WW1 Comic Home Front Rations Art Postcard

Postally used, GV stamp, postmark looks like July 1918. Bit grubby but in good condition with only minor corner bruising, but has writing on both front and back. We usually think of rationing as a WW2 phenomenon, but the German submarine efforts in WW1 almost brought Britain to its our knees.  read more

Code: 54621

The 28th Foot - The Gloucestershire Regiment - Scarce Art Card in the Trenches at Sevastopol, Crimean War 1854

Scarce printed artist drawn card, signed by A.C. Lovett. Publisher and date of publication unknown but of pre WW1 vintage. It is particularly good in that it clearly shows the pork pie numerals on both the cap and valise and the regimental number painted on the blue water bottle.


Condition : good and not postally used. Faults : slight corner wear/knocks, some faded prin...  read more

Code: 54767

Original Edwardian Pre WW1 Highland Light Infantry ( HLI ) Badge Postcard

Postally unused. Battle honours to Modder River, embossed cap badge in gilt on white card. Slight blueing to card and minor foxing to the reverse and minor corner wear. Part of the "Regimental Badge" series.  read more

Code: 55031

A Tragedy at Sea - HMS Waterwitch 1903 Composite Original Photo Cabinet

An original photograph on card (6.5 inches by 4.25 inches) of three shipmates lost at sea in 1903. This is a very clever composite photo put together from three separate photos, no doubt at the reuqest of their crew members. It is hard to tell at first but the chances of the three of them being photographed together, given their different rates and even in the case of one who as a cap tally f...  read more

Code: 52717

Boer War Large Card Mounted Original Photograph Durham Volunteers Welcomed Home

In very good condition, circa 1901.

Comm FB  read more

Code: 66809

Victorian 2nd Volunteer Battalion Durham Light Infantry (DLI) Officers Large Original Sepia Black and White Photograph

Large and original sepia photo of the officers of the 2nd Volunteer Battalion Durham Light Infantry circa 1890s. Some fading to image now with age, but boss badges on fore and aft side caps visible and also the distinctive shoulder belt plate worn by them. Interesting to see the sabretache badge also between then knees of the CO seated in the centre of the front row. Unusually a Lewisham pho...  read more

Code: 66801

WW2 Reconnaissance RECCE Corps Original Group Photograph

Mounted on card, a large image with sadly no attributions almost all of them appear to be wearing a Reconnaissance Corps Cap Badge in their berets. Battledress uniforms but with nothing much of note in the way of other insignia. The three older soldiers seated in the centre of the front row, appear to be a Corporal, an officer (his badge is smaller) and seated on his other side a WO Cl2. Som...  read more

Code: 66800

Original B&W Postcard - Cullercoats Fisher Folk posed with Coxswain Robert Smith, Tynemouth Lifeboat, RNLI

Postcard in very good condition with pencil comments to reverse.

Awarded the RNLI's gold medal in 1916 and two silver medals in 1913 and 1914 respectively for daring and dramtic rescues including saving 50 crew from the stricken war service hospital ship HMHS Rohilla ( British India Steam Navigation Company). There is a wonderful photo of him leaving Buckingham Palace in 1924 ...  read more

Code: 55581

WW1 Original Royal Artillery (RA) Officer's Cabinet Sepia Black & White Portrait Photograph with Divisional Cloth Flash?

Cabinet photo, cut down to fit a frame at some point, with a strip of division? silk ribbon, white blue white, glued to top right of photo. He wears a RA collar badge and two pips / rank stars so later in the war. Looks like a Newcastle photographer (N/C) as signed on bottom right by photographer. To reverse annotated "To my D.D.D. from her "Lonely Soldier". Image in good condition. Would...  read more

Code: 66767

WW1 Group of Original Photos of Kings Royal Rifle Corps (KRRC) Officer - Military Cross Winner

A set of three professionally taken portrait photos of the same officer wearing the uniform of the KRRC with rank pips for Lieutenant and then Captain and on the central image he sports a MC ribbon. Leeds and Aldershot photographers. Larger than postcard size, sadly name of officer is not provided. The central image is in the best condition and card mounted. The other two, one has some corn...  read more

Code: 66071