WW1 - British and Allies

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

BRITISH WWI OFFICERS SAM BROWNE BELT AND CROSS STRAP.

A nicely dated '1914' and maker marked mid brown officers waist belt and cross strap, it is very difficult to find early war dated items.  read more

Code: 85473

U.S. WWI COLT MAGAZINE POUCH.

The rare double magazine pouch for the 1911 model Colt semi automatic pistol. Two compartments, maker marked 'Russell' clearly dated '1918' inside the flap. Complete with its loop at the reverse side for passing through the Garand web belt.  read more

Code: 85474

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

FRENCH WWI RUBY PISTOL HOLSTER.

Nice condition, various markings inside the flap, the leather is supple, the stitching is excellent with its original belt loop on the reverse side.  read more

Code: 85226

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

BRITISH WWI ROYAL NAVAL AIR SERVICE OR RFC WEBLEY HOLSTER.

A very nice medium tan holster for the Webley Mark 6 revolver with a long shoulder strap, commonly worn by Royal Naval Air Service or RFC air crew.  read more

Code: 83931

PRE 1940 ZULU LEADERS WOOD AND WIRE BOUND STAFF.

These wire bound staffs were a form of insignia identifying ranks within the structure of the Zulu regiments. This example 86cm in length with wood ball top, which at some time in its life been split and has been re-stapled together. The complete length of the haft is superbly decorated in brown and silver wire, these decorated staffs come in many forms and this is the longest wire bound staff ...  read more

Code: 83777

BRITISH WWI 14 PATT EQUIPMENT BELT

A very nice condition all complete 42 inch 1914 waist belt. Maker marked 'Frank Bryan, London' with date '1919'. One of the straps has been contemporarily re-attached to its buckle fixing and matches exactly.  read more

Code: 83542