WW1 German M17 Camouflage Helmet - German Spring Offensive 1918

A WW1 German M17 steel helmet with three colour block camouflage scheme & manufacturer stamps to pad holders.
Typical of the ad hoc camouflage schemes that can be encountered & most likely worn during the German Spring Offensive of 1918 this piece has had the three colours of forest green , black & brown painted in blocks with jagged black dividing lines around each to break up the colo...  read more

Code: 13751

WW1 British '08 Pattern Smallpack

Traces of green blanco , divider present & all buckles & tabs present.  read more

Code: 14023

WW1 British '08/'14 Pattern Largepack 1915

This is an unblancoed largepack known as the Pattern 1908/Pattern 1914 Convertible Pack with no lower chapes or tongued buckles of the true 1914 pattern packs. So in simple terms it was converted into an '08 pack to be used with the '08 pattern webbing equipment which most troops were eventually equipped with. Broad arrow marked & dated 1915 it is made by MW&S Ltd .  read more

Code: 13995

WW1 British Open Topped Holster With Cleaning Rod 1915

A 1915 dated brown leather open topped holster coming complete with its WD broad arrow marked original brass cleaning rod .
As worn with pistol order by tank crew, machine gunners etc the 1915 date is clearly visible to end of the securing strap. Rear belt loop has at one time been repositioned by its wearer this is very old & I believe was done in wartime according to preference of the ...  read more

Code: 10792

WW1 French Pistol Holster - Simplified Model 1916

Simplified model of holster for the PA 1916 ...faint acceptance stamp to underside of flap.  read more

Code: 13977

WW1 German G98 Cartridge Pouch 1917

A WW1 German G98 Cartridge pouch with top section of one end pouch detached & a tear to one bottom tongue .
marekd to rear with a Hildesheim maker & date 1917.  read more

Code: 13973

WW1 French 6th Infantry Regiment Officers ' New Style' Tunic 1915

A WW1 French infantry officers tunic based on the 'New Style' seen from Spring 1915 onwards.
This widely followed that of their British officer counterparts whose stylish large hip pocketed tunics did not escape attention from tailors all over France. This piece is made in gabardine & one of the first of the new style with features still reminiscent of the earlier 1913 style such as a ...  read more

Code: 13948

Uniforms & Equipment Of The British Army In WW1 - Steve Chambers

This book contains over 600 rare and never before published photographs of the British Soldier in World War I. The quality images selected were photographed in peace and wartime, in the studio and the field, and show in detail the service dress uniform, equipment and weapons in use by the British Army between 1900-1918. The chapters contain photographic postcards of: Infantry officers and other...  read more

Code: 13944

WW1 French Colonial Troops Issue 2L Waterbottle With Ribbed Cover & Rare Inspection Stamp 1912

A WW1 period French waterbottle of the 2 Litre capacity which were only issued to Colonial troops prior to 1914. The date of 1912 can be discerned on the strap.
When war broke out in 1914 it soon became apparent that the smaller 1 Litre bottle was insufficient for French troops on the front line & so the 2 Litre was then made standard issue for all. Although heavily worn & washed out th...  read more

Code: 13957

WW1 German 10th Inf. Regt Private Purchase Pickelhaube Cover

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WW1 German private purchase other ranks pickelhaube cover of the 10th Infantry Regiment with remains of green late 1914/1915 period number to front.
Due to pickelhaube covers often being scruffy & ill fitting a certain amount of individual 'tailoring' with covers stitched in & slight personal alterations can be encountered as well as privately unit purch...  read more

Code: 13918