BRITISH WWI WIRE CUTTERS.

A nice condition pair of the well known Chater-Lea wire cutters. Manufacturers marking to one of the arms, all wood handles complete, fitted with its rare leather carrying frog. We have never seen the leather carrying system before.  read more

Code: 95764

FRENCH WWI TENT PEGS.

A set of 4 matching tent pegs known as sardines.  read more

Code: 95775

BRITISH WWI TANK FACE MASK.

A nice condition rare tank mask issued to tank crews at the beginning of the era of tank warfare in 1917. Its leather face covering all intact and non rotted. The chamois backing also good with evidence of much wear use, with its chainmail and its series of head securing tapes. The official terminology for these masks were splatter mask and were worn in conjunction with the new leather tank hel...  read more

Code: 95797

BRITISH 6TH INNISKILLING DRAGOONS OFFICERS 1871 PATTERN HELMET.

A fabulous example of the 1871 pattern all metal helmet worn by an officer of the Irish based 6th Inniskilling Dragoons. The skull near perfect, one minute crease just to the left hand side of the front plate. Gilding excellent overall, with its long officers quality white horsehair plume. To the centre of the Inniskilling Dragoon front circlet is the castle of Inniskilling in Ireland. Much rec...  read more

Code: 95798

ITALIAN WWII FASCIST ITALIAN SPORTS & CULTURE ORGANISATION ATTRACTIVE BANNER.

A highly attractive red, white and green, being the Italian colours, silk banner overlaid with very nice and classic Italian embroidery for the Opera Nazionale Dopolavoro, this is the organisation for sports and culture within Fascist Italy. At the centre is the Italian Fascist symbol, below the symbol Dopolavoro Provinciale Pesaro. Some slight shredding to the central Italian Fascist symbol w...  read more

Code: 95732

GERMAN WWII ARMY GENERAL'S BERGMUTZE.

A very high quality, melton cloth Army General's Bergmutze in superb but very slight used condition.
Size 58 with silk lining, no maker mark, as expected with privately made General's headdress, it is ink stamped size 58. To the brow is a small section of light brown leather. As mention, the exterior cloth is very high quality, all air vents retain their original paint, the gold piping t...  read more

Code: 95725

GERMAN WWII AFRIKAKORPS OFFICERS WAIST BELT.

A very nice condition good size Afrikakorps officers waist belt. All of the tropical paint finish to the buckle with both of its web runners with all clear white stitching. The leather tab stamped size ‘105’.  read more

Code: 95721

GERMAN WWII LUFTWAFFE M.43 OFFICERS PEAK FIELD CAP.

A possibly private tailored M.43 officers field cap but constructed in enlisted ranks material. Silver officers piping to the crown, some of which is lightly oxidised. The eagle is of the narrow wing variety early droop tailed, it does have some strands missing and oxidisation with a slightly better bullion wire cockade below, this is in a better condition because it has mainly been protected b...  read more

Code: 95722

GERMAN WWII NSDAP GAULEITUNG OFFICIALS CAP.

An absolutely close to a mint example of the Gauleiter officers cap. The Gauleitung was the second highest level of the NSDAP party’s administration throughout Germany, equivalent to a County in the U.K. or a State in the USA. Beautiful quality golden brown ribbed construction, dark brown centre band with wine red piping to the crown and the upper and lower level of the brown velvet centre band...  read more

Code: 95694

JAPANESE WWII NCO SWORD.

An exemplary condition example of the Japanese NCO sword, these so often can be in very poor condition. This example showing very little wear, just a small thinness of paint around the carrying ring where the sword would have been held in the hands of the Japanese NCO and rubbing from the hanger chain or belt. The single fuller blade is absolutely superb, all matching numbers ‘75729’ to both th...  read more

Code: 95713