Some personal connection always adds value to militaria. The Gott Mit Uns slogan reminds me that the British were alleged to jibe, 'We got...
Is that where 'the real McCoy' comes from?
The oneon the left says Portsmouth town seal, in Latin, the other is another Latin phrase I can't quite make out from the picture.
Looks about right. :-)
The translation was simple, but the concept I had difficulty with. It is about half a metre too small for my pockets, anyway. I usually look as if...
Well, it is not a saucer, so it must be a vide-poche, whatever that is.
Gold shell implies some form of base metal core, I'd not be expecting anything but paste stones.
It would be in the scrap gold box here.
Fid, they used absolutely any old book that came to hand. It's not a clue. I have sold dozens of these, and the old book page backing is quite...
Good a guess as any, I'd say. What a disaster that was.
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They'd need Royalist sympathies if they were carving it after the French Revolution
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While packing up the coconut for going to the auction, I took a better look at it and found several details that make it seem a bit more hopeful...
It refers to 'settlers' and 'where you are going' so I'd guess it was handed out to potential emigrants to Canada by the Canadian embassy in...
It's the little known Chaplin version of Erich Maria Remarques 'All Quiet on the Western Front, set in Turkey and played for laughs. It is mainly...
That's fine for Joe Blow, but the RSPCA is quite a social and political hot potato in Britain, for several reasons, and getting caught selling...
Divided backs started in 1907 Wristwatches bacame common after 1920
PS Ebay does not allow ivory or part ivory objects to be listed.
We did, they are not uncommon.
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