A Victorian Black Morocco Sabretache to the Royal Artillery, the fascia of black velvet with silver lace border enclosing the Royal Coat of Arms over the regimental crest in silver bullion thread and stumpwork, with three nickel suspension loops, in original scarlet wool lined black morocco case £400 - 600
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An VIIIth Regiment N.I. Filled Silver Presentation Trophy as an Indian Elephant, standing carrying a double compartment trunk on its back, the sides indistinctly engraved 'VIIIth Regiment.....', the saddle cloth engraved with the regimental badge on one side, the opposing side with inscription 'From Lieut.Colonel Robt. Fenwick, to the 8th Reg.M.N.I. on quitting it in 1838', all mounted on a later mahogany plinth, 18.5cm £300 - 500
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The 7th Regiment Gurkha Rifles:- A Collection of Mainly Presentation Items, to Major (later Lieutenant Colonel) M.D.G. Henderson, comprising a silver mounted kukri with bone grip, a similar smaller kukri, a similar kukri with horn grip, a kukri in the form of a pistol, silver coloured metal dish, a cut glass dish, six various hardwood canisters with silver metal mounts and various badges £200 - 300
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The Lord Roberts Memorial Fund Stamp Album, complete with one hundred and forty four Cinderella stamps neatly stuck to their appropriate pages, the inner cover inscribed in ink 'John Parke Netherwood, January 1st 1916, The Gift of his Godfather A. Whirlow', published by Fawcett & Co, 125 Strand, WC, gilt tooled brown cloth hardback binding £50 - 60
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A Modern Parade Snare Drum to the Band of the Welsh Guards, by Premier, with black, white and red painted wood framed, chrome struts and snare lever, the body painted with the Regimental coat of arms and battle honours up to the Falkland Islands 1982, 39cm diameter and height £100 - 200
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A German Brass Model of a Medieval Jousting Knight, in full body armour, seated astride a leaping horse, on an ebonised plinth, 29cm high, 36cm wide £100 - 200
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A Second World War German Em 1m R36 Rangefinder by Emil Busch, Rathanow, in desert paint, with numerous labels including Em 1m R36 m..f.m. Vergr.6 x, centrally set with hinged eyepiece cover opening to adjust the oculars, the ends with leather covered pads, 113cm £100 - 150
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A First World War Silver Salver, engraved with facsimile signatures of the officers of the 6th Service Battalion of the King's Own Scottish Borderers, with piecrust border on three stepped hoof feet, Sheffield 1914, by Mappin & Webb, 23oz 5dwt, 30cm; a Highland Regiment Copper Bugle, set with a white metal regimental badge, with brass plaque engraved 'Haig, London & Aldershot' (2) £200 - 300
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An Imperial German Porcelain Beerstein, the main body printed and painted with artillery scenes flanking the badge of the 15th Field Artillery Regiment over the inscription '1 Ober Elsals Reg. Gubel', the base with lithophane panel depicting figures in an interior, the pewter hinged cover set with a gun carriage and two soldiers, with eagle thumbpiece, 28cm £150 - 200
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A First World War Period British Sailor Work Copper Plaque, well chased and repousse with the figure of Britannia standing below the big guns on the deck of a dreadnought, signed with a monogram SW, 35.5cm by 25.5cm £50 - 80
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A Modern Copy of a Victorian Black Leather Sabretache, the fascia set with gold lace border enclosing an embroidered crowned VR cypher on a purple cloth field, with three brass suspension rings, 34cm by 29cm £40 - 60
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Militaria, including a First World War graduated set of six military issue pewter measures by Brown & Englefield, London, dated 1915, two soldier's embroidered panels to the 1st Loyal North Lancashire Regiment, a kit bag, two bayonets, three olive green cloth flying helmets dated 1987 and two gun cleaning rods £80 - 120
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Militaria, comprising:- a Special Constable armband, the blue and white striped webbing strap threading through a rectangular iron plate cast SPECIAL CONSTABLE 3745; a Mk IX pocket compass by F Barker & Son (IS32) Ltd., London, dated 1939; a Princess Mary 1914 Christmas tin containing a quantity of buttons, badges and commemorative medallions; a British Military printed cloth map for French Indo China (Central) and Siam (Thailand) (East) £100 - 150
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A Second World War British Leather Shell Carrier by B.H.& G.LTD., of typical form, the fascia with a transfer of the Royal Coat of Arms over a large embossed N, with rolled leather swing handle, the underside stamped No.57 III, B.H.& G.LTD., 14cm diameter, 34cm high; twelve Various Firearm Reference Books and Trade Catalogues (13) £50 - 60
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A Brass and Copper Military Bugle, with applied badges and title to the Hampshire Regiment, £60 - 80
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A 19th Century Cream Silk Handkerchief Commemorating the Irish Rebellion of 1798, of square form the centre panel printed in black with bust portraits of the Irish leaders Lord Edward Fitzgerald and Wolfe Tone, over a vignette of a harp, crossed blunderbuss and axe, shamrock '98, the spandrels with the arms of the four provinces, 46cm £70 - 80
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A Second World War German Military Top Wind Pocket Watch by ARSA, in a nickel plated case, the signed circular black enamel dial with luminous arabic numerals and subsidiary seconds dial, with green luminous hands, the back stamped D 5507 H for Dienstuhr Heer (Army) £100 - 150
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Five Second World War British Military Issue Top Wind Pocket Watches, each with circular white enamel dial with subsidiary seconds dial, luminous arabic numerals and hands, one unsigned in a brass case, one unsigned in a chromed case, the reverse stamped with broad arrow G.S.T.P. Q6490, one signed Moeris, the chromed case stamped as above and numbered 348286, one signed Helvetia, the chromed case stamped as above and numbered P40831, and one signed Buren Grand Prix, the chromed case stamped as above and numbered H11501 and engraved Bravingtons London - possibly post war (5) £100 - 200
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A Bruce Bairnsfather 'Old Bill' Gilt Metal Car Mascot, later mounted on a black metal pedestal, 13.5cm high overall; another Example in White Metal, on a later black slate plinth, 13.5cm high overall (2) £300 - 400
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A Bruce Bairnsfather 'Old Bill' White Metal Mascot, possibly for a motorbike, later mounted on an ebonised wood and plastic pedestal, 7.5cm high excluding stand; four Various Metal Military Figures, comprising a Charles C Staddon pewter figure of a Metropolitan Special Constable, a white metal caricature figure of a First World War Soldier, a gilt spelter figure of a Second World War soldier and a gilt metal figure of a WREN (5) £100 - 150
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An Austrian Bronze Figure of King Arthur, standing holding a sword and shield and wearing a helmet with hinged visor and full body armour well cast with mythical beasts, on a stepped square plinth with plaque stamped ARTUR KONIG V.ENGLAND, the reverse with retailer's mark for Franz Unterberger, Innsbruck, 18cm £100 - 200
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A Black Painted Pine Ammunition Box, lined with metal, with two side carrying handles, the hinged cover stencilled in white 'Capt. J.Bailiff R.A', 49cm by 35cm by 18.5cm £60 - 80
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Charles Johnson Payne (Snaffles), 'West of Gib and North Across the Bay' (RK) "Blimey! What a life!", coloured lithographic print, with titled margin and signed in pencil, in an ebonised frame, 47cm by 60cm £300 - 500
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A Collection of Sixty Largely Canadian Army Buttons, in brass and bronze, all loosely mounted on a card display £50 - 80
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A French Second Empire Brass Helmet Plate, as a crowned eagle perched on lightning bolts centred by a globe pierced 40 £50 - 80
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A Pair of 19th Century Silver Plated Epaulettes to an Officer of the Northumberland and Newcastle Volunteer Cavalry, each with twenty three bullions backed by silver lace, lined with pleated crimson silk, the shoulder strap of eleven overlapping plate scales and set with the regimental button, the reverse covered in crimson morocco £180 - 250
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A Victorian Pouch and Crossbelt to the Durham Artillery Volunteers, the black morocco pouch with silver lace trimmed flap embroidered in silver metal thread with Regimental badge flanked by acorns and oak leaves and laurel leaves and berries, the black morocco backed belt with silver lace fascia, silver coloured metal buckle, slide and flaming grenade end tab £200 - 250
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A Victorian Volunteer Artillery Black Leather Sabretache, the fascia set with a white metal Regimental badge, the reverse with brass stud to the pouch flap, with buff leather hanging straps, 32cm by 26cm £150 - 200
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A Collection of Sixty Six British Army Buttons, in brass and white metal, loosely mounted on a display card £70 - 80
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A Collection of Sixty Six British Army Buttons, in brass, bronze and white metal, loosely mounted on a display card £70 - 80
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A Collection of Sixty Six British Army Buttons, in brass, bronze and white metal, loosely mounted on a display card £70 - 80
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A Collection of Sixty Eight Embroidered Cloth Insignia, including Royal Marines Commando and Royal Navy titles, Chief Yeoman of Signals, Skilled Air Mechanic - Rigger and Fitter, Seaman Gunner, various shoulder titles including Leicestershire, Cheshire, Monmouthshire, The Welch Regiment, Suffolk, Dorset, and Lincoln, First World War US Divisional and other signs including 76th Division, Railway Artillery Reserve, Camouflage Corps, Ambulance Service and Searchlight Division etc, mounted on four card displays £100 - 120
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A Pair of Silver Plated Candlesticks, each made from the hilt of a cavalry sword surmounted by a cylindrical socket and scalloped drip pan, on a knopped domed circular platform and on three spur supports, 31cm £150 - 180
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A Pair of Second World War Snowshoes, with steam bent ash frames laced with cord and webbing, unmarked; a Naval Telephone Handset by Alfred Graham & Co. Ltd., the cushioned rubber earpiece marked PAT.NO.279305 TYPE 5 A P 9266, with stitched leather bound grip (3) £70 - 100
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A Prussian Cream Pottery Beerstein, the rim inscribed 'Res. Hermann', the main body moulded with a cartouche and painted with a mounted cavalry officer holding a lance, flanked by the names of other regiments, 18cm £80 - 120
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Militaria:- a Second World War mine pendant of folding tent form, one of the white canvas panels stencilled H.& S. 1944 CAT. No. W.A.10764; an Anti-Fire Ltd hand held detonator fire extinguisher with a bracket holding a pair of Model B recharge cylinders; a pair of orange painted fine canvas hand paddles, as used in an RAF over-water escape dinghy; two black leather gunner's arm protectors, each with a half oval leather panel with a strap and buckle extending from the straight edge, the back marked BLACKMAN L.G.LD. broad arrow 1944; two German Third Reich books - Deutsche Campfen in Spanien and Narvik 1940 £80 - 120
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A US Army Signal Corps Frequency Meter BC-221-M, by Bendix Radio, Baltimore, in black crinkle enamel case, the back with a compartment containing the original headphones**Used for calibrating field telephones and radios £50 - 80
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A Soldier's Dark Stained Pine "Ditty Box", of rectangular form, the fascia set with a brass plaque engraved CPL.BARNARD. RMLI, the compartmented interior containing a green beret with cap badge, rank stripes and shoulder strap insignia, a buff dress belt with brass clasp, a brass button plate, brass buttons, a commando knife, a sabre paperknife etc £80 - 120
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A Victorian Cast Iron Revenue Strong Box, of rectangular form, the hinged cover with handle and two panels, each cast with a Queen's crown over R over broad arrow, with hinged handles to the sides, together with a key, 45cm by 30cm by 22cm £200 - 300
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A Victorian Oak Truncheon, the ebonised field with a transfer of a Queen's crown over the Coat of Arms for Northamptonshire, with ring turned grip and globular pommel, 45cm; a Victorian Walnut Truncheon, the upper section with an ebonised band painted with a Queen's crown with ring turned baluster grip and leather wrist strap, 44cm (2) £80 - 120
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A 19th Century Indian Steel Khula Khud, the one piece bowl skull set with brass crescent moons and open rosettes, with a central square tapering spike, two tubular plume holders and a nasal bar with hinged latch catch, the sides set with shaped chain mail of riveted double links £250 - 350
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A 17th Century Civil War Lobster-Tail Pot Helmet, possibly infantry, with two piece skull joined by a slightly raised rib, the forward projecting peak with rolled edge, set with a sliding nasal bar with large retaining screw, the pierced cheek pieces attached by leather panels, the neck guard of a single-piece of plate ridged to imitate four separate lames £800 - 1200
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A Copy of a Medieval Close Helmet, in black painted steel, the two piece skull with raised comb, pierced hinged visor, pointed bevor and flange neck protector £80 - 120
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A Late 19th/Early 20th Century Copy of a Sallet, the one piece skull with raised medial ridge, with hinged visor and three neck lames with brass rivets £200 - 300
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An English Civil War Pikeman's Pot Helmet, the two piece skull joined with a folded shallow comb, set with a pierced plume holder, the deep down-turned brim with a raised ridge, embossed to simulate studs, with rolled edge, the interior studded with numerous lining rivets £1000 - 1500
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An English Civil War Sapper's Helm for an Officer, the two piece skull with flush overlapping riveted seam, clip catch for a nasal bar (missing), the slightly upturned pointed front and back peaks each with riveted seam and pierced and rolled edge, 47cm from peak to peak £1800 - 2500
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A Second World War RAF Peaked Cap, in blue wool, with gold bullion embroidered cap badge to the black woven mohair centreband, black patent leather chin strap, leather sweatband and gold serge lining with lozenge plastic covered maker's label for Scott & Co., Piccadilly; British Militaria, comprising five Civil Defence armbands, for Home Guard, Fire Guard (3) and Press, and two camouflage scrim scarves (8) £100 - 150
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A Second World War RAF Type B Leather Flying Helmet, with zipped ear pieces, the suede lining with maker's diamond shape label for Wareings (Northampton Ltd.) St James' St., Northampton, No.3 7 1/8 to 7 3/8, dated 1939 £350 - 450
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A Second World War RAF Type B Leather Flying Helmet, with zipped ear pieces, the suede lining with maker's diamond shape label - lettering indecipherable £250 - 300
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