Soldat de La Grande Guerre 1914-1918" ("Soldier of the Great War"). The helmet is painted dark blue throughout. The interior leather is dried out, and the helmet bears expected minor oxidation and age wear throughout, else very good. The Adrian is widely considered to be the first steel combat helmet in regular service in the modern era.
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GERMAN M1916/1917 STAHLHELMGerman World War I-era M1916/1917 "Stahlhelm", or steel helmet, identifiable as such by the externally-visible lugs for attaching the chinstrap. The exterior bears surface oxidation throughout, as well as a 1 1/4" vertical crack at the rim at the left temple. The surface oxidation continues on the interior, and the three-fingered brown leather liner is mostly intact, but dried and cracking, with one adjustment loop detached but present. The brown leather chin strap is also thoroughly dried, but present and intact. The helmet bears no apparent markings. Very good. This model stahlhelm was the first to be issued to German front-line soldiers, and was quickly supplanted by the M1918, which had an integral chin strap.
M1916/1917 STAHLHELMGerman steel World War I-era M1916/1917 combat helmet, identifiable as such by the detachable leather chin strap. The helmet is finished dark green overall, with the remnants of the tan patches and black bands of a tortoiseshell camouflage scheme faintly visible overall. The interior is fitted with a brown leather six-fingered liner, with three fabric pads at the front and sides of the head. The adjustment holes at the tips of three fingers are torn. The interior rim is heat-stamped "S1.66"; no other markings are apparent. The aforementioned black leather chin strap is present and intact. The helmet shows much period wear overall, but is all-original and intact.
M1916/1917 STAHLHELMGerman steel World War I-era M1916/1917 combat helmet, identifiable as such by the lugs allowing the chin strap to be easily removed. The helmet is finished gray-blue overall, worn thin and abraded overall but still readily apparent. An approx. 1/4" crack appears at the top of the dome. The interior is fitted with a dark brown leather six-fingered liner, backed with fabric pads at the front and sides, although three fingers are missing and a fourth is torn. The interior rim is heat-stamped "2.66", and a faint and indecipherable inscription appears inside the rear rim, possibly an owner's name. The chin strap is missing. The helmet shows honest wear from age and use overall, else very good.
M1916/1917 STAHLHELM HELMETSPair of German steel M1916/1917 combat helmets, both in original finish, the first fitted with a six-fingered brown leather liner backed with fabric pads at the front and sides, although one pad and two fingers are missing. The inside rim is heat-stamped "ET86", indicating that it was manufactured by the Eisenhuttenwerke at Thale. The liner band is stamped "BA XIII" over "1916" in black ink, with the name "H. Eitel" also inscribed thereupon in black ink. The chinstrap is absent, although both chinstrap bales are present at their attachment lugs. Three very old strips of fabric tape are present at the rear exterior of the helmet. The second helmet bears no liner or chin strap, although the liner band is present albeit in poor condition. The inner rim bears an indistinct heat stamp. Both helmets show extensive wear and tear, with much surface abrasion and oxidation, in just good condition. Two pieces.
M1916/1917 STAHLHELM WITH CAMOUFLAGE PAINT SCHEMEGerman steel World War I-era M1916/1917 combat helmet, identifiable as such by the lugs allowing the chin strap to be easily removed. The exterior of the helmet bears a green, brown, and yellow-tan camouflage paint scheme overall, worn thin in many areas, with some oxidation affecting the underlying steel. The interior is fitted with a brown leather six-fingered liner, backed with tied fabric pads at the front and sides, although two fingers and one pad are missing, with additional splitting to the leather. The inside rim is heat-stamped "Si.66", and an indecipherable black ink inscription, most likely an owner's name, has been added inside the rear rim. All but an approx. 3" section of chin strap, retaining the adjustment buckle, is missing, although both bales used to attach the strap to lugs within the helmet are present. The helmet shows extensive wear from age and use overall, else very good.
M1917 HELMET WITH 26TH INFANTRY DIVISION INSIGNIAAmerican World War I-era steel M1917 helmet, with the painted insignia of the 26th infantry division, a tree with a red trunk within a white box. The owner has further added, in white paint, the name of his division and regiment (the 102nd), as well as several notable battles in which the division participated: St. Mihiel, Verdun, and Meuse-Argonne. The original leather liner and chin strap are missing, but the felt crown pad remains. The painted inscriptions are flaking and faded in areas, with some oxidation, else very good.
M1917 HELMET WITH 2ND INFANTRY DIVISION INSIGNIAAmerican World War I-era steel M1917 helmet, painted apple-green throughout the exterior, and with the painted insignia of the 2nd infantry division, an Indian head in profile within a star, at the front. Returning soldiers painted their helmets in this manner for the victory parades which took place across the country at war's end. The liner and leather chinstrap are dried and worn, but present and intact. The exterior of the helmet bears some dents, with minor chipping to the paint, else very good.
M1917 HELMET WITH ALLIED POWERS FLAGSAmerican World War I-era steel M1917 helmet, painted at the front with an American Flag shield, flanked on either side by the flags of Great Britain and France. Returning soldiers painted their helmets in this manner for the victory parades which took place across the country at war's end. The liner and chin strap are missing, as is the right-hand strap bale, and the exterior paint is lightly faded, else very good.
M1917 HELMET WITH AMERICAN EXPEDITIONARY FORCES INSIGNIAAmerican World War I-era steel M1917 helmet, painted with a brightly-colored camouflage scheme, incorporating an abstracted American flag, with a blue triangle at the front containing the initials "A E F", for American Expeditionary Forces. Returning soldiers painted their helmets in this manner for the victory parades which took place across the country at war's end. The liner and chin strap are missing, but the felt crown pad remains. The crown of the helmet is dented and much of the paint in that area has flaked away, but the majority of the design remains.
M1917 HELMETSGood group of five American steel M1917 helmets, as issued to troops during World War I. The group includes four examples in the standard brown paint scheme with sand or cork finish, with one featuring its original liner and chin strap, with the remaining three retaining only its felt crown pad, and two with fragments of their leather chin straps. The final helmet features a smooth finish and is painted black inside and out. No liner or chinstrap is present. Very good overall, five pieces.
SHRAPNEL-STRUCK GERMAN M1916/1917 HELMETAn especially evocative World War I relic, a German M1916/1917 "Stahlhelm"-style helmet, identifiable as such by the externally-visible lugs for attaching the chinstrap. The helmet has received massive shrapnel damage, opening up an approx. 3" dia. entry hole in the center of the forehead, and a second exit hole of approximately the same dimensions in the crown. Needless to say, such damage would have resulted in instantly fatal wounds. The strap and liner are missing, and the helmet bears expected oxidation, else very good given its condition and obvious history.
SHRAPNEL-STRUCK GERMAN M1916/1917 HELMETA striking relic of the carnage of World War I, a German M1916/1917 "Stahlhelm"-style helmet, identifiable as such by the externally-visible lugs for attaching the chinstrap, finished in grey-green throughout. The helmet has received what appears to be shrapnel damage, resulting in an approx. 1 1/2" irregular entry hole on the left side, and a triangular 1" exit hole opposite. The helmet is missing its liner and chinstrap, and bears some white paint splatter and oxidation on the exterior, else very good given its condition and obvious history.
SKETCH OF A BRITISH P.O.W. BY HANS VOLKMAROriginal sketch in graphite, 10 3/4" x 15 1/4", a chest-up profile portrait of a mustachioed British soldier with a "Brodie"-style helmet. Obviously sketched from life, this portrait likely depicts a P.O.W. captured by the Germans during the North Africa campaign. The portrait is dated at lower left: "Afrika, im 13 Juni 42", with the initials "H.V." for the artist, HANS VOLKMAR (1919-1987), an official combat artist on Erwin Rommel's staff from 1941 to 1943.The edges of the sketch are perforated where it was removed from a pad, with very slight foxing, else very good to fine.
GERMAN FUNERALS AND GRAVE SITESA large grouping of about 170 original photographs on an interesting topic: German funerals for soldiers and officers and German grave sites in the field. Present are images of the most elaborate...and the simplest graves and soldiers' farewells, from a helmet and rifle leaning against a simple wood cross to affairs attended by an honor guard with a long funeral train. Various sizes, average about 2" x 3".
U.S. AIRMAN'S HEADGEARGood set of World War II U.S. airman's headgear and accoutrements, includes: brown leather Type A-11 flying helmet, marked size small, with a sewn fabric label identifying the manufacturer as Bradley Goodrich, with a stamped property number inside the crown. The Army Air Forces insignia is stamped in black inside the right-hand side, and in white on the exterior right-hand side. No radio ear pieces are fitted, and the leather bears some wear overall, with some cracking at the neck, else very good. With rubber coated throat microphones, mounted on a 5 1/2" flexible metal collar, marked "ELNO" at the ends and on the plug, and post-war radio headphones, marked "Headset Microphone H-63/U", manufactured by the Lionel Corporation of New York. Missing original microphone attachment, but with earpieces and cord intact. Some wear else very good. Three pieces.
AFRIKA KORPS REMEMBRANCE MEDALLIONBrown porcelain table medal, 2" dia., reads (in German) on the front: "IN REMEMBRANCE OF THE WAR IN AFRICA" with an image of a tank, camels, and palm trees, while the reverse shows a pith helmet, sword and oak leaf wreath with the legend: "WE WILL DEFEAT THE ENGLISH WHERE WE FIND THEM". Fine.
LINCOLN SILVER SHILLING TOKEN, 1812, MILSON AND T. PRESTON, WINE AND SPIRITS DEALERS, EF, WALES, ANGLESEY, DRUID'S HEAD LEFT IN WREATH, WITH 25 ACORNS, R THE ANGLESEY MINES HALFPENNY, 1788 ABOVE CYPHER, E. PAYABLE IN LONDON OR LIVERPOOL, EF, HEAVY FLAN, R. TRACES OF LUSTRE AROUND LEGEND, ANOTHER ½d, DRUID'S HEAD L IN WREATH, 32 ACORNS R. PAY THE BEARER ONE HALFPENNY, 1793, EF AND A ½d, HEAD LEFT R. CROWNED HARP, NORTH WALES, FAIR, HAMPSHIRE, GOSPORT, BUST OF SIR BEVOIS, R. SAILING SHIP, 1794. E. PAYABLE AT JORDANS, DRAPER, GOSPORT, EF BUT DIE FAULT ABOVE HELMET AND LETTERING WEAKLY STRUCK IN PLACES, MIDDLESEX NEWGATE PRISON, FRONT OF PRISON, MDCCXLIV, R. 8 LINE INSCRIPTION, REEDED EDGE, ABOUT EF, (NEW) GATE WEAKLY STRUCK WITH E. K ABOVE, AND HOLT WEAK, MAIL COACH, (2), COACH AND HORSES, R. CYPHER BELOW, M OF PALMER ABOVE S, AND 1797 BELOW M OF PALMER ABOVE IN, PIDCOCKS EXHIBITION , R. TWO-HEADED COW, LIVERPOOL HALFPENNY, 1792, STAFFORD HALFPENNY 1797, MEDAL, OPENING OF NEW LONDON BRIDGE, 1831 AND A FRENCH MEDAL, EXPOSITION UNIVERSELLE, 1900 [13]
1929 ROLLS-ROYCE - PHANTOM II WITH BARREL-SIDED TOURER COACHWORK BY WILKINSON OF DERBY. Chassis No: 99 XJ Engine No: PR 35 Registration No: TL 972 Date of first registration: December/January 1929/30 Specification: 7,300cc 6-cylinders in-line single overhead valve 40/50HP rated motor; four-speed manual gearbox with live rear-axle: leaf-sprung suspension fore & aft; four-wheel servo-assisted mechanical brakes. Colour Scheme: Maroon coachwork with black wings and burgundy leather interior; black double-duck hood and weather equipment; nickel-plated lamps and fittings. History: According to RREC Factory Records this car was originally an open touring car with coachwork by Thrupp & Maberley order no. R2706 dated 1st November 1929, delivered to a Mr. G.W. Henderson of Chesham Place, London W1. In March 1930. The comprehensive specification documentation from these records indicates regular servicing, maintenance & repairs carried out by the works until 1936; further information shows the replacement barrel-sided tourer body by Wilkinsons of Derby being fitted just prior to the outbreak of war in 1939. From V5 and V5C documentation, it shows the car was acquired by the late owner in late 1989, and there is a comprehensive file of further documentation showing extensive bills for regular servicing, running repairs & maintenance, from several marque specialists including Hoffmans of Henley and Priory Vintage Car Company, and further including a recent major engine & mechanical rebuild during 2008/2009, with significant sums of expenditure including new cylinder head and cylinder-blocks replacement, as well as other major components. Condition: The car as currently presented appears to be in superb order, both as to paintwork, interior trim and excellent weatherproof hood and ancillaries. The nickel-plating is in good condition and there are additional CAV "Divers Helmet" rear-lamps fitted to accommodate electrical indicators within such period fittings. There is a large fitted trunk to rear with tools to upper compartment and stowage for tonneau-cover and related sundries. At time of cataloguing the car was heard to run very well and has always been maintained to be used regularly and often at a moment's notice, and has participated in many rallying and road-run events in its current ownership`
Rare Pre 1881 Royal Dublin City Militia (Queen’s Own Royal Regiment) Officers Helmet Plate, silvered Victorian crowned eight pointed star with laurel wreath laid upon, circlet with “QUEEN’S OWN ROYAL REGT”, black velvet centre with three silver castles. Three lug fittings to the reverse of the plate. Post 1881 regiment became the 4th Battalion Royal Dublin Fusiliers.
Victorian Essex Regiment Officers Helmet Plate, gilt metal eight pointed Victorian crowned star with laurel wreath overlay, garter strap with black velvet centre and silvered castle and Sphinx, three part scroll with “THE ESSEX REGIMENT”. Three lug fittings to the reverse. Some wear to the gilt finish.
Victorian 1st Derbyshire Rifle Volunteer Corps Other Ranks Helmet Plate, white metal crowned eight pointed star with laurel wreath, central strap with “1ST DERBYSHIRE RIFLE VOLUNTEER CORPS”, centre with voided strung bugle. Two lug fittings to the reverse (possibly old repair). Plate has been heavily polished to the obverse with detail loss between laurel wreath and strap.
Post 1908 10th London Regiment Officers Helmet Plate, eight pointed star with Kings Crown surmounting the top point, laurel wreath overlay, garter strap with black velvet centre and silvered regimental badge of the 10th London Regiment, three part lower scroll with “TENTH LONDON HACKNEY”. Three lug fittings to the reverse.
Post 1902 Cinque Ports Officers Helmet Plate, fine silvered eight pointed star, top point surmounted by Imperial crown, laurel wreath overlay, garter strap with enamel Cinque Ports crest to the centre, below three part scroll with ROYAL SUSSEX REGIMENT. Three lug fittings to the reverse. Much of the original finish remains to the plate.
Victorian 4th Volunteer Battalion Hampshire Regiment Officers Home Service Helmet Plate, fine white metal crowned eight pointed star, laurel wreath overlay, garter strap and black velvet centre having silvered dog gauge, gilt three part scroll with regimental details and lower scroll with 4TH VOLUNTEER BATTALION. Three lug fittings to the reverse. Very good overall condition.
Selection of Other Ranks Helmet Plate Centres, consisting of Royal West Kent, Middlesex, The Buffs East Kent Regiment, East Surrey Regiment, Hampshire Regiment and West Surrey Regiment. Accompanied by a Royal Sussex regiment other ranks helmet plate and a crowned East Surrey regiment example. (8 items)
Selection of South African Badges, including Victorian white metal South African Constabulary badge with leather backing shield, Kings crown South African Constabulary helmet badge, white metal kings crown South African Constabulary cap badge, Civic Guard cap badge, plus various collar badges and other badges. Various conditions, viewing strongly recommended. (18 items)
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