Vietnam Period USMC Utility Cap

With Globe & Laurel insignia of the USMC & infantry rank badge pinned to front.  read more

Code: 14123

WW2 US Canteen Set 1944

US canteen set with soldiers number stencilled to carrier .
Waterbottle marked & dated 1943 , cup dated 1944.  read more

Code: 14084

Pre WW1 French Engineers Officer Cadet Kepi

Classic early pre WW1 kepi for an Engineers cadet officer who would have almost certainly gone on to fight in the Great war.
Black wool construction with engineers ( Breastplate) chinstrap buttons to each side & Hungarian officers knot to crown. Green leather undersided peak with officers gilt chinstrap intact. Interior lining in black satin. His cadet status indicated by the 'galon d'...  read more

Code: 14090

'This England 1940' - Comical Observations Of The Englishman !

' THIS ENGLAND requires little introduction published in the belief that the Englishman is genial enough to enjoy holding the mirror to his own absurdities ' .  read more

Code: 14100

'ARP Home Storage of Food Supplies ' Leaflet

Issued by the 'Canned Foods Advisory Bureau'.  read more

Code: 14102

WW2 British Home Guard Webbing Sleeve & Belt 1940/42

From a complete set we recently acquired the sleeve has clearly been on the belt for a very long time with the freshness of the unexposed leather very apparent when the sleeve is moved.
Belt is the standard 03 pattern pressed into Home Guard service with BHG Ltd ( Barrow, Hepburn & Gale ) maker & 1940 date. Webbing sleeve marked on the outside 'H&S' the rest is illegible.  read more

Code: 14093

Vietnam War Period USMC Utility Cap

USMC Utility cap with eight point construction & USMC EGA insignia to front.  read more

Code: 14081

WW2 German Army M40 Reissue Helmet

German M40 combat helmet with both decals removed & a granulated dark grey overpaint applied to the entirety of the helmet.
This helmet was recently sourced in the USA being a bringback by a US serviceman. There is some dark hardened staining to the interior leather quite possibly as the result of a headwound. sustained by the original wearer with traces of a handwritten name just about...  read more

Code: 14064

Pre WW1 French Gendarmerie Kepi

Interesting French Kepi from the late 1800s to a member of the Gendarmerie ( Military Police ).
This style predates that of the Foulard with a higher profile at its rear section. In the classic dark blue wool of these troops with white flaming grenade of the Gendarmes its interior is black leatherette lined.
A rare piece that has moth however an interesting & historical piece of...  read more

Code: 14041

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