This is a superb example of a attractive (difficult to find) Indian - red on black - made Glider qualification badge.  read more

Code: 51993

This is a superb example of a original WW1 i.e WW2 BSA (Birmingham Small Arms Company) marked Lewis gun spanner i.e wrench. The Lewis gun (or Lewis automatic machine gun or Lewis automatic rifle) is a First World War–era light machine gun. Designed privately in the United States though not adopted there, the design was finalised and mass-produced in the United Kingdom,3 and widely used by troop...  read more

Code: 51989

95.00 EUR

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This is a perfect (full matching set) early British made 1 RCA - Royal Canadian Artillery - shoulder titles.  read more

Code: 51986

35.00 EUR

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This is a good example of a nice British/Canadian made 2nd Corps Canadian Artillery corps badge in black. It must be a fault by the manufacturer using black cloth instead of dark blue for its 2nd Corps badges. Ths badge is in a un-issued condition.  read more

Code: 50968

20.00 EUR

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This is a neat example of a nicely and un-issued black on green shoulder title to the Royal Ulster Rifles. The regiment's history dates backs to the reign of King George III. In 1793 the British army expanded to meet the commitments of the war with the French First Republic. As part of that expansion it raised two new regiments of foot, the 83rd and the 86th. At the same time the counties Antri...  read more

Code: 50445

This is a perfect example of a nice plastic cap badge to The Border Regiment. The badge is in a good condition and is made by the well know firm of Stanly&Sons in Walsall. It has the number 1-A on the back. The badge is one of the few who are diffucult to find these days.  read more

Code: 50919

130.00 EUR

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This is a very interesting - and not seen before - superb grouping of personal effacts (paper items and badges) to Lance Corporal Clarke Albert Lancaster, B.Company, 156th Parachute Battalion. Clarke Albert Lancaster was born on the 16th July 1917 and came from Bingley in Yorkshire. Before enlisting he worked as a farm labourer. Enlisted into The Green Howards (Yorkshire Regiment) on the26th Ap...  read more

Code: 51970

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Code: 51969

This is a neat example of a attractive nice - mid war period - red on yellow embroided Royal Armoured Corps shoulder title.The RAC was created on 4 April 1939, just before World War II started, by combining regiments from the cavalry of the line which had mechanised with the Royal Tank Corps (renamed Royal Tank Regiment). As the war went on and other regular cavalry and Territorial Army Yeomanr...  read more

Code: 51966

This is a great example of a - fully matching - set of embroided Commando shoulder titles. Worn in the early stage of forming the Commando units before the use of the numbered shoulder titles. A nice set to add to any collection.  read more

Code: 51959

This is a great example of a - never seen before - pen & ink drawing of a British i.e Canadian WW! Officer made by Canadian artist Donald McRitchie (1881-1948). Born at Englishtown, Cape Breton, Nova Scotia on 2 June 1881, son of Donald and Catherine McRitchie, he moved with his mother and sister to Glace Bay after the death of his father. After graduating from high school, he worked in the off...  read more

Code: 51958

This is a attractive set of two French medals, a War Cross (Croix de Guerre) 1939 and a French 1939–1945 Commemorative war medal (Médaille commémorative de la guerre 1939–1945) with Norvege - Norway - bar. These French medal were also issued to Norwegian troops whice have fought along side the French during the war.  read more

Code: 51957

40.00 EUR

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This is a superb example of a un-issued (albeit regrettably single) a so called 'serif' type lettering Royal Army Service Corps shoulder title attributed to members of the 250 (Airborne) Light Composite Company, Royal Army Service Corps. The RASC was responsible for land, coastal and lake transport; air despatch; supply of food, water, fuel, and general domestic stores such as clothing, furnitu...  read more

Code: 51956

This is a nice embroided set of a Mountain scroll and shield to the 52nd (Lowland) Infantry Division. On 9 October 1944, soon after the division arrived on the Continent the 52nd Lowland Division was assign to the First Canadian Army to help open the vital port of Antwerp. There fore the first major operations of the 52nd were not in mountainous terrain or through the air, but deployed below se...  read more

Code: 51953

I was lucky to find recently four unusually seen (golden-bronze-toned) French 1939–1945 Commemorative war medal (Médaille commémorative de la guerre 1939–1945) with a Norvege - Norway - bar as issued to Norwegian Troops who were under French command. The French Second World War Commemorative Medal was established by decree of 21 May 1946. It was awarded to all French soldiers or civilians who f...  read more

Code: 51951

35.00 EUR

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This ia a great piece of - regrettably broke - so called Horsa Glider data plate recovered from one of the Landing Zones near Wolfheze in the late '70. On one side there is still some numbers visible.  read more

Code: 51950

This is a neat example of a full matching set of late war i.e early post war 46 Royal Marine Commando embroided shoulder titles. 46 Royal Marine Commando was formed at Dorchester in August 1943 with personnel from 9 Royal Marine Infantry Battalion. The Commando was assigned to 4 Special Service Brigade in September 1943 with 41 and 47 RM Commando and 10 (Inter–Allied) Army Commando. 46 RM Comma...  read more

Code: 51949

This is a neat example of a small '50 or '60 early commemorative Battle of Arnhem booklet with lots of photographs about the evacuation and liberation of the city of Arnhem. The booklet has 31 pages and is in a good condition for its age and measures 15.3cm by 10.7cm.  read more

Code: 51948

This is a good example of a single piece of KOSB (Kings Own Scottish Borderers) Leslie tartan. In the period between the wars, the regiment's regular battalions were sent all over the British Empire to Ireland, Egypt and Hong Kong but were quickly recalled home at the outbreak of the Second World War in September 1939. One of its heaviest losses during the war was at the ill-fated Battle of Ar...  read more

Code: 51947

This is a neat example of a nice wartime British made Dutch Free Forces arm i.e formation lion. The lion was worn by all members of the Netherlands Army (Allied forces) what was later renamed as the Royal Netherlands Brigade. The Brigade was part of 21st Army Group and took part in the liberation of Western Europe and the Netherlands. The badge worn by all Netherlands troops on the left upper a...  read more

Code: 51946

This is a nice example of a late war British made embroided Canadian The Cape Breton Highlanders shoulder title. Details of The Cape Breton Highlanders were called out on service on 26 August 1939 and then placed on active service on 1 September 1939, as The Cape Breton Highlanders, CASF for local protection duties. They called out on active service were disbanded on 31 December 1940. The regim...  read more

Code: 51788

40.00 EUR

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This is a neat set of badges consisting of a Dutch made late war i.e early post war so called 'Brabant weave' Prinses Irene cloth shoulder title and a British made so called 'paste back' Dutch Free Forces arm i.e formation lion. During the Second World War, the Royal Netherlands Motorized Infantry Brigade, later known as the Princes Irene Brigade (Dutch: Prinses Irene Brigade) was a Dutch milit...  read more

Code: 51831

This is a excellent account of the wartime experience of the 2nd Battalion, the South Stafforshire Regiment. - This book is the story of a Regular Battalion that in September 1939 was stationed in India before returning to the UK in July 1940. In 1941 they were selected to convert to an Airlanding unit in the newly forming 1st Airlanding Brigade and started a short association with gliders. Sen...  read more

Code: 51945

This is a attractive - and not seen before - small (measuring 27.4cm by 13.5cm) groups photograph dispicting a -unfortunately un-known - Company of men belonging to a Parachute Regiment Battalion. The photograph is printed by the Hull based company of Hull Press Photo Agency on a matt glose paper. Beside two small holes on the left corners this photographs is in a good condition.  read more

Code: 51944

This is a neat example of a - never seen before - British printed so called Polish old commerads news letter for the 'Zwiazek Polskich Spandochronniarzy' (Association of Polish Parachutists) situated at Queen's Gate Terrace, London. This example is dated Wrzesien (September) 1954 with 19 pages and is measuring 13.5cm by 21.5cm and is further in a good condition.  read more

Code: 51943

25.00 EUR

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