A Victorian Officer's Spiked Dark Green Cloth Helmet to the 3rd Volunteer Battalion The Durham Light Infantry, with silver plated spike, three part helmet plate and ear rosettes, with nickel spine, nickel bound fore brim and leather bound rear brim, velvet backed chin scales, cream cloth liner, buff leather sweatband and green leather lined brims £650 - 750
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A Prussian Enlisted Leather Pickelhaube, post-1895 pattern, the fixed brass spike with pierced ventilation holes, the rear spine with sliding ventilation shutter, with stamped brass helmet plate and brass peak mount, with shabby leather liner, lacks kokarden and chin strap (af) £200 - 300
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A First World War Prussian Ersatz Steel Pickelhaube, the fixed brass spike with five ventilation holes, with grey painted metal helmet plate, enamelled kokarden and brown leather chinstrap, the interior bearing original camouflage paint (missing from the exterior), the inner rear brim stencilled in black B.I.A VII G, lacks leather liner £200 - 300
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An Officer's Blue Cloth Spiked Helmet to the West Riding Regiment, with fluted brass spike issuing from a cruciform base plate, each arm set with a Yorkshire rose, the brass and silver three part helmet plate with King's crown, with brass spine and brass bound fore-brim, ear rosettes and leather backed chinscales, the cream cloth liner with maker's label 'J & B Pearse & Co., Army Clothiers, 28 Floral St., Covent Garden, London', with buff leather sweatband and green leather lined inner brims, in a black japanned tin case £450 - 550
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An 18th Century Indian Chain Mail Shirt, made up of thousands of riveted rings, each interlaced with three further riveted rings, with four curved breast plates, the interior engraved with script, the two larger central plates each set with three buckles with strapwork bars, the back set with five bands of lames flanked by two solid plates, with full length arms £800 - 1200
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Two Late 16th Century Italian Steel Saddle Cantle Plates, each of slightly convex shaped rectangular form pierced with three holes, with slightly overturned upper border embossed with gadrooning, decorated with parcel gilt and etched radiating and vertical bands within a banded border filled with stylised winged beasts, birds and foliage, 14cm by 35cm and 15cm by 37cm (2) £350 - 450
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A 19th Century Steel Masonic Gauntlet, with recessed bronzed panels to the knuckle guard and cuff worked with the All Seeing Eye, compass and set square, the thumb guard with a plumb rule £180 - 250
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An English Civil War Pikeman's Breast Plate and Tassets, the one piece breast plate struck with crowned R armourer's mark over T T, with rolled edge and raised medial ridge (tapul), with swivel hook fasteners for shoulder scales, the shallow skirt set with the single plate tassets, each suspended from two hinges and with seven horizontal grooves with studded decoration. £1500 - 2000
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An English Civil War Cavalry Breast Plate, with raised medial ridge, rolled edges and riveted decoration, set with two belt clips to the sides above the shallow skirt £1000 - 1500
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A 16th Century Peascod Breast Plate, with roped and rolled edge to the neck and separate armhole plates £1200 - 1800
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A Pair of 17th Century Italian Style Steel Gauntlets, each with articulated finger and thumb guards, knuckle guard and four articulated plates, the pointed cuff with roped and rolled edge, with studded decoration £400 - 500
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A Civil War Heavy Siege Breastplate, circa 1640, proofed, with armourer's marks, two strap lugs, with raised medial ridge and shallow flange £300 - 500
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A 17th Century Momento Mori Helmet, from a church tomb, in black painted steel, the skull with spike to the comb, pierced and pointed hinged visor, and attached rounded gorget £250 - 300
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A British Second World War OliveSerge Battleblouse to a Second Lieutenant of The Home Guard, size 3, with cloth embroidered rank pips, shoulder titles, COL 24 designation patches, a black patch embroidered in red with a fouled anchor (possibly for Orkney & Shetland Island), with medal ribbons for British War Medal, Victory Medal with oak leaf, and Army Long Service and Good Conduct Medal, the right cuff with two red War Service chevrons £70 - 80
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A Second World War Uniform to a Captain of REME, comprising a peaked cap, a forage cap, a No.2 Service Dress tunic and trousers, a Battledress blouse and trousers, an Army greatcoat and a leather Sam Browne £100 - 150
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A Sheepskin Flying Jacket for a Boy or Lady, by Martin Gould Leathers, with zip front fastener and zip pockets £40 - 50
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A Uniform to a Guardsman of the 1st Battalion Scots Guards, comprising a No.1 Service dress tunic, trousers, buff belt and peaked cap and two No. 2 Service dress tunics, each with shoulder titles and Operational Service 2000 medal ribbon, a shirt and two pairs of trousers £200 - 300
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A Second World War No.2 Service Dress Uniform to Lieutenant Robert Whalley of the East Lancashire Regiment, comprising a greatcoat, a peaked cap with bronze cap badge, a forage cap, a tunic with brass buttons, bronze collar dogs, lanyard and belt, a pair of trousers, a leather Sam Browne and a pair of spats, together with a portrait photograph and a booklet 'The East Lancashire Regimental Association Roll of Life Members' - see page 28; two Military Field Telephones, each stencilled TELE SET II MK V; a Folding Camp Bed, in canvas hold-all (13) £100 - 150
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A German Third Riech Hitler Youth Car Pennant, of double thickness black cotton, each side applied with a panelled cotton Hitler Youth diamond badge and chain stitch embroidered 11 over 148, the rolled and stitched hoist set with three steel dog clips, 56cm by 97cm; an Imperial German Five Mark Coin,1914 (2) £100 - 200
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Heinrich Himmler Interest - Des Reiches Hofzaun - Der Wall im Sudosten (The Rich Court Fence - the Wall in the South West), by Rupert Von Schumacher, one volume, with black cloth boards, the inside cover signed in green pencil by Himmler and dated 21.VIII.41 £200 - 300
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A Collection of Twelve Various German Third Reich Books, mainly on the various campaigns, including:- Narvik im Bild; Der Sieg im Norden; Wir Kampften auf dem Balkan - VIII. Fliegerkorps; Kreta, Sieg Der Kuhnsten; Schlag auf Schlag, Die deutsche Luftwaffe in Polen; Mit Den Panzern in Ost und West; Jahrbuch der deutschen Luftwaffe 1940; Kriegsmarine am Feind £40 - 60
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A Volume of Mein Kampf by Adolf Hitler, 1938, presentation leaf signed and dated 24 Mai.38 by the Oberburgermeister of Koln, quarter morocco, cream boards, with remnant slip case £60 - 80
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Three German Third Reich Cigarette Card Albums (Herausgegeben Vom Cigaretten/Bilderdienst:- Die Deutsche Wehrmacht and two copies of Adolf Hitler (3) £60 - 80
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A Collection of Forty Four German Third Reich Related Books, including:- Der Parteig der Arbeit, vom 6.bis 13.September 1937; Hermann Goering, Reden und Auffatze; Die Wehrmacht 1940 & 1941; Hitler Jugend, Das Erlebnis einer grossen Kameradschaft, 1942; Knight Frank & Rutley catalogue for the Sale of the Late German Embassy, Carlton House Terrace, London, 1945, also two telegrams recording the sentences for the Nuremberg Trials £60 - 80
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A Second World War German State Flag, in printed red cotton, the cream hoist printed Reichsdflg. 1.0 x 1.7, with eagle and swastika over M and KRESS Sl Tonis £100 - 150
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A Copy of a German Third Reich Brass and Composition Snuff Box, of compressed cylindrical form, the screw on cover set with a raised panel cast with an eagle and swastika within an oak leaf and acorn wreath, the main body of mahogany coloured composition, the brass base faintly etched "Fur im freies germtes...", 7cm diameter £60 - 80
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A German Third Reich Luftwaffe Belt Buckle, in aluminium, the eagle and swastika partially erased, on a pebbled ground, with part of the leather strap; a German White Metal Breast Eagle, with later pin; a Copy of a Pilot's Badge, in white metal; a Third Reich "Fantasy" badge in white metal, partially enamelled and inscribed Meine Ehre Heisst Treu, with screw back; a Heer Helmet Tinnie, clip broken (5) £70 - 80
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A German Third Reich Hitler Youth Belt and Buckle, the stainless steel buckle of rectangular form embossed with single gilt finished Sigrune, the leather belt with keep and two D rings and straps for a shoulder strap, the tongue embossed C Poseleder, Gmb,H, Berlin 193 £70 - 100
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A German Third Reich Hitler Youth Flyer's/Flak Helper's Cap, in Luftwaffe grey/blue wool and rayon blend, with fold-down back and side panels secured at the front with a dark blue pebbled plastic button, with embroidered HJ insignia, lined in blue/grey rayon faintly stencilled with numbers, stitched with brown RZM label printed Mutze fur HJ-DJ £150 - 250
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A German Third Reich Hitler Youth Winter Service Cap, in blue/black wool, with fold-down back and side panels secured by a pebbled white metal buckle, with embroidered HJ insignia, the quilted black cotton lining stitched with brown cotton RZM label printed Dienstmutz, NSDAP and various numbers £100 - 150
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A German Third Reich M43 Field Cap, in grey wool with fold-down back and side panels secured by two small pebbled white metal buttons, with embroidered tri-colour cockade and gold rayon lining; a Similar Heer M43 Field Cap, in field grey wool and rayon blend, with machine embroidered eagle and swastika over a tri-colour cockade, the rayon lining with indistinct stencilled mark and number 56 (2) £200 - 300
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A German Third Reich Luftwaffe EM/NCO's Overseas Cap, in blue/grey wool and rayon blend, with fold-down back and side panels, the front with embroidered tri-colour cockade and Luftwaffe eagle and swastika, with grey cotton lining £100 - 150
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A German Third Reich Luftwaffe EM/NCO's "Hermann Meyer" Tropical Visor Cap, in light tan cotton twill, the front with white embroidered Luftwaffe eagle and swastika over winged tri-colour with (possibly later) leather chinstrap and button attached neck flap, the red cotton lined inner crown stencilled RBNr. 0/0250/0202, 1943, 56 ½ £800 - 1200
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A German Third Reich Luftwaffe Signals EM/NCO's Cinnamon Piped Visor Cap, in blue/grey wool and rayon blend, with mohair centreband, cinnamon piping, aluminium Luftwaffe eagle and swastika over a winged tri-colour cockade, with black leather visor and chinstrap, leather sweatband and gold rayon lining set with maker's lozenge shaped celluloid label faintly named "Nordmark Mutz, Friedrich Methmann, Flensburg,...." £250 - 350
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A German Third Reich Infantry Officer's Visor Cap, in blue/grey wool and rayon blend, dark blue/green centreband, white piping, white metal eagle and swastika, aluminium oak leaf wreath centred by tri-colour cockade, silver chin cords and black patent visor, the leather sweatband embossed with maker's name, the gold rayon lining with plastic lozenge label printed in red "Original Schellenberg, Sonderklasse" £300 - 400
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A German Third Reich Field Service Tunic to an Obertleutnant of the 27th Infantry Regiment, in field grey diagonally ribbed cloth with green velvet faced collar, white piped silver lace collar patches and shoulder straps, silver cord aiguillettes, white piped cuffs, white metal pebbled buttons, medal ribbons for Iron Cross and Winter Campaign in Russia, with right side embroidered breast eagle, the left breast pocket with Infantry Assault badge and Wound badge, with green rayon lining and striped sleeve linings £500 - 800
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A German Third Reich Luftwaffe EM's Flight Personnel Fliegerbluse, in blue/grey wool, with yellow piped and silver lace shoulder straps, the right breast with embroidered Luftwaffe eagle and swastika, five enclosed front buttons, two flapped pockets, half lined in grey/blue rayon, with a contemporary wood coat hanger branded with a Luftwaffe eagle and swastika flanked by FI, anf UV. and with maker's name Knagge & Beittz* Munchen £100 - 150
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A German Third Reich Tropical Pith Helmet, of one piece moulded stiffened dark olive green felt, with green leather bound brim and chinstrap, set with two stamped alloy insignia of a silver eagle and swastika and a tri-colour shield, the interior of the leather sweatband stencilled APN, 1942, 54, the stiffened red felt lined crown pierced with ventilation cut-outs centred with a pierced gilt metal ventilation grommet £200 - 300
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A German Third Reich 1940 Pattern Tropical Pith Helmet, of cork covered in light tan canvas, the skull with six panels and a single hat band, leather bound brim and chinstrap, set with two stamped alloy insignia of a silver eagle and swastika and a tri-colour shield, the inner crown lined in red cotton centred by a pierced gilt metal ventilation grommet, the leather sweatband embossed with manufacturer's initials J.H.S in gilt, the reverse stencilled 56-1941 £300 - 400
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A German Third Reich Medical Corps EM/NCO's Visor Cap, in field grey wool and rayon blend, with blue piping, with dark blue/green centreband, white metal eagle and swastika over oak leaf wreath centred by tri-colour cockade, with black patent visor and chinstrap, tan leather cloth sweatband applied with two small stamped alloy panels Dr. Sch., the gold rayon liner set with maker's clear celluloid lozenge shape panel faintly marked Drecksler, Munich, with a slip-out card inscribed Dr. Schiveiger? in pencil £150 - 200
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A German Third Reich MP-38 u 40 Ammunition Left Side Pouch, in olive green canvas with three magazine pouches, tan leather straps, one stamped with Waffenamt eagle over WaA136, gmn 1943 the reverse of the pouch stencilled in black MP.38 u.40, the left lower side set with a speed loading tool pouch with fold-over top flap, 24cm by 15cm; a Flakhelferin Armband, the white cotton ground embroidered with sword and eagle insignia (2) £200 - 300
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A German Third Reich Kriegsmarine Battle Flag Second Pattern, in one piece linen, each side with a red field printed with a swastika, the upper left canton printed with an Iron Cross, the white linen hoist printed with the Wehrmacht eagle and swastika over M, R.Kr.FI.100x170 and stencilled with maker's name G.A.Frohlichs Sohn A.G.Warnsdorf.Sud. and with reinforced panel to the upper corners, the side and lower hems with bands of reinforced stitching £150 - 200
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A German Third Reich 1935 Pattern State Service Flag, of one piece linen, each side printed with a swastika and an NSDAP eagle in the upper left canton, the hoist stencilled Reichsdflg. 80x135 and PLUSCHWEBERET GREFRATH, with reinforced panels to the upper corners, the side and lower hems with bands of reinforced stitching £100 - 150
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A German Third Reich DAF (German Labour Front) Large Linen Banner, of three piece construction, the main red field stitched with a 14 cogged wheel enclosing a swastika, the white linen narrow hoist stencilled with two DAF insignia and Bremervorde, and with a triangular reinforced panel to each upper edge, suspension loops missing and with raw lower hem, possibly originally with a silver fringed edge, 305cm x 145xm (10' x 4'9") £300 - 500
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A German Third Reich NSDMB (National Socialist German Navy Association) Visor Cap, in black wool with plain ribbed woven mohair centreband, black leather chinstrap and visor, set with a gilt metal eagle with black enamel Iron Cross to its breast and clutching a swastika with crossed swords, over oak leaf wreath and cockade, the leather sweatband stamped with Deutsch Leder logo, with Friedrich Nesemann, Luneburg maker's silver label inset with owner's name Friedrich=Wilhem Heine, Oberleutnant zur See, together with a silver General Honorary Award to HEINE, and a Cap Tally for Kreuzer Emden (3) £100 - 150
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A German Third Reich Army Dress Belt, in green and silver lace, with silver washed aluminium buckle; a Small Quantity of German Third Reich Militaria, including a DDAC car pennant, Luftwaffe and Heer breast eagles, badges and tinnies, Hitler Youth badge and identity card, a Luftwaffe Wehrpass etc; a First World War Iron Cross, first class, slightly convex with screw back £100 - 200
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German Third Reich Items:- an Iron Cross, second class, with envelope; a Mother's Cross, bronze class, with ribbon; two War Merit Crosses; a War Merit Cross with swords; Winter Campaign in Russia 1941/42 Medal; an Italian/German Africa Campaign Medal, moulded with artist's name LORIOLI MILANO over the left claw of the alligator; a Commemorative Medal of 1 October 1938 - incorrect ribbon (8) £100 - 200
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A German First World War Iron Cross and Red Cross Medal, mounted on a green display card; a Display of First/Second World War Medals, comprising 1914 Iron Cross, second class, Hindenburg Cross, War Merit Cross, Furg Daggerland Medal, Zollgrenz-Schutz Faithful Service Medal (possibly a copy) and 1914-1918 Weltkrieg Medal, all mounted on a green display card (2) £100 - 150
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A German Third Reich RAD Award Plaque, in white metal and of rectangular form, 12cm by 8.6cm, in original green silk and velvet lined fitted case with gilt tooled Christofle label £180 - 250
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A Pair of Second World War German 7 x 50 U-boat Binoculars, with green crinkle enamel body, rubber protectors to the lenses, marked 7 x 50, maker's mark cxn for Emil Busch A-G, Optische Industrie, Rathenow, and numbered 457086 £500 - 600
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