WW1 Silk Embroidered Patriotic Postcard - Birthday Greetings

Postally unused put pencil message to reverse. French maker. Some mild foxing to front but still in its original protective envelope. Used as a birthday greetings card for a Mr W Rodman, and addressed to a Miss Mary Rodman at 44 Sheffield Road, Woodhouse, Sheffield in Yorkshire. In very good condition for age with with the flags of the Allied Nations.

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Code: 69710

HMS Medusa 2nd Class Cruiser Royal Navy Atmospheric Postcard

HMS MEDUSA was a Marathon class Protected Cruiser Royal Navy. Built for the Royal Navy in 1888, she became a guard or harbour ship in 1910. Sold out of the service in 1920.

Postally used, EDVII stamp. Some corner wear otherwise in good condition.

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Code: 69709

WW1 Era Sepia Postcard Merchantile Marine Merchant Seamen Officers Photograph

An original photographic UK produced postcard removed from album and postally unused. All wearing peaked caps with bullion shipping line cap badges and standing on the deck of an unidentified merchant ship. Very slight corner wear otherwise in good condition (traces of album paper stuck to the reverse).

The badge worn by the four figures flanking the Master, appears to be a c...  read more

Code: 69708

Rare WW2 German POW Internment War Work Inlaid Wood Vesta

This is a very high quality inlaid wooden vesta or match safe, to the front it has ‘P.O.W. Shrewsbury camp’ and to the back a lovely inlaid star shape. Research shows that the pow camp at Shrewsbury was used to house German internees and other German prisoners captured at the various fronts (see below). The box has a flip lid to the side and on the underside of the lid a strip of sandpaper used...  read more

Code: 65144

WW2 Era Royal Engineers Metal & Celluloid Matchbox Cover

A nice quality piece made from a metal core with a coloured celluloid covering with the badge for the Royal Engineers front and back with King George VI cypher to the middle, the spine marked Royal Engineers. Measuring just under 2.5 inches long it comes in very good condition with some mild marking to the surface. Empty matchbox which it contains is for display only.

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Code: 65146

WW2 Home Front Hallmarked Silver Officers Regular Army Reserve Mufti Buttonhole Badge

In very good condition with silver hallmarks finishing in letter "P" ( 1939). Maker marked. Dark. One more usually encounters Date letter "O" for 1938. Circa 2.7cm tall.

Will post to a UK address and the Channel Islands only (in respect of the latter put UK as country at check out).

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Code: 63735

WW1 Officers Training Corps (OTC) Mufti Silver and Enamel Buttonhole Horseshoe Lapel Badge

A small attractive King's Crown enamelled unmarked silver lapel badge for the Officer's Training Corps (OTC). Made by J.R. Gaunt, London. In good condition complete with a lapel button-hole fixing. No damage to enamel. Registered design number 627163 to reverse, which gives this design a registration date of between 1913 and 1914.

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Code: 65193

WW1 Souvenir Arras Town French Battle Pin Brooch Badge

An attractive bronzed brooch of the town crest / arms of the dangler style with the letters Arras in brass attached individually below. Original pin and C clasp fixings. In very good condition.

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Code: 66344

WW2 Home Front - British Red Cross & Order of St John of Jerusalem Embroidered Cloth Uniform / War Dress Insignia

Removed from uniform but in good overall condition. Also worn post war by associated relief operations staff.

BoBD (Jon Mills) No 4009 p834 refer.

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Code: 69638

WW2 Ulster Savings Committee collectors fundraising badge Northern Ireland

A very scarce original wartime period Ulster Savings Committee collectors fundraising pin badge, lightly silver plated (much still intact and not worn back to the brass as I have noted in other examples). In the form of the map of the province, inlaid with blue enamel and displaying the red hand of Ulster within the initials 'USC' with 'War Savings' below; the reverse impressed with maker's de...  read more

Code: 67549