WW1 - British and Allies

BRITISH WWI ROYAL NAVY PETTY OFFICERS VISOR CAP IN ITS ORIGINAL TIN WITH INSIGNIA.

A very nice condition large size all dark blue bodied naval petty officers visor cap. No moth damage. Mohair centre band. Petty officers beautifully constructed bullion wire red velvet and metallic badge. Typical narrow black thin chinstrap with cloth covered side buttons. To the interior the inner crown is in the circular multi stitching of that period. The leather sweatband with wear use obvi...  read more

Code: 96274

RUSSIAN WWI SCHWARZLOSE USER MANUAL IN RUSSIAN LANGUAGE.

The Russians managed to capture many Schwarzlose machine guns in WWI and produced their own user manual, this is a 1917 dated example, an extremely rare document. 18 double sided pages of text and diagrams, complete with its original cover. Slight age foxing and fading on the corners but otherwise in generally good condition.  read more

Code: 96200

BRITISH WWI 2 X TRENCH WHISTLES.

Two trench whistles attached to a nice military lanyard, one ‘J. Hudson & Son, Birmingham 1916’ the other ‘A.De Courcy & Co’ also dated 1916.  read more

Code: 96237

BRITISH WWI ROYAL NAVAL AIR SERVICE BELT.

In all of our years of handling militaria we have only ever had two Royal Naval Air Service officers swords, we have never had the suspension belt either service or dress. This is the black leather service waist belt, complete with the Royal Naval Air Service brass buckle, crown over flying eagle with one single runner, a belt loop and a sword hanger. A very rare accessory for the Royal Naval A...  read more

Code: 96048

CANADIAN WWI OLIVER PATTERN LEATHER EQUIPMENT.

A WWI Canadian Oliver pattern leather equipment set, comprising of reproduction and original parts. The ammunition pouches, both of which are fine original examples, each dated ‘1916’, the leatherwork is good and strong with brass fittings all in place, one is marked with the name ‘Private Baldock 185 Battalion 874753’. Private Baldock embarked for Europe in October 1916 with the 184th OS Batta...  read more

Code: 96034

BRITISH WWI WRIST WARMERS.

A khaki wool soldiers wrist warmers.  read more

Code: 95922

BRITISH WWI 1914 PATTERN LARGE PACK.

This pack has seen service use and is stained overall, all of its 1914 leather buckles and attachments are complete including one of the long straps, there is a hole to the webbing close to the lower left hand buckle as the pack is viewed, faint traces of original owners name or unit on the large back panel, stitch marks around the two other upper leather buckles indicate this has been modified...  read more

Code: 95917

BRITISH WWI ROYAL FUSILIERS ENLISTED RANKS TUNIC.

The standard pattern 02 tunic was worn throughout World War I, as the war ran longer than was expected production facilities and materials were becoming short and corners were cut with all different types of uniform and equipment, the 1902 pattern tunic had 2 seams underneath the collar, in 1918 this was reduced to 1 seam, which is the example offered here, medium-size 02 pattern configuration ...  read more

Code: 94206

FRENCH WWI PHOTOGRAPHS.

8 studio shots, one in the field shot 9 in total , all of French officers and men wearing their horizon blue uniforms with either four pocket uniform tunics or the tunic/greatcoat, some with annotations on the reverse side.  read more

Code: 95893

BRITISH WWI IMPERIAL MUSEUM POSTCARD.

A super postcard published by the Imperial War Museum showing 8 types of steel helmets and 1 elephant face shield, used by Portuguese, American, British, Belgium, French, Austria and German forces of the First World War. The helmets are some of the rarest of WWI including French Polack, the German M.18 with the front shield, Berndorfer, Portuguese with the ribbed skull. Ideal for the in-depth h...  read more

Code: 95894