Sold Gallery
These pages display a number of the rare items that I have had the pleasure of selling. To view more details and a larger photograph please click on the thumbnail picture.
South Staffordshire Regiment - Wartime Plastic Bad
Scarce South Staffordshire Regiment wartime economy plastic cap badge. The badge is in good condition and retains its two metal blade fixings.
L\'Amerique en Guerre - November 1942 Aerial Dro
Aerial dropped propaganda / information leaflet - L' Amerique en Guerre (America at War) No.18 - 26th November 1942. Leaflet in good clean condition.
Child\'s Gas Mask - 1939.
1939 dated child's gas mask (Mickey Mouse type) manufactured by Avon and in good condition with just a small amount of cracking / perishing to the rubber on the fold near to the canister, priced accordingly.
A.R.P Handbook - No14 - The Fire Guard Handbook.
Air Raid Precautions Handbook No.14 (1st Edition) - The Fire Guards Handbook. Published 1942, card cover 45 page handbook in good sound condition. Pages 37to 42 have been written clearly in ink by the owner giving details of other fire guards in the area and locations of warden post etc in the Borough of Chelsea.
Small Civil Defence Cap Badge.
Small (approx dia 4cm) embroidered yellow on blue background civil defence cap badge, authorised for wear on the issue beret in 1943. The badge is in used condition with some service wear.
\"The Land Girl\" - November 1945
"The Land Girl" No.8 Volume 6, November 1945. Small 15 page magazine of the Women's Land Army with black and white photographs is in good condition has suffered from rust bleed from the staples which have been removed to save further damage.
P.O.W Letter - RAF - 61 Sqn Lancaster 1942.
P.O.W letter from F/Sgt Robert Beard to his parents dated February 1944 from M-Stammlager VIII B P.O.W camp. Beard was on operations to Saarbrucken with 61 Sqn flying in Lancaster R5737 when it crashed near Vrizy France he was taken POW the rest of the crew were killed.
N.F.S Steel Helmet - Area 24 - Coventry.
Wartime N.F.S Mk.II steel helmet - Area 24 Coventry District. The helmet retains 95% of its original paint finish with NFS and area transfer to front, the liner dated 1939 and is in sound condition. On the inside rim of the helmet the owners name and service number has been painted. Overall a good clean helmet.
WW1 Princess Marys Christmas Fund Cigarettes.
Scarce packet of cigarettes from the 1914 Princess Marys Christmas Fund tin, the packet has been opened but still retains the 14 original cigarettes and the small photograph of Princess Mary. The cigarettes and packet are in very good condition considering there age.
WW1 Princess Marys Christmas Fund Cigarettes.
Scarce packet of cigarettes from the 1914 Princess Marys Christmas Fund tin, the packet has been opened but still retains the 14 original cigarettes and the small photograph of Princess Mary. The cigarettes and packet are in very good condition considering there age.