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Small pewter tankard with RAF Wings $45.00
Click Here for Product Details! Small tankard straight from the squadron mess by the looks of it. Pewter has a hand beaten look and is in good solid conition - wear seen on some of the high points of the surface. Nice wings insignia.
2nd NZEF Masonic Association Medal 1940 $210.00
Click Here for Product Details! We are privileged to offer this less commonly available medal, produced and awarded to members of the 2nd New Zealand Expeditionary Force who had membership of a Masonic order.Excellent condition.
Highland Light Infantry cap badge $45.00
Click Here for Product Details! Cap badge for the Highland Light Infantry. has the Assaye banner above the elephant which is the regimental mascot. Copper lugs on the rear in good condition, but without the locking bar. Approx. 2 1/8" square
1st West York Yeomanry Helmet Carrier $225.00
Click Here for Product Details! Metal helmet carrier for F Mappin Esquire’s 1st West York Yeomanry helmet. Superb Brass plaques give the owner and regiment details and the small plaque carries the maker details. Rare item from the Boer War.
2nd NZEF Artillery Badge $25.00
Click Here for Product Details! Artillery serviceman’s badge - I think for the uniform hat. 2nd New Zealand Expeditionary Force saw action in a number of the WW2 campaigns. The badge measures 1 3/4" deep and 2 5/8" at the widest.
2nd NZEF Collar Dogs $20.00
Click Here for Product Details! Nice pair of brass collar dogs from the 2nd NZEF (1939-45). Condition is extremely good for age - have obviously been put away and lain protected for some years. Badges are 1 3/4" deep and 1 1/4" wide.
WWI Victory Medal $35.50
Click Here for Product Details! This WWI , lacquered bronze medal features Athena Nike, the Goddess of Victory on the Obverse and the legend "The Great war for Civilisation 1914 - 1919 on the reverse. Designed by W McMillan,name engraved on edge
World War II Africa Star Medal $35.50
Click Here for Product Details! Very nice original medal - known as the ’The Africa Star. The Africa Star was a campaign medal of the British Commonwealth, awarded for service in an operational area of North Africa between 10 June 1940 and 12 May 1943.
WW2 ’The 1939 - 1945 Star’ $35.00
Click Here for Product Details! very nice original medal - known as the ’The 1939-1945 Star. Awarded to servicemen who saw active service or were stationed overseas , potentially in harms way etc. Ribbon colours represent each service.
WW2 NZ War Service Medal $50.00
Click Here for Product Details! genuine New Zealand War Service medal from WW2 - not a reproduction. New Zealand ferns support the medal as it hangs below the national black ribbon bound by white trim. No terminal attachment to ribbon
Sterling Silver Collectors Set - The Guards Regiments $335.00
Click Here for Product Details! Limited edition, sterling silver, collectors edition set of boxes with 7 of the boxes commemorating each of the Queens Guards Regiments, and the 8th box depicting Queen Elizabeth on her coronation.
Officers ’Pip’ or rank indicator $45.00
Click Here for Product Details! Set of eight ’pips’ used to indicate the rank of an officer. Presumably this is a double set - two sets of four ’pips’ for a captain - now indicates a since we adopted the 2nd Lieutenant rank.
Royal Australian Corps of Transport Stable Belt $43.50
Click Here for Product Details! Stable belt for the Royal Australian Corps of Transport. Buckle insignia is the Queens crown. Made by the Hobson and Sons, London, the belt has a diameter of 2 3/8" and would fit a 34" waist or less.
? SA/Gestapo Lapel Pin $83.50
Click Here for Product Details! We have been advised that this is a lapel pin used by the Gestapo/secret police in war time Germany. We have no corroborating evidence - so priced low - may be a great buy for the more knowledgable.
South East Asian Keris Knife $195.00
Click Here for Product Details! Often mis-called a Kris knife, but technically these knives are Keris - a stabbing style knife from the Java/Malay Peninsula area. Blade appears to be inlaid with silver and the scabbard is wood, sheathed in brass.
Lusitania Commemorative Medal $75.00
Click Here for Product Details! Karl Goetz’s ’Lusitania Medallion’ was privately issued in Germany to mark the sinking of Lusitania in May 1915. British copies such as this one, were subsequently widely distributed as part of a concerted anti-German propaganda campaign.
US Army - 3rd Army Sleeve Patch $20.00
Click Here for Product Details! Sleeve patch for the 3rd army of the USA. As with our other sleeve patches we are told these are genuine WW2 issue but cannot confirm. This symbol was also used for marksmen badges within the army.
US 6th Army sleeve patch $20.00
Click Here for Product Details! Sleeve patch for the 6th army of the USA. As with our other sleeve patches we are told these are genuine WW2 issue but cannot confirm. This symbol was also used for marksmen badges within the army.
US Army 25th Division sleeve patch $20.00
Click Here for Product Details! Sleeve patch for the US Army 25th Division. As with our other sleeve patches we are told these are genuine WW2 issue but cannot confirm. The 25th is an infantry division colloquially known as Tropic Lightening.
US Army 1st Armoured Division sleeve patch $25.00
Click Here for Product Details! Sleeve badge for the Ist Division US Army, known as the ’Old Ironsides’. Patch is trimmed in olive drab stitching which may help date it for the initiated. We are told WW2 but cannot confirm.
US Army 2nd Armoured Division sleeve patch $25.00
Click Here for Product Details! The divisional sleeve patch of the United States 2nd Armoured, better known as ’Hell on Wheels’. Edge stitching done in olive drab which may help the knowledgeable date this cloth patch.
US Army 1st Cavalry Division Sleeve Patch $25.00
Click Here for Product Details! Edged in olive drab this sleeve patch represents the 1st Cav. Division of the US Army. Nice large patch which we are told dates to the WW2 era, but we can’t evidence of this. Colloquially known as the ’First Team’.
US Army Shirt Badge $20.00
Click Here for Product Details! Olive drab with black stitched lettering. usually worn above the chest pocket on the left side. We understand this is WW2 issue from verbal provenance. 6" in total length 1 1/16" deep.
Bound Postcard Book on the British Advance on the Somme $33.50
Click Here for Product Details! A bound book of 20 black and white postcard views of the devastation to the villages around the Somme area. These are fascinating views, showing the landscapes, the soldiers and the villagers.
General Lord Freyberg VC by Peter Singleton Gates $40.00
Click Here for Product Details! This 1963 book has been described as the definitive reference work on one of New Zealand’s best known soldiers. Singleton Gates writes from the perspective of a someone well versed in Freyberg’s thoughts and feelings of war, but also of the man himself. His research is impressive and comprehensive.
Glazed Framed Photograph of Royal Navy Patrol Vessel $45.00
Click Here for Product Details! Nicely glazed and framed (glazed front & back) photograph of a Navy Patrol Vessel - post WW2, with the crew signatures on the reverse, again behind glass. Flying the White Ensign but crewed by RNZNVR
Glazed Framed photograph of HMS Quality $50.00
Click Here for Product Details! Nice glazed and framed photograph of the Q class destroyer ’Quality’ and two sister ships under way in formation, perhaps about to enter or exit harbour. She transferred to the Royal Aust Navy after WW2.
1944 -45 NZ Middle east Forces Christmas Card $20.00
Click Here for Product Details! A Christmas card as shown in the photographs. Inside cover reads 43255 Cpl. CN Overton No 2 Platoon 6th RMT Coy NZASC 2nd NZEF ME Forces
1941-42 NZ Middle East Forces Christmas Card $20.00
Click Here for Product Details! Christmas Card from a soldier serving with the NZ Middle East Forces (drawn by John Godwin NZRCC). Card shows considerable age staining and has a small cut across the spine low down. For all that a nice example and a worthy collectors item for the militaria seeker.
1942 -43 NZ Military Christmas Card $35.00
Click Here for Product Details! A 1942 - 43 Christmas card with the front cover depicting a soldier, drawn by New Zealand’s foremost war artist, Peter McIntyre. The front of the card carries the legend 2nd New Zealand Expeditionary Force, Middle East. Interior can be seen in the second photograph

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