WW1 - British and Allies

BRITISH WWI EARLY RAF ALBUM AND EPHEMERA.

A hard card album with paper label ‘HENDON’ on the cover, on opening the album beautifully displayed ‘RAF Air Pageant 1928’ with cut out images of the Schneider Trophy seaplanes on the front cover of the programme. The album is fully annotated and beautifully hand drawn containing 65 images of all of the up to date RAF fighter and bomber planes of the period. The opening image shows their majes...  read more

Code: 82119

BRITISH WWI BRODIE HELMET.

A standard 2nd pattern Brodie helmet, the shell is in good condition and painted in an unusual green over the original sand based khaki. Losses to the paint as can be seen from our web images, whether it is a form of camouflage or single unit speciality is unknown, the colour is good complete with its leather chinstrap, its fabric liner. The inner horsehair padding is missing. Faint traces of a...  read more

Code: 81901

ROMANIAN WWI ADRIAN HELMET WITH STEEL BADGE.

Good condition Adrian helmet as issued to the Romanian Armed Forces of WWI. The skull generally having 90% of its original pint finish remaining with one minor indentation, which has rusted, the skull also has rust flooding through the paint finish. Oval Romanian front badge fitted, complete with its liner, which does have only three of the tongues remaining to the leather liner, strap missing....  read more

Code: 81903

YUGOSLAVIAN WWI ADRIAN BATTLE DAMAGED HELMET.

A terrific time warp helmet recovered from the battlefield of the Balkans , Adrian helmet of large size with battle damage to the surface, rust only, obviously hit by the shockwave of shrapnel the helmet has split to the right hand side of the badge, the liner is missing and has laid in soft sand for many years. A highly interesting battlefield relic.  read more

Code: 81904

BRITISH WWI ROYAL SUSSEX REGIMENT OFFICERS VISOR CAP.

A very nicely produced soft Melton cloth khaki officers visor cap from the Royal Sussex Regiment, the visor also is covered in the same matching material. Minor moth nips to the left hand side of the cap otherwise overall in excellent condition. Complete with its service worn mid tan leather sweatband, which is all intact. To the upper inner crown is a ‘Scott & Company, Hatters to the King, Old...  read more

Code: 81751

BRITISH WWI YORKSHIRE HUSSARS OFFICERS VISOR CAP.

A classic shape hat of the First World War being the floppy officers khaki visor cap. Slight moth nips to the crown and some nap of cloth missing. General Service subdued khaki coloured side buttons with the classic narrow chinstrap. Complete with its officers bronze badge of the Yorkshire Hussars. To the interior the mid brown grained leather sweatband has seen considerable wear use, it is all...  read more

Code: 81758

BRITISH WWI 2 INCH MORTAR ROUND KNOWN AS THE PLUM PUDDING.

A scarce artefact of the trenches of WWI being a 2 inch trench mortar round with huge spherical head, which is 9 inches, approximately 230mm in diameter. Extremely heavy weighting 19kg the round alone. This has been dug and does suffer from minor corrosion and has been repainted.  read more

Code: 81520

BRITISH WWI 5 PUBLICATIONS.

3 excellent soft back publications, The Liverpool Pals by Graham Maddox. The Manchester Pals by Michael Stedman. The Salford Pals also by Michael Stedman. Accompanied by Frederick J. Stevens The Collectors Pictorial book of bayonets and a period hard cover folder with coloured images of the King of the Belgium's, Field Marshall Earl Kitchener, French General Joffre, British General Sir John Fre...  read more

Code: 81553

BRITISH WWI REGIMENTALLY MARKED BRODIE HELMET.

An excellent example of an early Brodie helmet, rimless model. Much apple green paint to the interior, the exterior with apple green paint showing over the later hand painted darker brown covering. Yellow over black or regimental insignia to either side. The liner is the standard oilskin type with its felt crown pad, which has suffered somewhat from moth. Chinstrap all present. We believe it t...  read more

Code: 81372

DUTCH WWI DUTCH M.15 HELMET.

A very scarce helmet of WWI being the Dutch M.15, complete with all its original paint finish, its three pad liner all intact with its inner felt sections behind the leather and its original black leather chinstrap.  read more

Code: 80506