RARE BLACK FACED 14CT GOLD OMEGA MENS ART DECO POCKET WATCH c1943 WW2

Here on offer is a rare and beautiful vintage 14ct gold Art Deco Gents Pocket Watch by the famous premier Swiss watch maker, Omega.

This superb original stem-winder example has an unusual black dial with gold hands and gold Roman Numeral numbers.
It also has a sub seconds dial set at the 6 o’clock position.
It looks to still have its original mineral...  read more

Code: 50244

Royal Navy H.M.S. KENT (54) Bronze Prize Medallion for Billiards 1929 and Case

Here on offer is a rare and unusual, Royal Navy Bronze Prize Medallion for 2nd place at ‘Billiards’ in 1929, HMS KENT (54).

The shield shaped bronze medallion shows a Battleship Cruiser under steam, in relief, on the front.
The rear is engraved with:

BILLIARDS
CLASS III
W.H.W. 1929
2ND
KENT


The Medal...  read more

Code: 50238

Rare Vintage The Royal Society of St George Enamel & Chrome Car Badge circa 1930

Here on offer is fine example of a vintage enamel and chrome car badge, for The Royal Society of St George.

The Society was established back in 1894 to promote the English way of life and Englishness.

This a an early and rare example from the 1920’s or early 1930’s and has a member number 226 stamped on the reverse.

It was manufactur...  read more

Code: 50228

WW1 British Great War Veterans of America Bronze Wall Plaque 1914 to 1918

Here on offer is an unusual WW1 related circular cast bronze wall plaque for the British War Veterans of America.

The centre has two raised shields; one depicts the American Flag and the other the British Flag.

Around the shields inside a raised circle are the words,

BRITISH GREAT WAR VETERNS OF AMERICA

Then between the...  read more

Code: 50224

Rare 19th Century 72nd Highlanders Regiment Tunic Button Sweetheart Bar Brooch

Here on offer is a fine example of a rare 19th century 72nd Highlanders Regiment tunic button sweetheart bar brooch.

The tunic button still retains all its original gilt and crisp detail to the stags head and lettering on the front. It has been professionally attached to a gilt pin so that it can be worn as a bar brooch.

Some history of the 72nd Highlanders...  read more

Code: 50218

WW1 Royal Army Pay Corps (RAPC) Gilt Metal and Enamel Sweetheart Bar Brooch

Here on offer is an excellent example of a WW1 period Royal Army Pay Corps (RAPC) gilt metal and enamel sweetheart bar brooch.

The Royal Army Pay Corps (RAPC) was the corps of the British Army responsible for administering all financial matters. It was amalgamated into the Adjutant General's Corps in 1992.

All the enameling and gilt is still in plac...  read more

Code: 50217

WW1 Queens Regiment Gilt Metal and Enamel Sweetheart Bar Brooch

Here on offer is a excellent example of a WW1 Queens Regiment Gilt Metal and Enamel Sweetheart Brooch.

All the enameling and gilt is still in place and the brooch is in near mint condition.

On the reverse it still retains its original long fixing pin and “C” clasp.

It measures 2.2” (5.6cm) wide by 0.75” (1.8cm) high and weighs 3.8g.

Pl...  read more

Code: 50216

Beautiful WW2 Italian POW Made Aluminium Trench Art Cigarette Case

Here on offer is a WW2 Italian POW made aluminium Trench Art Cigarette/Sweetheart Case.

I have been told that these sweetheart cigarette cases where made by Italian POW's captured by the British Forces in North Africa in WW2. Apparently, they were traded for food and cigarettes by the Italian POW’s.

The POW Camp at Fayid, Egypt was one of the last ca...  read more

Code: 50205

WW2 Trench Art Aluminium Model of an RAF Spitfire

Here on offer is an example of a period WW2 Trench Art aluminium model of a RAF Spitfire.

The model is a one piece solid aluminium casting and does show overall light age oxidisation to the finish.

There are some “nibbles/chips” to the top of the tail and tail wings, as well as minor nibbles to the main wing tips.

The underside has a h...  read more

Code: 50207

WW1 Period Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders Large Metal Cap Badge

Here on offer is a WW1 period (Princess Louise's) pattern, Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders large metal cap badge.

The white metal badge has a circlet inscribed ARGYLL AND SUTHERLAND. Within the circlet, voided, the cypher "L" of the late Princess Louise, interlaced and reversed.
On the left of the cypher is a boar's head and on the right a cat-a-mountain...  read more

Code: 50201