Reducing my personal collection of militaria
ROYAL ENFIELD C.O.- SPARE PARTS BOOK -1946 -WELL ILLUSTRATED .
AS THERE WERE NO MANUALS IN WW2 THIS IS BASICALLY USING UP WW2 BIKE PARTS .
ROAD MAPS -PRESENTED BY MOTORCYCLE MAGAZINE -PRE DECIMAL . –
MAPS OF SCOTLAND ,& ENGLAND & WALES ONLY ,IN A WATERPROOF POUCH.
NORTON MAINTENANCE MANUAL & INSTRUCTION BOOK FOR 16H, BIG 4 , 18 & ES2.
POSTWAR GIRDER FORK MODELS .
WW2 GERMAN DAF (Deutsche Arbeitsfront ) membership book.
STAMPS FROM 1935 THROUGH TO WHEN HE WAS OLD ENOUGH TO JOIN THE ARMY IN 1942.
THE WW1 HISTORY OF 7TH SERVICE BATTALION- THE ROYAL SUSSEX REGIMENT.
DETAILED HISTORY OF WW1 ACTIONS - EXCELLENT REFERENCE IF INTERESTED IN THIS LOCAL REGIMENT.
ROYAL ENFIELD FLYING FLEA 1946/47.- POOR CONDITION .
SPARES & REPLACEMENT PARTS WELL ILLUSTRATED . MANY WD PARTS SHOWN.
LUCAS ELECTRIC LIGHTING & IGNITION EQUIPMENT.- MAINTENANCE INSTRUCTION BOOKLET.
A GENUINE AND VERY USEFUL BOOK.
MATCHLESS WD 41- G3L SPARES LIST.-FRAME NO’S 57070 TO 64069.
A WELL ILLUSTRATED PARTS BOOK IF YOUR BUILDING ONE .STAPLES RUSTED SO A FEW PAGES LOOSE .
LISTER PETROL & VAPOURISING OIL ENGINES-INSTRUCTION & PARTS PAMPHLET.
PROVIDED WHEN YOU BOUGHT AN ENGINE
BRITISH FORCES MOTORCYCLES -ORCHARD & MADDEN -FIRST EDITION.
MY FAVOURITE EDITION -TABLES OF ALL MAKES KNOWN C NUMBERS -DATE YOUR MACHINE .
GENUINE PANTHER 1950’S SALES BROCHURE -FOLD OUT SHEET .
GIVEN AWAY AT CRYSTAL PALACE MOTORCYCLE SHOW FOR NEXT SEASONS MODELS.
GENUINE 1950’S TRIUMPH MOTORCYCLE BROCHURE.
COVERED ALL THE NEW MODELS OF THAT YEAR, ITS DETATCHED A PAGE FROM STAPLES .
30th CORPS IN GERMANY. LT-GENERAL R HORROCKS.
A GENUINE & VERY RARE B.A.O.R 30TH CORPS PUBLICATION FOR THE TROOPS . COVER UNATTACHED .
POWER PACK – GENUINE INSTRUCTION BOOKLET .
AS SUPPLIED WITH ENGINES IN 50'S. A BIT FRAGILE BUT A COLLECTORS ITEM.
INSTRUCTION BOOK FOR ROYAL ENFIELD RE 125cc& ENSIGN 148cc.
EARLY 50,S AS PLATING SHORTAGE DURING KORIAN WAR.
INSTRUCTION BOOK FOR A MK1 UNIVERSAL CARIER. 1ST EDITION.- BREN GUN CARRIER .
INTERESTING HISTORY , NAMED TO A DRIVER STATIONED IN SUSSEX PRIOR TO D DAY.
GENUINE BSA PAMPHLET 1954.- ANALYSIS OF THAT YEARS RANGE OF BIKES .
A SMALL BOOKLET WITH LOADS OF BSA FACTS & INFORMATION.
BSA BANTAM INSTRUCTION MANUAL- D1 & D7 MODELS.
GENUINE SMALL INSTRUCTION BOOKLET FROM BSA.WELL WORN , COVER LOOSE.
SERVICING SCHEDULE FOR MATCHLESS 41 G3L.- A WAR OFFICE PAMPHLET.
ONLY A FEW PAGES BUT NICE TO SEE A W.O UPDATE .
WW2 DUNLOP INNER TUBE 3.50 X 19. OLD RED RUBBER DATED 8 42.
STILL HOLDS AIR -WELL MARKED UP AND GOOD FOR A MAN CAVE DISPLAY.
BSA BANTAMS-ILLUSTRATED WORKSHOP MANUAL – BRUCE MAIN-SMITH COPY .
MAIN-SMITH COPIED MOST POPULAR MAKES ABOUT 30 YEARS AGO !
COLLECTING THE EDGED WEAPONS OF THE THIRD REICH- VOLUME 1V.
COVERS RARE MAKERS AND SOME SS WEAPONS , IT COST ME £25 OVER 20 YEARS AGO.-RARE BOOK.
GOLDEN ARROW -STORY OF 7TH INDIAN DIVISION 1939-1945, NOT MANY BOOKS COVRER JAPANESE THEATRE OF WAR .
A RARE ORIGINAL BOOK WRITTEN IN 1952.
TANKS & OTHER ARMOURED FIGHTING VEHICLES 1900-1918.
PACKED FULL OF INFORMATION . I HAVE HAD THIS BOOK MANY YEARS
BATTLE HONOURS OF THE BRITISH AND COMMON WEALTH ARMIES .
A MASSIVE REFERENCE BOOK - THE REGIMENTAL HONOURS OF THE PAST ARE RECORDED AS GETTING LOST AS REGIMENTS ARE AMALGAMATED .
A.W.O.L – STORY OF A POW IN TUNISIA , TRANSFERRED TO ITALY WHERE HE ESCAPED .
GOOD TALE OF HIS SURVIVAL IN ITALY , KNOWN AS DON LUIGI !
THE GREAT ESCAPER – THE LIFE AND DEATH OF ROGER BUSHELL.
LOVE ,BETRAYAL THE BIG X AND THE GREAT ESCAPE .
CODENAME TRICYCLE – TRUE STORY OF A DOUBLE AGENT IN WW2.
AMAZING STORY , THESE GUYS HAD NERVES OF STEEL !
FIRST BLITZ – THE GERMAN PLAN TO ATTACK LONDON IN 1918.
INTERESTING BOOK ON A PIECE OF HSTORYU I HAD NOT EVEN HEARD OF !
PANZER- THE ARMOURED FORCE OF THE THIRD REICH.
COVERS MOST MAJOR CONFLICTS BY 7TH PANZER'S OF ROMMEL'S ARMY
THE NINTH QUEENS ROYAL LANCERS 1715-1904.
A RARE REGIMENTAL HISTORY AND FASCINATING RECORD OF THE TIME.
STALINS GENERAL – THE LIFE OF GEORGY ZHUKOV.
He was the first of the Allied generals to enter Berlin and it was he who took the German surrender. Riding a white horse, he led the huge victory parade in Red Square and then stood shoulder to shoulder with Stalin but later provoked the Soviet dictator's envy.
MOTOR REPAIR MANUAL – A DIY BOOK JUST PREWAR .
MOTOR REPAIR MANUALS ARE HOW WE ALL LEARNT ALONG WITH TRIAL AND ERROR !!
TANK ACTION – AN ARMOURED TROOP COMMANDER’S WAR.1944-45.
THIS MEMOIR OF A 19 YEAR OLD'S COMMAND OF A TANK TROOP FROM JUST POST D-DAY ( +5 ) UNTIL THE FALL OF GERMANY .
VOICES FROM THE BATTLE OF THE BULGE .
THE HARSH CONDITIONS OF THE WINTER OF 1944, NARRATIONS FROM USA , BRIT AND GERMANS.
SOLDATEN- THE SECRET 2ND WW TAPES OF GERMAN PRISONERS .
THE TRANSCRIPTS CAME TO LIGHT IN 2001- A GOOD READ .
3 X NOVELS BY LUKE McCULLIN.
CAPTAIN GREGOR REINHARDT- A POLICEMAN , SOLVES CRIMES IN WW2 AND POST WW2 I. ALONG THE LINES OF BERNIE GUNTHER NOVELS . - A GOOD TRILOGY .
THE SUBMARINE & SEA POWER .
It is a book about changing tactical and strategic conceptions rather than individual exploits; about why the various nations built submarines,
THE MOSIN -NAGANT RIFLE .
A DETAILED MANUAL ON HOW TO CARE FOR YOUR RIFLE . BOOK IN WELL USED CONDITION .
WIRE AND WALLS -Charles rollings .
A VERY GOOD ACCOUNT OF DOWNED AIRCREWS AND THE CASTLES AND CAMPS THAT THEY WERE KEPT IN.
ONE MANS WAR- AN ESSEX SOLDIER IN WW2.
BILL DAVIES GOT HIS DAD'S WAR DIARIES AND PUBLISHED THEM AFTER HIS FATHERS DEATH,.
THE ZULU WAR 1879.- IF YOU HAVE WATCHED ZULU YOU SHOULD READ THIS !
GIVES YOU THE FACTS ABOUT THIS SMALL VICTORIAN CONFLICT !
THE SUM OF THINGS – 35 YEARS OF SERVICE FROM PRE WW2 – 1950’S
HOW THE BRITISH ARMY ONCE LIVED. A GRIPING BOOK .
DESERT RATS – AN ACCOUNT OF THE 7TH ARMOURED DIVISION.
LARGLY IN THE WORDS OF THE MEN WHO FOUGHT IN NORTH AFRICA.
HOME RUN – NICOLL& RENNELL- ESCAPE FROM EUROPE .
AN INTERESTING BOOK , THE DANGERS FACED WERE AMAZING!
WW2 BSA MILITARY FOLDING BICYCLE ” PARABIKE ” HANDLE BAR GRIPS .
A GREAT COPY OF THE ORIGINAL CELLULOID GRIPS IN RESIN , STILL BRITTLE IF STRUCK !
US. M8A1 1965 GREAT CONDITION -UN CLEANED .ORIGINAL FINISH TO KNIFE AND SHEATH .
PWH = PENNSYLVANIA WORKING HOME ( FOR THE BLIND ) YOU MUST BE OVER £18
NEPALESE MILITARY KUKRI- MID 19TH CENTURY. 16 ” TOTAL LENGTH.
HARDWOOD HANDLE - AS FOUND CONDITION. HAS SMALL CUTTING KNIFE AND POUCH.GOAT LEATHER OLD AND DRY AND THE BLADE HAS CUT THROUGH IT . YOU MUST BE OVER 18 TO PURCHASE THIS ITEM.
A SMALL COLLECTION OF WW1 ROYAL FLYING CORP ITEMS .
FLYING WINGS , OBSERVERS WOVEN BADGE , BUTTON, RFC CAP BADGE AND PHOTO.
WW2 GERMAN PERSONAL COFFEE GRINDER- MADE BY TRAMP- BAKALITE ,FULLY WORKING.
PRIVATE PURCHASE PERSONAL SMALL KIT THAT ENABLED AT LEAST A GOOD CUP OF COFFEE TO BE MADE IN THE FIELD.
WW2 BAKALITE GERMAN RAZOR BLADE SHARPENER- WORKS VERY WELL .
PERSONAL SOLDIERS KIT - SEEN IN SEVERAL GERMAN COLLECTING BOOKS .
WW1 1916 TOFFEE APPLE MORTAR FUSE- VERY RARE PART.
THE .303 BLANK IS NOT INCLUDED AS CANT SEND THROUGH POST.
1939 DATED TOMMY HELMET- COMPLETE WITH GOODS LINER.
AN ORIGINAL PRE DUNKIRK HELMET - VERY OLD PAINT MAY BE ORIGINAL ?
LARGE PACK.-1939- DATE STAMP AND OWNER NAMED.
GOOD USED EXAMPLE. BLANCO'D .GREAT DUNKIRK & EARLY WAR PIECE.
AN OLD HOLBORN TIN- POST WAR TOBACCO TIN .
THESE OLD TINS WERE USED TO STORE SMALL SHED BITS AFTER WAR !
MILITARY SLEEPING BED ROLL .NAMED TO B.S.M WT FERMOR.-GREAT FOR REINACTING GROUP.
GOOD USED CONDITION. I CAN FIND NO DATE STAMP.PRICED ACCORDINGLY.
MODERN HIGHLANDER DELTA TACTICAL BOOT SIZE 10.
WORN 3 TIMES AT EVENTS IN 2019, BY MY SON BEFORE HIS FEET GREW TO SIZE 11 .LESS THAN HALF PRICE.
LEATHER & FIBRE NITRATE POWDER CONTAINER. approx 22″.
FROM THE PALMERSTON FORTS 1860'S THAT PROTECTED PORTSMOUTH FROM INVASION . NO LID .
KINGS ROYAL RIFLES REGIMENT SWAGGER STICK. I HAVE 10 OTHER ASSORTED STICKS AVAILABLE -ASK.
WELL USED AND BEEN THERE LOOK LIKED BY SOME OF US .26 1/4" LENGTH.
WW1 “CAMEL WHIP ” TI X11 LANCERS. 32″ FLEXIBLE-UNUSUAL.
SILVER TOPPED WITH REGIMENTAL BADGE APPROX 3'. USED CONDITION
ARMOURED VEHICLE SMOKE DISCHARGERS -PAIR-WITH ALL ELECTRICS.
WAS WORKING ON MY WW2 DINGO -A POST WAR FITTING. ITS SOME PERIOD HEAVY ARMOUR ALSO FERRET'S.
MILITARY GAS MASK-EARLY SET 1940 -COTTON MASK & HOSE MODEL.
GOOD CONDITION IN ORIGINAL FINISH. WELL STAMPED & MARKED PIECES.
ALLIED SPECIAL FORCES INSIGNIA 1939-1948 – Peter Taylor.mint condition.
1st edition 2000. great colour & details -a good history of special forces insignia.
MILITARY BADGE COLLECTING-john gaylor-7th edition 2003.
hardcover-good history of all badges & units . vgc.
ACTION FRONT! by James Colquhoun.published 1992.- hardcover.
the story of C BATTERY H.A.C , a history of a battery of royal horse artillery 39-45. an interesting read .
OFFICERS CAP-BADGED TO ROYAL ARTILLERY . SIZE 7 1/2-. NO DATE BUT BELIEVED PRE WW2 .
GOOD USED GENUINE CAP -ORIGINAL ARTILLERY BADGE & SIDE BUTTONS , GOOD LEATHER STRAP.
W.D MARKED BINO PRISM NO”5 MK 2. X7
EX MILITARY BINOCULAR IN FAIR USED CONDITION . OPTICS WORKING.A LITTLE CLOUDY.
DISPLAY OF 50 JOHN PLAYER & SONS CIGARETTE CARDS -WW1 ARMY CORP & DIVISIONS -COMPLETE SET .
FANTASTIC CONDITION FOR AGE IN A CUSTOM MADE DISPLAY CASE . 33" X 12" GLASS 2 SIDED GLAZED CASE.
FILM PROP FROM “FURY” -DRIVERS ASSISTANTS HATCH FROM THE SHERMAN WW2 TANK.
NORMAN ELLISONS HATCH SEEN SEVERAL TIMES IN THIS BLOCKBUSTER FILM.
ITALIAN SH55 ANTI TANK/PERSONNEL MINE .-1978- BAKELITE.
THIS SECTIONAL INSTRUCTIONAL SH55 ANTI TANK MINE IS COMPLETE & IN GOOD CONDITION . A THANKYOU TO GIEL FROM NETHERLANDS FOR THE INFORMATION.
WW2 DATE STAMPED 1942-TROPICAL HAT BADGED TO 36 DIVISION,PART OF INDIAN EXPEDITIONARY FORCE WHICH FOUGHT HARD IN BURMA.
GOOD CONDITION BUT A FEW MOTH NIPS ,NICE USED LOOK TO IT . VERY GOOD LINER AND STRAP