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.
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.
Wing Commander Four Pocket Service Dress Tunic.
Wing Commander Four Pocket Service Dress Tunic (Ex Wing Commander L. Robinson). In very good condition with just a couple of small \"nicks\" and general service wear with \"Burton\" tailors label. Size 40 inch chest. Wing commander rank bars to sleeves and medals ribbons above breast pocket. We also have for sale his service cap and medals see items 50322 & 50321.
R.C.A.F Air Gunners Log Book - 143 Squadron, Coast
R.C.A.F log book to wireless operator / air gunner R.E Ellison covering the period June 1941 to May 1945. Serving mainly with 143 Squadron Coastal Command and seeing a lot of action as recorded in the log book as W/Op / AG on Blenheim\'s during 1941 / 42. Training commenced June 1941 No 1 Wireless School St Hubert, Montreal, Canada, July 1941 bombing and gunnery school Jarvis Ontario. Joining his first squadron 143 coastal command squadron at RAF Dyce / RAF Aldergrove in September 1941 flying Blenheim\'s. 143 squadron was a coastal command long range fighter unit, carrying out anti-sub patrols, convoy escort, shipping strikes and air sea rescue. During the period up to January 1942 was a busy time for Ellison some of his log book entries are - 3/10/41 Anti sub, found and damaged same we hope! 6/10/41 Shipping strike - hit by flak. 14/10/41 Convoy escort chased by two ME109 - damaged. 6/11/41 crashed on take off. 24/11/41 Shipping strike shot up by Dornier. 6/1/42 Intercepted JU88s over Liverpool, damaged one. 15/1/42 Shipping strike attacked by ME109 crashed on landing. February to May saw quieter time with training duties from RAF Squires Gate Blackpool flying Botha. June 1942 saw a move to RAF Catfoss with 143 squadron back on Blenheim\'s - 5/7/42 1st Thousand - Raid Cologne. 10/7/42 diversionary raid Dieppe. 20/7/42 Bombed cruisers Norwegian Fjords. August based at RAF Docking, 13/8/42 bombing raid Flushing ack ack very heavy. 17/8/42 shipping strike damaged by flak. 19/8/42 fighter escort Cologne. 27/8/42 Hamburg, chase ME109s one probable. September saw move to RAF North Coates. 15/9/42 Night intruder Holland. 17/9/42 Night intruder France damaged a/c and hangers. 30/9/42 Night Intruder Flushing returned engine trouble. October 1942 joined 160 Squadron flying Liberators from Ratamalana Ceylon taking part on anti sub patrols, convoy escort, bombing raids, numerous entries until his return to uk on November 1944. His final posting was to 7 S.F.T.S Sutton Bridge. The final entry in the log 7/5/45, Oxford, night cross country. The log is clearly written with all correct signatures and stamps, is in sound well used condition with some damage to spine. An above average log with lots of ops and a good research project. .
WW1 St John Voluntary Aid Detachment Armband.
World War One \"St John Voluntary Aid Detachment\" armband, white and red embroidered lettering on black circular backing sewn onto elasticated armband. This was part of a small collection of items we recently acquired to a Kent VAD nurse. The Voluntary Aid Detachment (VAD) was a voluntary unit of civilians providing nursing care for military personnel during WW1. Although VADs were intimately bound up in the war effort, they were not strictly speaking military nurses, as they were not under the control of the military. The VAD nurses worked in field hospitals, i.e., close to the battlefield, and in longer-term places of recuperation back in Britain.
\"Air Raid Incident\" Report Card.
\"Air Raid Incident\" (Miscellaneous) report card measures approx. 20x12cm for Cowfold, West Sussex dated 28th January 1944. Details of incident - During the afternoon of the 28th January 1944, a quantity of black strips, as dropped from aircraft, was found at Thorndean, Cowfold, map reference 648240. They measured 31.1/2 x 3/4 inches. Taken to Horsham Police Station. Card in good condition.
National Air Raid Distress Fund - Flag Day.
Wartime \"National Air Raid Distress Fund\" flag day badge. In good clean condition. Printed on rear - This is an emergency emblem designed to avoid the use of pins, the steel for which is urgently required for the War. Please contribute to the fund as generously as you can.
War Charities Week - Flag day Badge.
Wartime \"War Charities Week\" flag day badge, sold to raise funds for various war charities. In good condition with just some rust bleed from the steel pin.