Royal Navy Mine Clearance Service Arm Badge
A worn example with nicely curved backing plate and cotter pin. Two original loops, bent over for comfort when being worn. This one has the slight central die flaw that runs vertically down the centre of the mine as found on some original examples. The copies, of which there are many, have a diagonal flaw line running from the top left to bottom right of the badge. A few spots of verdigris ... read more
WW1 RND Royal Naval Division Howe Battalion Brass Shoulder Title
Quite a few marks and scratches from service wear to brass, with two original hexagonal lugs, one slightly bent over.
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Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation Company (P&O) Officers Cap Badge
The pre 1972 badge still on its black cap band. Gold bullion threads in good condition but tarnished from sea service.
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WW1 Royal Naval Division (RND) Hawke Battalion Brass Shoulder Title
Original brass shoulder title with two original hexagonal fixings to the reverse.
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Royal Marines AA Anodised Mess Dress Collar Badge on Black Metal Backing Plate
An unusual collar badge, anodised aluminum riveted to a blackened metal backing plate with with two metal lugs and stamped T. The collar is sandwiched between black felt material and the backing plate. Circa 26mm in diameter. Presumably Mess Dress.
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RMR Royal Marine Reserve AA Staybrite Anodised Aluminium Shoulder Title
In very good condition.
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RMLICMB - RMLI Cadet Marching Band Brass Shoulder Title
A small cast brass title with two original small loops to the reverse. By the looks of it manufactured overseas for this youth band. Scarce.
The RMLI Cadet Marching band was called 'RMLI' and not Royal Marines Light Infantry. It started in the 1960s and was based in Gosport - some 40 years after the RMLI ceased to exist and Marines had left the town in 1923. It was very popu... read more
Large In Memoriam Composite Photograph for HMS Hermione, sunk in action by Axis Dive Bombers in the Mediterranean 14th June 1942
A Large In Memoriam Composite Photograph for HMS Hermione, sunk in action in the Mediterranean 16th June 1942, torpedoed and sunk by the German submarine U. 205.
29.5cm by 18cm (11.5 inches by 7.1 inches) original memorial image printed on contemporary photographic paper by J. Abrahams of Plymouth. It includes the roll of officers and men who were killed, died from wounds, or we... read more