Vintage Boxed Example of a Submarine OCA (Old Comrades Association) Car Badge - Mint Unused Condition c1950

Here on offer is a vintage boxed example of a Submarine OCA (Old Comrades Association) car badge, in mint unused condition, circa 1950.

The round car badge is made from heavy chrome plated metal and has the image of the Submarine OCA cap badge on the front, under a thick Perspex domed cover.

On the back of the badge is a distributers label, for Club ...  read more

Code: 50102

Framed Coloured Print of the Battle of Tofrek Sudan on 22nd March 1885 by 49th Regiment

Here on offer is a framed colour print of the Battle of Tofrek in Sudan on 22nd March 1885 by the 49th Regiment.

The print is in excellent clear crisp condition and has been professionally mounted and framed with a clear glass front and thin light coloured wood edges.

The Battle of Tofrek was fought on 22nd March 1885 some 5 miles inland from the por...  read more

Code: 50098

Boer War POW “Trench Art” Brass Victorian Ladies Shoe Desk Ornament on Oak Base c1903

Here on offer is a Boer War POW made “Trench Art”, lovely brass Victorian Ladies Shoe ornament on a brass and oak wooden base.

This is one of two Boer War POW “Brass Shoe” items that I am selling and they both came in a beautiful wooden POW box from the island of Bermuda, dated 1903. This relates to the South African Boer soldiers that the British interned on Bermu...  read more

Code: 50093

Boer War POW “Trench Art” Small Brass & Copper Victorian Ladies Shoe – Paperweight c1903

Here on offer is a Boer War POW made “Trench Art”, small brass and copper Victorian Ladies Shoe shaped Paperweight.

This is one of two Boer War POW “Brass Shoe” items that I am selling and they both came in a beautiful wooden POW box from the island of Bermuda, dated 1903. This relates to the South African Boer soldiers that the British interned on Bermuda during the 2nd Boer War...  read more

Code: 50092

Vintage Hand Made Wooden Wall Plaque for the British Military Intelligence Corps – Prince of Wales - Number 90 Half Company

Here on offer is one of three quality hand made vintage wooden wall plaques that I acquired, which I believe relate to the British Military Intelligence Corps.

This hand painted example has a raised shield with the Prince of Wales feathers, Fleur De Lis above two crossed rifles and the number ‘90’.

Below the shield are the words:

NUM...  read more

Code: 50064

Vintage Hand Made Wooden Wall Plaque for the British Military Intelligence Corps 50th Anniversary 1977

Here on offer is one of three quality hand made vintage wooden wall plaques that I acquired, which relate to the British Military Intelligence Corps 50th Anniversary in 1977.

This hand painted example has the Intelligence Corps badge set on a central shield with a large gold ‘V’ in the background and on a wooden ribbon below it the years:

1947 . 1967...  read more

Code: 50063

Vintage Hand Made Wooden Wall Plaque for the British Military Intelligence Corps, circa 1980

Here on offer is one of three quality hand made vintage wooden wall plaques that I acquired, which all I believe relate to the British Military Intelligence Corps, circa 1980.

This hand painted example has the Intelligence Corps badge set on a central shield with the motto, on a wooden ribbon below it:

Manui Dat Cognitio Vires

(Knowle...  read more

Code: 50062

WW2 Gilt & Enamel Kings Crown Royal Army Service Corps ‘Good Luck’ Sweetheart Brooch

Here on offer is a lovely detailed example of a gilt metal and enamel Royal Army Service Corps (RASC) sweetheart brooch, probably from the WW2 period as it displays the Kings Crown and GR cypher.

The brooch has been made in the shape of a horseshoe, with the words ‘GOOD LUCK’ around the bottom edge.

The centre displays a detailed RSAC gilt and enamel...  read more

Code: 50061

Framed Antique Hand Coloured Print of HMS MONARCH (1868)

Here on offer is a large framed antique hand coloured print of the Royal Navy ship, HMS MONARCH (1868) that I recently acquired in Cornwall.

These types of antique prints where coloured in by hand using coloured inks.

This fine example has been professionally framed by Cornmill Picture Frames prior to 1995 as the phone code on their label is 0726, w...  read more

Code: 50053

Unusual Hand Made Soldiers Wooden Truncheon – Liverpool & Irish Regiment c1890

Here on offer is a rare hand made soldiers wooden truncheon that was owner by a member of the Liverpool & Irish Regiment circa 1890 and possibly used in the Second Boer War, whilst supporting the King’s Liverpool Regiment.

The hard wood truncheon has been made from a branch or root of a tree that had a spur near the top that provides a hard “nodule”.

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Code: 50043