WW2 Royal Navy Fleet Air Arm Non-substantive Arm Badge - Aircraft Handler
Removed from uniform, embroidered gold thread on black tombstone for wear on No 1 uniform. A swept wing aircraft star above and H below indicating an Aircraft Handler, 2nd Class (1945 - 1948), or Aircraft Handler, 3rd Class (1948 - ). Bullion tarnished otherwise in very good condition. This has some age to it.
Comm MaFi read more
12.00 GBP
WW1 RND Royal Naval Division Anson Battalion Brass Shoulder Title
In very good condition with two original hexagonal fixing loops to the reverse.
Comm JoPa (44) read more
WW1 - 7th Hood Battalion Royal Naval Division Brass Shoulder Title
A fine scarce Royal Naval Division other ranks shoulder title with two original hexagonal fixings to the reverse.
Comm JoPa (51) read more
WW1 Royal Naval Division RND Cap Tally Ribbon Hat Band
A rare and original First World War period 'Royal Naval Division cap tally ribbon', gold wire embroidered lettering on almost full length silk ribbon. Good condition, service wear, gold wire toned. Length Approx 35 inches, so a little shortened with the swallow tail ends squared off.
Worn by sailors of the Royal Naval Division circa 1915-16. At the outbreak of WWI, Winston Chu... read more
WW2 Royal Navy Ratings HMS Cap Tally.
Full-length WW2 ribbon with gold-wire woven title "H.M.S." (Note full-stops).
At the start of World War 2, for security reasons sailors stopped wearing cap-tallies showing their ship's name. Tallies bearing HM Minesweeper and HM Destroyer were eventually replaced by a universal tally bearing only "H.M.S."
This tally has been worn but is in very good condition.
read more
Capstan Navy Cut Tobacco Ships capstan plastic advertising Key Ring - very collectable
Circa 3.7cm tall including the ring and 15mm in diameter at the base. Tobacco related collectable. Some slight staining but otherwise in great condition.
Capstan was a brand of unfiltered British cigarettes made by Imperial Tobacco and originally launched by W. D. & H. O. Wills in 1894. The capstan used to raise the anchor chain, was also the iconic image which decorated the ciga... read more
RMS Orduna (Pacific Steam Navigation Company) Enamel and Gilt Sweetheart Pin Brooch Badge
SS Orduna built in 1914 by Harland & Wolff for the Pacific Steamship Navigation Company (PSNCo) for use on the Latin American routes shipping mail and passengers. After two voyages she was chartered to Cunard Line during the Great War. In 1921 she went to the Royal Mail Steam Packet Company, then being resold to the PSNCo in 1926.
In January 1915 Orduna rescued the Russian cre... read more
British & Foreign Sailors Society (BFSS) copper medal from Nelsons ship with original presentation case
A piece of English artefact circa 1905 struck to Commemorative the Centenary of the Battle of Trafalgar fought by the Royal Navy in their final victory against the combined fleets of the French and Spanish Navies in 1805 and sold on behalf of the 'British & Foreign Sailors Society' with obverse depicting an embossed representation of the ship 'HMS Foudroyant' in full sail., the reverse inscribe... read more
WW1 Royal Naval Division Drake Battalion Brass Shoulder Title
In good condition with two original hexagonal fixing loops to the reverse. Some signs of service wear.
G161.6 read more
WW1 era Royal Naval Reserve RNR Officers Padded Bullion Cap Badge
King's crown and it has a nice early feel to it, removed from cap. Thickly padded. Some some dulling bullion but generally in good condition. Circa 7.5cm wide and 6.5cm tall including black backing cloth. Central jewel below crown is red. They were worn with blue central jewels from 1920 onwards, red prior to this. Thank you to Markus for the confirmation.
G193.5 read more