Gradia Militaria

WW2 A.R.P lapel badge, J.S & S. Ltd (Demolition)

Joseph Sankey & Sons Ltd, originally started in Wolverhampton originally manufacturing car bodies , axles and a range of Art metalware, during WW2 they made parts for the De Havilland Mosquito and early jet engines, using the word Demolition i am assuming that they had volunteers who used there engineering skills to help in bomb damaged structures, obviously this badge has seen plenty of wear, ... read more

Code: 61334

65.00 GBP

Post 1902 Royal Artillery pouch badge, possibly volunteers

Same size as a cap badge but with 2 rear screw post fixings, on the back it shows it was once white metal plated most of this is polished off at the front to brass, an unusual item read more

Code: 61335

12.00 GBP

WW1/2 Australian Rising Sun slouch hat badge

Lovely dark oxidised version retaining all of the original finish read more

Code: 61305

WW1/2 Australian slouch hat badge, non voided crown version

No makers details but unusual to find an Australian made version with a non voided crown read more

Code: 61306

WW1 A.I.F Rising Sun by TIPTAFT & SON LTD

I purchased this badge from someone who’s father found it in the Salisbury Plains area in the 1920s, luckily it is complete and undamaged and has not been cleaned up so still retains plenty of character from its years of laying in the ground of one of the Australian training camps read more

Code: 61308

WW1 British made Australian Rising Sun , possibly TIPTAFT

Unfortunately the slider is unmarked but when complained closely with a marked up TIPTAFT example they are the same, the slider length, top crimp mark and chocolate colour all add up read more

Code: 61309

WW1/2 Australian Rising Sun Locally cast , probably Middle East

Sand cast A.I.F Rising Sun probably made in the Middle East and obviously made in a cast mould made from an original badge, cannot make out exactly but it appears to have been Stokes donor !! read more

Code: 61310

45.00 GBP