Amazing WW1 Trench Art Silhouette ‘Bombs’

The word trench art has come to mean a whole host of different items usually made from the discarded shell casings of spent projectiles; here we have trench art in its truest form. Each leaf has been painstakingly picked out with a small needle leaving behind a silhouette of trench life on the front line during the Great War.
In this example we see wounded being brought back from...  read more

Code: 14956

Very Rare 18th century Anti French Satirical Half Penny Token.

A very good example of this very rare token issued in 1794 to be used as small coinage. On one side it has an image of a foot and the words around it read; ‘A map of France’ there is also a square of rope and in each corner the words ‘FIRE’ inside the square also has words written, ‘Throne, Honour, Glory and RELI/GION written as so.
On the reverse has a sunburst, a symbol of the French K...  read more

Code: 11985

WW1 German Ammo Pouches. (1)

A bank of three black leather German ammunition pouches. These have been very well used but remain in good order. The leather is quite dry and will need a good wax or oil. The maker and date on the back of the pouches is well worn but you can still just make out the date of 1914. The leather is a little thinner than the normal infantry pouch, so they may have been made for mounted troop. They ...  read more

Code: 28696

WW1 German Ammo Pouches. (2)

A bank of three black leather German ammunition pouches. These have been very well used but remain in good order. The leather is quite dry and will need a good wax or oil. One of the belt straps on the back looks like it has been replaced, as it does not match the other, but the rivet and stitches that holds it looks just as old. During the period when Germany was amassing an army, manufacturer...  read more

Code: 28695

QEII Issue North Wales Police Helmet Badge

The large sized vintage badge worn on the police helmet, issued in a white metal for the North Wales police, it comes in excellent probably unused condition and measures 4.5 inches long.  read more

Code: 28680

Two Cased Winston Churchill Crowns – Isle of Man and 1965

Two cased commemorative crowns for Winston Churchill, the first dates from 1965 and the other was issued in the Isle of Man and is dated 1974, both come in very good condition.  read more

Code: 28678

WW1 Era French Alpine Mounted Troops Badge

There are a few modern versions of this badge available but I cant find a period one for sale, marked to the back for Drago Paris it is made from a base metal with coloured enamels and shows the climbing axe through a blue star, it comes in good but aged condition and is missing the pin on the back, it measures just over 1.5 inches long.  read more

Code: 28676

Pair WW2 RAF Leading Aircraftsman Embroidered Cloth Patches

A good pair of WW2 RAF leading aircraftsman embroidered cloth patches, they come in good condition with some signs of age and use, they measure 3.75 inches long.  read more

Code: 28673

Southampton University Air Squadron Cloth Patch

A modern but interesting cloth patch for the Southampton university air squadron, the university trains students as cadets if they wish to join the RAF even teaching them to fly light aircraft but with no obligation to pursue the occupation if it doesn’t suit. The patch is in excellent condition and measures 3 inches long.  read more

Code: 28672

Superb WW2 Scottish Officers Trench Coat.

A beautiful wool officer’s trench coat. It was worn by a major in the Queens Own Cameron Highlanders as it has all its original buttons apart from one on the sleeve, this must have been lost during the war as it has been replaced with a WW2 economy general issue button. The coat itself is made of a thick drab green wool, inside the coat, it is lined with a tan wool under coat with an inside poc...  read more

Code: 27745