WW1 - British and Allies
BRITISH WWI MACHINE GUN CORPS OFFICERS STIFF TOP CAP.
A generally nice condition with good service wear Machine Gun Corps officers service cap. The bronze machine gun badge has subdued and slightly oxidised. Standard narrow strap, unusually having the Machine Gun Corps side buttons, which have also subdued. Faint traces of a ‘Tress & Co, London H.M. Anderson & Sons Military Outfitters, Glasgow’ gold blocked label to the upper inner crown area. The... read more
RUSSIAN WWI SCHWARZLOSE USER MANUAL IN RUSSIAN LANGUAGE.
The Russians managed to capture many Schwarzlose machine guns in WWI and produced their own user manual, this is a 1917 dated example, an extremely rare document. 18 double sided pages of text and diagrams, complete with its original cover. Slight age foxing and fading on the corners but otherwise in generally good condition. read more
195.00 GBP
BRITISH WWI 2 X TRENCH WHISTLES.
Two trench whistles attached to a nice military lanyard, one ‘J. Hudson & Son, Birmingham 1916’ the other ‘A.De Courcy & Co’ also dated 1916. read more
135.00 GBP
BRITISH WWI ROYAL NAVAL AIR SERVICE BELT.
In all of our years of handling militaria we have only ever had two Royal Naval Air Service officers swords, we have never had the suspension belt either service or dress. This is the black leather service waist belt, complete with the Royal Naval Air Service brass buckle, crown over flying eagle with one single runner, a belt loop and a sword hanger. A very rare accessory for the Royal Naval A... read more
625.00 GBP
SERBIAN WWI SERBIAN ISSUED ADRIAN HELMET.
Out of the huge series of Adrian helmets exported to other countries in WWI, the Serbian is possibly the rarest. Standard small size Adrian helmet retaining much of its original Serbian brown paint finish with its Serbian double headed eagle badge to the front. Four indentations to the crown, which appear to be battle damage, with its original internal liner and two parts only of the aluminium ... read more
FRENCH WWI CHASSEURS ADRIAN HELMET WITH SOUVENIR PLATE.
An absolutely massive size Adrian helmet issued to a Chasseur Regiment having all its original horizon blue paint finish remaining with just very minor losses. Chasseurs badge to the front with the addition of the 1914-18 Soldat De La Grand Guerre plate affixed to the front brim, with an officers style chinstrap fitted. The interior liner all complete with its serrated aluminium separators. A v... read more
CANADIAN WWI OLIVER PATTERN LEATHER EQUIPMENT.
A WWI Canadian Oliver pattern leather equipment set, comprising of reproduction and original parts. The ammunition pouches, both of which are fine original examples, each dated ‘1916’, the leatherwork is good and strong with brass fittings all in place, one is marked with the name ‘Private Baldock 185 Battalion 874753’. Private Baldock embarked for Europe in October 1916 with the 184th OS Batta... read more
425.00 GBP
BRITISH WWI 1914 PATTERN LARGE PACK.
This pack has seen service use and is stained overall, all of its 1914 leather buckles and attachments are complete including one of the long straps, there is a hole to the webbing close to the lower left hand buckle as the pack is viewed, faint traces of original owners name or unit on the large back panel, stitch marks around the two other upper leather buckles indicate this has been modified... read more
190.00 GBP
BRITISH WWI ROYAL FUSILIERS ENLISTED RANKS TUNIC.
The standard pattern 02 tunic was worn throughout World War I, as the war ran longer than was expected production facilities and materials were becoming short and corners were cut with all different types of uniform and equipment, the 1902 pattern tunic had 2 seams underneath the collar, in 1918 this was reduced to 1 seam, which is the example offered here, medium-size 02 pattern configuration ... read more
585.00 GBP