WW2 - British and Allies
HANDBOOK OF MACHINE GUNS, SUPPORT EQUIPMENT & ACCESSORIES 1895 TO 1945.
A fantastic book in full colour. 393 pages of in-depth text and beautiful colour pictures of all the support equipment needed to keep machine guns working in the field. Too many to list here, British Besa, Italian Breda, British Bren guns, American Brownings, Colt machine guns, French machine guns, German machine guns and so on. Complete with its original dust cover, unused, signed copy by the ... read more
165.00 GBP
BRITISH WWII DESPATCH RIDERS RUBBERISED TROUSERS.
An unissued set of the rubberised leggings normally worn by motorcycle riders but also utilised by many other troops in many circumstances. Slight rust stains overall, all original buttons, buckles, straps complete with its original paper label, which reads ‘LEGGINGS RUBBER PROOFED NO.1A KHAKI SIZE 5 HEIGHT OF MAN 5’6 TO 5’8’ with the maker ‘E.RAFFLES & CO, MANCHESTER 10’. There is also a WD ac... read more
135.00 GBP
BRITISH WWII SHOULDER BELT PLATES AND BUTTONS BY MAJOR PARKYN.
The 1956 1st edition of this landmark work on the shoulder belts and buttons of all the Regiments and Corps of the British Army. 341 pages of line drawings of all of the different shoulder belts and buttons of the afore-mentioned units. Much desired amongst collectors. Complete with its original flyleaf cover, which has been cello taped in place. read more
50.00 GBP
BRITISH UNION OF FASCIST BANNER AND BANNER TOP.
In all of our 50 years in handling items of military and political memorabilia we have only ever managed to obtain three of the British Union of Fascist banners and have never been able to obtain the banner top. This British Union of Fascists banner top measuring 50cm across the name box and 43cm from the base of the box to the point of the spear top. During the post WWI period the rise of fasc... read more
US KOREAN WAR CAPTAIN’S M.1 HELMET.
A very nice condition Korean War period rear seam M1 helmet with all its original paint finish. A pair of Captain’s bars painted to the front with a recognition strip on the reverse side, also in white, with its original inner liner, the strap to the original liner and its webbing chinstrap. read more
U.S. WWII OSS FIGHTING KNIFE SCABBARD, MODIFIED.
The rare scabbard for the OSS knife known as the pancake flapper, this is the lower half only, the pancake flapper has been removed and the scabbard has been modified as a normal belt loop with a hilt retaining strap. read more
225.00 GBP
BRITISH WWII 1940 DATED BRODIE HELMET.
A very nice condition virtually unused condition ‘7¼’ size stamping to the fibre framework, a clear date of ‘1940’ with its unused liner and elasticated canvas chinstrap with its netting cover. read more
WWI/WWII CANADIAN OFFICERS VISOR CAP.
A World War I style cap In light beige colour, produced World War I and worn later with the wider World War II style chinstrap, good trench flopy style fitted with the 1929 badge of the Dominion Fusiliers, maker or retailer stamped into the cross hatched leather sweatband, ”The Muir brand”. read more
295.00 GBP
BRITISH PRESS PHOTOGRAPHS OF MEMBERS OF THE AA.
The photos show motorcycle patrols and are extremely clear sharp images in excellent condition. They have profuse typed notations to the rear. One reads “AA patrols of home defence duty”. The photo shows an AA box being modified by an AA member so they could be used for civil defence purposes. Parked next to the box is his motorbike which appears to have had camouflaged paint applied. The ... read more
40.00 GBP
RUSSIAN WWII WINTER MITTENS.
A mismatched pair of Russian winter mittens, one glove with far more wear than the other, blanket lined. read more
50.00 GBP