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.
4th Indian Division Baluch Rifles Officers Service
This example appears to be Indian made with the usual hand sewn button holes etc, insid ehas a tailors label. Its badged up for thr 4th Indian Division and has a nice pair of black Baluch titles, officers pips are on top of red material, tunic has black rifle buttons and a silver buckle as expected. The only issue i can see is some slight moth to a bottom corner. A very nice tunic to a vet who served in Africa and then went up the boot of Italy.
WW2 RAF Flight Sergeant Tunic, Bomb Aimer.
Very nice condition tunic badged up to a flight seargeant who served as a bomb aimer. One very small moth nip to the lower skirt only. The stripes and printed albatross are machine sewn, the BA wings are hand sewn. The inside lining is again in nice condition, it has the wound dressing pocket to the left side, the label is dirty and has the owners name and number going over the top details, the date looks to be 1940 or 42, anyway its a nice badged wartime example and its not a bad size, No12.
1914 Dated Leather Bayonet Frog.
Model appears to be a brown version of the 1882 pattern, condition is very good with the cross strap being complete and supple. The back at the bottom has the makers stamp and clear 1914 date.
Panzer Officers Shoulder Boards.
A nice used set of sew in shoulder boards in pink for a panzer officer. The boards have had there pips removed. Nice pair of ''P'' letter to each board.
1901 Dated British Knee Length Leather Leggings.
Well ive never come across a set of these before and the early date makes them quite interesting. They measure around 23 inches from top to bottom and would be used i pressume to protect the legs from rough ground, vegitation or on horseback. The condition is very good considering the age, leather is supple with just a couple of tiny holes to the outside, the inside has a sort of wool lining that has suffered some moth damage, a few of the side fastening metal hooks are missing as is one bottom fastening buckle. Both have clear black stamp markings to the inside including clear WD markings. As expected from the age these are very small at the bottom were they wrap around the boot.
Boer War Presentation Clasp Knife. Imperial Yeoman
Well i do like my pocket knives and this must be one of the best ive been able to offer in some time and thats without the dedicated info running along the body. The knife is made by Joseph Haywood, all blades and tools on the knife are so marked with the extra trademark of a kettle. All blades and tools are present and all are tightly ''sprung'', minimal staining from age. Too the side of the metal grip is the name of a soldier, ERNEST.J.HORWOOD, of the 58th company of the Imperial Yeomanry, a quick search brings up Horwood as having served in Africa during the Boer war from 1900 till 1901. Why he was presented with the knife is anyones guess but from the condition he certainly didnt use it a lot. Perhaps more research is possible. RESERVED FOR DAVE!
Victorian Miltary Square Point Clasp Knife.
I was lucky enough to find this scarce example of the square point folding knife as described in Ron Flook's book on British military knives, pages 125 to 127. He quotes that these were issued to both army and naval personnel. This knife has had a hard life but considering its age its still a nice example. The stag scale handle is in very nice undamaged condition, the blade has seen a lot of service use and has been sharpened, the makers details are faint but i can make out the name for the firm Thomas Turner. It has lost it copper staple.
British Waistbelt with Sword Carriages, Staff Serg
I belive its of the 1890 pattern in heavy brown leather, the condition is very good with supple leather, both sword straps are present and the front buckle has sharp detail.
1919/20 Officers Riding School Badge, Poland.
In very nice condition , plenty of patina and the only damage is a sligh chip above the letter ''M'', rear has no makers mark and im afraid its missing its fastening disk.
Large Personal Cleaning Kit.
Just love this sort of personal kit. Its in very nice condition with all buttons present and no damage to the maretial. The bottom compartments hold two shoe brushes, one is dated 1941. The large top compartment holds a full tin of of leather treatment and two tablets of leather wax/waterproofer. The side pocket has some twine and two different field grey cottons. I would usually class this sort of quirky item as WW1 produced, type sent to the front lines by friends and family but with one brush being dated 41 then ive placed it here in the WW2 section. Anyway folks its an interesting item.