Battledress Trousers, Austerity Pattern

Standard 40/42 type BD trousers, no label but feint WD stamps inside. Good used condition overall but with a few small moth nips/holes, two buttons missing from inner waistband. Approx 32W/32L  read more

Code: 51133

Battledress Trousers, Private Purchase

Privately tailored 37/40 pattern trousers as favoured by some officers, early war style with brown plastic buttons, slightly higher back. Very good used condition overall but with a few small moth nips/holes. Approx 32W/32L. Please ask for additional pictures if you need them.  read more

Code: 51132

Breeches, Motorcyclists, 1942

Mid war pair of khaki breeches as worn by dispatch riders etc. Very good used condition, no label but WD stamp with ‘P’ for 1942. Marked a size10, fairly small  read more

Code: 51131

2nd Welsh Guards Beret

A black armoured troops beret fitted with a Welsh Guards brass cap badge. Feint marking inside and a misstamped WD code, possibly ‘O’, there is also an owners or laundry label at the rear with ‘170’. 2nd Battalion Welsh Guards we’re the armoured reconnaissance for Guards Armoured Division  read more

Code: 51130

King’s Own Battledress

1940 BD blouse, clear maker label dated 1944, tailored collar. To each sleeve woven shoulder titles and formation signs for 24th Infantry Brigade, also has holes in the epaulettes for metal rank pips. Inside pocket has the soldier’s name and number written in indelible pencil. The insignia configuration dates this to the immediate post war period, 1945/6, this brigade was part of BETFOR Trieste...  read more

Code: 51129

Royal Marines Beret, 1945

Good clean example of the dark blue beret as issued to Royal Marines and Royal Navy. Feint maker stamps for Beret Industries Ltd, size 7 1/8 and dated 1945. Red felt backing to cap badge, rear stiffener removed but otherwise in very good used condition  read more

Code: 51128

Naval Issue Pocket Bible

Naval crown embossed on the front with ‘Service Edition’. Good used condition, some passages have been highlighted in red  read more

Code: 51127

Merchant Navy Pocket New Testament

Pocket bible with dark blue cover embossed with the Merchant Navy crest and Active Service Edition. Owners name inside and also a note from an Army Scripture Reader on Gibraltar, dated 20/08/41. Very good used condition.  read more

Code: 51126

Forces New Testament, 1942

Naval issue pocket New Testament with dark blue cover and GVIR cypher, dated 1942. Very good clean condition  read more

Code: 51125

Naval Action Ration Tin /2

Small tin labelled NAVAL ACTION RATION, no contents remaining but would have contained energy sweets and chewing gum. Good used condition, owners name has been added to the lid  read more

Code: 51123