Military Collectables

WW1 Brass Kit Bag Clasp / Lock.

The solid brass ‘D’ shaped clasp that kept the contents of a kit bag secure. You twisted the top of the kit or duffle bag and clamped the clasp around the top. Then locked it by a small padlock. This one is in excellent original condition.  read more

Code: 29007

WW2 2nd Pattern Airborne Denison Smock 1944 Dated and Named.

An original issued WW2 2nd Pattern Denison smock, issued to airborne forces during the war. I am going to let the photographs speak for themselves but needless to say it has some wear, especially around the collar area and bottom of cuffs, it has as far as I can tell all original buttons and studs, studs marked ‘Newy. Pat. 201430-22.
On the right arm there was three small white stripes, ...  read more

Code: 29003

WW1 Hallmarked Silver & Tortoiseshell Royal Flying Corps Sweetheart Brooch

This super WW1 period Royal Flying Corps sweetheart brooch has a fully hallmarked silver surround, it carries the date for London 1916 and has the makers mark for Corke brothers & Co, the central silver is set into a disc of tortoiseshell and in its day would have been an expensive private purchase, sadly the shell chipped around the edge but the silver and the pin are in good condition, it mea...  read more

Code: 28988

WW2 Era Lockheed Martin Aircraft Manufacturers Workers Perpex Badge

This is a real ‘homemade’ badge, dating from the WW2 era, it was made by a worker at the Lockheed Martin company out of a Perspex disc with a transfer of the company logo to the front and a small safety pin attached to the back with a glued piece of plaster. I googled WW2 Lockheed Martin and found a great lengthy article about the company and their work with the RAF during the war, its worth fi...  read more

Code: 28983

WW1 Victory Medal – Holmes Liverpool Reg

Private 39758 John Henry Holmes Liverpool regiment later renumbered to 40436 of the Labour Corps, he was entitled to a medal pair but here we have just his Victory medal which comes in good but used condition, I include his medal index card and medal entitlement paper.  read more

Code: 28977

WW1 Victory Medal – Jones Royal Field Artillery

Gunner 676415 Reginald Jones of the Royal Field Artillery, was entitled to a medal pair but here we have just his Victory medal which comes in good but used condition, I include his medal index card and medal entitlement paper.  read more

Code: 28976

WW1 Silver King’s Shropshire Light Infantry Sweetheart Brooch

A very good example of a WW1 era sweetheart brooch for the King’s Shropshire Light Infantry, it is marked to the back with ‘silver’ and has been inlaid with blue enamel, it comes in very good condition and measures 1.75 inches long.  read more

Code: 28974

Two WW1 Era Vickers Son & Maxim Pom Pom Trench Art Shell Cases

Here are two WW1 trench art shell cases made from Vickers pompom shells, One carries the full ‘V over S & M’ mark for Vickers Son and Maxim, the other has a clear ‘S’ but little else, they have each been decorated differently from the other and come in very good condition, they each stand 3.25 inches high.  read more

Code: 28973

Vintage HMS Bristol Cap Tally

HMS Forth was a type 82 destroyer, she came into service in the early 1970’s as an escort to aircraft carriers and later saw service during the Falklands war. This original cap tally comes mounted on card with relevant information and is in very good condition.  read more

Code: 28970

Late Victorian HMS Condor Cap Tally

HMS Condor was a ten gun screw steel sloop built for the Royal Navy between 1898 and 190, she served on the Pacific station and foundered in a gale with a loss of 130. This original cap tally comes mounted on card with relevant information and is in very good condition.  read more

Code: 28969