Military Collectables

1942 Large Booklet – Cloud Atlas for Aviators

Issued by the department of transport air services branch meteorological division with Canada 1942 at the bottom, it basically describes and shows with photographs cloud formations enabling safe flying. A4 sized booklet with 23 pages, comes in ok but used condition and has been folded with creases.  read more

Code: 28835

Vintage QEII RAF Medical Services Staff Sergeants Uniform

A No1 dress staff sergeants uniform for medical services with the RAF, it includes full insignia including the collar badges and GSM bar. It comes in very good condition with no moth and the measurements are: Tunic…40 inch chest, trousers 32 inch waist and 30 inner leg.  read more

Code: 28808

Pair of Early 20thC Porcelain Figures – Napoleon & Wellington

A good pair of early 20th century porcelain bust figures of Napoleon and Wellington, both are hand painted then over glazed, they have no makers marks but I think are continental in manufacture, both come in very good condition with no chips or cracks and they measure just under 6 inches high.  read more

Code: 28801

Three Vintage Silver Plated National Rifle Association Spoons

Here are three, a pair and a single, silver plated spoons for the national smallbore rifle association, usually given as prizes at events, the pair are marked EPNS to the back and carry the motto ‘look forward’ along the front of the handles, the single is a better quality spoon with red and blue enamels to the terminal. All three come in very good condition and the largest measures 4.75 inches...  read more

Code: 28798

Large Military Marked 1967 Stainless Steel ladle/Spoon

A large sized spoon or ladle probably liberated from the canteen for other uses, made from stainless steel it is marked along the upper handle 37 63 315 S.G. & Co Ltd 1967 with the broad arrow mark, it measures 14 inches long and comes in good condition with signs of use.  read more

Code: 28795

Vintage Wood Shield/Plaque T.S. Mercury

The Training Ship Mercury, or TS Mercury, was a naval training establishment founded as a ship in 1885 and then a shore-based school at Hamble in Hampshire from 1892 until its closure in July 1968. Although one of over thirty pre-sea training schools founded during the Victorian period, it was the only privately owned establishment training boys for both the Royal and Merchant Navies. This soli...  read more

Code: 28794

George VI British Empire Medal to Miss Maud Tayt

What a beautiful medal the British Empire medal is, especially the lady’s version on the ribbon bow, it was awarded to civil and military personnel for meritorious service and gallantry in some cases (see Medal Year Book .19)
This one was awarded and correctly named to Miss Maud Tayt in 1950 for services at Fraser Hind & Sons of Norwich.
Fraser Hind & Sons were a large cloth makin...  read more

Code: 25336

WW2 United States Medals & Ephemera – Pacific Campaign

This collection of WW2 United States medals and ephemera include: the Asiatic Pacific campaign medal, the American defence medal (I think with the wrong ribbon as I cant find this type anywhere) a three ribbon bar with three additional battle pips, a single small medal ribbon bar, a large brass USA cap badge, a American Eagle cap badge, a photo of a serviceman whose items I believe these are an...  read more

Code: 25354

Pair Kriegsmarine Administration Officer’s Shoulder Boards.

A very good pair of shoulder straps worn by the officers of the Kriegsmarine Administration; white bullion wire mounted on blue wool and still retaining their original insignia. The pips are mis-matched, although they have always been together, I am reliably told that mis-matched boards are more common than matched as men were promoted throughout the war and I suppose they took what was availab...  read more

Code: 25370

Rare Original WW1 Thanks Giving Programme Felixstowe

July the 19th 1919, held at the Spa Pavilion at 10 am, musical accompaniments by the Salvation Army.
So very few of these original programmes survive, this one comes in very good condition just a little discoloured.
Ref.12412
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Code: 25378