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**RAF SQUADRON LEADER ATTRIBUTED**WW2 1942 British RAF Officer’s Side Cap To Squadron Leader J. Moore With his Epaulette Rank Titles, RAF Badge Cufflinks & Scarf. Sn 21968:4 - 21968:4 This is an original WW2 British RAF collection attributed to Squadron Leader J. Moore. The cap has its original brass RAF Officer’s King’s Crown cap badge and buttons. The grey serge material is clean and intact. The lining has hand written name to ‘SQ L J. Moore’ together with ‘1942’ date. The suede sweatband has a stitched repair. The cap was found with the Officer’s other possessions including his Uniform epaulettes with rank title bands and brass King’s crown buttons, his plated metal cufflinks embossed with RAF King’s crown badges and his polka dot cotton scarf with tasselled edges. The scarf is 11” wide and 47” length including tassels. All material of the scarf and cap are clean with no mothing. The price for this attributed RAF collection worthy of further research includes UK delivery. Sn 21968:4 (in 21968 collection box under bench office) £275.00 |
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UNIQUE**LUFTWAFFE FIGHTER ACE ATTRIBUTED** WW2 1940 German Luftwaffe Pilot Officer’s Visor Cap To Major Hans Hahn Knights Cross & Oak Leaves Recipient With Bullion Luftwaffe Eagle & National Cockade Badges. Sn 21968:1 - 21968:1 Nazi Luftwaffe Major Hans Hahn had been with the JG2 Richthofen since the beginning of WW2 and had been leading at first the 4th Staffel, later from October 1940 to November 1942 the IIIrd Gruppe. With his high victory score against the RAF he belonged to the most successful fighter pilots in the west. Kommandeur II./JG 54 in Russia on 1-11-1942. 100th Victory 26-1-1943. On 21-2-1943 because of engine trouble he had to force land behind the Russian lines and was a POW for the next 7 years which did not dampen his infectious ‘joie de vivre’. Total 560 missions, 108 confirmed victories, 36 unconfirmed victories. This information is documented in a research leaflet which accompanies the cap and can be seen in image 1. The leaflet has a copy of a period portrait of the Officer in Uniform. This is Major Hahn’s superb original Nazi German Luftwaffe Officer’s visor cap (Luftwaffe cap variations and insignia are illustrated in Chapter 5 of ‘The Collector’s Guide To Cloth Third Reich Military Headgear’ by Wilkins). Made of Fliegerblau (Flier’s Blue) material it has the correct ribbed black Rayon headband. The front of the cap is mounted with the correct bullion Luftwaffe Eagle with Swastika & Winged Oak Leaves wreath with central National Cockade Badge. The material has no mothing or damage and is clean. The cap has a patent leather visor and bullion rope straps secured to white metal bosses. The cap has its original leather sweatband and cloth liner. The liner and sweatband have minor service wear & it retains its original clear cellophane panel on the crown. Beneath the panel are ink stamped ‘1940’ date and size ‘57’ (UK Size 7). There are no visible maker marks. The inside of the sweatband is ink marked with the famous fighter pilot’s name ‘H. Hahn’. As with all of our stock this item is guaranteed 100% original. The price for this excellent Nazi Luftwaffe piece to a distinguished fighter ace includes UK delivery. Sn 21968:1 (in 21968 collection box under bench office) £1,745.00 |
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**1990-91 1st GULF WAR BRING BACK**AS ISSUED**Iraqi Forces M80 /M90 Combat Helmet Recovered From Iraq By British Royal Engineer Mine Clearance Officer.. Sn 23550 - 23550 The Gulf War was a 1990–1991 armed campaign waged by a 35-country military coalition in response to the Iraqi invasion of Kuwait. Spearheaded by the United States, the coalition's efforts against Iraq were carried out in two key phases: Operation Desert Shield, which marked the military buildup from August 1990 to January 1991; and Operation Desert Storm, which began with the aerial bombing campaign against Iraq on 17 January 1991 and came to a close with the American-led Liberation of Kuwait on 28 February 1991. This is an original Iraqi Forces M80 /M90 Combat Helmet issued to all Regiments of the Iraqi army, recovered From Iraq by a British Royal Engineers Mine Clearance Officer during the Gulf war. The Iraqi combat helmets are a crude copy of the US M-1 style helmet but made of sand-coloured fibre / composite material. The helmet is in clean as issued condition. It has its original webbing liner & chin strap with buckle. The leather sweatband has an ink signature that looks Arabic. The helmet is approx. UK size 7. The price includes UK delivery. Sn 23550 £275.00 |
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**ORIGINAL**AS FOUND**WW2 Nazi German Heer / Army Single Decal M42 Combat Helmet With Original Liner & 1943-1945 Reichsbetriebsnummer (Reich Business Number) Marked Leather Chin Strap. Sn 23428 - 23428 This is an original WW2 era Nazi Army combat helmet in as found condition. The helmet retains its original rough non-reflective black paint finish which has even field / combat wear. It has no dents and all rivets/ pins and steel chin strap bales are correctly in place. The inner skirt of the helmet is stamped with lot number which looks like ‘2006’. The helmet is approx. UK size 7. The left side of the helmet features its original Army / Heer Eagle with Swastika on Shield background decal. The decal has vivid colouring and is in very good condition. It is complete with original leather liner which has service wear to be expected. It also has its original leather chin strap with buckle. The chin strap is impressed ‘RB Nr 0/0390/0204’. RB Nr stands for Reichsbetriebsnummer (Reich Business Number). This was a manufacturer coding system introduced from 1943 onward, replacing full maker names on many German military items to simplify administration and obscure production details. While no complete wartime RB registry survives, historians and collectors agree on the general structure:“0” Industry group indicator (leather/textile equipment sector),“0390” District or administrative production code“0204” Individual factory or contractor number. The price includes UK delivery. Sn 23428 £695.00 |
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Late WW2 M35 - re-purposed NAZI Combat Helmet added DOUBLE DECAL NSDAP Swastica ** By ‘EF’ (Emaillerwerke A.G. / Fulda) Emergency Issue With Original Olive Field Green Paint, Chinstrap & Liner. HE 866 - HE 866 Original late war re-purposed M35 combat helmet with black swastika on a white roundel. The helmet is manufacturer and size stamped on the inner rim ‘EF64’ which is Emaillerwerke A.G./Fulda UK size 8 & batch number ‘22454’. The price includes UK delivery. HE 866 £795.00 |
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**RARE**WW1 1917 Pattern British Lancashire Fusiliers Other Ranks Peaked ‘Denim’ Trench Service Cap With Regimental Cap Badge. HE 864 - HE 864 The Lancashire Fusiliers was a line infantry regiment of the British Army that saw distinguished service through many centuries and wars, including the Second Boer War both World War I and World War II, and had many different titles throughout its 280 years of existence. In 1968 the regiment was amalgamated with the other regiments of the Fusilier Brigade–the Royal Northumberland Fusiliers, Royal Warwickshire Fusiliers and the Royal Fusiliers (City of London Regiment)–to form the current Royal Regiment of Fusiliers. The British 1917 Pattern Field Cap, often referred to as the "trench cap," was a soft-peaked alternative to the stiff Service Dress cap. The soft light weight caps were easy to store and carry when wearing of combat helmets was required. This is a rare to find WW1 other Ranks Denim trench service cap with original Lancashire Fusiliers cap badge with correct rear mounting bar. The cap is clean with no mothing. It has the correct thin leather chin strap secured by 2 embossed general service King’s Crown brass buttons and ringed vent holes at either side. The cap has its original oil cloth liner which has service wear but is complete & intact. The price includes UK delivery. HE 864 £395.00 |
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SOLD SOLD (11/11) 1918 Pattern MK II Brodie Trench Helmet With Brodie Ink Stamped Original Oil Cloth Sweat Band Liner, Rim Of Helmet Stamped ‘HV (W.Hutton & Sons Maker Vickers Ltd Steel Supplier ) 655 (Batch Number)’ & Chin Strap. HE 862 - HE 862 An excellent original WW1 MK II War Office 1918 Pattern British Brodie Steel helmet with correct rolled rim. It has its original textured olive paint & just a couple of small shallow dents. It has its correct small central copper rivet at the crown and chinstrap bales attached with correct split pins. It is fitted with its excellent original black oilcloth liner with clear red ink War Office 'Brodie' manufacturer's stamp and original horsehair pad at the crown. The inner rim is stamped ‘HV’ which is the British WW1 helmet maker ‘H’ W.Hutton & Sons, ‘V’ steel supplier Vickers Ltd & batch number ‘655’. It has its original brown leather chinstrap with buckle. The helmet is approx. UK size 7. The price includes UK delivery. HE 862 £0.00 |
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**SIEGE OF MALTA CAMOUFLAGE**British WW2 Tommy Combat Helmet With Liner & Chin Strap. Sn 23259 - 23259 The Siege of Malta in World War II was a military campaign in the Mediterranean Theatre. From June 1940 to November 1942, the fight for the control of the strategically important island of the British Crown Colony of Malta pitted the air and naval forces of Fascist Italy and Nazi Germany against the Royal Air Force (RAF) and the Royal Navy. The opening of a new front in North Africa in June 1940 increased Malta's already considerable value. British air and sea forces based on the island could attack Axis ships transporting vital supplies and reinforcements from Europe; Churchill called the island an "unsinkable aircraft carrier". General Erwin Rommel, in de facto field command of Axis forces in North Africa, recognised its importance quickly. In May 1941, he warned that "Without Malta the Axis will end by losing control of North Africa". The Axis resolved to bomb or starve Malta into submission, by attacking its ports, towns, cities, and Allied shipping supplying the island. Malta was one of the most intensively bombed areas during the war. The Luftwaffe and the Regia Aeronautica (Italian Royal Air Force) flew a total of 3,000 bombing raids, dropping 6,700 tons of bombs on the Grand Harbour area alone, over a period of two years in an effort to destroy RAF defences and the ports. Success would have made possible a combined German–Italian amphibious landing (Operation Herkules) supported by German airborne forces, but this did not happen. In the event, Allied convoys were able to supply and reinforce Malta, while the RAF defended its airspace, though at great cost in materiel and lives. In November 1942 the Axis lost the Second Battle of El Alamein, and the Allies landed forces in Vichy French Morocco and Algeria under Operation Torch. The Axis diverted their forces to the Battle of Tunisia, and attacks on Malta were rapidly reduced. The siege effectively ended in November 1942. In December 1942, air and sea forces operating from Malta went over to the offensive. By May 1943, they had sunk 230 Axis ships in 164 days, the highest Allied sinking rate of the war. The Allied victory in Malta played a major role in the eventual Allied success in North Africa. This is an excellent, original, WW2 steel 'Tommy' Combat helmet. This helmet has all of its original rough texture green and sand section colour camo paint as used in the Siege of Malta. The helmet has no dents. The rim has no visible date or maker marks but they may be present under the paint. It has its original oil cloth sweat band liner, chin strap bales & elasticated webbing chinstrap with buckle all of which are intact. The helmet is approx. UK size 7. The price includes UK delivery. Sn 23259 £395.00 |
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WW1 German M16 Combat Helmet By ‘ET’ (Eisenhuttenwerk AG, Thale Harz) With Original Olive Green / Brown Hue Camouflage Paint & Original Padded Liner. Sn 23252 - 23252 WW1 M16 /17 German camouflage combat helmets had many paint design variants (see pages 46-95 of Helmets of the First War By Haselgrove & Radovic). This original WW1 German M16 Combat helmet is as found & has not been messed with. It has its original olive green / brown hue camouflage paint. It has no dents and even patina. All rivets are in place and it has the correct chin strap lugs (strap absent). The helmet retains its original leather headband liner with cloth pads stuffed with horsehair. The helmet is manufacturer and size stamped on the inner rim ‘ET66’ which is Eisenhuttenwerk AG, Thale Harz UK size 8 ¼. The price for this WW1 helmet includes UK delivery. Sn 23252 £745.00 |
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WW1 British Gas Warfare Patrol (G.W.P) Marked 1918 Pattern MK II Brodie Trench Helmet With Brodie Ink Stamped Original Oil Cloth Sweat Band Liner & Chin Strap. Sn 23251 - 23251 British army Gas warfare patrols during World War I involved soldiers operating in environments heavily contaminated by chemical agents, necessitating specialized equipment, rigorous training, and the development of new tactical procedures. These patrols were common on the Western Front, particularly from 1916 onwards as gas attacks evolved from sporadic, wind-dependent releases to more systematic, artillery-delivered barrages. GWP’s were used to monitor the effects of a gas cloud on enemy lines, take prisoners, and destroy enemy positions, particularly during "cloud gas" attacks. This is an original WW1 MK II War Office 1918 Pattern British Brodie Steel helmet to a ‘GWP’ with correct rolled rim. It has its original textured olive paint & correct small central copper rivet at the crown. The chin strap bales are attached with correct split pins & are fitted with original brown leather chinstrap with buckle (some service wear to the leather). The helmet has its original black oilcloth liner with clear red ink 'Brodie' manufacturer's stamp and padded crown. There are no visible maker / size marks often found on the inner rim but they may be present under the paint. The inner rim has original white paint unit designation ‘G.W.P’ (Gas Warfare Patrol). The helmet is approx. UK size 7. The price includes UK delivery. Sn 23251 £475.00 |
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