Military Collectables

Two General Staff Cloth Collar Tabs

Not a pair in fact one is King’s crown the other Queen’s crown, general service cloth collar tabs, both in good condition but both used.  read more

Code: 23568

WW2 Royal navy Chief Engineer Trade Badge.

A good WW2 era Royal Navy sleeve badge for the chief engineer. It is made of a black wool backing and embroidered in red silk. It is in excellent condition and has been taken from a uniform.  read more

Code: 23559

Vintage County of Lancashire Rifle Association Medallion

A great bronze medallion issued by the County of Lancashire rifle association as a prize award, it has not been engraved and comes in its box of issue with a manufacturers name of John Bagshaw & Sons of Liverpool. Super unused condition and measures just under 1.75 inches long.
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Code: 23553

Pre WW1 Postcard - French Air Ship the Patrie

The ‘Patrie’ was the first airship built for the French military, she was completed in 1906 and had training manoeuvres in 1907, in November 1907 she broke her moorings in a storm and drifted from France to Ireland, she came to ground but was blown back into the air and vanished across the ocean never to be seen again.
The postcard shows the ship in flight and is in very good con...  read more

Code: 23541

Two Pre WW2 Photo Postcards – LZ 127 Graf Zeppelin

Both of these postcards have the date of 1943 on the back but by then the Graf Zeppelin had been retired for 3 years so I am assuming the date to be an error. Both photo postcards come in very good condition.  read more

Code: 23540

Group of 5 WW1 German Postcards

An interesting group of 5 WW1 era German postcards all used and dating in range from 1915 – 1918, 4 are pictoral and one is a photo card (not used) showing a group of men possibly in a German hospital.  read more

Code: 23508

Super Large Framed Photograph - MGC at Shornecliffe 1930

A lovely large photo of a company from the machine Gun Corps in 1930 at a summer camp at Shornecliffe, some of the lads are very young and most probably saw service in WW2. Two machine guns proudly on display and 34 men in the company. Comes in very good clean condition, the photo measures 11 inches x 8.5 and the frame is 17.25 x 13.25.  read more

Code: 23507

5 WW1 German Postcards

Another case of wishing I could read German! Here we have 5 postcards, two photographic showing soldiers in uniform and 3 general ones all having been sent by Feldpost and date 1915/17, they come in good but postally used condition.  read more

Code: 23356

Vintage Postcard Shots of American Airships 1946

Two vintage photo postcards dated 1946 showing American airships at I assume an airshow in this country as the photographers details are for Liverpool, one shows the airship ‘resolute’ and the other the ‘macon’, there is a third small photo of part of the resolute, this is a bit worn on the surface, the postcards are in very good condition.  read more

Code: 23330

Stunning Pair of Victorian Dress Gold Bullion Shoulder Boards

This superb pair of dress shoulder boards were worn by the Royal Artillery, they are large and heavy being constructed from a large brass ring with a silver officers flaming bomb badge to the middle, the top section is gold bullion work and to the centre of this a small brass RA button with a Queen’s crown over and VR to the centre. They are housed in a black painted metal tin and this has pres...  read more

Code: 23311