(Code: 1218) | |   A very rare photo print of Edward Prince Of Wales signed by him in bottom corner.The print is taken from a photo of him in Nova Scotia Canada in 1919. Edward VIII of course later abdicated the throne.In bottom right corner of mounting board is written in ink 'Cheerio Everybody' ! Frame has some wear and small chips to frame.To reverse is framers label 'HUGH A.BROWN, CHARING CROSS GALLERY, 482 SAUCHIEHALL ST GLASGOW'. A rare item |
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(Code: 1716) | |  
Case in excellent condition and stamp date 1942 and maker/waffenampt stamps.Metal closure stamp is maker stamped.All stitching to case intact.Binoculars are stamped in white 'BRIGADIER M.P. BOGERT' obviously captured during campaign. .Maker stamp beh KF Dienstglas 10x50 388801.Tongue leather on binos stamped beh 1941.Optics are good..
Brigadier Bogert commanded West Nova Scotia Regt 1942-43 in the Canadian Infantry attached to the British Army in Italy Monte Cassino and Anzio.Also Greece.Awarded DSO for service at Jelsi in Italy,Order Of Valour from Greece and Legion Of Merit for service in Korea as well as MBE and CBE.
The case has Enclosure tags for Horse Racing from the 1960's at Sandown and Epsom.
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(Code: 1856) | |   Comprises tunic.cap,shirt,tie and Sam Browne belt and cross strap.No labels to tunic,shirt or cap. Silk lining to tunic.Officer quality badge insignia to collars and cap.Green tropical shirt and tie both excellent condition.Shoulder boards are minus metal R.A.O.C. insignia,Officer crowns present.All brass buttons present are R.A.O.C. with waist button beneath belt having 'ROYAL ARMY ORDNANCE CORP' along edge of button.All buttons are maker stamped.Cap minus interior maker label otherwise in excellent condition with owners initials ' DHK ' stamped to sweatband.Sam Browne leather good with no cracking.
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(Code: 1555) | |   Framed and signed print by Mike Aspinall depicting Wing Commander Guy Gibson's Lancaster attacking the Mohne dam on the night of 16-17 May 1943 . The print is signed by four 617 Squadron crew who flew in the raid and by two crucial members of the 617 Squadron ground crew.
Collection only due to glass in frame.We have other signed prints in stock too, please contact us for details.
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(Code: 1100) | |   Standard issue for use with Wireless Set 76 and famously used by Airborne Forces at Arnhem.General purpose British Army receiver for use in vehicles and ground stations .Serial number plate marked 'RECEPTION SET NO R 109 , SERIAL No 8317 , M.R. , Z.A. 11295 '
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(Code: 1528) | |   White metal brooch with early period pin.Box has maker label.
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(Code: 2805) | |   Nice tan cotton tunic for the tropical climate.Name of Maxwell to neck interior.Marines collar insignia and shoulder boards for rank of Lieutenant.Four brass button front closure.Officers aigullette to left shoulder and breast pocket.Two small holes to left hip pocket.Interior label for maker 'MOSS BROS COVENT GARDEN'. Stamped Feb 1944.
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(Code: 2061) | |   WW2 produced and used to practice coordinating the firing of members of a section to a specific targets.Very rare as few of these remain.Printed by J.Weiner Ltd London.From a War Office design and Crown Copyrighted.These details are to bottom left corner,printed on bottom right corner is 'Middle East Fig 3'. Foldlines throughout and some tears.Very rare.
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(Code: 794) | |   Beautiful embroidered work on a silk base named to 2819269 L/CPL E BAKER 1st Battalion 72nd Seaforth Highlanders .Photograph of the soldier is in centre of embroidered work.He was part of the Shanghai Defence Force 1938-39. Various national flags are also embroidered.In black frame with glass. 20 x 16 inches
COLLECTION IN SHOP ONLY.
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(Code: 1545) | |   Comprises tunic cap and trousers.Tunic has six gilt buttons to front and left sleeve has rank badge and one year service stripe.Bullion embroidered.Inside tunic has label 'Le Cooper ,Harwich'
Trousers in good condition of dark navy wool ,several small holes to side of one leg otherwise good condition.Cap is dark navy wool with black centre band .Bullion embroidered crown and anchor badge.Leather chinstrap is perished to one side and detached from retaining button.Inside blue canvas lining with stitched owner's label name of 'G.CHUBB' Brown sweatband and leather stitched visor.The visor has some staining to upper surface.Rear crown of cap has some signs of wear and several small moth nips to edges.The crown edge to front has wear with thin hole along edge and also the stitched material where crown and upper cap meets the material has come away.
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(Code: 2279) | |   Black painted steel helmet for use by ARP and Police motorcyclist's. Brown liner and sweatband intact and in excellent condition with canvas liner rigging and string tie present.Brown leather ear flaps amd felt inside lining.Sweatband is dated and maker stamped 'B.M.B. 1943' '63/4' size marking.BMB maker is for 'Briggs Motor Bodies'.Brown leather chinstrap.Several dents across helmet crown
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(Code: 587) | |   Nice four pocket Officer dress tunic for a Captain in the Service Corp. Inside pocket label has maker 'ALDERTON & SONS LTD, 110 CANNON ST, E.C.4' plus owner name of N.C. TYRELL 4211 . Dated 2.10.41.
Service Corp Officer aigulette and ribbon bar with Mention In Despatches bar on War Medal.Also Defence Medal,Italy Star and 39-45 Star.Small tear to inside silk lining and shows wear under the sleeves otherwise in good condition.
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(Code: 2111) | |   Brass shoulder titles.All buttons present.
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(Code: 2647) | |   Canadian wireless set canvas bag with Canadian War Dept stamp .The carry strap is very rare type and complete with the Antennae Rod 'F' Adaptors No.1. This is also a rare piece.
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(Code: 1795) | |   Inter war period Glengarry without tails as per frontline service. Several nips to chequered band at front and rear. Measures approximately 27cm from lower front to lower rear.
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(Code: 519) | |   Gold plated.Box is marked with maker label Sophos
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(Code: 1167) | |   Both brass retaining prongs intact.
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(Code: 1994) | |   Aluminium with embossed lettering and four screws intact.4 inches x 3 inches
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(Code: 1561) | |   Very rare printed unit badge.Mint unissued. |
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(Code: 1724) | |   White metal in excellent condition.
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(Code: 1148) | |   All complete and in good condition with original paint.This was used in conjunction with the Wireless Set No.62.Straps are stamped.
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(Code: 1274) | |   Very rare Air Gunner's Badge in bullion with backing cloth.
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(Code: 2311) | |   Both prongs intact.Rare badge and maker stamped 'A STANLEY & SONS WALSALL'
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(Code: 2385) | |   Flight lieutenant's mess dress uniform comprising of jacket with gold bullion observer breve and kings crown gilt buttons.Moss Brothers Covent Garden label named to Wookey, complete with waistcoat and trousers.The jacket is approximately a 38 inch chest with arm length from shoulder to bottom of sleeve 24 and a half inches, the waistcoat is approximately a 38 inch chest and the trousers are 32-33 inch waist and 28 inch inside leg. There is a small hole approximately 1 inch x a quarter inch on the upper front of trousers just below the crotch.
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(Code: 2873) | |   Australian made pattern and issued to Australian forces but also used by British and other Commonwealth forces. Excellent condition with all buttons intact.No label to inside.Waist approx 34''
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(Code: 1557) | |   In very good condition but minus the red bobble to crown |
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(Code: 1451) | |   Postwar ,early 1950's. Maker stamped ' CN1444 HOBSONS & SONS LTD LONDON LTD' |
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(Code: 1689) | |   Maker marked 'F&G' .Both prongs intact.
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(Code: 1764) | |   Almost mint condition 1939 dated gas mask for babies and infants.All complete and intact with all fittings and straps.Has government issue plate and maker stamp 'PSC' for Pressed Steel Co Cowley,Oxford.The air pump is stamped 'Henley' for Henley Tyre & Rubber Co. Has some literature paperwork including instruction manual.
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(Code: 2076) | |   Shell is Date stamp 1939. Maker stamp FO2.Liner is stamped BMB 1939 7 for size.War department stamp alongside '265'.Liner and chinstrap in excellent condition.Black paint is nearly all present except for crown area and several white scrape marks.
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(Code: 1166) | |   Excellent condition. |
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(Code: 1250) | |  
Nice bakelite example dated 1941 and size 7 and a quarter and maker marked VERO II. Liner and elasticated sprung webbing chinstrap all complete
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(Code: 1585) | |   Excellent condition Women's Land Army trousers of corded brown cloth with cotton lining. War Department stamp to inside waist band.All brown bakelite buttons intact.Inside of legs are reinforced with canvas material.Small nips to rear base of seating area.
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(Code: 2619) | |   Metal head has considerable wear with numerous dents.Wood in good condition. |
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(Code: 1307) | |   A4 Folder size in R.A.F. colours with instructions for cadets.Dated 1943. |
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(Code: 2716) | |   Aluminium made.Base stamped.Shell is 20 mm and unscrews.
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(Code: 2576) | |   Wood in good condition ,metal head shows dents across surface. |
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(Code: 2541) | |   V.G.C.
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(Code: 1662) | |   Presented to returning soldier by the Provost of Greenock. Front cover shows the Greenock Municipal Buildings.Inside has printed letter of thanks signed by the provost.
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(Code: 1584) | |   Nice mint pair machine woven, and representing the Oak,Ash and Thorn of 'Puck Of Pook's Hill' from Kipling's story and the area in which the Corp was raised.
Fought in the Normandy Campaign and the Bocage country of Normandy was noted as similar to the Corps badge and they adopted the name 'The Bocage Club'.XII Corp supported the left flank of XXX Corp during Operation Market Garden in September 1944.These examples are Dutch theatre made in the Brabant Weave'
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(Code: 1838) | |   Pullover shirt with bakelite buttons.Pocket button missing.Label to collar 'HAMMOCK BRAND GOVERNMENT DYE'
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(Code: 2220) | |   V.G.C. |
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(Code: 501) | |   Stamped CS 449
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(Code: 837) | |   Please note you will not receive the actual star in the picture as these sell so quickly it is impossible to keep adding and removing them from the site.You will however get one in a similar or better condition. |
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(Code: 2757) | |   Rare unused British Civilian Filter all complete with rubber inlet valve to rear which is discarded when used and attached to the respirator.Dated Jan 1937 to rubber band and stamped to the metal cylinder ''BW&M Ltd 1937'.
Comes housed in a respirator box stamped to lid the word 'TOP' .The owners address has been written in pencil to the lid. |
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(Code: 1152) | |   V.G.C.
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(Code: 1297) | |   G.C. |
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(Code: 452) | |   Please note you will not receive the actual star in the picture as these sell so quickly it is impossible to keep adding and removing them from the site.You will however get one in a similar or better condition. V.G.C. |
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(Code: 562) | |   Brass Nederland badge with maker stamped 'J.R. Gaunt London'
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(Code: 2219) | |   In Silver
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