This is a neat example of a nice and early Canadian made a so called 'cutt down' Westminster Regiment, 5th Armoured Division patch. During the Second World War the regiment formed a part of Major General Burt Hoffmeister's 5th Canadian Armoured Division ("The Mighty Maroon Machine")taking part in the Italian Campaign before being transferred to Europe and participating in the liberation...  read more

Code: 50483

This is a neat and scarce to find example of a army issued British Battle Dress blouse buckle compass. Early Royal Air Force and army issued uniform Battle Dress blouses used a toothed buckle for securing the belt section on the bottom of the blouse. The buckle was made of a non-ferrous metal. The compass element was an arrow shaped piece of magnetized material concealed on the back por...  read more

Code: 50479

This is a perfect little set, comprising of 3 official published so called 'Arnhem' photographs taken by 2 of the 3 War Correspondents who were attached to the Public Relations team of the 1st Airborne Division and were tasked to film and photograph the fighting during the Battle of Arnhem. Just after the war, August or September 1945, the British MOD (Ministry of Defence) published a s...  read more

Code: 50476

This is a neat example of a nicely worn and issued AMICO marked United States Navy/Marines Aviator wing. These heavy cast wings were intend to wear on the uniform instead on the shirt because of the weight. This wing is measure 7.0 by 4.3 cm and is nicely AMICO sterling and 1/20 10k marked. AMICO is one of the many makers of these wings.  read more

Code: 50470

I was lucky enough to find recently eight single medal bars or so called 'medal ribbons' for the Canadian Volunteer Service Medal. The Canadian Volunteer Service Medal is granted to persons of any rank in the Naval, Military or Air Forces of Canada who voluntarily served on Active Service and honourably completed eighteen months (540 days) total voluntary service from September 3, 1939...  read more

Code: 50469

This is a good example of a very nice and slightly mismatching pair of shoulder titles to Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry. Introduced half way through the war with its typical british 'glue or paste backing'. A nice white on red embroided set of shoulder titles in a perfect and un-issued condition.  read more

Code: 50465

I was realy lucky to find two examples ( I kept one for my own collection) of this ULTRA RARE and sought after Intelligence School number 9 formation sign. Intelligence School number 9 was established in early 1942 as the executive branch of MI-9. Its job was to assist British and Commonwealth Service Personnel to evade capture when behind enemy lines and to assist Prisoners of War to e...  read more

Code: 50459

This is a perfect example of a rare and not so often seen so called striker board. I was lucky to find a damaged package of six single Special Operations Executive issued striked boards. These were issued and dropped by the S.O.E. for the resistance on main land Europe. The striker boards are displayed at the official S.O.E. Descriptive Catalogue of Special Devices and Supplies on page ...  read more

Code: 50451

This is a perfect example of a not so often seen Royal Air Force Levies cap badge. In 1943 the Force strength stood at; 166 British officers, 22 Assyrian companies, 5 Assyrian/Yizidi companies, 10 Kurdish companies, 4 Gulf Arab companies and 3 Baluchi companies. In addition, 11 Assyrian companies were serving in Palestine and 4 in Cyprus. The Parachute Company was embodied in the Royal ...  read more

Code: 50450

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This is a neat example of a Iocal/Indian made Parachute qualification wing. The first Indian airborne formation was the 50 Independent Parachute Brigade raised on 29 October 1941 with 151 British, 152 Indian, and 153 Gurkha Parachute Battalions and other support units. Lt (later Col Retd) AG Rangaraj, MVC of the Indian Medical Service and RMO of the 152 Indian Para Bn, became the first ...  read more

Code: 50438

This is a perfect example of a nicely worn and issued No. 1 Commando shoulder title. The No. 1 Commando was a unit of British Commandos and part of the British Army during the Second World War. It was raised in 1940 from the ranks of the existing independent companies. Operationally they carried out a series of small scale cross channel raids and spearheaded the Operation Torch landings...  read more

Code: 50435

This is a perfect example of a rare and sought after No.10 Commando shoulder title in a red on black block type lettering with the well known 'glue' backing. No. 10 (Inter-Allied) Commando was a commando unit of the British Army during the Second World War. The first No. 10 Commando was proposed in August 1940, using volunteers from Northern Command, however there was such a poor respon...  read more

Code: 50433

I was lucky to find 2 small identical Norwegian national flags as intended to wear by all ranks of the Norwegain volunteers who were part of the Allied Army's in England during the war. Members of No 5 Troop, No 10 Commando (I.A.) wore the flag below the No.10 Commando on there right shoulder. Volunteers within the Royal Air Force wore a blue version of this little flag. These liitle No...  read more

Code: 50428

This is a good example of a difficult and sought after British made Canadian Chaplain Service printed shoulder title. At the outbreak of hostilities between the British Commonwealth and Hitler’s Germany, the Canadian Military was scrambling to rebuild itself from the interwar era of complacency and neglect. There was no chaplain service and as reactivated units were being rushed to Eur...  read more

Code: 50420

This is a perfect example of a rare and sought after Dutch East Indies metal parachute qualification wing. The parachute wings worn in the Dutch East Indies were conceived in March 1946 by Sergeant Kampschuur after he had won a contest with it. In March 1948 the first parachute wings were actually awarded. The parachute wing was meant to be theworn first on the left breast. Because th...  read more

Code: 50419

This is a neat example of a late '40 early '50 issued Special Air Service wing. This type of wing has been probably worn during the conflicts in Oman and Borneo during the '50 and '60 were the Special Air Service was involved. This padded wing is in a perfect and issued condition except from some paper remainings from a old scrap book. A type of wing that is not easy to find these days.  read more

Code: 50415

This is a perfect example of a nicely issued Canadian made Canadian Armoured Corps shoulder title.  read more

Code: 50412

This is a perfect example of a nicely used and issued printed shoulder title to the Parachute Regiment. These printed shoulder titles were introduced half way trough 1943. The title has a dark blue lettering on pale blue backing and is in a nicely condition with a minor little stain due to years of storage to the left upper corner. Difficult to find these days. Simply a nice example of ...  read more

Code: 50405

This is a perfect example of a British Middle East Commando shoulder title. Middle East Commando was a battalion sized British Commando unit of the British Army during the Second World War. The Commando was formed in the Middle East in October 1941 from L Detachment, Special Air Service, the remnants of Layforce (No.3 Troop) and No. 51 Middle East Commando and the Special Boat Section p...  read more

Code: 50402

This is e neat example of a single shoulder title to the Rough Riders. The Rough Riders started out as 283 Light Anti-Aircraft Battery (City of London Yeomanry) TA and became 1st Air-landing Anti-Aircraft Battery in 1942. What info I have is that 283rd Light Anti-Aircraft Battery RA joined 1st Airborne Division on 03.12.1942 and became 1st Airlanding Light Anti-Aircraft Battery RA till ...  read more

Code: 50401

This is a perfect and scarce example of a British made uncut and issued US Pathfinder badge. A division Pathfinder School, under Captain Frank Lillyman, was established in Nottingham, England before D-Day. The Pathfinder wing, which were worn on the lower left sleeve above any hash marks or overseas bars, were originally made in England. Any paratrooper who completed the training was el...  read more

Code: 50400

This is a neat example of a American made enlisted man Airborne/Glider garrison cap patch. In the spring of 1943, an Airborne cap patch combining the parachute and the glider was adopted. This was the first part of a process to remove the distinction between those who glided into combat and those who jumped into combat, designating both glidermen and jumpers as "Airborne." This one is i...  read more

Code: 50394

This is a perfect example of a British made shoulder title to a Canadian Regiment. The Second World War provided the regiment’s first opportunity for active service as a formed unit, initially as the 4th Canadian Motor Cycle Regiment and then as the 5th Armoured Regiment. The regiment landed in Italy on 19 December 1943 at Naples and saw action soon and frequently thereafter. The bloody...  read more

Code: 50387

This is a very nice and issued set of "Cherry' type Pegasus formation signs. These 'Cherry' type Pegasus signs and Airborne strips, introduced in the early days of Airborne Forces, were mostly taylor made en favorite by the Officers. This set is in a perfect and issued condtion. Hard to find these days.  read more

Code: 50375

This is a perfect un-issued and scarce set of Royal Army Service Corps shoulder titles with the 'serif' type lettering. The Royal Army Service Corps was a corps of the British Army. It was responsible for land, coastal and lake transport; air despatch; supply of food, water, fuel, and general domestic stores such as clothing, furniture and stationery administration of barracks; the Army...  read more

Code: 50373