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.
R.A.F Regiment Printed Shoulder Title.
Wartime Royal Air Force Regiment printed should title in used slightly grubby condition showing signs of removal from uniform.
Civil Defence \"Senior Fire Guard\" Shoulder T
Embroidered Civil Defence \"Senior Fire Guard\" Shoulder title. Yellow lettering on black / blue background. Title is in good clean unissued condition.
Civil Defence Printed \"Rescue\" Shoulder Titl
Civil Defence Printed \"Rescue\" Service shoulder title. Yellow lettering on blue background. Title is in good used condition removed from uniform.
Royal Ordnance Factory- Front Line Duty Badge.
Wartime printed Royal Ordnance Factory - Front Line Duty badge. In good unissued condition with just slight age discolouration see photos. These were worn on workers overalls.
Royal Flying Corps Pilots Wings.
A quality pair of inter war period Royal Flying Corps padded pilots wings. Produced after the change to the RAF for pilots from WW1 to wear on later uniforms. The wings are in excellent condition with most of the paper backing remaining.
St Pancras Borough Council Warden Helmet.
Rare St Pancras Borough Council MkII 1939 dated Wardens helmet in overall good condition with some slight damage to the S.P.B.C transfer (see photos). Original liner and strap. A scarce and desirable London district helmet.
R.A.F 1950s Pilots Log Books - Vampire - Meteor.
Royal Air Force Pilots Flying Log Books to F/O M.T Laurence covering the period 1950 to 1962. Log Book 1 has an interesting endorsement from the Commanding Officer of R.A.F Driffield - On 15th January 1955 while flying solo at night in a Meteor 4, Flying Officer Laurence a student pilot with sixty hours flying experience on the Meteor was involved in a collision with another Meteor at 1000 feet over the airfield. As a result of the collision his canopy was shattered and the wingtip of the other aircraft became detached and jammed in the canopy framework. Despite the noise of the slipstream in his shattered canopy and wreckage projecting into the cockpit, Laurence maintained control of his aircraft and climbed to 8000 feet to assess the damage. With commendable coolness and courage he elected to land the aircraft and carried out an excellent controlled descent and landing. On touching down the wing tip of the other aircraft dropped into his lap, had that happened earlier it is unlikely that a safe descent could have been made. Log Book 1 covers the period January 1950 to February 1955. Aircraft flown - Tiger Moth, Chipmunk, Prentice, Harvard and Meteor. Units flown with Edinburgh University Air Squadron, Qualified for pilot wings July 1954 at No3 F.T.S Feltwell. N0 8 FTS RAF Driffield for training on Meteor 7. Log Book 2 cover the period November 1955 to September 1962. Joined No 603 Squadron RAF Turnhouse flying Meteor and Vampire. September 1956 moved to No 605 Squadron at RAF Honiley flying Vampire and Meteor. October saw the end of his jet flying and for the remaining of his career he instructed at various Air Experience Flight. Both logs are in good used condition well written with all correct signatures.
Civil Defence \"Control\" Helmet.
Scarce Civil Defence \"Control\" MkII steel helmet, shell dated 1939 maker marked \"BMB\" Briggs Motor Bodies unable to see date on liner. The helmet has stencilled \"Control\" to front and rear, retains most of its original paint (see photos). A very scarce above average condition original untouched helmet.
R.C.A.F Post War Officers D.F.C Tunic.
R.C.A.F Warrant Officer post war dated 1961 battledress style jacket named to bomb aimer W.O.1 J Meek DFC. Jacket in good condition with just some slight wear, with original insignia, medal ribbons and operational wing for completing 30 operation tour. Good research project on his wartime career, The DFC list shows two j .Meeks.
RAF Pilot Wings.
A excellent quality pair of used late war padded Royal Air Force pilot wings. Oatmeal embroidery on black background retaining good colour and shape have been removed from uniform.