WW2 RAF Sgt Navigators Battledress Blouse 1944
A WW2 RAF Flight Sgt navigators battle blouse. The blouse has Sgt stripes on both sleeves along with OR shoulder insignia to the shoulders. The chest has a padded Navigator brevet and the right sleeve has the wireless operators badge.
The blouse was manufactured by ‘Templeton & Sons’ and is dated for 1944. This example is a size No. 7, to fit heights 5ft 7” to 5ft 8” with chest ... read more
225.00 GBP
WW2 British Army Leather Jerkin
An early British Army WW2 leather jerkin. The jerkin was manufactured by ‘W & J Sagar Ltd’ and is dated for 1939. This example is a size 3, to fit heights of 5ft 11” to 6ft 2” with chest 40” to 46”. All the original buttons are present and only signs of light use.
This pattern of leather jerkin came into issue with the British Army during WW1 and stayed in service throughout WW2... read more
110.00 GBP
WW1 Royal Navy Bicorn Hat
A First World War Royal Navy officers bicorn hat with original toleware tin case.
The hat is made from moleskin with a pleated silk cockade and gold bullion coil to the centre, held on with a Kings Crown button. The inside has a leather sweatband with white silk lining.
This example is for the rank of Lieutenant and is in good condition showing some light wear to t... read more
195.00 GBP
WW2 RAF Matchbox Cover
A WW2 RAF celluloid matchbox cover. The front shows the winged badge of the Royal Air Force and the reverse is inscribed with part of Winston Churchills speech ‘Never in the field of human conflict was so much owed by so many to so few’.
Marked ‘British Made’. read more
30.00 GBP
19th Century Vanuatu War Club
A fine 19th century Malakula, Vanuatu (New Hebrides) war club. Malakula is the second-largest island in the nation of Vanuatu, South Pacific.
Vanuatu war clubs are distinctive weapons, often featuring a pommel at the bottom and a head with multiple lobes or a mushroom-like dome The club is also referred to as a ‘mushroom’ head club due to this unique shape.
The cl... read more
350.00 GBP
19th Century New Caledonia Bird Head Club
A very uncommon bird head tribal club from the Kanak people of New Caledonia in the South Pacific. The distinctively shaped porowa ra maru, or ‘bird head’ clubs of New Caledonia were prestigious objects created for use by chiefs. The finely carved hardwood clubs symbolized wealth and high rank.
The club dates from the mid 1800’s and measures 73 cm long and the head 23 cm long.
475.00 GBP
Vintage Cutaway British Baton Round
A unique cutaway / sectioned British L21A1 37mm baton round. Baton rounds are a less lethal alternative to traditional bullets and are designed to impact rather than to penetrate. Typically used for riot control.
Inert and for display purposes only.
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45.00 GBP
WW2 30th Corps Bronze Medalllion
A WW2 bronze 30th Corps medal / medallion in original box. The front of the medal shows the 30th Corps rampant boar along with the battles ‘Alamein’ and ‘Cuxhaven’. The reverse lists the major battles 30th Corps fought in from D-Day to Cuxhaven:
Normandy
Mount Pincon
Crossing of the Seine
Brussels and Antwerp
the advance to Arnhem
The Ardennes<... read more
50.00 GBP
Imperial Japanese Army Metal Sake Cup
An early Imperial Japanese Meji period metal sake cup. The cup commemorates Japans victory over Russia from the Russo Japanese War 1904-1905.
The Sakazuki shaped cups centre shows the Order of the Golden Kite in a wreath. The Order of the Golden Kite was an exclusively military award, conferred for bravery, leadership or command in battle.
The cup has a diameter o... read more
25.00 GBP
Antique Irish Shillelagh
A good example of an antique Irish shillelagh. The shillelagh is an Irish fighting stick. Shillelaghs were used in Ireland for duels, similarly as other countries used swords or pistols.
This blackthorn example measures 18” long and is in good condition with a rich dark patina. Circa 1900. read more
65.00 GBP