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

GERMAN WWII ARTILLERY OR CHEMICAL WARFARE ARM OF SERVICE COLLAR PATCHES.

A pair of collar patches being in wine red for Chemical Warfare troops or possibly Artillery red with subdued colour. Bevo woven with the wine red centres, set on the rectangular section of dark green collar uniform cloth.  read more

Code: 85083

GERMAN WWII SS DEUTSCHLAND PHOTOGRAPH ALBUM.

more images. THIS LISTING IS NOT FOR SALE.  read more

Code: 85346

GERMAN WWII LUFTWAFFE OFFICERS OVERSEAS CAP.

A Luftwaffe officers overseas cap constructed in enlisted ranks material and fitted with enlisted ranks machine embroidered insignia having a complete run of officers silver wire waffenfarbe around the exterior of the boat shaped cap. Nap excellent overall, no moth damage. Grey rayon lining is nice and clearly stamped ‘L.Puttman Paderborn 1942’ with size ‘48’.  read more

Code: 85376

LEADERS AND PERSONALITIES OF THE THIRD REICH BY CHARLES HAMILTON.

This excellent work, still in its original shrink wrap, this is volume 1 with the biographies, portraits and autographs of many of the leading personalities.  read more

Code: 85392

GERMAN WWII ELASTOLIN TRUMPET FIGURE.

A nice sawdust and glue figure of a German soldier carrying his trumpet with the metal facsimile of the trumpet banner attached. The uniform is complete with his bandsman’s wings. Excellent colour.  read more

Code: 85417

GERMAN WWI SNIPER SCOPE TIN

A rare accessory being a field grey green all tin carrying case for the Emil Busch sniper sight. Complete with its leather belt loop. Full details including sniper scope number ‘4797’ imprinted to the lid. Some parts with surface rust but nothing serious, good colour remaining.  read more

Code: 85413

BRITISH CHURCH MEMORIAL PLAQUE.

A heavy brass plaque measuring 45 x 31cm reading ‘IN LOVING MEMORY OF MAJOR GENERAL SIR W.L.O. (OLIVER) TWISS K.C.I.E C.B., C.B.E. MC. COLONEL 9TH GURKHA RIFLES 1879 TO 1962’. This is a heavy item and shipping will be expensive. Major General Twiss servied in France in WWI from 1914 to 1917, he commanded the 2nd/9th Gurkha Rifles between 1920 to 23, awarded MC 1916. He retired from the British...  read more

Code: 85432

GROUP OF SOFT BACK MILIARY BOOKS.

Eight soft backed military books, a mixture of the series of Men at Arms and Osprey, Osprey no 341 British Air Forces 1914-18 volume 2, Osprey 157 20th Century Military Body Armour entitled Flak Jackets, Osprey Men at Arms series, The Austro Hungarian Forces in WWI, 14-16, Osprey Men at Arms series The Austro Hungarian Forces in WWI Volume 2, Osprey Elite series The German Freikorps 1918-23, Eu...  read more

Code: 67503

GERMAN WWII WAFFEN SS CAMOUFLAGE PONCHO MISPRINT.

A nice condition misprinted on the spring side Waffen SS camouflage poncho. Standard oak leaf pattern, reversible, on the spring side some of the green colours to one corner are printed in a near cream colour and in certain other parts. One patch repair to the centre of the cape. All of the metallic eyelets are intact. All of the zeltbahn buttons are missing. No other undue stains or heavy dama...  read more

Code: 84900