Military Collectables

Pretty WW1 Era German Sweetheart Brooch – with Soldier

A pretty pin brooch made from a base metal with a gilded finish showing the portrait of a young German soldier in uniform, comes in good but with some slight wear condition, measures 1.25 inches in diameter.  read more

Code: 20532

Rare WW2 Spitfire Oil Pressure Gauge.

An original WW2 oil pressure gauge fitted to Spitfires and Hurricanes of that era. This one is rare as it comes complete with its original capillary still intact. The unit itself is in excellent condition, obviously I have no idea if it would still work, what an amazing find.  read more

Code: 21194

WW2 RAF AM Aircraft Altimeter.

A good WW2 Air Ministry Altimeter used by a navigator of RAF bombers. This one is clearly marked AM and comes in good condition, just missing one corner bracket where it would have been screwed to the navigator’s position. It measures 3.75 inches in diameter.  read more

Code: 21396

Superb Decorative Gladius Type Dagger.

Lovely quality wide bladed dagger of the Roman gladius shape. It is made all of metal with a very decorative hilt with eagles, lions heads and a pommel of foliage and acorns. It has a very good quality wide spear point blade and the whole thing measures 12 inches long and in perfect condition.
Ship to UK mainland only  read more

Code: 28279

Early 20th Century French Binoculars Iris De Paris

A good pair of early 20thC French binoculars marked on both barrels one has ‘ hippique’ and the other ‘marque iris de Paris’, they are brass bodied with black paint and leather grips, the optics are nice and clear but the body shows signs of age and use missing one of the leather grips.  read more

Code: 28276

Interesting October 1914 The Times Monthly Review of the War

An interesting large pull out page from The Times dated October 1st 1914, it shows individual maps for battle locations on any individual day of September ’14 along with key dates and events in text down the side, it measures 37 x 24 inches and comes in good condition for its age with a couple of small holes on the creases and the paper yellowed with age.  read more

Code: 28264

QSA + 5 Bars to Burton Manchester Reg Casualty

A great scarce queens South Africa medal correctly named to 5906 Private H. Burton of the Manchester regiment. the QSA has the bars; South Africa 02, South Africa 01, Transvaal, Orange Free State and Cape Colony, all original and properly fixed although they are in the wrong order.
The medal comes with copies of his medal roll which confirms all of the bars and Casualties of the Boer Wa...  read more

Code: 18542

1792 John Wilkinson 'Iron Master' Copper Token

The famous Iron master John Wilkinson was the only person whose image appeared on coinage outside of Royalty during the 18th century, many of these copper tokens survive in varying conditions, from my research I have found conflicting information, this particular token has the Wilkinson name as 'Wilkison' one source suggests this error was acceptable and all tokens issued carried the error, ano...  read more

Code: 18341

WW2 Spitfire Engine Temp Gauge.

WW2 era Spitfire Fighter plane Engine Temperature Gauge, it is AM or Air Ministry marked and dated 1943. It comes in very good condition with just a little rusting on the back.  read more

Code: 18258

Rare Photographic Booklet WW1 Bombardment of Lowestoft

Issued not long after the end of WW1 this interesting photographic booklet is made up of a series of pictures copied from original photographs showing the devastation as a result of the bombardment of Lowestoft by the Germans on April 5th 1916. Printed in Lowestoft these are quite rare outside of the area. Comes in good but used condition.  read more

Code: 18048