Mons' :- Approaching autumn 2017

Summer / Autumn 2017
Mons Military Antiques tries to add to its site sales pages a diverse range of 1914 - 1945 military antiques and collectables. All spend capabilities are catered for, allowing beginners as well as advanced collectors to enjoy listed items.
Not all stock items are detailed, with many items awaiting description, photography and subsequent listing.
All prices listed, unlike auction houses, are as stated and are with-out buyer premiums.
Mons' is always happy to receive the offer of surplus to collection items, either as part exchanges or direct purchase. (As long as a seller is happy / can comply with my buy in regime, see terms 'Buying In').
The 'house-keeping chores' I have started to carry out are on going, with some being a little more time consuming than I would have liked / expected; the organisation of new stock being the worst offender in this respect.
Site promotion via social media and attendance at militaria fairs is bringing to Mons' new site viewers, buyers alike.

Social media is also used to give a 'heads up' and prior warning on some future listings.

Mons Military Antiques can now also be followed on 'Twitter'....search & follow Richard Archer @DICKY61ARW

....'Busy times-ahead, and much too do, and catch up on.....please remember its only me doing it all !

'Hope to hear from you soon' !

Best regards....Richard

Code: 106963Price: On Request

WW1 BRITISH ROYAL FLYING CORPS OFFICER SIDE CAP (2)

Another fine example of this iconic cap being of a lower profile (more typical of the period) than the previously listed item.
Khaki whip cord material with a heavy liner, complete with brown velvet head band.
Exterior is again with some moth holing and snagging due to wear.
Bronze OSD cap badge is held in position by two reverse fitting blades, and has also been stitched through the crown of the badge....never removed or replaced.
Side flaps held in the closed position by two small GS cap buttons.
Very good overall condition, not named !

Code: 106962Price: 375.00 GBP

WW1 BRITISH ROYAL FLING CORPS OFFICER SIDE CAP (1)

A fine example of an officer quality RFC side cap.
Khaki whip cord material cap, with a quilted silk liner.
Exterior is with a couple of small moth holes and use snags. Interior quilting is with surface fragmentation / wear (see images).
Bronze OSD cap badge has been in situe 'forever', and is held in place by two reverse riffing blades.
Side flaps held in the closed position by two small RFC cap buttons.
Very good overall condition, not named !

Code: 106961Price: 350.00 GBP

WW1 BRITISH ROYAL FLYING CORPS ROWING 'EIGHTS' WINNERS CUP

A good looking winners trophy for the 1917 Kingston Regatta military eights, won by the Royal Flying Corps M.A. Reading team.
A very nice mid-sized silver plated cup, mounted on a hard wood plinth, with the cup details and winning team very elegantly engraved to the cup 'front'.
Cup is untouched and unpolished and appears black with tarnishing.
Dent and damage free....A very nice looking item !

Code: 106960Price: 150.00 GBP

WW2 EXAMPLE OF A ROYAL FLYING CORPS PILOT BREVET

A superb example of a WW2 produced Royal Flying Corps pilots brevet.
Fantastic fine thread detail, trying to replicate the detail of a WW1 vintage brevet with all its fine intricacies.
Paper reverse backing with some damage.
Moth free.

Few WW2 brevet produces, produced what were in effect replicas of WW1 RFC pilot brevets.
Those manufacturers producing such brevets, created a mix, in terms of its manufacture and overall appearance of a brevet that had a very distinct 'look'.
These were produced and officially sanctioned for wear by such qualified WW1 pilots serving with uniformed home front services, namely the Home Guard.
WW2 produced items are infinitely rarer than their WW1 counterparts.
Only the second example I have ever owned in 40 years.

Code: 106959Price: 250.00 GBP

WW1 BRITISH ROYAL FLYING CORPS SILK POSTCARD

A superb example of this 'cottage industry' thread work that sprang up throughout France and Belgium's 'peasant' population, selling their wares to serving British troops as souvenirs.
Superb damage free condition with minor age spotting / foxing.
Brief period pencils message to the reverse.

Code: 106957Price: 35.00 GBP

WW1 BRITISH ROYAL FLYING CORPS EMBOSSED ART POST CARD

A very nice pictorial art work post card by B.B. Ltd London for the Royal Flying Corps.
Postally used with the reverse carry an indelible pencil message, with also its franked postage stamped.
The reverse message fully details the Royal Flying Corps air-man sender.

Code: 106956Price: 35.00 GBP

1949 TOURIST PHOTOGRAPHS OF BERCHTESGADEN (THE EAGLES NEST)

A group of five photographs of Berchtesgaden (the Eagles Nest) taken by a tourist in the winter of 1949.
Some are with reverse ink details. All are in excellent damage free condition.
With a further photograph of the 'West Wall' defences, taken in 1947, by the same tourist.
Of some minor historic value, detailing the immediate area, just post WW2, and showing that just as with WW1, tourism of WW2 battle areas / fields started virtually immediately after the wars end.

Code: 106955Price:

GERMAN:- THIRD REICH PARTY ARMBAND

A good early (higher class) manufacture, multi-piece party armband.
Red wool band with white centre surmounted by a multi-piece black swastika.
Band is moth free, with a small area of wear / fraying to the lower arm of the swastika (see images).
The band has been trimmed for wear, and shows evidence that it has been removed from a tunic.
Could be worn by a number of party organisations over and above uniformed party members.

Code: 106953Price: 70.00 GBP

GERMAN:- THIRD REICH POLICE OFFICER SLEEVE EAGLE

A good condition, field used, police officer, sleeve eagle in silver bullion wire on field grey backing.
Wire is showing wear to the eagle wing extremities, otherwise in excellent damage and moth free condition.
With this field grey backing, this eagle was worn by police units serving in occupied territories.

Code: 106951Price: 125.00 GBP