Military Paperwork & Ephemera is covered through our specialist auctions of the subject which take place two times a year. This section covers all historical documents, archives, and personal handwritten diaries and letters.
Items from historical events are very popular with both private collectors and institutions. During the Great War, one of the most famous events to take place was the Christmas Truce of 1914; On 30th March 2016 we sold an archive of documents which included a handwritten account of the Christmas truce, this grouping was sold to a private collector for £5,000.
Historical documents are often a one-off item and they can shed light on personal feelings about a particular time or event.
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‘The Day of the Great Battle’ The Somme Diary...
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Sold for £6,200
D-Day Archive of Ephemera and Photographs
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Sold for £540
Autograph Book of Manfred Von Richthofen Interest
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Sold for £2,100
Very Rare Suffragettes, Votes for Women
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Sold for £2,200
Jocelyn George Power Millard Photo Collection
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Sold for £1,350
Top Secret File Airborne Division Intelligence
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Sold for £1,250
Historic Trophy given to T. O. M. Sopwith
![Sold for Hammer £2,500](/media/1313/document-of-boy-cornwall-vc-interest.jpg?anchor=center&mode=crop&width=500&height=500&rnd=132203725190000000)
Sold for Hammer £2,500
Document of Boy Cornwall VC Interest
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Sold for Hammer £5,000
Historically Interesting 1914 X-Mas Truce Account
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Sold for Hammer £8,000
Archive for Island Farm Prisoner of War Camp
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Sold for Hammer £3,000
Great War and Irish Troubles Handwritten Diary
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Sold for Hammer £2,400
WW1 First Day Battle of the Somme Diary
![Sold for £440](/media/2054/117986_8.jpg?anchor=center&mode=crop&width=500&height=500&rnd=132875088750000000)
Sold for £440
First World War Nurse's Autograph Album
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