| |
A Second World War Wolseley Tropical Pith Helmet, covered in light khaki twill, with six panelled skull, ten fold puggaree set with formation badge for GHQ FARELF (Far East Land Forces), the brim with leather binding and green twill lining, with leather sweatband and chinstrap, and with War Department draw-string linen cover; an Early British Police Custodian Helmet, with copper rose top af; a Copper Powder Flask by James Dixon & Sons, Sheffield, embossed with an anthemion, with brass charger stamped with maker's name, and with internal spring (4) £150 - 250
|
|
| |
Three Pieces of 19th Century Indo Persian Armour, comprising a Khula Khud, the one piece domed skull engraved with panels of figures, scrolling foliage and script, set with a square section tapered spike, two plume holders and a nasal guard, lacks chain mail neck protector; a Steel Dhal of convex circular form, 44.5cm diameter, and a Bazu Band (arm protector) with similar decoration (3) £200 - 300
|
|
| |
Three Pieces of 16th Century Style Armour, comprising:- a neck guard, five lame pauldron, rerebrace, elbow cop and vambrace, joined together by rivets, with buckles, hooks and eyes; and a pair of gauntlets with five lame hand guards, hinged thumb guards and remnants of finger lames (3) £100 - 200
|
|
| |
A Uniform to a Lieutenant General of the Prince of Wales's Volunteers (South Lancashire Regiment), comprising a no.1 service tunic and trousers and a no.2 service tunic and trousers, both tunics with brass buttons, rank badges, scarlet collar tabs with silver bullion thread oak leaves, and medal ribbons First and Second World War £150 - 250
|
|
| |
A Small Quantity of Police Uniforms, including two West German Police tunics, a pair of Mexican Police Narcotics Department overalls, two Elizabeth II capes with chain fastenings and chrome collar numbers, four Elizabeth II tunics with chrome buttons and shoulder numbers (two with West Yorkshire collar badges), a polo shirt and two Hi-viz jackets(12) £100 - 200
|
|
| |
A Second World War British Army Tropal Coat, designed for the Norwegian campaign, in heavy duty khaki canvas, with kapok filled quilted lining, green serge lined sleeves and collar, with five anodised steel hinged clip fasteners, labelled 'Kapok Lined, Size 3, by Wareings (Northampton) Ltd., August 1941'; other Uniforms, comprising a Royal Observer Corps coverall and beret, a camouflage smock with A.M. zip and later eagle and swastika insignia, a US jacket with star insignia to the collar and a small quantity of assorted British cap badges £100 - 150
|
|
| |
A Post-War Merchant Navy Uniform, to the New Zealand & Federal Steam Navigation Co., labelled to Captain A.D.Rollinson, comprising black jacket with gilt buttons, rank shoulder straps and Second World War medal ribbons with a pair of trousers; a mess dress jacket, waistcoat and a pair of trousers; a Mess Dress Scarlet Jacket and Blue Waistcoat, to a Major of the 4th/7th Royal Dragoon Guards; a No.2 Service Dress Uniform, to a Captain of the Royal Irish Regiment, comprising tunic with staybrite buttons and blackened rank pips, a pair of trousers and a leather Sam Browne (4) £100 - 150
| GERMAN THIRD REICH ITEMS | |
|
| |
A German Third Reich Iron Cross, first class, with vertical sword shape pin £80 - 120
|
|
| |
A German Third Reich EM's M41 Tropical Field Cap, in olive/khaki cotton, the front of the cap applied with a machine woven national eagle in light blue/grey threads on a tan field, over an inverted V white soutache flanking the machine woven National tri-colour cockade on a tan diamond field, with four ventilation grommets, cloth covered card stiffened visor, red cotton lining stencilled KURT SCHEER, UNIFORM/UTZENFABRIK, DUISBERG 2 within a rectangle, dated 1941 and size 56 £300 - 400
|
|
| |
A German Third Reich SS EM's M43 Field Cap, in grey/green wool, with BeVo woven SS eagle and skull insignia on a green trapezoid field, with fold-down side panels secured by a single pebbled button, with cloth covered card stiffened visor and grey rayon lining £400 - 500
|
|
| |
A German Third Reich SS Officer's Overseas Cap, in field grey wool mix, the fold-down sides with silver/aluminium braid piping, eagle and swastika in silver/aluminium flat wire weave on a black field and a similar Totenkopf insignia, both hand stitched to the cap, with green satin lining £500 - 600
|
|
| |
A German Third Reich Barbed Wire Tensioner, in galvanised steel, the hexagonal bolt head cast with a swastika, bearing a label inscribed Stalag Souvenir; a Pair of German Third Reich Medals, comprising War Merit Cross with swords and ribbon bar, and a German Defence Medal, in a glazed display case; a Copy of a Luftwaffe Officer's Visor Cap, with white metal eagle cap badge over winged oak leaf wreath enclosing National tricolour cockade, with metal thread chinstrap (3) £100 - 150
|
|
| |
A German Third Reich Luftwaffe EM Cuff Title, of blue wool, machine embroidered in Sütterlin style script "Geschwader Hindenburg" in silver grey thread, 47.5cm £100 - 150
|
|
| |
A German Third Reich Afrika Korps Cuff Title, First Pattern, of two tone green rayon, machine embroidered AFRIKAKORPS in silver aluminium wire thread within a similarly embroidered bands of diagonal lines, 46cm £100 - 150
|
|
| |
A Pair of Second World War German 7X50 Gas Mask Binoculars by Carl Zeiss, Jena, numbered 2240601 for 1943 and with maker's code blc, the right lenses with calibrated diopter scale, both eyepieces with rubber eye cups, original Benutzer bakelite lens cover, with black 'Rauhlack' finish to the grips and leather neck strap, in black leather cloth case stamped rln and Wehrmacht eagle, the interior with four pockets set with three filters £250 - 350
|
|
| |
A Copy of a German Third Reich SS Camouflage Field Cap, of herringbone twill, the exterior with 'pea pattern' camouflage, with stitched eyelets and stiffened visor, with silver coloured metal embroidered eagle and skull cap badge, the cream interior stencilled DEK 43/52/65/F.fm, s.SS Pz.Aufkl. Abt.5 and inscribed with owner's name £100 - 200
|
|
| |
A German Third Reich Declination Compass by Ertel, Munchen, for use with a radio direction finder used to locate enemy radio positions, finished in green enamel, with a connector for illuminating the reticle and the needle, numbered 2254 and with waffenampt markings Wa. A.376 £40 - 60
|
|
| |
A German Third Reich NSDAP Flag, in red cotton, each side applied with white cotton roundel printed with a black swastika, the hoist with reinforced corners, 107cm by 193cm £100 - 150
|
|
|
A Pair of German Third Reich U-Boat Commander's 8 x 60 Binoculars by Carl Zeiss, Jena, with original olive green 'Rauhlack' finish, the right turret impressed 8 X 60, 49173, blc, the hinged lens with original Benutzer bakelite rain guard, with screw driver adjusted internal focussing and with leather neck strap. £800 - 1200
|
|
| |
A German Third Reich M42 Single Decal Luftwaffe Helmet, with blue/grey finish, the left side with Luftwaffe eagle decal, the inner back brim stamped 1572, the inner left brim stamped ET66, with leather liner and chinstrap £300 - 500
|
|
| |
Operation Sea Lion 1941 (The Proposed German Invasion of England), seven folding maps of the United Kingdom and five booklets:- directory of towns; reconnaissance manual; list of railway stations; fold-out road maps; photo book of targets.
Footnote:- the above are part of a set of highly secret documents which were originally prepared for Operation Sea Lion, the German Invasion of England, and then later for German agents and saboteurs who would be dropped by parachute or U-boat to destroy important industrial and communication targets all over England £200 - 300
|
|
| |
A German SS Signet Ring, in silver coloured metal with black composition panel set with a single S rune £150 - 180
|
|
| |
A German SS Supporting Member's Stick Pin, the oval black enamel panel with SS runes backed by a swastika and flanked by F and M within a beaded border, with bent brass pin. £80 - 120
|
|
|
A German Third Reich M35 Double Decal Army Helmet, with 'Rauhlack' camouflage finish, traces of Heer eagle and National tri-colour shield decals, with nine tongue leather liner, lacks most of chinstrap £500 - 600
|
|
|
A German Third Reich M42 Steel Helmet, with sprayed pale green camouflage finish over the original field grey, the eight tongue leather liner with stencilled size 58, lacks chinstrap £450 - 550
|
|
|
A German Third Reich M42 Single Decal Steel Helmet, with camouflaged finish of splashes of brown over field grey, Heer eagle decal, the inner back brim stamped 64 3550, with eight tongue leather liner and chinstrap £500 - 600
|
|
| |
A Second World War German Afrikakorps Vehicle Door, possibly for a Horch Kfz 15, with stencilled badge, catch rusted closed, with pull handle and two hinge pins, 58.5cm high, 66.5cm along the slope, 61cm wide at the top, 28cm wide at the base af £200 - 250
|
|
|
A German Third Reich Luftwaffe Officer's Sword, the 71.5cm double edge fullered steel blade etched with maker's mark for Paul Weyersberg, Solingen, the silver plated hilt with down-swept winged crossguard centred by a gilt `Sunwheel' swastika, wire bound blue leather grip and `Sunwheel' swastika disc pommel, with silver plated mounts to the blue leather scabbard and hanger, 93cm £600 - 800
|
|
|
A German Third Reich Luftwaffe Officer's Dagger, first pattern, the 30.5cm chamfered double edge steel blade etched with maker's logo of seated king over SMF, Solingen, the opposing side crudely inscribed M/Fl.154.109, the nickel plated hilt with downswept winged crossguard with gilt 'Sunwheel' swastika, wire bound blue leather grip and 'Sunwheel' pommel, the blue leather scabbard with nickel plated mounts, hanging chains and clip, the suspender lugs each stamped 584, 47.5cm £300 - 400
|
|
| |
A German Third Reich M84/98 Knife Bayonet, one side of the blade later etched 'Deutsch Kriegsmarine', the opposing side 'Unterseeboot-U52-Kiel', with wood grip scales, the pommel with waffenampt markings, stamped C17681 and later etched with a swastika, with police portapee, black painted steel scabbard and leather frog. £70 - 100
|
|
| |
A German Third Reich Kriegsmarine Dagger, the 23cm double edge double fullered steel blade faintly etched, by Paul Weyersberg & Co., Solingen, shortened at the tip, the brass hilt with wire bound cream celluloid grip, the brass scabbard engraved with lightning bolts; a German KS98 Bayonet, the 24.5cm plated blade with single fuller, unmarked, the white metal hilt with wood grip scales carved to simulate antler, with black painted steel scabbard; an Indian Small Knife, with brass bone and white metal hilt, lacks scabbard (3) £200 - 300
|
|
| |
A Second World War German Fighting Knife, the 17cm double edge blackened steel blade stamped 9535/y to one side of the ricasso, the opposing side stamped 41asw, the brass rivetted wood grip scales inset to one side with plated brass SS runes, the blued steel scabbard with brass belt clip, 30.5cm £100 - 150
|
|
| |
A German Third Reich Kriegsmarine Dagger, the 25cm double edge double fullered steel blade bearing traces of original etched decoration, the brass hilt with wrythen fluted cream celluloid grip, the brass scabbard engraved with lightning bolts, 42cm £200 - 300
|
|
| |
A German Third Reich DRK EM's Hewer, the 26.5cm saw-back steel blade with screw-driver tip, marked at the ricasso GES. GESCHUTZT, the white metal hilt now lacking the grips and pommel, the black enamelled scabbard with white metal mounts, 39cm £100 - 150
| JAPANESE ITEMS | |
|
| |
A Japanese Shinto Daisho in Shirasaya, each with signed tang for Tamba No Kami Yoshimichi and Kiku mon, the katana with 60.5cm blade with unusual hamon, one piece brass habaki with horizontal groove, Certificate of Recognition and Origame by Nathan Rosenbloom, the wakizashi with 41cm blade with wide undulating hamon, one piece copper habaki with diagonally burred decoration, together with a photograph of both tangs shown side by side £3000 - 4000
|
|
| |
A Japanese Edo Suit of Armour, 1603-1868, comprising a five plate brown lacquered iron Zunari kabuto with two plate shikoro, the maedate formed from a pair of Japanese Roe deer antlers and frontlet, centred by a bronzed metal landscape disc; mempo with hinged nose and grey bristle moustache, with red laquered internal finish; do (cuirass) with seven faux lames; a pair of kote (armoured sleeves) with chain mail and lacquered lames; kusazuri (armoured skirt) in seven sections, each of four lames; cream silk brocade hodo-haidate (thigh protectors), each with five rows of eight panelled lames; and a pair of chain mail and laquered iron suneate (shin protectors), all with blue lacing, on a display stand and with Yoroi-bitsu (storage box) £2500 - 3500
|
|
| |
A Japanese Daireifuku Tail Coat, in black wool, the stand-up collar, cuffs, rear flaps and vent richly embroidered with kirimon in gold bullion thread and lace, with gilt metal kirimon buttons, quilted cream silk lining and maker's gold embroidered label for Mitsukoshi, Tokyo, Japan, the inner pocket with label inscribed Specially made for Mr.S. Kawamura, June 1933 £150 - 200
|
|
| |
A Japanese Iron Maru Gata Tsuba, with ko-sukashi of a sakura flower, signed, 7.1cm, in wood box with origami (certificate) numbered 207018 £100 - 150
|
|
| |
Three Japanese Iron Sukashi Tsuba, one of kaku gata form, chased with prunus blossom, 7.5cm, two of maru gata form, one inlaid with two bat shape scrolls in gilt, 6cm and 6.5cm, in a wood box £150 - 250
|
|
| |
A Japanese Shinto Katana, the unsigned 69.5cm blade with undulating wavy hamon, the unsigned tang with single mekugi ana, one piece brass habaki with diagonally burred decoration, the iron tsuba with brass plugged kogai and kosuza bitsu, the plain hilt with same grip, with cloud decorated maroon lacquer saya, 98cm £300 - 400
|
|
| |
A Framed Display of Japanese Sword Accessories, comprising a bronze kashira decorated with a wysteria branch and two birds in copper and gold; four early iron tsuba and a copper crescent moon maedate for a kabuto £200 - 300
|
|
| |
A Japanese Shin Shinto Aikuchi, the 20cm steel blade with slightly undulating hamon, a narrow fuller to the back edge, unsigned tang, with one piece copper habaki, in shirasaya mounts £100 - 150
|
|
| |
A Second World War Japanese Kamikaze Pilot's Knife, with unsigned 13.5cm steel blade, one piece copper habake, leather covered grip and scabbard, 25cm £100 - 150
|
|
|
A Japanese Shin Shinto Aikuchi, the 18cm unsigned steel blade with faint hamon, the one piece silver plated copper habaki with diagonally burred decoration, the fine braid bound hilt with gilt metal fuchi and kashira with scalework decoration, with similar decoration to the mounts on the ribbed black lacquer saya simulating bark work, set with a kogai and kozuka, 32cm £300 - 400
|
|
|
A Japanese Shinto Aikuchi, the 22cm unsigned steel blade with faint hamon and chamfered back edge, one piece copper habaki, the black lacquered braid bound hilt with gilt metal fuchi and kashira with finely pebbled decoration, the ribbed black lacquer saya set with a kogai and kozuka, 41cm £200 - 300
|
|
  |
A Japanese Shinto Wakizashi, the 40cm steel blade with billowing hamon and narrow fuller to the back edge, the shortened tang with partial signature and three mekugi ana, with two piece white metal habaki, the iron tsuba with shakudo decoration of a cat, mountains and bamboo, the black braid bound same hilt with shakudo bronze menuki formed as a crane and a Minogame, the bronze fuchi and kashira similarly decorated with birds, the black lacquer saya decorated with gilt pheasants and set with a signed kogatana with bronze kozuka decorated with playing children, 62cm £1500 - 1800
|
|
| |
A Second World War Japanese Shingunto Katana, the unsigned 62cm steel blade with narrow fuller to the back edge, brass prunus cast tsuba, the braid bound same hilt with triple chrysanthemum head menuki, the brass kashira set with a silver family mon, with bronzed metal saya, 94cm £550 - 650
|
|
| |
A 19th Century Japanese Aikuchi, the 21cm single edge steel blade with one piece brass habaki, the bone hilt and saya carved with seated figures holding fans, 39cm £150 - 200
|
|
| |
A Japanese Model 1883 Naval Dirk, the 21cm single edge steel blade with a narrow fuller to the back edge, with one piece brass habaki, the underside of the gilt metal recurving crossguard stamped with an anchor within a prunus blossom, wire bound ray skin grip with copper kashira, the black leather scabbard with gilt metal mounts embossed with prunus blossom, each side of the locket with suspender ring, 41.5cm £300 - 400
| EDGED WEAPONS | |
|
| |
An Indian Copy of a General Officer's Mameluke Sabre, with laser etched steel blade, brass hilt with ivorine pistol grip scales, with brass scabbard; a US Knights of Pythius Fraternity Sword, the blade etched James Scott, the white metal cruciform hilt with visored helmet pommel, with white metal scabbard; an Indian Copy of a George V 1897 Pattern Infantry Officer's Sword, with leather scabbard (3) £150 - 200
|
|
