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.
Air Raid Shelter - Sign.
Air Raid Shelter Sign - \"Public Shelter For 25 Persons\" This actual sign is featured in Peter Doyle book \"The Home Front British Wartime Memorabilia 1939 - 1945\" page 95. This shelter sign was one of a number found during rubbish clearance in a Walsall (West Midlands) church crypt; which would have been used as a shelter during raids on the industrial West Midlands 1940 - 41. The sign is not complete (see photo) and measures approx. 78x23cm in uncleaned condition.
Lancaster Wireless Operators Morse Key.
Morse Key - Type F - 10A/7741 as used in the wireless operators station of the Lancaster and most R.A.F wartime bomber aircraft. In as new unused condition.
WW1 Crested China Field Gun.
WW1 crested china field gun with screen, produced by Willow Art China, with Salisbury crest. In very good condition with no chips or cracks and maker marked to base.
Luftwaffe Target Photograph - RAF Manby.
Scarce Luftwaffe target photograph dated 1941 of Royal Air Force Manby (Lincolnshire) Airfield. Printed on paper the photograph measures approx. 30x34cm is in good condition has been folded and slight damage to one corner which has repair.
Dig For Victory Leaflet No.1. - Grow for Winter as
Dig For Victory - Leaflet No.1 - Grow For Winter As Well As Winter. Issued by the Ministry of Agriculture. Coloured leaflet in good condition with year round plan for vegetable growing to centre.
Grouping To P/O A.E. Kelly R.C.A.F - 431 Squadron
Document and insignia grouping to J38328 Pilot Officer / Flying Officer / Flight Lieutenant / Squadron Leader, later Major Allan Everet Kelly, Royal Canadian Air Force. The group covers his wartime service and post war. Commissioned as a Officer on 12th November 1943, Kelly flew as a Navigator in Halifax and Lancaster aircraft with 431 RCAF Squadron based at RAF Croft in the latter period of World War Two. From March 1945 he flew on 15 raids, into the heart of Europe, his last raid being the final sortie flow by his Squadron, at the end of the war before returning to Canada. Raids include - Cologne, Dessau, Essen, Dortmund, Saarbrucken, Hagen, Heide, Hamburg x 2, Leipzig, Kiel, Schweinfurt, Bremen, Wangerooge and Juvincourt. Post war he became a specialist in communications, leaving the RCAF in 1971, with the rank of Major. He was at C.F.B Penhold from February 1965 to January 1971 and was also attached to 743 Canadian Communications Squadron, on his retirement. Contents of the grouping include - 1. His original Navigator log sheets and Plotting route maps for the following operations- 10/3/1945 - Essen - A/C SE-C 12/3/1945 - Dortmund - A/C SE-C 14/3/1945 - Saarbrucken - A/C SE-C 21/3/1945 - Heide - A/C SE-C 24/4/1945 - Wangerooge - A/C SE-G 10/4/1945 - Leipzig - A/C SE-C The logs and route maps are clearly written and drawn in pencil and would have been completed during the sortie. 2. \"Chart Of Sorties Flown to Jerryland\" Map completed by Kelly showing targets attacked. 3. His 1943 dated promotion certificate to Pilot Officer. 4. Four wartime period photographs one being his \"escape\" photos. 5. His wartime Navigator brevet. 6. War Service Badge with identification card dated August 1945. 7. Wartime and post war medal ribbons. 8. A group of his post war insignia. 9. Six post war service photograph.
Wartime USAAF Distinguished Flying Cross.
Wartime example of the U.S.A.A.F Distinguished Flying Cross. In excellent unissued condition, just some light surface scratches to the bronze finish, with numbered fixing bar.
Guards Armoured Division Shoulder Insignia.
Matching pair of WW2 embroidered Guards Armoured Division shoulder insignia. In good used condition, with service wear, removed from uniform. Ex Irish Guards.
R.A.F Officer Cap Badge.
A good quality mid to late war R.A.F Officer service dress cap badge. Bullion wire is bright and crisp, shows signs of being removed from cap, retains the retailers price label.
R.A.F Officers Service Dress Cap.
Wartime R.A.F Officers Service Dress Cap (ex Wing Commander L. Robinson RAF) in excellent used condition, underside of peak has written S/Ldr L Robinson and is of the early green finish. Size 7 3/8. Maker L. Silberston & Sons Ltd London. Good quality economy version of the officers cap badge being gilt rather than bullion. A really good example with light service wear and retains good shape and colour. We also have for sale his medals and tunic see items 50321 & 50323.