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Nepalese Martini Henry .450 breech loading rifle, maker's marks behind chamber and on lever, further Nepalese numbering on stock, stock slight loose, mechanism in working order, generally nearly very fine. Obsolete calibre, no licence required. Buyer must collect. (See photo) £150
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1860 Smith & Wesson 7 chamber .22 revolver, large part of hammer housing cut away and spring removed, wooden handle, maker's details along top of barrel. Will not be posted overseas. (T) £50
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Third Reich Luftwaffe Officer's sword, maker's mark 5 over King seated over SMF Solingen (Solinger Metallwaffenfabrik Stoeker & Co), blue leather grip with silver wire thread, blue leather buffer pad, pommel with oakleaf design, swastikas to crossguard and pommel, blue leather hanger (this worn through on 1 ring), blue leather scabbard with steel throat and tip, blade is excellent, grip with bare patches on both sides. (See photo) £600
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Third Reich SA dagger and scabbard, Alles fur Deutschland to blade, Ha to crossguard, maker's mark Peter Lungstrass Solingen Ohligs around shining light, light scratching to blade, scabbard with nickel throat and tip, much of the brown scabbard coating has been rubbed away, otherwise generally good very fine. With undated "The Old Brigade" sale catalogue. Will not be posted overseas. (See photo) ( 1/2B) £300
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Japanese Samurai sword and scabbard brought back to UK after WW2, 74cm blade, 100cm total length, seppa and decorated habaki, tsuba with butterfly silhouettes, rayskin grip with twisted braid handle part covering menuki on both sides, kashira with lotus flower design, leather scabbard with single ring, leather holding strap is broken, some rubbing to leather parts, blade excellent, generally very fine and better. Buyer must collect. (See photo) £200
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1857 Pattern Royal Engineer Officer's sword, straight fullered blade, 20% etched on both sides, no maker's marks, ricasso with Proved within Star of David, wire and fishskin grip, guard slightly crude possible made in India, wire on grip starting to come loose, brown leather scabbard with wear, blade pitted, generally fine. Buyer must collect. (See photo) £70
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1915 Ross Rifle Co. Canadian bayonet and leather scabbard, generally very fine, bayonet dated 8/15, scabbard dated 1915. Will not be posted overseas. (½B) £30
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Royal Sussex Regiment's officer's blue cloth helmet, complete with King's crown frontal plate with red cloth centre, chin strap with hooks and spike, generally good very fine. With carrying tin named Major R. Terry Royal Sussex Regt, locking clasp broken but present. With copied research, Lt Col Robert Joseph Atkinson Terry was killed in action with 2nd Bn on 3rd October 1915 and is buried in Noeux-Les-Mines Communal Cemetery. He was commissioned in the Bedford Regt 13/7/92, served in operation on NW Frontier with West Surrey Regt with Malakand Field, Mohmand Field and Tirah Expeditions, served Boer War with Manchester Regt and Driscoll's Scouts where he was twice wounded and Mentioned in Despatches, promoted Capt 9/6/00, Major 22/8/02, appointed MVO 22/6/14, awarded DSO 23/6/15. (See photo) (B) £575
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QV King's officer's blue cloth helmet, complete with QV frontal plate with red material centre, chin strap with hooks and spike, generally excellent. (See photo) (B) £420
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1902-14 Leinster Regiment other rank's helmet plate, centre with black cloth backing, 2 reverse loops, good extremely fine. (See photo) (Y) £60
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1902-14 Royal West Kent Regiment Officer's helmet plate, black leather centre backing, 3 reverse loops, top of crown slightly buckled thus about very fine. (Y) £60
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QV 16th Queen's Lancers other ranks's lance cap plate, 13 battle honours to Aliwal, 2 screw posts, minor Verdi gris to reverse, nearly extremely fine. (T) £60
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QV 1881-1901 Dorsetshire Regiment other rank's helmet plate, 2 reverse loops, slight damage at centre bottom of crown, otherwise extremely fine. (Y) £50
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1902-14 West Yorkshire Regiment other rank's helmet plate, centre with black cloth backing, 2 reverse loops, slightly misshaped, very fine. (Y) £42
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1902-14 The Royal Scots other rank's helmet plate, 2 reverse loops, nearly extremely fine, no pins, centre held in by blue tac. (Y) £36
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c1900s Rare cased "The Game of War" for Cadet instruction manufactured for H. M. Government by R. H. Stevens & Co Ltd, London, mahogony box with key, comprising 600 approx red and blue slate gaming pieces for red and blue armies, sub-divided into Infantry, Cavalry, Artillery, Engineers, Machine Guns, Skirmishers etc, with rulers (2), compasses (2), dice (2), brass yard scales (2), callipers (2), dice shaker, yellow, red and blue pegs etc, the box 310mm x 100mm x 225mm with two lift out trays and compartment in base, generally about excellent, few scratches to lid of box, missing field board and approximately 30 pieces. This game was played on a board (missing) by Cadets learning the skills of battle strategy. (See photo) (½B) £300
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Range of uniform of General Sir John Jeremy G MacKenzie GCB, OBE, DL, Queen's Own Highlanders with General's No 2 Jacket & trousers by Gieves and Hawkes, Savile Row with labels additionally named J.J.G. MacKenzie Camberley 18/10/89, General's Mess Dress jacket, waist coat & trousers, Lt Col's QOH Mess Dress Jacket and Kilt (kilt by L Penrose), sporran, No 1 and No 2 Dress peaked caps by Gieves and Hawkes, leather boots and spurs with 3 piece wooden boot stretchers by James Allan & Sons, leather Sam Browne (2) and sword frog, gold braid belt by Hobson & Sons etc, generally very fine to extremely fine. General J J G MacKenzie was born 11/2/41, commissioned in QOH 7/61, appointed CO 1st QOH 1980, Commander 12th Armoured Bde 1984, Commandant Staff College Camberley 1989, GOC 4th Armoured Div 1989, Commander 1st (British) Corps 1991, Commander ACERRC 1992, Deputy Supreme Allied Commander Europe 1994, retired 1999, he was also ADC General to HM Queen 1992-96, Governor of Royal Hospital 1999-2006 and Deputy Lieutenant of Greater London. A rare opportunity to buy such a senior officer's uniform. Qty 18 items (B) £250
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Victorian 28th Regiment of Foot Officer's shoulder belt plate, gilt with sliver sphinx at bottom, 2 hooks and 2 studs, feint name to reverse (Salturn!), some light scratching, generally good very fine. (See photo) (Y) £210
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1902-52 King's Own Scottish Borderers Officer's shoulder belt plate, with 2 hooks, 2 studs replaced by screw posts and nuts, reverse engraved "Presented To The Band by Capt L.F. Machin", generally very fine. With copied research, Lt Col Lionel Frederick Machin was commissioned in 1915, Adjutant 1916, won the Military Cross in October 1917 during Third Battle of Ypres, took command of Berwick Depot in 1938 and commanded 7th Bn in 1940. (See photo) (Y) £140
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Third Reich German Army M43 HBT Tunic and Trousers, 6 pebbled buttons to front, Obersoldat sleeve badge, printed eagle above left pocket, collar tabs, makers stamp inside jacket front facing, no epaulettes, wear to collar and cuffs, odd hole, generally fine, trousers very fine. (See photo) ( 1/2B) £100
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Third Reich German Army M44 Field Blouse, brown green wool, 5 pebbled buttons to front, green epaulettes with light green piping, triangular printed eagle above left pocket, collar tabs, makers stamp inside front facing, with wound badge and replica Infantry Assault badge, generally extremely fine. (See photo) ( 1/2B) £100
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WW2 and after Royal Marines uniform Attributed to Lt Colonel Vivian St G.T. Connolly with No 1 Jacket & trousers with Lt Col's pips, WW2 and NGSM medal ribbons, trousers by Huntsman & Sons, Savile Row and named to Lt Col V St G.T. Connolly, Lovat Jacket & trousers (2 sets, 1 with major's crown and WW2 and NGSM medal ribbons), RM Dress peaked cap with gold braid, Mess Dress Jacket & waist coat (no insignia), leather Sam Browne and sword frog, and also with 2 Royal Navy waist coats, mainly very fine to extremely fine. He served through WW2, and at one time was attached to the Army, was promoted Lt Col 25/7/57. Qty 12 items (B) £100
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WW2 Royal Marines Lieutenant's No 1 Dress Jacket made by John Jones & Co, St James's Sq, London, gold braid collar with bullion embroided collar dogs, twisted gold braid epaulettes with bullion embroided pips, 10 large KC buttons to front, 3 large KC buttons to each cuff with gold braid, 6 large KC buttons to rear with gold braid rope, also with trousers with broad red stripe, generally very fine to extremely fine. Attributed to Lt (later Lt Colonel) Vivian St G.T. Connolly. (See photo) (B) £100
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WW2 Royal Marines Lieutenant's frock coat made by John Jones & Co, St James's Sq, London, bullion embroided collar dogs, 12 large KC buttons to front, 3 small KC buttons to each cuff, 6 large KC buttons to reverse etc, in excellent condition. Attributed to Lt (later Lt Colonel) Vivian St G.T. Connolly. (See photo) (B) £100
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Range of uniform with British 1943 Battledress Blouse Size 13, 1945 Denim Overall Blouse Size 8, German Greatcoat green/blue wool etc in mixed condition. Qty 4 (B) £70
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German Army leather triple ammunition pouches (4) with 1939 brown stamped with German eagle Pinnberg 1939, 1941 brown stamped Stecher Falberg 1941 and 2 unmarked black pouches, all 4 with dividers, very fine to extremely fine. Qty 4 (T) £80
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German range with GBV 1944 gas mask canister, wooden water bottle with plastic cap, metal water bottle with cover, leather map case and tool pouch with large spanner and oil bottle, generally nearly very fine and better. Qty 5 (B) £60
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Third Reich German Army Q64 M40 helmet and liner, decals incomplete and re-painted, stamped Q64 at side and batch No IN140 at rear, repainted, chinstrap broken, generally nearly very fine. ( 1/2B) £60
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Third Reich German Army marsh pattern camouflage smock with hood, 6 pebbled buttons to front, 2 tailed draw strings to waist, a number of stitched repairs, slightly grubby, generally fine. ( 1/2B) £50
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Royal Air Force Group Captain W.H. Boothby's uniform with Mess Dress jacket, waist coat and trousers made by Gieves & Hawkes of Savile Row, Service Dress jacket with medal ribbons and trousers (trousers also with Gieves & Hawkes label), generally extremely fine, both trouser labels additionally named W H Boothby. Boothby served with the RAF Legal Branch, was promoted Gp Capt 1/1/98, retired as Air Commodore 14/12/11, with copied LGs. (B) £50
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1937 Third Reich German Army overseas side cap, green wool, cloth cockade and eagle to front, clear black maker's stamp to inside Willy Sprengpfeil, Mutzenfabrik, Hamburg 19, dated 1937 Size 57, hand written soldier's details inside Uf 4 Schroder 3/532, good extremely fine. (See photo) (R) £50
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Third Reich German Army M42 tunic jacket, green/blue wool, 6 pebbled buttons to front, Obergefreiter rank badge, collar tabs, printed eagle above left pocket, makers stamp inside jacket front facing, generally extremely fine. ( 1/2B) £50
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Third Reich German green canvas, horsehair and leather tornister (backpack), leather band stamped 0/0676 over 0033, very fine. ( 1/2B) £40
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1950s R.A.F. uniform range to S.A.C. with Greatcoat Size No 8, Jacket O.A. Size 11, War Service Blouse Size 10, trousers, beret, side hat, socks (3 pairs) and gloves in mixes condition. Qty 10 (B) £40
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WW2 Royal Marines Captain's khaki great coat made by John Jones & Co, Mayfair, London, dated 8/1/40 and named to V. St G.T. Connolly, metal pips and shoulder titles, 8 large KC buttons to front etc, generally extremely fine. Vivian St G.T. Connolly served through WW2 and was later Lt Col. (B) £40
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German S-Type anti-personnel mine, deactivated but still retains large quantity of shrapnel, 3 arm detonator, case is rusty. Buyer to collect. (T) £40
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Royal Scots Officer's shoulder belt plate, frosted silvered badge with gilt centre with green enamel backing. Frosted The Royal Scots in scroll below, 2 hooks and 2 studs, some light scratching, generally extremely fine. (Y) £36
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Gordon Highlanders Officer's waist belt plate, Egypt and India battle honours, good very fine. (Y) £36
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QV 27th North Gloucestershire Regiment other rank's glengarry badge, 2 loops, very fine. (Y) £36
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Collection of medal and research hard and soft back books including Recipients of DCM 1914-20 by Walker, Researching British Military Medals by Dymond, Ribbons & Medals by Dorling & Purves, British Gallantry Awards by Abbott & Tamplin, Honours & Awards of the Old Contemptibles etc. Qty 17 (B) £30
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WW2 period Royal Marines Captain's khaki great coat, metal pips and shoulder titles, 8 large KC buttons to front etc, nearly extremely fine. Attributed to Capt (later Lt Colonel) Vivian St G.T. Connolly. (B) £30
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QV 97th (The Earl of Ulster's) Regiment other rank's glengarry badge, 2 loops, very fine. (Y) £28
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QV 12th Regiment of Foot other rank's shako badge, 2 reverse loops with heavy solder repair, nearly very fine. (Y) £28
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Royal Fleet Auxiliary Captain's dress jacket, 8 buttons and Mess Dress jacket 6 buttons, good very fine and better. Qty 2 (B) £20
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Collection mainly extremely fine to uncirculated, mainly with sequential serial numbers with Page £1 1970 HS68 712881-900, Somerset £1 1981 (50), Kentfield £20 1994 (8), Lowther £5 1999 EH25 583031-040 and EC77 438791-800. Qty 98 (R) £420
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Collection including Peppiatt £1 1940 D52D, L93D extremely fine, Catterns £1 1930 M90, 10/- 1930 L37, Peppiatt £1 1940 N61D, 10/ 1934 59X, 1948 48L unthreaded very fine, Mahon £1 1928 D55, Catterns 10/- 1930 K49 last series good fine, Peppiatt £5 1947 (21 Mar) fine, range of British Armed Forces generally uncirculated (7) and France Trans-en-Provance 1 ECU 1994 etc. Qty 22 (R) £300
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Collection in mixed condition with some better including Peppiatt £1 1940 X86D, 1948 Z80A, Beale £5 1951 (15 Aug), 10/- 1950 L54Z, O'Brien £5 1957 E16 last series, Fforde £5 1967 X69, Page £5 1973 BN68, Lowther £5 2002 LL67 replacement etc. Qty 13 (R) £100
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Collection generally fine to very fine including Hollom £1 1963 H26N 166879-880, Page £10 1971 B87, M06 replacement, £1 1978 E04N last series etc, plus silver boxed proofs FDC with crowns 1980, 1981, proof cased set FDC 1981 etc. Qty 15 (T) £40
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Collection with £1 Peppiatt, Beale (10), Page (4), 10/- (7), Hollom (5) and Fforde (4) in mixed condition. Qty 31 (N) £40
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