WW1 - British and Allies

BRITISH WWI HAIRBRUSH GRENADE NUMBER 12.

A very good clean example of the rare hairbrush grenade, the metal part retaining a good degree of original olive green paint, wood has not rotted with fuse section all complete.  read more

Code: 92527

BRITISH WWI AVIATORS MESSAGE STREAMER

The brightly coloured blue yellow and red message streamers, with message pouch at the base which is closed by a male-female press stud, these were thrown out of aircraft to the troops below to give them information on what the pilot viewed on the battlefield, slight age staining one tear.  read more

Code: 92537

BRITISH WWI FIRST FIELD DRESSING.

All complete with all its instructions printed to the exterior, date is difficult to read but clearly month marked March, 191 is clear but the last digit impossible to read.  read more

Code: 92539

FRENCH WWI COLONIAL MARINE INFANTRY ADRIAN HELMET.

An extremely nice example of the colonial infantry marine helmet, excellent horizon blue pre 17 colour, minor indentations to skull, complete with its six tongued light tan liner, chinstrap missing, a rare badge in the French series of helmet badges.  read more

Code: 92576

BRITISH WWI CANADIAN ARMY MEDICAL CORPS HELMET.

A issue quality Brodie with a officers liner from Hawkes & Co Savile Row.The interior liner is in superb condition with its original chinstrap. Patent date on the liner ‘1917’. The helmet is basically an enlisted mans helmet with the officers liner inserted. The red flash to the front is from the Canadian Medical Corps with the outline of the Rod of Asclepius. Attached to the helmet is a nice...  read more

Code: 92608

BRITISH WWI CANADIAN ARMY MEDICAL CORPS HELMET.

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Code: 92607

AMERICAN WWI M.17 DOUGH BOY HELMET.

An unissued condition dough boy helmet, size 7 1/8th. The liner is stamped ‘R.H.Long’ with a date ‘7/18’. Only light storage age, a few marks from another helmet laying on top of it, which can be cleaned off. The helmet liner has seen some wear but is intact and has not suffered from what is known as American red rot. American chinstrap present.  read more

Code: 92609

BRITISH WWI WEBLEY MK 6 OPEN TOP HOLSTER.

A good clean example of the Mk 6 Webley open top revolver holster, good brown colour present to leather, all of the brass buckles and leather strapping on the reverse side for the pattern 14 equipment complete, closing strap with maker stamp HGR and dated 1916, widely used by the Tank and Machine Gun Corps, with its brass cleaning rod being double inverted broad arrow marked with crown over B-...  read more

Code: 92615

BRITISH WWI OFFICERS MARCHING COMPASS.

The prismatic marching compass in its original leather case blackened brass dated 1918 with broad arrow stamped in 2 places to leather case, excellent working order , maker marked M.I.O.  read more

Code: 92627

RUSSIAN WWI MESS TIN.

A scarce item from the Imperial Russian army being a 1909 model mess tin constructed in copper, profusely stamped in four places with the factory’s name and Russian army acceptance stamps dated July 1916. Two tiny holes in the lower section one tiny hole in the top, handle and hinge is rusted and some minor distortion to shape otherwise good.  read more

Code: 92628