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1942 British Airborne Sleeping Bag named Pte ROSS Signaller 3 Para Bde HQ MIA 1944-06-06
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Commando 1944 Vickers K webbing
Commando 1944 Vickers K webbing – front
Commando 1944 Vickers K webbing – front waist fastener.
Commando 1944 Vickers K webbing – front of one of two pouches.
Commando 1944 Vickers K webbing – right side
Commando 1944 Vickers K webbing – left side
Commando 1944 Vickers K webbing – back
Commando 1944 Vickers K webbing – Government p[aert number presumably. AE may refer to Army Equipment.
Commando 1944 Vickers K webbing – Inside one pouch, maker’s marks BHG Ld.
/| and 1944
Commando 1944 Vickers K webbing – Inside one pouch, maker’s marks BHG Ld.
/| and 1944
Commando K-Gunnner in Normandy, June 1944. Note that he is wearing this pattern of webbing. (Photo credit: Jean Bouchery) Two Vickers G.O. guns (aka Vickers K Guns) at Canadian War Museum 2007 These are configured for aircraft use. (Colin Stevens photo)
1944 VICKERS "K" Gun (Vickers G.O. i.e. Gas Operated) - Rare Commando 1944 webbing harness set for carrying Vickers G.O. (Vickers "K") drum magazines. New old stock. British Commando troops and U.S. Rangers (for Pointe du Hoc attack) were issued Vickers G.O. machine guns for the D-Day invasion. They were lightweight and fast firing. These are NOT for the Lewis Gun as that weapon was obsolescent by 1944. $200
1942 British Airborne Sleeping Bag named Pte ROSS Signaller 3 Para Bde HQ MIA 1944-06-06
1942 British Airborne Sleeping Bag named Pte ROSS Signaller 3 Para Bde HQ MIA 1944-06-06
1942 British Airborne Sleeping Bag named Pte ROSS Signaller 3 Para Bde HQ MIA 1944-06-06
1942 British Airborne Sleeping Bag named Pte ROSS Signaller 3 Para Bde HQ MIA 1944-06-06 Inside right “wing”
1942 British Airborne Sleeping Bag named Pte ROSS Signaller 3 Para Bde HQ MIA 1944-06-06 Inside left “wing”.
1942 British Airborne Sleeping Bag named Pte ROSS Signaller 3 Para Bde HQ MIA 1944-06-06 – Foot.
1942 British Airborne Sleeping Bag named Pte ROSS Signaller 3 Para Bde HQ MIA 1944-06-06. Pocket at knee area on inside bottom.
1942 British Airborne Sleeping Bag named Pte ROSS Signaller 3 Para Bde HQ MIA 1944-06-06 – /| WARING & GILLOW LTD. 1942 R W/|D 28
1942 British Airborne Sleeping Bag named Pte ROSS Signaller 3 Para Bde HQ MIA 1944-06-06
1942 British Airborne Sleeping Bag named Pte ROSS Signaller 3 Para Bde HQ MIA 1944-06-06
1942 British Airborne Sleeping Bag named Pte ROSS 14410275 Signaller 3 Para Bde HQ MIA 1944-06-06. After he went missing on the D-day drop, the sleeping bag was issued to Pte. E. Reynolds 4922451 and later still to Lt. H.G. MacWilliam
1942 British Airborne Sleeping Bag named Pte ROSS Signaller 3 Para Bde HQ MIA 1944-06-06 Small hole upper left in photo, on bottom of sleeping bag.
1942 British Airborne Sleeping Bag named Pte ROSS Signaller 3 Para Bde HQ MIA 1944-06-06
WWII British AIRBORNE sleeping bag. Camouflaged (same as Denison smock), Big "wings" so that a combat dressed paratrooper or secret agent could wrap themselves in it to stay warm on a long cold flight in a bomber on the way to the drop zone. Toggle fasteners. NAMED Issue to three soldiers. The first one ROSS (with initials and service number) was a Signaller with Brigadier James Hill's 3rd Parachute Brigade and he went missing in action on the D-Day June 6 1944 drop into Normandy and he was never found. 1 Canadian Parachute Battalion was also in 3 Para Bde. Excellent condition. Hard to find and this one is named to a D-Day paratrooper fatality. $1,000.00
Parachute buckle WWII RAF RCAF Op Varsity dug
Parachute buckle WWII RAF RCAF Op Varsity dug
Parachute buckle WWII RAF RCAF Op Varsity dug
WWII British Parachute buckle. Relic of Operation Varsity, the parachute and waterborne invasion of Germany in March 1945. This was dug up in Germany near the drop zones. Analysis shows that it is not a paratrooper's buckle (as there is one fixed loop) but rather one for aircrew. As there is damage (bending) as well as corrosion, I think it is likely that this was for a crew-member of one of the RAF or RCAF transport aircraft that was shot down. These heroic crews stayed with their burning aircraft so that the paratroopers could try to get out. The relic hunter who found it would not reveal the exact location. My catalogue number CMS1859 $90
P37 water bottle carrier blackened for rifle regiment use
Water bottle carrier top snap
Left side of markings
P37 water bottle carrier blackened for rifle regiment use
Pattern 1937 water bottle carrier. Blackened for a rifle regiment use e.g. Queen's Own Rifles, Royal Winnipeg Rifles etc. WWII. $15
USN goggles M-1944
USN goggles M-1944 -2
USN goggles M-1944 – 4
USN goggles M-1944 – 5
USN goggles M-1944 – 3
USN goggles M-1944
GOGGLES, FLYING, U.S. NAVY USN U.S.N. - WWII M-1944 Made by Polaroid Corporation. New Old Stock. Paper envelope with tinted lenses - I have not tried to remove them. In original green box but box is in poor condition. War souvenir of U.S. Naval Aviator Commander Morse who served on the U.S.S. Wasp CV-18 $100
P1951 Canadian L straps NOS set B
Pattern 1951 Canadian "L-straps" for Small pack. NEW OLD STOCK! Pair - left and right (My set B) $35
P1951 Canadian L straps USED set D
Pattern 1951 Canadian "L-straps. USED. NO buckles for attaching to straps ontop of pack. (My set D) $25
P1964 Canadian equipment strap
Pattern 1964 Canadian sleeping bag or poncho strap (one only). used. $2
Goggles Canadian jeep driver circa 1970s-1980s (1)
Goggles Canadian jeep driver circa 1970s-1980s
Goggles, Canadian Armed Forces. marker's mark "OV on upside down shield logo $30
Housewife Canadian 1939 (1) open showing 1939 date EMPTY.
Housewife Canadian 1939 closed showing C broad arrow
Housewife Canadian 1939 ope, outside surface showing the C broad arrow .
Housewife Canadian 1939 open showing 1939 date EMPTY.
"Housewife" sewing kit, WWII Canadian Army. Marked "S.S. HOLDEN LTD. OTTAWA & HULL 1939" and "C/|\" --- EMPTY $10
Shaving brush. typical of what a soldier would have. Marked on end "Gillette MADE IN ENGLAND" $5
Bren vest 1944 Medium (1) front
Bren vest 1944 Medium (1) front
Bren vest 1944 Medium – Back
Bren vest 1944 Medium – Left side showing belt mount for the No. 4 spike bayonet.
Bren vest 1944 Medium size showing maker’s markings M. & Co. / 1944 / /| / MEDIUM (size) and inspection mark /| over 50.
Lightweight web harness for carrying Bren Gun magazines . Chocolate brown canvas. Same material as used for D-Day invasion but these are for mountain troops. Marked "M. & Co. / 1944 / /|\ / MEDIUM and an H and a/|\ over 50 . Harness also takes the spike bayonet . Excellent unused condition. My # CMS1871 $300
Bren Vest 1945 adjustable (1) front
Bren Vest 1945 adjustable (1) front
Lightweight web harness for carrying Bren Gun magazines . Chocolate brown canvas. Same material as used for D-Day invasion but these are for mountain troops. Marked "H&S /|\ 1945 / JA C6047 and /|\ over 10 . Harness also takes the spike bayonet high on left side and entrenching tool at rear. Excellent unused condition. This version is adjustable size. My # CMS 1872 $300
British paratroop knee pads 1942 - Front
British paratroop knee pads 1942 – Front
British paratroop knee pads 1942 – Backs
British paratroop knee pads 1942 – markings on 1
British paratroop knee pads 1942 – markings on 2
British 1942 Paratrooper knee pads, new old stock. Matched pair, made by B.H.G. Ld. 1942 /|\ $40
1917 "Individual Dressing Packet U. S. ARMY ... May 1917" World War I New Old Stock original. $20
Pouch and dressing. Original New Old Stock. Dressing dated May 1917. Pouch dated September 1918. $100 (#1 of 2 available)
1917/1918 M1910 U.A. ARMY First Aid pouch and dressing. Original New Old Stock. Dressing dated May 1917. Pouch dated September 1918. $100 (#2 of 2 available)
1943 Canadian R.C.A.M.C. "Dressings First Field Mark III October 1943", New Old Stock original. $25
British WWII weapon mount for bicycle mode for bicycle
British WWII weapon mount for bicycle mode for bicycle
British WWII weapon mount for bicycle mode for bicycle
British WWII weapon mount for bicycle mode for bicycle
WWII British short strap to attach rifle to bicycle. New Old Stock original. Leather centre section. marked /|\ over 168 inspection mark. Maker's markings appear to be "MC TR 15 BC&CO" My number CMS1912 Rare. $35
British Airborne Helmet MK II 1944 found in Scotland (1) left side - named
British Airborne Helmet MK II 1944 found in Scotland – front
British Airborne Helmet MK II 1944 found in Scotland – rear
British Airborne Helmet MK II 1944 found in Scotland – right side
British Airborne Helmet MK II 1944 found in Scotland (1) left side – named
British Airborne Helmet MK II 1944 found in Scotland – insides
British Airborne Helmet MK II 1944 found in Scotland – part of inscription
British Airborne Helmet MK II 1944 found in Scotland – part of inscription
British Airborne Helmet MK II 1944 found in Scotland – part of inscription
British Airborne Helmet MK II 1944 found in Scotland – part of inscription
British Airborne Helmet MK II 1944 found in Scotland – overpainted 63 on left side
Helmet, British Airborne, steel, MK. II dated 1944. Made by Briggs Motor Bodies (BMB)./ Size 7-3/8 (the 8 is missing). This one was found in Scotland and has multiple names. Liner damaged by bugs, presumably in a barn or garden shed. Foam rubber dome inser is missing. names: ARON W ; TRCC D'SOLL (?) MOTTS BENMTLEY 1177 6399479 (?) $950