Military Collectables

WW2 Era William Rogers Commando Fighting Knife.

The Fairbairn Sykes type fighting knife by William Rogers, Sheffield with the ‘Cut My Way’ branding. It has an aluminium pommel. Stacked leather grip, white metal, probably nickel guard and a good double edge steel blade with makers details on the ricasso.
It is in excellent untouched condition and with a light clean would look fantastic. The blade is free from any rust, just covered wi...  read more

Code: 30734

WW1 Era American WRC Medals & Photos to Nurse Boyle.

A rare opportunity to obtain a lot to an American volunteer nurse of the First world war. Mary M Boyle was born in Johns Town Pennsylvania in 1899. At the time the great war was in full swing, she was living in New York City.
She obviously enrolled in the Women’s Relief Corps before taking a position as Nurse at Camp McCellan Alabama in June 1918 and then to No1 General hospital Williams...  read more

Code: 30733

WW2 German Luftwaffe Ski Cap.

A WW2 era Luftwaffe enlisted mans Ski cap, made of blue/grey wool, embroidered badge, painted buttons and lined with grey cotton twill fabric.
A good original cap, now becoming very hard to find. It is in very good condition with obvious signs of wear and use. The white metal buttons retain a lot of their original paint, material with no moth damage, so wear to the edge of the peek. App...  read more

Code: 30732

WW2 Era German Panzer Assault Badge.

A very good quality WW2 issued panzer assault badge in silver class
Introduced in December 1939, the Panzer Badge was authorized to be awarded to tank crews who had actively participated in three armoured assaults on different days.
From 31 December 1942 armoured unit repair teams could receive the silver badge for repairing tanks in combat conditions on three different days. So a...  read more

Code: 30731

WW2 German Coastal Artillery War Badge.

A very nice example of a Wartime issue of the German Coastal Artillery war badge.
This very underrated badge was awarded to the crews of Kriegsmarine land-based marine artillery and anti-aircraft units. It was a single class award which was achieved by receiving 8 points under combat conditions. Bearing in mind the type of pressure the coastal defences were under during the endless raid...  read more

Code: 30730

Superb WW1 Iron Cross in Case by Sy Wagner.

WW1 German iron cross 2nd class, beautiful quality and made in the typical manner with a silver frame set with a magnetic core. It has a lovely large suspender ring which is marked S-W for Sy Wagner who was a top-class medal maker working in Erderstrabe 7 Berlin. He was working up to the end of the first world war and also had a thriving business making fine quality silverware.
It comes ...  read more

Code: 30729

1930’s German Army Sports Shirt Eagle.

The large black army eagle from the 1935 pattern German army sports shirt, comprising of the main emblem embroidered onto a cotton backing and sewen onto the light cotton shirt, some of the original shirt remain. In very good condition, just a couple of areas with small stains, measuring 10 x 5 inches.  read more

Code: 30728

WW1 Iron Cross 2nd Class, with Makers Mark.

A superb example of the EKII, which has a nice clear maker’s mark of KO on the suspender ring, for Konigliches Munzamt of Berlin, which basically stands for ‘Royal Mint Department of Medals’, which is now believed that these were issued in the field.
It is the typical three-part construction with a magnetic core which comes in excellent condition and it is still suspended on a good lengt...  read more

Code: 30726

German WW2 Eastern Peoples Medal 2nd Class Bronze

The Eastern Peoples Medal or Ostvolk Medal was awarded for gallantry and merit for Members of the Eastern Peoples and the Soviet Union who volunteered to fight alongside German forces. Established in July 1942, it was warded in three classes, gold, silver and bronze and for bravery with swords or for merit without swords and also in 1st and 2nd class, 1st class, solid with pin back and 2nd clas...  read more

Code: 30725

WW2 Winter Campaign Medal 1941/42

The Winter campaign medal or Medaille Winterschlacht im Osten 1941/42, also known as the Eastern Front Medal. It was awarded to both German and Axis personnel who served on the German Eastern Front during the winter campaign period of 15 November 1941 to 15 April 1942.
Qualifications for the medal included service of a minimum of 14 days service in active combat; 30 combat sorties for L...  read more

Code: 30724