Military Collectables

Coming up for sale at Beccles Auctions is a unique sale of war time and Cold War Enigma and military coding machines. One mans collection of international cryptography cypher machines, featuring designs by Boris Hagelin. Items include a British Mk 1234 Transceiver, Hagelin CD-57 Cypher machine. A Hagelin designed cypher machine used by the US Signal corps, Hagelin Cryptos Voice Scrambler, Swiss...  read more

Code: 30745

A lovely example of the 1821 pattern Artillery officer’s sword, an excellent quality regulation pattern housed in its original field service leather scabbard and with sword frog to hand from the Sam Brown belt.
The sword is in superb used untouched condition, guard and grip all as it should be the blade has nice clear clean etching visible showing and artillery gun and King George V Cyph...  read more

Code: 30744

325.00 GBP

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A superb WW1 group mounted for wearing awarded to Laud L Philips who served with the Church Army, French Red Cross and later the British Red Cross. The group comprises of British war medal correctly named to M L Philips. French Victory medal, French Red Cross medal for aid to war wounded, French medal for service in the Great War and French Red Cross medal for aiding military wounded. A rosery ...  read more

Code: 30743

Correctly named British war medal, victory medal with QAIMNSR collar badges and a quantity of original photographs all relating to Staff Nurse Gladys Naomi Reynolds of the Queen Alexandria’s Imperial Military Nursing Service Reserve.
Gladys was born in Oxfordshire 1887 and her family lived on their farm, Springhill Farm in Milton Oxfordshire. In the 1911 census, Gladys is employed as a f...  read more

Code: 30742

250.00 GBP

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A WW2 medal group of 4 medals including 1939/45 star, Burma star, Defence medal and the 1939/45 war medal in named and addressed box of issue and condolence medal issue slip named to Fusilier T G Day. A quantity of original Royal Welsh Fusiliers badges and insignia.
Thomas George Day was born in Glamorgan Wales in 1919, his father Albert worked as a Boilerman at the local Collery. Before...  read more

Code: 30741

165.00 GBP

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I believe these came in kits for the hobbyist to make up and they were very expensive due to the high quality of the steel fittings and walnut stock. This one has a Damascus barrel. Totally inert but a very fine and accurate replica. It measures 15 inches long.
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Code: 30740

145.00 GBP

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A Poignant WW1 British war and victory medal correctly named to 5709 Rifleman Herbert Harold Perkins of the 6th Battalion London Regiment, City of London Rifles.
Herbert Perkins was born in India 1886, his father Sidney Perkins was a Serjeant with the Royal Warwickshire regiment.
Herbert was employed as a Domestic Gardener before the war, working and living in Kensington London, m...  read more

Code: 30739

140.00 GBP

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One of the musical instruments that were carried to the front, this is a Fife or small flute made of hard wood with white metal fittings. It comes in its original 1908 pattern brown leather case which is marked on the MGR 1916. It is in good working condition with signs of age and use. It measures 15 inches long. Case measures 10.5 inches long.  read more

Code: 30738

A scarce WW1 1914/15 star. British war and victory medal correctly named to LZ-1101 Able Seaman Rowland Howard Crooke Royal Navy Volunteer Reserve.
Rowland was born in India on the 3rd of August 1888. His father William was part of the Bengal civil service working for the British government. He was first educated at St Lukes Cheltenham and then Emmanuel Collage Cambridge studying Classic...  read more

Code: 30737