Royal Marines Pair of Bronzed Shoulder Titles

Good matched pair, two original lugs to each. Sight signs of service wear and a few marks/scratches to finish.  read more

Code: 53137

Household Cavalry Officers Gilt Pouch Badge QEII Issue

a large fire gilt ammunition pouch badge with red felt backing cut to shape and with all three blades present to the reverse. Gilt bright (a few minor blemishes and minor wear to highpoints) with no damage and all the fiddly bits present and correct. Circa 11cm wide and 7cm tall.

G7.6  read more

Code: 61647

WW2 GHQ Middle East Land Forces (MELF) Printed Formation Sign Flash Patch Designation Badge

Removed from uniform, a couple of pulls / small holes to red / maroon background otherwise in good worn condition. Worn in facing pairs, this one with the camel facing to the right.

Davis No 31 refers.

Comm MaFi  read more

Code: 69610

WW2 Original Photograph Collection of The Aircraft Carrier HMS Formidable

Original WW2 photos removed from Album, 11 different ones in total showing the Aircraft Carrier, HMS Formidable including a photo of her Captain. All in black and white, original and in good condition.

HMS Formidable as the flagship of the 1st Aircraft Carrier Squadron. Formidable had survived kamikaze strikes off Okinawa in May 1945, but been forced to head to Sydney for...  read more

Code: 69832

WW2 Service Papers Royal Marine Albert Edwards Mills

Original foolscap size Certificate of Service and portrait photo of this Marine, not particularly informative, and folded but complete and covering his service from April 1941 until de-mobbed in early 1946. It comprises of 4 pages. Sadly it does not state his medal entitlement but he must have had some. A post war envelope addressed to him confirms a Birmingham address.

Born ...  read more

Code: 69830

Cold War British Troops in Berlin Woven Cloth Formation Shoulder Sign Flash Designation Patch Arm Badge, pre 1952

Bevo weave Embroidery red circle on a black backing, removed from uniform but in very good condition.

This first pattern formation badge was adopted shortly after the occupation of the British Zone of Berlin in 1945 by the 7th Armoured Division and attached troops for the Administrative HQ of the British sector. Legend has it that it was used to denote the city of Berlin, encir...  read more

Code: 69591

Cold War 7th Armoured Division Woven Formation Sign Patch Flash Designation Badge

Removed from uniform and edges folded for wear. Desert Jerboa Rat facing right. In good condition. A post WW2 example.

Comm MaFi  read more

Code: 69590

WW2 1st Corps Woven / Embroidered Cloth Formation Sign Flash Patch Badge

Removed from uniform, woven cloth formation sign.
In good overall worn condition.

Comm MaFi  read more

Code: 69600

War Office Controlled Units Pair of Facing and Matched Printed Cloth Formation Signs Flashes Patches Designations Badges

Removed from uniform, War Office formation signs, facing and matching, with the Royal Crest to the centre of each and both with black backing. In very good worn condition.

Introduced in 1946 for all units, schools and training establishments directly under War Office control - for example the Mons Officer Cadet School at Aldershot, the School of Artillery at Larkhill, the Schoo...  read more

Code: 69602

WW2 Full Size Original 1939 - 1945 Star Medal

Bronze Star, six-pointed with original suspender ring and length of original silk ribbon. The obverse design bears the 'GRI VI' cypher, ornate, in a circular centrepiece surrounded by an edged band bearing text: 'THE 1939-1945 STAR' surmounted by a crown. The ribbon colours represent the Royal and Merchant Navies, the Army and the Royal Air Forces. Stains to reverse otherwise in good origina...  read more

Code: 69825