East Germany (DDR) : Six Grey Plastic Buttons for Military Combat-kit / Field-uniform.

Grey plastic buttons, 20mm dia. for combat-kit / field-uniform. Pebbled surface with plain rim, complete with shank on the reverse. No makers' marks. Price per half-dozen ie. 6.
(Note: 20mm dia buttons were used for jacket front and pocket fastenings. Epaulettes were secured by 16mm dia similar buttons).  read more

Code: 52323

Catterick Garrison, Northern Command Formation Flash.

Machine-embroidered multi-colour flash which has been very carefully removed from a uniform and is in very good condition.  read more

Code: 52318

Book : "Hitler's Willing Executioners - Ordinary Germans and the Holocaust" by Daniel J Goldhagen.

Hardback with dust-cover, 24cms x 16cms x 5cms thick with 622 pages of text including 33 black & white photographs. Written by Daniel Jonah Goldhagen and published in 1996 by Little, Brown & Co. The book concentrates in particular on the activities of the Ordnungspolizei battalions in the holocaust.
Excellent condition.  read more

Code: 52313

WW2 Pair of Army Lance-corporal's Un-issued Rank Chevrons.

Nice original pair of unissued Lance corporal's single arm-stripes as worn on battledress in mint condition....  read more

Code: 52312

WW1 Central Association of the Volunteer Training Corps (VTC) Lapel-badge.

First World War period gilded-brass and enamel lapel-badge for members of the Central Association of The Volunteer Training Corps. Overall height 38mm. The centre depicts the war goddess Bellona rivetted onto a green enamel background surrounded by an oval wreath bearing 'Central Association' with 'VTC at the base. The reverse has a buttonhole fixing and maker's details 'Fattorini & Sons Brad...  read more

Code: 52303

Royal Engineers King's crown Sweetheart Brooch.

Silver & enamel GvR Royal Engineers badge on a mother of pearl circular backing enclosed in a silver metal pin-back frame, marked on the edge 'Silver Rim'. 28mm diameter. Excellent condition.  read more

Code: 52302

Anti-Aircraft Command Machine-embroidered Shoulder-flash.

Machine-embroidered in black on red patch showing the first-pattern bow. The patch has been stitched over a cardboard former and removed from a uniform but is in excellent condition.  read more

Code: 52300

National Fire Brigades Association Long Service Bronze Medal for 10 Years Service together with a 5 Year Clasp.

Bronze 38mm dia medal with a straight bar suspender as used on the earlier Fire Brigades Union Medal. The original ribbon is suspended from a pin-back clasp bearing "Ten Years" and there is an earlier "Five Years" slip-on clasp on the ribbon. The medal is un-named but numbered "6806" on the rim.
This medal was instituted in 1918 and replaced the earlier Fire Brigades Union Medal. It was...  read more

Code: 52297

National Fire Brigades Association Long Service Bronze Medal for 10 Years Service.

Bronze 38mm dia medal with ring suspender attached to a clasp bearing "Ten Years" above which is a plain bronze bar. Complete with original ribbon, the medal is un-named but numbered "7665" on the rim.
This medal was instituted in 1918 and was also available in silver for fire-brigade officers with at least twenty years full-time service. Excellent condition.  read more

Code: 52296

Third Reich : Kriegsmarine Single Stitch-in Epaulette for a Funkmeistermaat.

Navy-blue wool strap with gold-wire tress surround for a petty-officer with a single rank pip and a gilt anchor motif bearing a lightning blitz for a Funkmeistermaat.  read more

Code: 52293