Additional Photos of Item No 51627 - Wash Kit

Contents include:
2 x button polishing guard, brass & economy fibre
1 x unused cotton real - 80yds allure blue
1 x set of housewife needles
1 x shaving brush (LENG 1943)
1 x razor (WDC 1943) inc full pack of blades
1 x shaving stick container with soap stick
1 x soap tin (CC1114 1945) with unused ZIXT soap
1 x full tin Vasaline
1 x ...  read more

Code: 51626

WW2 SOE Push Dagger - Rams Head

Sometimes know as a 'rams head' dagger due to the design of the handle. These daggers would normally be concealed about a person body and sometimes contained within an improvised sheath. The handle is designed so that the user puts this/her middle finger through the loop and makes a fist so that the two adjacent fingers fitting snugly within the two protruding ends. The blade measures 9.5cm an...  read more

Code: 51407

WW2 RAF Horlicks Ration Tin - Some Contents

Metal box approximately 11 x 8 x 2.5cm. Litho printed on the "Horlicks Tablets - A Complete Food - 24 Hour Ration - As Supplied To The Air Ministry". Some contents remain.  read more

Code: 51461

WW2 RAF Escape Compass - Hair Brush dated 1941

A 1941 dated military issued hairbrush with ingeniously concealed compass. The brush is manufactured by C. Leng & Sons, also makers of military shaving brushes used to concealed escape compasses. The escape compass is revealed by removing a small central section of bristles held in place by a rubber type grommet.  read more

Code: 51470

RAF Escape Swinger Compass - Petrol Lighter

A typical cylindrical brass petrol lighter with concealed swinger escape compass. The swinger compass is concealed under the cotton wadding.  read more

Code: 51471

WW2 Army Shaving Brush - Escape Compass

Rare find, this is an early war period cartwheel type escape compass concealed within the base of a white bristled shaving brush. The brush is manufactured by Halex Ltd, dated 1941 with the crows foot. This brush would probably have been issued to an army officer serving in the North African campaign.  read more

Code: 51697

WW2 Rare German Chloramin Tin - Hauptner 3

German Wehrmacht Chloramin-Tabletten zu 0.5 g tin. These types of tins were used used by the German veterinary staff and are extremely rare to come by. The tins were manufactured and stamped Hauptner along with a code that denoted the contents. Measures approx 17 x 9 x 2 cm.

I have only ever seen a few of these for sale on Germans sites.  read more

Code: 51716

WW2 RAF Mk.II Goggles - 22c/44

Although in 1935 the RAF stopped issuing Mk. II goggles, many pilots continued to wear them due to their lightweight design. Many pilots. The Mk. II goggles are edged with simulated fur around the eye pieces. Interestingly, the elasticated strap is is marked 1938/  read more

Code: 51445

New Upload - Artefacts From Private Collection.

Recently acquired private collection from France. The majority of items are related to Free French, French Resistance, SOE, Escape & Evasion. Note, several items are claimed to be related to the Rey's who appear to have been farmers/farm workers from the Neuvy-Grandshamp region and had connection to the resistance group in Lyon. Unfortunately this information has come from 2nd generation.  read more

Code: 51815

WW2 Early 1938 Helmet with Hessian Cover 1936

An early British MkII Helmet complete with field made hessian cover made from a French sack stamped SAINT FRIERS 1936. The helmet is in great condition retaining all its factory paint internally. The lugs are stamped 1938 whilst the Mk1 liner is stamped VERO 7 1938. I acquired this helmet whilst in France and can only 'assume' it would have belonged to a member of the BEF.  read more

Code: 51785