United Kingdom Militaria & Artifacts

ARTIFACT: This is a 10 karat gold sweetheart wing from the Royal Flying Corps, the over-land air arm of the British military during World War I. The pin shows the RFC insignia wreathed by laurel leaves and flanked by spread wings with a crown atop...

ARTIFACT: This is a World War II Royal Canadian Navy sweetheart pin in sterling silver. The center of the pin has a beautiful enameled cobalt blue oval with an anchor and there is a petite crown at its top. VINTAGE: Circa World War II...

ARTIFACT: This is an extremely rare World War II English Home Defense child's gas mask accompanied by its original box. It is the British version of the American "Mickey Mouse" child's gas mask, although it looks a bit more like Kilroy than any other...

ARTIFACT: This is a nice 925 marked World War II Royal Air Force sweetheart pin in sterling silver. The pin is an eagle bearing "RAF" and a royal crown at top. VINTAGE: Circa World War II. SIZE: 1" height and 2-1/8" width. CONSTRUCTION /...

ARTIFACT: This is a World War I era Australian Military Forces sweetheart pin. The pin was cleverly fashioned by joining collar and shoulder titles. VINTAGE: Circa World War I. SIZE: Approximately 1-9/16" in height and 2-1/8" in width. CONSTRUCTION /...

ARTIFACT: This is a beautiful sweetheart pin in sterling silver for the Royal Flying Corps form World War I. The pin was most likely made by a Canadian company and its center is nicely enameled. VINTAGE: Circa World War I. SIZE: Approximately 15/16" in...

ARTIFACT: This is a beautiful sweetheart wing for the Royal Flying Corps from early World War I. The center of the wing is enameled in robin's egg blue and reads RFC in a fancy script. VINTAGE: Circa early World War I. SIZE: Approximately 5/8" in...

ARTIFACT: This is a pair of British World War II Royal Air Force pilot gloves. The size is 8 and the gloves are dated 1943. VINTAGE: Circa 1943. SIZE: Approximately 13" by 7 ". CONSTRUCTION / MATERIALS: Leather, thread, elastic. ATTACHMENT: None...

ARTIFACT: British Admiralty marked leather briefcase, with a CHUBB lock (and key), named inside to Detective Inspector W. Thompson, Winston Churchill's personal Bodyguard. Walter Henry Thompson worked with Churchill for nearly 18 years beginning in 1921...

ARTIFACT: This is a handsome Model 1842 or 1856 United Kingdom Cavalry service pistol. One reference lists this as a Model 1842, probably produced circa 1850, and another lists this as Model 185If this gun is the earlier model (1846), it could easily...

ARTIFACT: This is a mint, unfired 1988 Falkland Islands Zippo lighter showing the islands' coat of arms and motto: "DESIRE THE RIGHT". It is a factory-painted logo on a factory black painted lighter. VINTAGE: Circa 1988. SIZE: About 1-1/4" in width by...

ARTIFACT: This is a minty World War II Battle of Britain donation ashtray. The ashtray reads: "NEVER IN THE FIELD OF HUMAN CONFLICT WAS SO MUCH OWED BY SO MANY TO SO FEW" Ð WINSTON CHURCHILL. It is also noted that the ashtray was: MADE FROM A ROLLS-ROYCE...