WW1 - British and Allies

BRITISH WWI ROYAL NAVAL VOLUNTEER RESERVE LONDON CAP TALLY.

A rare naval cap tally worn by the Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve London Division circa 1914. Full length gold wire lettering on black silk ribbon. The RNVR was mobilised at the beginning of WWI and those not required for sea service were converted into infantry soldiers as part of the Royal Naval Division to help relieve pressure on regular infantry. The Division was formed from three naval bri...  read more

Code: 86319

BRITISH WWI ROYAL NAVAL DIVISION CAP TALLY.

A scarce naval cap tally worn by the Royal Naval Division circa 1915-16. Full length gold wire lettering on black silk ribbon in very good condition. At the outbreak of WWI Winston Churchill was First Lord of the Admiralty and announced the formation of the Royal Naval Division to be sought from naval reservists and to be used as infantry. After an initial period of action on the Belgium coast...  read more

Code: 86320

SERBIAN OR RUSSIAN PHOTOGRAPHS WWI.

9 photographs, some in the field, mainly studio shots of what maybe Russian or Serbian soldiers. One pen signed photograph on hard card with two holes for rivets to attach to an identification pass. On the reverse side the printed photographers address in Kromeriz, this is a town today in the Czech Republic. Plus one German aviator wearing the Turkish flyers badge at his breast with his Turkish...  read more

Code: 86342

AUSTRALIAN ANKLE BOOTS.

An unused set of size 10 ankle boots, 7 eyelets with original leather laces. The stitch pattern on the boot are identical to Australian WWI boots, the only addition being a leather tab at the rear of the ankle. Complete with toe and heel cleats and nails. On one of the boots all that is visible of the maker’s mark is ‘TRALIAN BOOT’ with slight images of the word ‘SERVICE’ on the other boot clea...  read more

Code: 85711

BRITISH WWI JEWRY BOOK ON HONOUR

Published in 1922 this huge work comprising 363 pages, copy number 402 of 3000 copies only printed, this very rare work was published to show the world the contribution that Jews had made towards the British War Effort in terms of personnel to counter suggestions that the Jewish community in Great Britain had not contributed at all to the War Effort. It lists the many thousands of men and women...  read more

Code: 66417

ALLIED WWI ROOLD FLYING HELMET.

A good example of the Roold flying helmet worn by British, French and Belgium aviators in WWI. All cork body, canvas finish with four panels to the crown. An imitation centre band, which has some slight losses on the reverse side. Complete with its canvas brown painted ear protectors. The interior crown lining multi quilted stitching and its ersatz type sweatband all intact and in good conditio...  read more

Code: 85627

BRITISH WWI BRODIE 1ST PATTERN COMBAT HELMET.

A rimless non magnetic 1st pattern Brodie steel helmet having two red lozenge shaped painted unit insignia to the dome. Good finish remaining overall, complete with its tongued oilskin liner, which is intact, some sack missing, also one strap lug from the helmet shell missing.  read more

Code: 85484

BRITISH WWI ROYAL WELSH FUSILIERS MACHINE GUNNERS PHOTOGRAPH.

A nicely framed photograph of A Company 7th Royal Welsh Fusiliers taken at Porthcawl in 1929. The group in the field with officers and two of the Vickers machine guns.  read more

Code: 85394

A PRIMER OF MILITARY KNIVES EUROPEAN & AMERICAN COMBAT, TRENCH AND UTILITIES KNIVES. PART 2.

The very crude but still invaluable soft back publication from Gordon Hughes from 1981. We have discovered 10 mint copies hidden away in our premises. A very good reference work for Italian daggers, American trench knives, British jungle knives. Over 212 individually identified knives and trench clubs, all in line drawing form. Fairbairn Sykes knives, OSS knives, Marine Raiders. This book has b...  read more

Code: 85536

BRITISH WWI TRACY COWBOY TYPE REVOLVER HOLSTER.

A rare holster from WWI, privately manufactured and purchased by officers, built to take the Mark 6 Webley revolver. there were two patterns of holsters produced by this rare company, one with flap, one without flap, this is the open style. Attached to an undated Sam Browne belt and cross strap. Slung in the cowboy style, stitching good and strong. To make the holster available for the Webley h...  read more

Code: 84205