Military Collectables
Pre 1908 HAC Brass Belt Buckle.
An Edwardian solid brass belt buckle worn by the Honourable Artillery Company. It is in very good condition just showing wear to the high points. read more
35.00 GBP
WW2 Era Women’s Voluntary Service Arm Band & Badges
A super condition WW2 WVS armband which has been stenciled with red paint over the green material, still retains its elastic on the back and comes in very good but slightly grubby condition, to go with the armband are two WVS badges, one made by Butler of Birmingham, the other by Gladman and Norman of Birmingham, they both come in very good condition with light surface wear. read more
WW1 Medal Pair to Sapper Read Royal Engineers.
A good WW1 British War and Victory medal correctly named to 541113. Sapper Henry. F. Read of the Royal Engineers. (There is an error on the victory medal, which has his number 241113, 541113 is confirmed in his mic). He was a territorial and his original number was 1957. Apart from a copy of his medal index card, no other research has been done on this man, but in my opinion, he was serving wit... read more
35.00 GBP
Pre WW2 German Workers Book with Photograph
A good example of a pre WW2 German workers book issued to Georg Schimk who joined the workers party in 1934, the book contains many paid up Nazi symbol stamps up to 1940, included also is a photograph of a young man in workers party uniform which I would like to think is Georg. Book comes in good but used condition. read more
25.00 GBP
WW1 Era German Trench Art Mauser Bullet – Obelisk
An unusual piece of WW1 German trench art, made from a Mauser bullet casing this piece has a copper insert in the top in the shape of a pointed obelisk, the base has a series of markings and includes ‘16’ for 1916, standing 3 inches high it comes in excellent condition. read more
18.00 GBP
WW1 Era German Trench Art Mauser Bullet – Anchor
An unusual piece of WW1 German trench art, made from a Mauser bullet casing this piece has a copper insert in the top in the shape of an anchor, the base has a series of markings and includes ‘15’ for 1915, standing 3.5 inches high it comes in excellent condition. read more
22.00 GBP
Interesting Post WW2 Badge and Ephemera to Polish Nurse
This little group of badges and paperwork belonged to sister Izabella Staroszczuk, in 1950 she was serving in Beirut and may well have served throughout the war, all of her correspondence is addressed to the Polish hospital in Denbighshire and following it chronologically following Beirut she returned to England, in 1958 she was fighting being made redundant and by 1963 she was applying to the ... read more
32.00 GBP
Superb German 1924 Dated Shooting Prize Badge
This is a really well made badge and I am having to guess at its use, the obvious choice is a shooting prize award based on the cross rifles and central target. It is made in 3 sections from brass and enamel with a sandwich of green wool in the middle, on the bottom is written ‘burger schutz 19. Verein.24 Materborn’ a very rough translation gives me ‘civil defence club’ and Materborn being a pl... read more
14.00 GBP
Original QEII Efficiency Decoration (Territorial) Miniature
Awarded for 12 years’ service in the territorial and army volunteer reserve. This sterling silver medal was issued from 1969 to 1982, denoted by the ‘Territorial’ bar on the ribbon. it comes in good but used condition and on its original ribbon with sterling silver bar. read more
12.00 GBP
Scarce George V Indian Territorial Efficiency Medal.
A scarce Indian Territorial Efficiency Medal correctly named to Private E. A. Heppolette. 2. G. I. P. RY. R. A.F.I
The regiment translates as; 2nd Great Indian Peninsular Railway Regiment. Auxiliary Force India.
Now this scarce medal is not without its faults, the rim has contact marks and its original suspender and Indian bar are missing. This may be because the suspender broke, ... read more
68.00 GBP