BRITISH WWI ROYAL NAVAL VOLUNTEER RESERVE LONDON CAP TALLY.

A rare naval cap tally worn by the Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve London Division circa 1914. Full length gold wire lettering on black silk ribbon. The RNVR was mobilised at the beginning of WWI and those not required for sea service were converted into infantry soldiers as part of the Royal Naval Division to help relieve pressure on regular infantry. The Division was formed from three naval bri...  read more

Code: 95736

BRITISH WWI ROYAL NAVAL DIVISION CAP TALLY.

A scarce naval cap tally worn by the Royal Naval Division circa 1915-16. Full length gold wire lettering on black silk ribbon in very good condition. At the outbreak of WWI Winston Churchill was First Lord of the Admiralty and announced the formation of the Royal Naval Division to be sought from naval reservists and to be used as infantry. After an initial period of action on the Belgium coast...  read more

Code: 95737

SERBIAN OR RUSSIAN PHOTOGRAPHS WWI.

9 photographs, some in the field, mainly studio shots of what maybe Russian or Serbian soldiers. One pen signed photograph on hard card with two holes for rivets to attach to an identification pass. On the reverse side the printed photographers address in Kromeriz, this is a town today in the Czech Republic. Plus one German aviator wearing the Turkish flyers badge at his breast with his Turkish...  read more

Code: 95739

SCOTTISH WWI PHOTOGRAPHS.

Four photographs, Two annotated on the reverse side to the Scottish Yeomanry, both wearing Glengarry caps with diced bands. A further studio shot of a kilted soldier with a colleague wearing Scottish cutaway tunic. Another group shot all wearing Glengarrys with diced bands.  read more

Code: 95742

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

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 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