Australian WW2 VAD Shoulder Titles

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Code: 2572

WW2 British / Australian Army KD Slip on Rank For Brigadier

A rare well worn matching pair. Embroidered on khaki cotton drill. Rank of Brigadier as worn in the Mediterranean and the Pacific theaters of war.  read more

Code: 2619

WW2 British Army Major - General Slip on Rank

A nice matching wartime slip on pair of shoulder rank devices. Jungle green cotton drill slides each with a gilt metal pip and a matching pair of opposed crossed sword and button for Major - General. The crossed swords and buttons are the older WW1 type pattern. ( Large wide and in plain brass). A common practice to use to older patterns in WW2. Not to mention that these ranks badges hardly eve...  read more

Code: 2578

British c.WW2 Cunard Shipping Line Officers Badge.

c.1940 Kings crown bullion embroidered on padded wool backing. Worn condition.  read more

Code: 2618

Australia WW1 8th Infantry Battalion Mess Hall serviette ring

Original WW1 period EPNS silver ring with enameled battalion colour patch.  read more

Code: 2617

WW1 German Infantry NCO’s Medal Group

A good grouping for four medals awarded to Unteroffizier Paul Reiter for his servcie during the Great WR.

1914 Iron Cross 2nd class with the original hand written preliminary field document named to Reiter and stamped with the seal of the 1st Battalion Infantry Battalion 268. Awarded in May 1915 this award award document is now faded and very fragile. It’s fixed to a modern piec...  read more

Code: 2585

British WW2 Stiletto Fighting Knife, William Rodgers Sheffield

Original era manufacture. British made double edged stiletto by the famous firm of William Rogers of Sheffield England. Double edged steel blade with a simple alloy guard, intricate grip made of red & black phenolic-like material wedges with brass spacers. Plain aluminum pommel. Maker marked.  read more

Code: 2602

An English gentleman’s flintlock coat pistol. Circa 1775-1800

Hexagon shaped barrel in .59 cal with British Birmingham proof marks, the usual CROWN over "Crossed Scepters". The locking working order and complete with flint stone. Comes with its original ram rod. The lock plate engraved with the maker “W Dunn”. Approximately 320mm. The barrel diameter approximately 15mm or .59 inch.  read more

Code: 2610

Australia WW1 1919 Villers-Bretonneux Memorial Tablet Lapel Badge

White metal and enamel with brooch pin reverse.

The Villers-Bretonneux Memorial Tablet.
Presented by the Mayor of Villers-Bretonneux, on behalf of the town's inhabitants, to members of an AIF Graves detachment, representing the Australian people, on 14 July 1919. The mayor's presentation speech included the following, 'The first inhabitants of Villers-Bretonneux to re-est...  read more

Code: 2616

Australia WW2 Soldiers “Willow” Cake Tin

Made in pressed tin this tin was used to send soldiers a naked cake from home. A butterless, eggless cake recipe, published in The Age in 1944, substituted lard for butter. It had a footnote pointing out that this cake fits the soldier’s cake tin and further investigation revealed that Willow manufactured such tins in their thousands during World War II. In kitchens all over Australia, women ba...  read more

Code: 2609