Pair of Royal Navy Ship's Cap-tallies for "HMS Hubberston".

Two full-length ribbons with gold wire woven ship's names, one of which is incorrectly spelt. The correct spelling is 'Hubberston' and this one is in excellent condition. The incorrectly spelled tally ;Hubbertson' has age-darkening / tarnish to some of the lettering otherwise is also in excellent condition.
The correct tally reads "HMS Hubberston" for the Ton-class minesweeper (M1147) w...  read more

Code: 53620

France ; Voluntary Combatants Cross (Croix du Combattant Volontaire) with Bar "Indochine".

Attractive dark bronze cross complete with original ribbon with the bar for "Indochine".
This version of the cross was introduced in 1953 initially to recognize service in the Second World War. Bars that were subsequently issued include "Guerre 1939-1945", "Afrique du Nord", "Indochine", "Corée" and "Missions Extérieures".
Excellent condition.  read more

Code: 53619

Third Reich : German Home Front Luftschutz / Civilian Gas-mask Filter

Spare filter for the German WW2 'Volksgasmaske'. Numerous stamps and markings.  read more

Code: 53618

Third Reich : Army Casualty Memorial Card.

Memorial card commemorating 18½ year-old Gebirgsjäger Johann Schindler who fell on 14th April 1943 on the Eastern Front., He came from Osterhofen and had been an apprentice hairdresser.
The reverse shows a stock standard representation of his grave  read more

Code: 53617

Third Reich : Army Casualty Memorial Card.

Memorial card commemorating 18 year-old Gebirgsjäger Benedikt Häfele who fell on 20th July 1943 in Krassny-Lutsch in the Donetz region of Ukraine.on the eastern Front. This would have been during the german withdrawal following the Battle of Kursk. He was born in Gottenau in 1924. The reverse shows a stock standard representation of his grave  read more

Code: 53616

Third Reich : Postcard Portrait-photo of a Luftwaffe Obergefreiter in Service-dress.

Nice photo of this NCO candidate wearing his service-tunic with first-pattern breast-eagle and shooting-cord. He wears no ribbons or decorations and it can be assumed that the photo is pre-war. The reverse is plain apart from the mark of where the photo was once stuck in an album.
Very good condition.  read more

Code: 53615

Third Reich : Postcard Full-length Photo of a Luftwaffe Feldwebel.

A winter deckel-edged photograph showing a Luftwaffe Feldwebel wearing greatcoat and service-cap. The reverse has an ink hand-written greeting dated 1940. There is a mark from when the photo has been stuck in an album.
Very good condition.  read more

Code: 53614

Third Reich : Portrait Postcard Photo of an Army Private Soldier. and Luftwaffe Unteroffizier / Officer Candidate.

Head and shoulders photo of an army Scutze in service-dress with field-cap alongside (brother ?) wearing Luftwaffe tropical dress with field-cap. He is wearing Unteroffizier's epaulettes with cord indicating an officer-candidate. It is not possible to identify the arm-of-service or either.
The reverse has a pencilled note which is partly obscured by a mark where it has been stuck in an ...  read more

Code: 53613

Post-WW1 Postcard-photo of a German 21cm Field-gun on Display in Ypres.

A photo-postcard published by Eugène Desaix, a Belgian photographer who also had premises in France and operated up until 1930. This card shows a German field-gun on display in the Place de la Station in Ypres. The card is unused and is in excellent condition apart from a mark on the back where it has been stuck in an album.  read more

Code: 53612

France : Satirical Coin / Lapel-badge Mocking the Deposed Napoleon III after the Franco-Prussian War.

Coin in the form of a French 5 centimes piece mocking the deposed Napoleon III after his defeat and capture in the Franco-Prussian War of 1870-71. The obverse depicts Napoleon III wearing a Pickelhaube with a collar bearing 'Sedan' . Sedan was the battle in which Napoleon III was captured. The legend says "Napoleon III Le Miserable.....80,000 Prisonniers" The reverse bears a representation ...  read more

Code: 53610