WW2 British Senior Service Cigarette Tin

An empty round tin of 50 Senior Service cigarettes, manufactured by J.A.Pattreiouex Ltd. This tin is in good condition for age. Ideal for display or reenactment. Getting harder to source as competing with cigarette tin collectors. Measures approx 80 x 65 mm.  read more

Code: 51396

USA Tin for Polish Wadding - Never-Dul

A rare tin of Never-Dull Magic Wadding. Manufactured by The George Basch Co, Freeport, N.Y. USA - copywriter 1941. Ideas for reenactment or display purposes. Measure approx 90 x 80 mm.  read more

Code: 51392

Original Can Olive Drab BSC 298 Paint

This is an original 1 pint can of BSC 298 (Olive Drab) paint made by the Godless, Wall Ltd for the War Department. The batch is numbered 4000 and dated Sep 1959. Not the contents are still present solidified.  read more

Code: 51404

WW2 Luftwaffe Transport & Glider Squadron Clasp - Silver

A good example of the Luftwaffe Transport & Glider Squadron Clasp (Frontflugspange fur Transportflieger) This was awarded for 60 missions. No makers mark.  read more

Code: 51328

WW2 Pair of RAF Identity Tags - Thomas

This is a pair of identify tags, sometimes referred to as 'dog tags' issued to a member of the RAF - Thomas 1442080 CE (Church of England). Marked A for blood group. The tags are made of highly compressed cardboard threaded on the original white lace.  read more

Code: 51246

WW2 Tabakgasse Street Sign (Klagenfurt)

This is battle damaged sign for Tabakgasse (Klagenfurt, Austria). The sign is typical of this period measuring 16 x 80 cm, constructed of enamelled steel and slightly convex. Presume this was liberated by a member of the 8th Army (5 Corps) as it came with a Klagenfurt Orchestral Concert Program (see item 51374)

Last photo shows Tabakgasse today. Please see the additional photos ...  read more

Code: 51371

WW2 Tabakgasse - Additional Photos & Information

The city of Klagenfurt is in southern Austria, near the border with Slovenia. On 4/5th April Hitler visited Klagenfurt soon after the Anschluss (Annex) of Austria. There he addressed the crowds from the balcony of the Sandwirth Hotel which is just a few minute’s walk from Tabakgasse. Klagenfurt was a hotbed for the Nazi regime during WW2. A sub camp for the Mauthausen (concentration camp) was a...  read more

Code: 51372

WW2 5 Corps Orchestral Concert - Klagenfurt

An original concert program of the Klagenfurt Symphony Orchestra directed under the supervision of the British 5 Corps. Soldiers bring back souvenir.

5 Corps where the allied occupation troops in Austria up until 1955.  read more

Code: 51374

Cold War - German Respirator in Original Canister

Unusual post war (Cold War) German respirator in original canvass covered canister. Marked with maker PLS on the bottom of the canister and to the spare lens compartment lid.  read more

Code: 51368

Star B Pistol Holster Leather Holster

A Third Reich German Nazi or later Star B Leather Holster. This is a lovely hard shell leather holster with a beautiful patina. This holster is in perfect condition with pull tag undamaged. The numbers 153 stamped on the back refers to the German ordering code.  read more

Code: 51370