WW2 - British and Allies
BRITISH WWII LORD LOUIS MOUNTBATTEN SIGNATURE.
A rare letter on crown headed paper typed address ‘HMS Kelly c/o GPO London’ dated ‘22nd April 1941. Hand written ‘Dear Mrs. Botham’ followed by typed text ‘Commander Walker has written to tell me of the closing down of the Royal Naval Club at Immingham’ he carries on talking about the Royal Naval Club and thanking Mrs Botham for all her hard work. Pen signed ‘Louis Mountbatten Captain (D) 5th ... read more
340.00 GBP
US WWII ARMY AIR FORCE OFFICERS VISOR CAP.
A fabulous condition London made officers visor cap. These caps were worn by members of the U.S. Army and the U.S. Army Air Force, they are identical. This example marked to the sweatband ‘A & S’, which is the Company of Ayres & Smith of London, size ‘7’, dated ‘1943’ with the British broad arrow acceptance stamp. Soft Melton material, lighter tan centre band, standard brown chinstrap with high... read more
FIELD MARSHALL BERNARD LAW MONTGOMERY SIGNATURE, BELOW PHOTOGRAPH.
A large format photograph measuring 21cm x 16cm of the soccer team of Bernard Law Montgomery’s school. Printed above the photograph is the date ‘1906’, the team seated and standing with a cup, just below are printed all the names of the team members including ‘B.L. Montgomery, Captain’. Montgomery was created Montgomery of Alamein in 1946, therefore he has signed this photograph post 46. A hi... read more
495.00 GBP
BRITISH WWII FIELD MARSHALL’S SHOULDER BOARD INSIGNIA, IN ITS ORIGINAL PACKET.
Any insignia to a British Field Marshall is considered rare and very difficult to obtain. This beautiful matched pair of embroidered Field Marshall’s shoulder board insignia embroidered in white/brown cotton on red base, in their original Gieves & Hawkes Savile Row packet. read more
AMERICAN WWII PUBLIC HEALTH BRODIE HELMET.
A scarce organisation within the American Administration being the Public Health Organisation. These were a pseudo military organisation and did serve overseas in Kahki. The Brodie helmet which is possibly American made, with its unusual type of inner lining and original chinstrap. read more
155.00 GBP
RUSSIAN WWII M40 NAVAL HELMET.
A rare helmet in the Russian series is a very good example of the Soviet M40 painted battleship grey for use by the Soviet Navy. At least 80% of the original battleship grey paint intact, traces visible of the original Russian green below the grey, the interior bowl still with Russian green, it’s seven tongued imitation leather liner all complete, with its web chinstrap and green painted buckle... read more
1485.00 GBP
BRITISH WWII FIRE WARDENS HELMET.
Standard Brodie pattern helmet, exterior painted black, with stencilled W in white to front. To the interior paint finish in original khaki, virtually mint unissued condition, interior liner band marked BMB 1939, with chinstrap. read more
110.00 GBP
US WWII M1 HELMET LINER IDENTIFIED.
A standard liner, to either side of the shell it is insignia painted, on the right hand side the medical insignia of the 354th General Hospital, on the opposite side the 2nd Army insignia and to the front the single oak leaf of a Colonel. Some unidentified stampings inside the liner band, otherwise all paint finish complete, this liner must have been used for ceremonial purposes. read more
255.00 GBP
BRITISH POST WWII KOREAN WAR PHOTOGRAPH ALBUM.
A highly unusual photograph album covering a British Artillery unit within Korea during the Korean War 1950 to 53. Over many years Regimentals has dealt with historical photograph albums, mainly German but with some very good German, American and Italian albums. Historically British servicemen overseas have never been able to produce excellent photographs or create generally good albums and we ... read more
550.00 GBP
BRITISH WWII ARSENAL FOOTBALL CLUB AIR RAID WARDEN’S HELMET.
A fabulously rare Civil Defence helmet, painted black with to the front face side in white ink ‘Warden Arsenal F.C.’ maker marked and dated ‘1939’ with its full liner and its elasticated canvas chinstrap. The initials ‘EB’ is hand painted in white to the inner skirt. The collector for this helmet lived within two miles of the proximity of the old Arsenal Highbury Football Club grounds. Recently... read more