WW2 Early HM Destroyer Royal Navy Ratings Cap Tally

An original embroidered gold thread on black silk ribbon, with swallow tail ends and circa 35 inches ( 68cm ) in length. These "anonymous" cap tallies were intended to ensure that the enemy could not work out which warship was where. Note the full stops.

The tiny white spot in the photo is not a mark on the tally, it was a spec of thread which brushed off.

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Code: 57487

Mercantile Marine Merchant Navy Ratings Full Dress Cap Badge

Gilt crown and white metal anchor on red padded felt on black cloth background. Slight wear to gilt on bottom right of crown otherwise in very good condition. Circa 6cm tall.

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Code: 55891

Royal Navy Ratings Cap Tally HMS Hermoine

Circa 30 inches long, but looks cut for display otherwise in very good condition. Most probably as issued to the Crew of the Leander class frigate launched 1967 and sold for scrap in 1997.

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Code: 59295

WW2 Royal Navy Quarter Gunners Rating Arm Badge, 3rd Class (Bullion)

WW2 Royal Navy Gunnery Quarter Ratings 3rd Class Trade Badge depicts a horizontal gun with a six-pointed star with Q below, embroidered in gold on dark blue wool. In very good unissued condition.

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Code: 69063

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.

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Code: 61779

WW1 RND Royal Naval Division Anson Battalion Brass Shoulder Title

In very good condition with two original hexagonal fixing loops to the reverse.

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Code: 68652

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.

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Code: 68658

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

Code: 68646

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.

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Code: 69057

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

Code: 59148