British (Airborne) MK3 Paratrooper Combat Helmet 1944 - Nice Used Condition

British (Airborne) MK3 Paratrooper Combat Helmet. Complete, yet in clear used condition but with great patina. Sorbos and crushpad are still present. The leather linter shows clear trace of use and some damage. Yet BMB (Briggs Motor Bodies) maker is clearly visible. So is the 1944 dated, sized 7 3/4.
A textbook British (Airborne) MK3 Paratrooper Combat Helmet that can be upgraded, yet p...  read more

Code: 58474

U.S. M1928 Haversack 1942 Complete - Nice Used Condition

U.S. M1928 Haversack , standard for dismounted troops. Executed in canvas. The haversack is complete with M-1928 carrier pack, messtin and carrier. As a whole best described as nice used condition. The haversack is makers marked Hamilton Schou & Walsh Shoe Co. and 1942 dated. The carrier pack compromises a 1941 date and Goldsmith Bros MFG makers mark. The messtin is 1943 dated its carrier pack ...  read more

Code: 58478

U.S. M1910 Intrenching Shovel i.e. T Shovel & Cover 1943 - Nice Used Condition

A nice used example of an U.S. M1910 Intrenching Shovel i.e. T Shovel. Clearly U.S. marked. Fitted with original canvas carrier. The carrier is executed in khaki canvas and clearly makers marked Airtress Midland and dated 1943.  read more

Code: 58481

U.S. M1910 Intrenching Shovel i.e. T Shovel & Cover - Nice Used Condition

A nice used example of an U.S. M1910 Intrenching Shovel i.e. T Shovel. Clearly U.S. marked. Fitted with original canvas carrier. The carrier is executed in khaki canvas and clearly makers marked B.B.S. Co. and dated 1943.  read more

Code: 58480

U.S. M1910 Intrenching Shovel i.e. T Shovel & Cover - Nice Used Condition

A nice used example of an U.S. M1910 Intrenching Shovel i.e. T Shovel. Clearly U.S. marked. Fitted with original canvas carrier. The carrier is executed in khaki canvas and clearly makers marked P.B. & Co. and dated 1918.  read more

Code: 58479

British General Service, Mk V & Haversack 1941 Dated - Nice Used Condition

British General Service gasmask and haversack. Both in overall nice used condition.
The haversack is clearly makers marked H&S Ltd and with the Broad Arrow. The haversack comes with original carrying strap. The gasmask is in overall nice used condition and appears 1941 dated and complete with original filter.  read more

Code: 58485

Canadian Battle Dress Trousers 1944 Dated size 9 - Nice Used Condition

Increasingly hard to find a pre-1944 example of Canadian Battle Dress Trousers. This pair in nice used condition and clearly dated November 1944. Makers marked Superior Pant MFG Co. Marked a size 9. The trousers are clearly marked with the Canadian style Broad Arrow. Although in nice used condition, no significant damages and with great patina. Would be hard to upgrade.  read more

Code: 58463

Extremely Rare SOE/Airborne Homing Pigeon Message Tube - Unissued Condition

This is a kind of item we have not yet come across before. This carboard box was intended to hold messages that would have been send back behind enemy lines by homing pigeons.
These homing pigeons would have been dropped with SOE and Airborne troops. The tube could be attached to the leg of the pigeon. The tube is in unissued condition.  read more

Code: 58129

U.S. (Airborne) Cardboard Pigeon Container PG-107/ PB -Unissued Condition

U.S. (Airborne) Pigeon Container PG-107/ PB. Executed in a thick cardboard material. Intended to carry homing pigeons. Pigeons were used throughout the war by both Airborne and Signal troops. During D-Day on the 6th of June pigeons would have been carried to Normandy and used to send first information back to England. An estimated 36.000 pigeons were used by U.S. troops in the European Theatre...  read more

Code: 57708

U.S. (Airborne) M1-C Paratrooper Helmet - Nice Used Condition

U.S. (Airborne) M1-C Paratrooper Helmet . A textbook example fitted with a Westinghouse liner. The shell compromises a so-called frontseam and swifel bale example. The M1-C helmet was a variant of the U.S. Army's popular and iconic M1 helmet. The liner is fitted with a pair of "A yokes" fixed to the side of the liner to enable the use of a four-point chinstrap and fitted with a webbing chin cu...  read more

Code: 58467