Brigadier Desmond Young OBE MC Author Of Rommel The Desert Fox Book Group Of Items
Small lot of items including rank badges, buttons, medal ribbons & lanyard to Brigadier Desmond Young OBE MC of Kings Royal Rifle Corps who commanded 10th Indian Infantry Brigade during WW2. He was captured in North Africa and met Erwin Rommel and later wrote the famous book Rommel The Desert Fox. This lot also includes his name tag from one of his uniforms.
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350.00 GBP
WW2 KIA Victoria Cross Action Against 12th SS Panzer Division Normandy Medal Group
4037629 Private Thomas Philip Jones of 7th Battalion Norfolk Regiment who was killed on 7th August 1944 during heavy fighting for Caen against 12th SS Panzer Division. Private Jones was part of D Company commanded by David Jamieson who was awarded the Victoria Cross for his actions on the 7th of August 1944. Following heavy losses the Battalion and Division were disbanded in the same month.
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450.00 GBP
WW1 Royal Naval Air Service Observers Badge
RNAS Observers gilt wing with two screw posts & backing plate. read more
250.00 GBP
Late WW2 / Malayan Emergency Period SAS Special Air Service Wings
Flat example. Unused. read more
250.00 GBP
WW2 Parachute Shoulder Title
Serifs pattern, light blue on maroon. Removed from uniform. read more
180.00 GBP
WW2 No.1 Training Battalion RAOC Epaulette Loops
Matching pair of red/black/red slip ons. read more
150.00 GBP
Boer War Period Horsemans Pocket Knife
John Watts of Sheffield made. Contemporary engraved name of owner L Biddulph. A good used example which requires cleaning and some TLC. One small blade is broken, no other damage elsewhere. read more
280.00 GBP
WW2 1st Pattern Fairbairn-Sykes Fighting Knife
Perfect unused and unsharpened original condition fighting knife in sheath. The finest condition example I have ever seen. Dozens of images are available upon request. read more
4750.00 GBP