WW1 - British and Allies

BRITISH WWI EARLY RAF ALBUM AND EPHEMERA.

A hard card album with paper label ‘HENDON’ on the cover, on opening the album beautifully displayed ‘RAF Air Pageant 1928’ with cut out images of the Schneider Trophy seaplanes on the front cover of the programme. The album is fully annotated and beautifully hand drawn containing 65 images of all of the up to date RAF fighter and bomber planes of the period. The opening image shows their majes...  read more

Code: 95210

BRITISH WWI THE RFC COWL HELMET.

The outer skin only of the RFC Cowl helmet. The complete inner soft leather lining has been removed. Complete with its front string and chinstrap fitting in place. All studs for the earpieces complete. Stitching slightly loose on the forehead area and some roughness along the back seam but generally good and strong and excellent for display.  read more

Code: 95211

BRITISH WWI ENLISTED MANS BREECHES.

A service worn set of British WWI enlisted mans breeches normally used by both mounted artillery and cavalry troops. All of the tin buttons for the fly present, some buttons from the brace attachments have been replaced. One repaired moth hole in the crotch area otherwise generally good with two small repairs to a lower left knee as the breeches are viewed. Nap of cloth thin.  read more

Code: 95344

RUSSIAN WWI ARMY ENGINEER GRADUATE SCHOOL BADGE.

Silver colour Russian eagle on an oak leaf and laurel wreath with gilded cross, axe and anchor below. Brass screw back plate stamped with Cyrillic ‘GM’ and Imperial Russian crown on the reverse side. Super quality in very good condition.  read more

Code: 95365

BRITISH WWI THE ALLENBURY GAS FACE MASK.

A very rare piece of First War British equipment being the Allenbury patent gas face mask that which has a Mica eye slit. Normally Mica of this age would have broken and discoloured, there are slight creases in it but no breaks and it is still clear. The full edges of the mask are elasticated to allow a snug fit to the head with a black neck tie. It is slightly discoloured in places with what ...  read more

Code: 95444

BRITISH EXPERIMENTAL MACHINE GUN PHOTOGRAPH.

Regimentals have been lucky enough to buy an excellent and well put together Machine Gun Corps related collection. A most intriguing photo worthy of much research. The photo itself clearly shows two Canadian ordinance corps colour sergeants wearing very early Canadian 02 type tunics with stand collars and separate epaulettes with coloured edging. The both have artificers cross tool badges to th...  read more

Code: 95472

MANCHESTER CASUALTY TEACHER’S GROUPING.

An exceptional small grouping of documents that in themselves are extremely poignant, they are a certificate of best wishes for a Bombardier J. Halworth East Lancs Royal Field Artillery, a beautiful illuminated document awarded from the Manchester Teachers Association of the National Union of Teachers. The document itself is excellent and in very good order with no rips or tears with a beautifu...  read more

Code: 95475

BRITISH WWI PAIR OF BRITISH RFC OFFICERS PORTRAITS.

A very nice pair of portraits of the same officer, each held in nicely tooled Morocco leather cases. The first portrait shows the officer in typical maternity jacket having embroidered pips to each epaulette and wearing the Sam Browne belt. The top of the frame has a nice small bronze RFC wing very neatly tacked upon it, this wing is the small type that can be seen used for sweetheart brooches....  read more

Code: 95479

BRITISWH WWI 1916 DATED NAVY WEBLEY HOLSTER.

A very nice condition hard but supple leather brown holster for the Webley Mark 6 revolver, marked ‘HGR 1916’ on one of the belt loops. The holster is constructed in the naval rivetted fashion with two separate numbers stamped inside the flap of ‘664’, which has been partially erased and ‘735’ indicating that this may have been an issue holster.  read more

Code: 95494

BRITISH WWI U.S. COLT 45 HOLSTER.

A nice good supple condition British made holster for the American supplied Colt 45 semi automatic pistol of WWI known as the 1911.  read more

Code: 95497