Official Admiralty Account of The Royal Marines and their Achievement 1939-43, Booklet printed 1944

88 pages, paper covers, with black and white photos and maps. It details operations in Norway, France and Holland, Singapore, Force Viper on the Irrawaddy, Madagascar, Dieppe and the invasion of Sicily.

Good clean condition with no pen marks. Some minor page tears to rear cover and bottom right of last few pages.  read more

Code: 52273

Osprey Publication The Canadian Army At War - No 164

In very good second hand condition with no damage, pen marks or tears. Attractively illustrated as ever with the Osprey publications, this book of 48 pages charting the part that Canadian Army played from 1885 to 1964.  read more

Code: 54577

King's Own Royal Border Regiment Cloth Woven Beret Cap Badge

In worn condition.

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Code: 68533

WW2 10th Corps - X Corps White on Green Variety Embroidered Cloth Formation Sign

This is a WW2 embroidered felt formation sign badge to the 10th Corps – X CORPS (Jon Mills BoBD 1023) in excellent worn condition. Some grubby marks to white thread and a pin prick sized hole to the green felt otherwise in very good condition. Scarce.

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Code: 68529

WW2 1st Battalion East Surrey Regiment Woven Embroidered Cloth Formation Sign Regimental Flash Designation

Embroidered Cloth Flash Formation Designation Sign
Removed from uniform, an embroidered example of the yellow eight pointed star on a black background as worn by the 1st Battalion, East Surrey Regiment. In good condition.

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Code: 68528

Cold War East African Command Woven Cloth Formation Sign

Unofficial woven example as worn from 1950s. In very good condition. Similar to the examples illustrated in the reference below. Much harder to find than the printed ordnance issues.

BoBD (Jon Mills) Vol 2 p987 refers.

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Code: 68524

Pair of Framed Boer War Stevenographs - Baden Powell and Lord Roberts

Stevenographs are silk-woven pictures which were made popular by a Coventry silk weaver Thomas Stevens (1828-1888). Stevens used his improved version of the Jacquard loom to weave coloured silk pictures and illustrations. His family continued producing them from his factory after his death. Royalty and Boer War subjects were particularly popular. They are very sought after today.
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Code: 51808

Boer War Tuck & Sons Art Postcard - General Clements vignette

Postally used, some staining and wear/creasing, but reasonable condition for having been through the postal system.

Major-General RAP Clements, commanded the 12th Brigade, in 2nd Boer War / South African War, 1899 - 1902.

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Code: 55985

Boer War City Imperial Volunteers (CIV) Boer War Envelope Cover - Perkins 1st Volunteer Battalion The Middlesex Regiment

Envelope (no contents) posted from South Africa in September 1900 to an address in London, one penny Queen Victoria stamp with frank cancellation of British Army Post Office (35?) South Africa, dated 27 Sept 00, and back stamped 19 Oct 00. Envelope in top left corner is annotated as being from W.H. Perkins, No 353, C.I.V., "on active service". Some minor tears and folded, otherwise in good cond...  read more

Code: 61458

A Gentleman in Khaki Vintage Boer War Brass Trivet

A rare item to find, in brass and 22cm long and good used condition, with signs of polishing. Its one defect is a single and small old edge split in the brass near gun butt that has not gone through and the structure is still strong (see photo).

Originally used for standing hot irons on, this would now look good mounted on a wall for display.

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Code: 61604