Hon/Maj. Stewart Bland East, MBE, MC – Medals

8 medals a) Member of the Order of the British Empire b) Military Cross c) The 1939-1945 Star d) The Italy Star e) The France & Germany Star f) The …
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8 medals a) Member of the Order of the British Empire b) Military Cross c) The 1939-1945 Star d) The Italy Star e) The France & Germany Star f) The …
a) Frame containing b) a condolence letter from King George V c) a Memorial Plaque [known as a dead man’s penny] with the name “John James Eva” d) mounted on …
The Lewis gun derives from patents relating to a gas-operated machine gun developed by Samuel N. MacLean. As the patents stood, the gun would not work. Colonel Isaac N. Lewis, …
MBFA13, ST3579 (barrel) automatic; gas operated; rate of fire 550 rounds/min; muzzle velocity 2400 ft/sec (731m/sec) barrel length 25 in, 635 mm; total length 42.25 in, 107.3 cm; Cal .303 …
The “Tommy Gun” was issued to the 1st Battalion of the 48th Highlanders in 1943 prior to going to Sicily. Brigadier General John Tagliaferro Thompson, a US Army Ordinance officer, …
The Sten mk2 is a sub-machine gun chambered in 9×19 NATO built to replace the prohibitively expensive Thompson sub-machine gun in British Service as the Sten gun is a much …
Lee-Enfield Short Rifle Mk III No. 1 1918 ShtLE Mk III* (LSA Co. Ld.) London Small Arms, No. 1 Mark 1* D11D 113233 /31R70483 (Rifle & Bolt); bolt action, barrel …
#50661161 bolt action, barrel length 25 2/16; Cal .303 (7.7 mm) magazine (5 round capacity); Bayonet
…#50661217, bolt action, barrel length 25 3/16 cal .303 (7.7mm) magazine 5 round capacity
…Q3390 Bolt action, Cal .303 British (7.7 mm), Barrel length 640mm, magazine (10 round capacity), Bayonet, sling, frog, scabbard Lee-Enfield Short Rifle Mk III No. 1 ShtLE Mk III* (BSA …
41L2957 Long Branch Ont., 1913143 (bolt) bolt action, barrel length 25 3/16,” (640mm), Cal .303 (7.7mm), magazine 10 round capacity, sling SMLE No.4 Mk I* 1943 Rifle Lee Enfield, Small …
blue serge forage cap; 2 small buttons – Cda Militia”; cap badge – Maple Leaf – Crown – Canada superimposed Worn in South Africa 1899
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