WW1 Army Cyclist Corps Other Rank's Gilding Metal Cap Badge - Woodward
A cracker!
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WW2 Home Front Victory - Iconic Sir Winston Churchill Silver Marked Patriotic Lapel Pin Badge
One of the best looking such badges I have come across. A silver patriotic lapel badge with replaced brooch pin fitting "925" and "T & S Silver " stamps to the reverse. A well detailed head and shoulders profile of Prime Minister Churchill smoking a large cigar. Very Slight damage to lower edge. Scarce.
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WW 2 Home Front - 1936 Hallmarked Silver Air Raid Precautions (ARP), Male Warden 's Badge - Letter A - Maker marked Robert Jay
Earliest pattern, Air Raid Precautions Male Warden 's Hallmarked Silver ARP Badge. A good early badge, dark toned condition with original horsehoe fitting, the reverse bearing London silver hallmarks for 1936 ( Date letter A ) and with maker's details "R.J" (Robert Jay).
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18.00 GBP
WW2 The Morse Code Learning & Practice Longmans Manual - 1941
A scarce publication aimed at a variety of units, Air Training Corps, the Home Guard, WAAFS, WRNS, WATS and the regular forces. A5 size with paper covers, 64pp including a copy of the code itself and various exercises to build speed, aiming at a top seed of 30 words per minute! Morse code was first devised in 1832 for use in telegraphy by an American, Samuel F B Morse. Some rust marks to the... read more
WW2 Home Front - Set of 5 ARP Air Raid Precaution Large Pattern White Metal Buttons
All circa 24mm in diameter, with fixed shanks and maker backmarked H&H Ltd, B'Ham. Not encountered this manufacturer before. Set of 5 in good condition.
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12.00 GBP
Normandy June 1944 - Czech Independent Armoured Brigade Group Printed Cloth Formation Sign
Removed from uniform, a printed example of this scarceformation sign which comprises the white lion rampant of Bohemia with the cross of Lorraine in the centre on a red shield, super-imposed on a red cross on a pale blue background and with a white border. In good overall condition, but with some light staining / dis-colouration to the white.
This Czechoslovakian brigade was for... read more
Insignia of the 9th Gurkha Rifles - Specialist Publication By the Gurkha Museum - Now out of Print
The final version of this publication, dated August 2000. Spiral bound A4, plain card covers with plastic protecting sleeves (these have a few marks). 46 single sided pages. A good clean copy with no damage or annotations (apart from a pen amendment on page 46 adding the page number). Forward by Sir John Chapple. Illustrations and photographs, of which there are many, are in black and white. Es... read more
Insignia of the 8th Gurkha Rifles - Specialist Publication By the Gurkha Museum - Now out of Print
Revised February 1998 (this is the penultimate version). Spiral bound A4, plain card covers with plastic protecting sleeves (these have slight pressure marks). 57 single sided pages. A good clean copy with no damage or annotations. Forward by Sir John Chapple. Illustrations and photographs, of which there are many, are in black and white. Essential reference which one just cannot find on the i... read more
Insignia of the 7th Duke of Edinburgh's Own Gurkha Rifles - Specialist Publication By the Gurkha Museum - Now out of Print
Final Edition of this publication dated March 2000. Spiral bound A4, plain card covers with plastic protecting sleeves (these have slight pressure marks). 90 single sided pages. A good clean copy with no damage or annotations except for a couple of small red pen corrections in the list of Gurkha Museum publications (see photo). Forward by Sir John Chapple. Illustrations and photographs, of whi... read more
Insignia of the 2nd King Edward VII's Gurkha Rifles (The Simoor Rifles) Specialist Publication By the Gurkha Museum - Now out of Print
The final version of this publication, dated January 1999, the previous version was July 1998 (the penultimate revision) but the final version of January 1999 had only minor changes incorporated and no new content). Spiral bound A4, marble effect card covers (this makes it look a bit grubby but it is just the marbling effect!). 99 single sided pages. A good clean copy with no damage or annotat... read more