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 This section covers all historical documents, archives, and personal handwritten diaries and letters.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Historical documents are often a one-off item and they can shed light on personal feelings about a particular time or event.
Department Specialists
Matthew Tredwen
Specialist in Arms, Armour , Militaria
Tim Harper
Printed Paper, Photograph Albums & Ephemera Consultant
Recently sold
D-Day Archive of Ephemera and Photographs
Sold for £540
Autograph Book of Manfred Von Richthofen Interest
Sold for £2,100
Very Rare Suffragettes, Votes for Women
Sold for £2,200
Jocelyn George Power Millard Photo Collection
Sold for £1,350
Top Secret File Airborne Division Intelligence
Sold for £1,250
Historic Trophy given to T. O. M. Sopwith
Sold for Hammer £2,500
Document of Boy Cornwall VC Interest
Sold for Hammer £5,000
Historically Interesting 1914 X-Mas Truce Account
Sold for Hammer £8,000
Archive for Island Farm Prisoner of War Camp
Sold for Hammer £3,000
Great War and Irish Troubles Handwritten Diary
Sold for Hammer £2,400
WW1 First Day Battle of the Somme Diary
Sold for £440
First World War Nurse's Autograph Album
Sold for £400
Ten Chapters 1942 to 1945
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