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Transit Crated, British Home Office WW2 Era & 1962 Cold War Secomak Type 447 Portable Hand Operated Syren (Siren) By Service Electric Co Ltd Stanmore Middlesex & Tubular Stand With Original Instructions. Sn 18420. - 18420 An original WW2 era and cold war Secomak hand operated Portable Air Raid Siren with tubular metal stand, Type 447. This was produced by Service Electric Co. Ltd. Stanmore, Middlesex. This hand-operated siren (sometimes spelt 'syren') was intended for large or remote establishments such as R.A.F. airfields and large factories where the public air raid warning may not have reached. The siren consists of a simple bladed drum rotated through the use of the handle. The blades are angled so that air is drawn in through the holes in the ‘voice box’ casing, and forced out the side to produce a howling tone. In order to produce the fluctuating 'Action Warning' signal, the user let go of the handle and let the siren slow down before cranking up again to reach the high note. There appears to be very little documentation charting the history of the Type 447, but it would seem to originate in the late 1930's.This superb air raid siren, complete with stand is in excellent original condition. The siren is in perfect working order. The grey painted finish is in excellent condition. The removable steel arm with wood handle is undamaged. The siren has a metal grill over the rotating blades. This siren is very loud. It is designed to be unclamped and turned upside down within the stand for storage. The stand is made from tubular steel. The siren stands 33 ½” high overall when mounted on the stand. The siren is contained in its original wooden transit case with hinged lid. The lid secures to the frame of the crate by a fixed screw bolt with removable nut. The case fits the crate snugly. Due to size and weight delivery will be within the UK only & by arrangement at cost. Sn 18420. £745.00 |
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WW1 French E.Richer Editeur Paris Depose Trench Art Mantelpiece or Desk Clock Featuring A Model 1914 Hotchkiss Machine Gun Emplacement. Sn 19179 - 19179 This is an attractive original pot metal trench art clock. The fully working clock with brass rimmed 2” glazed face is in working order and has its original winder. The clock is bolted into a well formed gilt finished pot metal trench combat scene depicting a seated French infantry soldier in typical WW1 uniform operating a French Model 1914 Hotchkiss Machine Gun on tripod. The clock mounted in is Trench scene measures 9 ¼” length x 4 ¾” height x 2” width. The base is hollow. The rear rim of the base has cast French lettering ‘E.Richer Editeur Paris Depose’ (Manufacturer or retailer). The clock and scene have no damage and retains most of its original gilt finish. The price includes UK delivery. Sn 19179. £275.00 |
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Victorian Era Gentleman’s Tropical Palm Wood Walking Stick with Animated Hand Carved Snake Device 4 Piece Marine Ivory Handle. Sn 17117 - 17117 This is an attractive Victorian Era Gentleman’s Walking Stick. It has an undamaged, curved, 4 Piece Marine Ivory Handle with hand carved snake device. The snake curling around the handle has delicately carved individual scales and inlaid black ebony eyes. The mid-section of the handle twists animating the snake to give the appearance of the snake tightening its grip on the hilt. The walking stick measures 38” overall. The tropical palm wood shaft has a brass end cap and a white metal ring near to the handle. The price includes UK delivery. Sn 17117. £345.00 |
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A Mounted Wheel Spoke Off a WWI 13 Pounder Field Gun From The Kings Troop R.H.A. (Royal Horse Artillery). MISC 905 - MISC 905 This is an original wheel spoke from a WWI mounted on a hardwood base with red baize and a brass coloured plaque reading; ‘A SPOKE OFF A 13 POUNDER GUN BELONGING TO THE KINGS TROOP RHA 1989’. The Ordnance QF 13-pounder (quick-firing) field gun was the standard equipment of the British and Canadian Royal Horse Artillery at the outbreak of World War I. he QF 13-pounder was developed as a response to combat experience gained in the Boer War and entered service in 1904, replacing the Ehrhard QF 15-pounder and BL 12-pounder 6 cwt. It was intended as a rapid-firing and highly-mobile, yet reasonably powerful, field gun for Royal Horse Artillery (RHA) batteries supporting Cavalry brigades, and was expected to be engaged in mobile open warfare. It was developed in parallel with the QF 18-pounder used by Royal Field Artillery. The King's Troop, Royal Horse Artillery, is a ceremonial unit of the British Army, quartered at Woolwich. It is a mounted unit and all of its soldiers are trained to care for and drive teams of six horses, each team pulling a First World War-era QF 13-pounder gun; six teams are used in the unit's Musical Drive. The Troop's duties include firing salutes on royal and state occasions, participation in parades, and the duties of the King's Life Guard at Horse Guards for one month each year. The unit provides the gun carriage and team of black horses for state funerals. The unit is most often seen providing gun salutes on state occasions in Hyde Park, and Green Park. The spoke measures 60 cm long and 16 cm at its highest point. The price for this nice office desk piece includes UK delivery. MISC 905. (Stores right hand side 2nd shelf) £195.00 |
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Original WWI 1908 Pattern Small Pack. MISC 903. - MISC 903 The word haversack is an adaptation of the German Hafersack and also the Dutch haverzak meaning "oat sack", (which more properly describes a small cloth bag on a strap worn over one shoulder and originally referred to the bag of oats carried as horse fodder). The term was adopted by both the English and French (as havresac) cavalry in the 17th century. Only the British had adopted webbing load carrying equipment in 1908 and this consisted of a wide belt, left and right ammunition pouches which held seventy-five rounds each, left and right braces, a bayonet frog (leather sheath) and attachment for the entrenching tool handle, an entrenching tool head in web cover, water bottle carrier, small haversack and large pack. A mess tin inside a khaki cloth cover was worn attached to one of the packs. Inside the haversack were personal items, knife and when on Active Service, unused portions of the daily ration. This small pack is marked inside the flap ‘C.R.L.M’ with a war department arrow above ‘AA 1018’ and hand written ‘J EVANS’. The pack is in overall good condition with use related stains. The stitching and buckles are all in good order. The price for this piece of history includes UK delivery. MISC 903. (Back shelf 2nd down) £275.00 |
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1934 Patent English Dunhill (London) Tinder Petrol Table Lighter Pistol For Tinder, Cigarettes & Cigars. Sn 21223 - 21223 Dunhill is a Westminster, London-based luxurious cigarette brand owned and manufactured by Dunhill and British American Tobacco. The brand name commemorates the English tobacconist, entrepreneur and inventor Alfred Dunhill. This is a Vintage Dunhill (Cigarette manufacturing Company) Flintlock Tinder Pistol table lighter made using brass & steel with a walnut handle. The Dunhill makers mark has been embossed onto the brass petrol tank 'Dunhill Tinder Pistol Made In England PAT 19273/34 (1934) REGD No. 794093’ The lighter operates by pulling the trigger opens the top plate & creates a spark lighting a wick. The lighter is in fully working order creating a strong spark (the tank is without petrol & will be delivered empty). The ‘pistol’ measures 5 ¾” overall length and stands 4” tall. The price includes UK delivery. Sn 21223 (corridor shelf near model soldiers) £475.00 |
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Late Victorian / Edwardian Era British Royal Navy Ship’s Steel Banded, Coopered Oak Royal Navy Barricoe Grog Rum Cask, Also Known As A Breaker With Plaited Hessian Rope Carry Handles. Sn 21205 - 21205 Barricoes (aka Breaker) were used on board Royal Navy ships to carry neat rum from the spirit room onto the deck. It would then be mixed with water, in full view of the crew, to make grog for distribution to the sailors. The cask has its original Oak bung with cord attached and sturdy original plaited Hessian rope carrying handles to the ends. Barricoes are quite hard to find in their original condition, like this one. After 1970, many were sold off by the Navy & converted into stick stands. Barricoes are difficult to date accurately with little variation in design. This one is probably either side of 1900 in date.The Oak staves of the keg have just the bumps and bruises to be expected with age and service use and there are no signs of wood worm. Its steel bands are undamaged and secure. The original Oak bung with cord attached is protected by a leather flap nailed to the wood. It is 61cm length and 1.6 Metres circumference at its widest. There are no visible date or maker marks on the Barricoe. The price includes UK delivery. Sn 21205 £475.00 |
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R.A.F.A. Portland Stone Mounted Presentation Piece Inscribed ‘Non Nobis Sed Vobis’ to Rev. A.J.Alderson. 21159. - 21159 A large heavy Portland stone piece with the Royal Air Force ‘Eagle over the World’ above ‘R.A.F.A. (The RAF Association is a well-established charity, managed by professionals and dedicated volunteers) with a scroll with the motto ‘Non Nobis Sed Vobis’ (Not For Ourselves Alone). The stone is mounted onto a solid piece of wood with a silver coloured plaque inscribed ‘.REV A.J.ALDERSON PRESENTED AS A TOKEN OF HIGH ESTEEM FROM MEMBERS OF SPENNYMOOR BRANCH 932’. (Various fighter types had Spennymoor available to them as a Home Defence landing ground during World War One. The unit eventually replaced them with Bristol F2bs from the spring of 1918, these aircraft remaining in service after the end of fighting). Weighing an impressive 6kg and measuring; H; 32 cm, W; 33 cm and Depth; 10 cm (plinth). This piece warrants further investigation. The price includes UK delivery. 21159. (Top shelf right hand corner stores) £195.00 |
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Military Issue MK1 Mils Prismatic Marching WFS Compass. MISC 885. - MISC 885 Model MK1 Mils was introduced in 1966 and has been used in Conflicts by the British Army from the Falklands, Bosnia and still used during the First Gulf War. So called a prismatic compass because of the right-angled prism that folds over the compass. When the eye is brought close to the prism the readings can be taken while sighting the point of observation. The prism's height can be adjusted for sharper readings of the scale on the compass card. The glass above the compass has a scale that can be adjusted with a screw on the side. The cover has a round sighting glass window with a dividing line. Stamped to the rear is; ‘WFS B3985 MILS MK1 6605-99-960-0789’. The prismatic compass was an indispensable instrument for officers in the British Army. Made from brass and over lacquered in black. The compass is intact, and still contains the original fluid damped disc, the inside is clear and the numbers, (Divisions: 360 deg., clockwise), Mils is stamped on the mother of pearl compass card dial which is easy to read. There are compass points engraved on the outside dial with a turning dial held in place by a brass screw. The price includes UK delivery. MISC 885. £175.00 |
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*Large* Cheshire Regiment Printed Cotton Table Linen. MISC 875. - MISC 875 After the War, the 1st and 2nd Battalions were amalgamated and became a depot battalion in 1948. The regiment was deployed to Cyprus and to Egypt in 1951 and to Malaya in 1957. It was posted to Abercorn Barracks in Ballykinler in 1960 and to Buller Barracks in Münster in 1962. While in Munster the regiment was deployed to Cyprus under UN command for six months from October 1964 to April 1965. The regiment moved to Netheravon in Wiltshire for six months in 1966 and then went to Warminster as Demonstration Battalion. The regiment moved to Weeton Barracks in 1968; during the latter part of 1968 the regiment was deployed to Bahrain for nine months, and was then sent to Derry in Northern Ireland at the start of the Troubles in 1970. In December 1970, the regiment was posted to Berlin for two years. The regiment returned to Weeton barracks in 1972 but undertook further tours in the Province throughout the 1970s. On 1 September 2007, the Cheshire Regiment was merged with the Worcestershire and Sherwood Foresters Regiment (29th/45th Foot) and the Staffordshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's) to form a new large regiment, the Mercian Regiment, becoming the 1st Battalion, Mercian Regiment. Measuring; 84” x 102”. The price includes UK delivery. MISC 875. (Rear shelf nr flags) £225.00 |
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