Coming to our May 15th Militaria sale, a fine quality levée pattern court dress, once belonging to Lt Col R A Lyall.
Some of the gilt buttons retain their original tissue covering, suggesting it was never worn.
Believed to date from circa 1924 when he was HM Consul General.

One of the more unusual items we’ve seen recently.
A WW1 era prisoner of war work painted cow scapular or shoulder blade.
Made by a German ‘alien’ or possibly a spy while being held at the Newbury POW camp in 1914.
Coming to our May 15th Medals & Militaria sale.
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Not a military theme this time, but I’m absolutely enamoured by these original early 20th century, women’s suffrage / votes for women badges, some with original labels to reverse.
From a very large and eclectic private collection.

A scarce and interesting item, once belonging to one of mastermind’s of the Great Escape from Stalag Luft III.

Coming to our May 15th medals and militaria auction, a good Victorian campaign and WW1 era Special Constabulary medal group, awarded to John Saxe of the Royal Sussex Regiment.

A late entry for our February 28th Medals & Militaria auction. A First Day of the Somme casualty death plaque, named Pte George Skilton of the 6th Berks Rgt.
One of over 57,000 casualties from July 1st 1916.

The recently discovered Amy Johnson plane fragment is making some headlines.
Coming to our Medals & Militaria sale on February 28th.
#AmyJohnson

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Coming to the February 28th Medals & Militaria sale.

Consigned yesterday, a fine interwar / WW2 era cavalry tunic for the 19th Hussars.
Actually worn to business meetings by the lady vendor in the 1960’s!
Coming to our February 28th Medals & Militaria sale.
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Coming soon to our February 28th Medals & Militaria sale, this good example of a WW1 era enlisted man’s Saxony Pickelhaube.
Complete with both cockades and leather liner.
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A nice quality Boer War era silver cigarette case, depicting the ‘Gentleman in Kharki’, after the original by R.C. Woodville.
The case was given as a memento to Jack Coghlan as he made his way to the front in 1900.
Coming to our February Medals & Militaria sale.

A grizzly reminder of the cost of war.
This WW2 Japanese Type 90 combat helmet has a clean bullet entry point to one side, and a larger and ragged exit point to other.
Almost certainly causing a fatal injury to its wearer.
#JapaneseHelmet #WW2helmet
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Another fantastic piece of WW1 headwear, an M1916 helmet with original camouflage paint, 3 pad liner, and leather headband.
Coming soon to our February 2024 Medals & Militaria sale.

Consign in today, from a large military collection, this fine 1918 dated, 1917 pattern ‘Tommy’s’ trench cap. Coming to our February 2024 Medals & Militaria auction.
#WW1cap #1917
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Recently consigned for our February 2024 Medals & Militaria sale, a scarcely seen WW1 era Captain’s tunic for the Prince of Wales’s Leinster Regiment (Royal Canadians).
Disbanded in 1922 after the partition of Ireland.
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Consigned for our February militaria sale, an early 20th century Home Service pattern officer’s helmet, as worn by 2nd Lt (later Captain) Edward Nathaniel Drury-Lowe of the Sherwood Foresters Notts & Derby Regiment.
Complete with a fine and scarce gilt and silvered helmet plate.

Not all wounds are physical.
Dvr David Hamer of the Royal Field Artillery was discharged from service on November 28th 1914. Less than 1 month later he took his own life, leaving a wife and 5 children.
He is commemorated at the Ferndale Cemetery in Glamorganshire.

Coming to our November 7th WW1 sale…