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• sword bayonet for Short Magazine Lee-Enfield rifle (SMLE Mark 3) & Pattern 1907, third type

  part of "British Pattern 1907 sword bayonet [third type], with scabbard" (weapons and ammunition) Made by: Sanderson Brothers and Newbould

  SPECIMEN & (SEE) WEA 467 & WEA 470 & WEA 472

• Steel Helmet, MKI Brodie

  (uniforms and insignia)

  helmet Bowl-shaped helmet of drab khaki painted finish (60% of finish remaining), having a mild steel rim to the edge. The chinstrap is of brown leather.

• Steel Helmet, MK1 Brodie

  (uniforms and insignia)

  helmet Bowl-shaped steel helmet with drab khaki textured paint finish, having a steel rim to the edging and fitted with a brown leather chinstrap.

• Boots, 1914 pattern ankle length, brown (O/Rs)

  (uniforms and insignia)

  boots Pair of steel studded brown leather ankle length boots.

• personal equipment, British Army Officer's Sam Browne

  (equipment)

  Standard army officer's personal equipment.

• clasp knife, British Army issue (Turner 'Encore' clasp knife)

  (weapons and ammunition) Made by: Thomas Turner and Co, Sheffield

  First World War period British Army issue clasp knife. Manufactured by Thomas Turner & Co of Sheffield, this knife departs from the standard pattern knife of the period in that its grip scales are made of plain metal, rather than chequered horn....

• Knife, Fork & Spoon

  (equipment)

  Knife, Fork & Spoon

• Fly Swat (British Army issue)

  (equipment)

  First World War period British Army issue fly swat.

• Strombos Horn

  (equipment)

  First World War period British gas alarm horn. By May 1916, Strombos horns were positioned every quarter of a mile along the front line. The compressed air cylinder allowed the horn to be sounded for over a minute in the event of a gas attack.

• Steel Helmet, MK I Brodie pattern (with modified liner)

  (uniforms and insignia)

  First World War period British Army issue 'Brodie' pattern steel helmet ('shrapnel helmet'). As a response to the high proportion of head wounds (many caused by artillery shrapnel) the British Army introduced a protective steel helmet for its combatant...