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International Military Antiques, 1000 Valley Road, Gillette, NJ (2026)

08/19/2026

This is an outstanding and scarce George VI-era example of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police Long Service Medal with a 35-year clasp, named via stamping on the rim with W.G. KERR, for William G. Kerr of Ottawa. The medal has the George VI front with the George V rear, and only 384 were issued during this period. From our research, we found that Kerr spent a great deal of time serving in the Canadian Arctic North, earning the title “Mountie” in a 1931 newspaper article. The article discusses how he is finally home in Ottawa after 36 months at lonely police posts keeping watch and ward over the aboriginal inhabitants of the country. The article reads:

“Like all Mounties, Corporal Kerr’s lips are sealed by both unwritten tradition and printed regulations when it comes to talking about his work. Much as he might like to tell of the strange things he has seen and the unusual life he has led, he is bound to preserve an impregnable silence except to his superior officers.”

The Royal Canadian Mounted Police Long Service Medal was established in 1934 during the reign of King George V. It may be awarded to RCMP officers, non-commissioned officers, and constables of irreproachable character who complete at least 20 years of service with good conduct. It remains the oldest continuously awarded honour in the Canadian honours system and was the first Canadian honour created specifically to recognize service performed by Canadians within Canada.

The medal originated after years of advocacy by members of the Royal North-West Mounted Police Veterans’ Association, with support from senior RCMP leadership and the Canadian government. The first presentation ceremony took place at Cartier Drill Hall in Ottawa in March 1935, shortly after the decoration’s creation.

This is a very scarce example of the RCMP Long Service medal from the reign of George VI. The majority of these you see will have Elizabeth II, but this is from the 1936-1948 period, with the George VI front and George V back. This medal was unique in the history of the Canadian honours system. For the first time an honour was created to reward the service of Canadians serving within Canada. Previous awards for service in Canada, like the Canada General Service Medal were presented to both Canadian and British personnel.

In a 1944-dated Nebraska newspaper story titled “Malloy of the Royal Mounted”, Kerr is included as a member of a mountie trip to the Belcher Islands, and it is noted that Kerr “was a veteran of many Arctic expeditions, and knew his way around.” In a 1931 expedition, Kerr’s hand became infected from cranking a motor boat engine, and would have lost his hand if not for the experienced doctors who arrived just in time to save him.

In another article titled “Jail and Wonderland for Alice Bullfrog”, Kerr apprehends and arrests a native Canadian girl who murdered her baby through neglect and hid the body. Kerr accompanied her alongside an interpreter so she could stand trial. The story focuses around her exploration of the new wonderland world she found herself in, and there are illustrations depicting Kerr pushing her onto a plane and seeing sights with her.

Kerr worked in the Arctic region for a very long time. In 1959, he was working with the Northern Affairs Department and arrived in Moncton to buy eight 30-40 foot open motor boats for Eskimo Fishermen along the eastern shore of Hudson Bay and on Baffin Island.

08/19/2026

This is an exceptional WWI U.S. Army Air Service enlisted uniform distinguished by an outstanding assortment of theater made bullion insignia identifying the wearer as an aerial observer in the III Corps Observation Group, together with a separately identified M1917 helmet that was later paired with the uniform for display. The tailored jacket carries a III Corps shoulder patch with bullion center, a miniature Third Army patch with a bullion letter beneath it, three bullion overseas chevrons, a bullion aerial observer style wing above the left breast pocket, and a bullion winged propeller incorporated into the Aviation Sergeant chevrons. The combination is particularly unusual because enlisted men who actually flew operational observation missions during WWI were exceptional, with the normal Air Service system relying upon commissioned officers as pilots and observers. It required much more intensive training on top of his normal enlisted duties.

The observer wing is a very beautiful theater-made style with a US Shield bearing a single wing to the right. It is period correct and sewn with a two-star WWI victory ribbon next to it. This is one of the pre-1921 variations that only showed the number of campaigns fought in as opposed to the officially issued victory medal ribbons.

The uniform is only named with “Babe” under the collar, and the helmet has been paired with a helmet etched with a set of enlisted pilot wings with the name “Babe Edwards” and serial number #2692822 scratched under the rim. These are not the same two soldiers, as Edwards did not make it overseas, and in both cases Babe is likely used as a nickname. With more research, the uniform could be named and identified, but as of now it is sold as unnamed.

The uniform was tailored by Kohn Bros. of Cohen in Montgomery, Alabama. This could be a clue to the identity. The front buttons have some issues. Three are still stitched on but one is missing and the last is held in place by a nail. The collar has normal US & Air Service collar discs.

08/18/2026

This is an outstanding original Imperial German WWI M16 Stahlhelm with approximately 80% of its hand painted panel camouflage still present and two dramatic areas of impact damage through the shell. The camouflage is the classic late war style, using yellow, green, and brown fields separated by heavy black dividing lines over the original Feldgrau finish. Even more interesting, the damage passes directly through the painted surface, with singing and correct loss of paint visible around the impact areas. The shell is maker-marked G.62. for Gebrüder Gnüchtel A.G. of Lauter in Sachsen, a manufacturer associated with size 62 M16 shells.

In July 1918, the German Army issued formal instructions for disruptive helmet camouflage using multiple colors divided by dark boundary lines, creating the familiar late war painted camouflage patterns such as this one.

08/15/2026

This is an extraordinary set of hand-painted canvas circus-style display boards painted for a homefront show which showed photographs and “moving pictures” from the “Great Battlefields of France and the Americans in Action”. These were painted by Lieutenant Howard Allison Phillips of Newark, Ohio, who served in the Quartermaster Corps during the war, and who later in life owned a studio of commercial arts in Elmwood Court. The set consists of one very large 70 x 142” board depicting soldiers in the trenches, on artillery pieces, planes dropped bombs from the sky, destroyed French homes, and a field of poppies and grave marker crosses, with two smaller 35 x 79” banner style boards, and nine small pieces meant to be used as cue cards or additional advertisement. These would have been hung outside of the venue where these photos and moving pictures were shown.

The first large canvas board measures an astounding 70 x 142”, with three large leather-reinforced hanging rings along the top, two along the bottom, and scattered grommets on the side and bottom. The board is painted in the center with a motif of four soldiers manning an artillery piece with a fifth man either killed or exhausted laid up against the wheel. In the background are destroyed French homes and trees, while to the right is No Man’s Land with soldiers in the trenches behind it, watching planes drop bombs and anti-aircraft fire exploding in the air. To the far left is a field of poppy flowers and memorial crosses. The board is painted:

THE GREAT BATTLEFIELDS
of FRANCE
and THE AMERICANS IN ACTION

“IN FLANDERS FIELDS THE POPPIES GROW
BETWEEN THE CROSSES, ROW ON ROW”

It is signed in the bottom right corner:

Howard A. Phillips
Newark, Ohio

The paint remains extremely well retained considering the age, size and intended use of the canvas. The surviving hanging hardware makes the piece particularly suitable for a major wall or exhibition display, although the rings are reinforced with old leather and we cannot guarantee their ability to support the weight of the canvas safely over the long term. Any permanent installation should take the age of these supports into consideration.

The two smaller banner-style boards both have the same base design, with an exploding shell in the air over a slanted memorial cross with poppies growing around it. They are slanted in opposite directions, so these were likely meant to hang on either side of the central larger canvas. The first measures 35 x 79” with two rings along the bottom (none at the top), and reads:

WE WILL SEE
OUR BOYS IN BATTLE
CHATEAU THIERY
GREAT ARGONNE FOREST
THE FRENCH
GO OVER THE TOP
NO MAN’S LAND
GERMAN AEROPLANES
ETC.!!! ETC.!!!

The second measures 35 x 81 1/2” with two rings along the bottom (none at the top), and reads:

GREATEST PICTURES of ACTUAL
BATTLE EVER TAKEN
OUR BOYS LYING WOUNDED
ON THE FIELD of BATTLE
The GREAT
AMERICAN CEMETERIES
OUR BOYS ON THE RHINE
ETC.!!!
ETC.!!!

The nine small cue cards measure around 14 ¾ x 17 ¾” with some being a little smaller or a little bigger. They may have been used as intermission cards shown between photos and moving pictures, or may have been hung around these other boards as additional advertising. They are painted black with the words painted in yellow. They include:

- 90% of the People Enjoy these Real War Scenes.
- Where you see the American Boys in Action
- A Real Show for 100% American
- You Must Be Satisfied.
- See our Boys Go Over the Top.
- A History of the Great War in Pictures.
- See No Mans land.
- See the last Resting Place of Quentin Roosevelt.
- In flanders field the Poppies Grow.

This is a truly astounding group of hand-painted canvas displays which were certainly used sometime in 1919 for a homefront show depicting American boys overseas. We did some digging to try and uncover the exact place and time when these were used, but no records in newspapers could be found, although we did find record of the artist, Howard Allison Phillips, who did own a commercial art studio later in life. This gives great provenance to who actually painted these, and leaves an avenue open for further research. We can assume that this was painted for a show in Newark, Ohio, but it is just as likely that Phillips chose to paint his home under his name, and may have painted these for a show anywhere in the U.S.. Perhaps some digging into the local records in Newark could provide more information.

08/15/2026

This is an exceptionally scarce surviving British WWI Hypo Helmet, officially known as the British Smoke Helmet, representing one of the earliest purpose-designed British protective hoods issued in response to chemical warfare on the Western Front. This heavily age-worn example retains its characteristic single rectangular mica eyepiece together with an unusual series of rear ventilation-style grommets and two later identification tags, including a July 1942 OHMS tag describing it as a First World War tear-gas helmet. The hood presently measures approximately 16 1/2 inches tall by 13 1/2 inches wide when laid flat and may have been shortened from its original dimensions.

The Hypo Helmet was developed in 1915 by Captain Cluny Macpherson, Medical Officer of the Newfoundland Regiment, following the introduction of chlorine gas on the Western Front. Imperial War Museums identifies the device as the British Smoke Helmet and records Macpherson as its inventor. It represented a major improvement over the earlier improvised veil respirators by enclosing the entire head inside a chemically treated fabric hood and protecting the eyes behind a transparent viewing window.

The defining feature of the earliest Hypo pattern was a single rectangular transparent eyepiece, initially made from mica. Surviving museum examples retain this same broad single viewing aperture, and the Imperial War Museums specifically describes the Hypo Helmet as fitted with a rectangular mica eyepiece. The Australian War Memorial likewise documents surviving examples with a single large rectangular viewing panel, noting that early mica windows were extremely brittle and prone to cracking.

The eyepiece on this example shows substantial age deterioration. The mica is heavily cracked, and small sections have broken away, exposing portions of the underlying stitching and edge construction. Old tape repairs have been applied across several of the cracks, apparently in an effort to stabilize the fragile viewing panel. These repairs should be left undisturbed, as both the mica and surrounding material are now extremely delicate.

08/12/2026

This is an excellent and scarce Canadian two-place medal bar for a member of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police during the reign of George V. This medal bar would’ve been made and worn around 1935-1936. The set is identified to Assistant Commissioner of the RCMP, Percy Ronald Forde. The set consists of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police Long Service Medal & the George V Silver Jubilee Medal, with the same medal bar in miniature. The back of the medal bar shows that the brooch itself is also Sterling, and was put together by Scully Ltd. of Montreal. This set is especially scarce considering that only 388 of the RCMP Long Service medals were issued under George V.

The Royal Canadian Mounted Police Long Service Medal was established in 1934 during the reign of King George V and was the first Canadian honour created specifically to recognize long and exemplary service performed within Canada. The George V version was issued only during the earliest period of the decoration, with specialist RCMP medal research recording just 388 examples of the George V type before the accession of George VI.

The RCMP Long Service medal is hand-stamped on the rim with P.R. FORDE, who we have identified as Percy R. Forde, who during World War II served as Assistant Commissioner of the entire Royal Canadian Mounted Police. We have found several newspaper articles discussing the transfer of. Inspector Forde first joined the force in 1910, serving almost continuously in Regina as head of the auditing department. He was transferred to Ottawa in 1934, and in 1943 was promoted to Assistant Commissioner. He retired in February 1945 after 34 years of service. His retirement article notes that “He is in possession of the King’s Silver Jubilee Medal and the Royal Canadian Long Service Medal”, the two medals on this bar.

08/10/2026

This is an excellent example of a World War One shrapnel-damaged bring back trophy helmet which was sent home as a souvenir by an officer of the American Expeditionary Forces. There is a heavily worn and oxidation-stained mail-home label to the front of the helmet, on which we could make out a last name, Roth, a street name, Good, and the city, Akron, Ohio. From this, we can identify the sender as 2nd Lieutenant Harry C. Roth, Battery C, 55th Regiment, Coastal Artillery Corps. The 55th Regiment saw heavy combat in the Oise-Aisne and Meuse-Argonne Offensives. Lieutenant Roth certainly picked this shrapnel-damaged helmet up off of the battlefield and sent it home to his family at 91 Good Street, Akron, Ohio.

There are two large shrapnel gouges in the crown of the helmet, certainly why Lieutenant Roth chose it as his capture. The paint correctly singes at the damage points. There is heavy overall wear to the paint with oxidation peeking through where it is worn.

The underside of the rear brim has an inscribed German soldier’s name, Krollmann, certainly the soldier who owned it before Roth captured it.

The 55th Regiment CAC departed New York for Europe on March 25th, 1918 and subsequently served with the 31st Artillery Brigade, Coast Artillery Corps. The regiment received campaign credit for the Oise-Aisne and Meuse-Argonne Offensives. The 55th remained in France through the Armistice and departed Brest for the United States after its overseas service.

08/08/2026

This is an exceptional named U.S. Navy WWI officer’s uniform grouping associated with Lieutenant Commander Charles A. Burke, commanding officer of USS Lake Dymer. The group consists of Burke’s dark blue officer’s uniform jacket and naval officer’s visor cap. The jacket retains its bullion collar insignia, lieutenant commander sleeve rank, service chevrons, two-place ribbon bar, and original tailor’s label naming Burke and dating the garment to December 11th, 1917.

In a period newspaper article, we found that the very first pair of marine binoculars lent to the Navy during World War I was issued to the Lake Dymer, and in Burke’s own words:

“These glasses, No. 2841, were used on board the U.S.S. Lake Dymer from September 16th, 1918 to January 5th, 1919, on voyages through submarine infested waters from Canada to France and thence on voyages between France and England and they were found very reliable.”

A letter of acknowledgment from the navy department says that the glasses were the first to have been sent after the call was issued. They were returned to a Mr. A.M. Strode, who donated them for Navy use when the call for glasses was issued in 1917.

The uniform jacket bears lovely bullion collar insignia, anchors and oak leaves. Each cuff bears a bullion star over two wide gold stripes and one thin gold stripe in the center, denoting the rank of Lieutenant Commander. On the left cuff over this are two service chevrons.

On the left breast of the jacket is a two-place ribbon bar with the French Legion of Honor and the WWI Victory Medal with one campaign star.

The uniform was tailored by Ed H. Hutchins of Norfolk, Virginia, and was purchased by Burke on December 11th, 1917. The interior lining has some tearing as shown but it has held up well for being worn overseas.

08/06/2026

This is a very fine private purchase Imperial German officer’s Pickelhaube for an infantry officer of the Kingdom of Saxony. The helmet retains its distinctive two piece Saxon wappen, tall officer’s spike, gilt chinscales, both officer’s cockades, lined visors, leather sweatband, silk skull cap, and original size label. Its Model 1897 configuration would have remained appropriate for wear through the WWI period.

The helmet body is constructed from formed leather with a black lacquered exterior. Its later, more closely fitted skull shape is consistent with the appearance of officer helmets produced around the turn of the century and during the years immediately preceding WWI.

The front carries a large Saxon officer’s wappen consisting of a German silver colored star with an applied gilt brass coat of arms of the Kingdom of Saxony. The central arms are surrounded by foliage and surmounted by a royal crown. The two piece arrangement creates the contrasting silver and gilt appearance characteristic of Saxon officer helmet plates. The wappen remains firmly attached by threaded posts with interior nuts.

The helmet retains both original officer’s cockades. The Saxon state cockade is finished in green and white, while the Imperial cockade displays the national colors of red, white, and black. Following the introduction of the Imperial cockade in 1897, the national cockade was worn on the right side of the helmet and the state cockade on the left. Both are positioned correctly on this example.

The front and rear visors are lined in the traditional contrasting colors found on many private purchase Imperial German officer helmets. The underside of the front visor is green, while the underside of the rear visor is red. The interior retains its leather sweatband. The sweatband shows staining and wear but remains substantially intact.

The silk skull cap is also present and remains attached to most of the sweatband. Several areas of stitching have separated, and the silk should be handled carefully to prevent further detachment.

08/04/2026

This is an extremely scarce original Imperial Japanese Army paratrooper bandolier associated with the Teishin airborne forces. It is the first example we have offered and is an unusual leather trimmed variation fitted with nine ammunition pockets and fully functional lift-the-dot style snap fasteners. The bandolier retains its long adjustment strap, buckle, leather reinforcement, and faint Japanese markings, although the original suspenders are no longer present.

The body is constructed from heavy canvas and consists of nine individual ammunition pockets arranged across the front. Each pocket has leather reinforcement along its upper edge and a separate flap secured by a lift-the-dot style snap.

All nine snap fasteners remain present and continue to function correctly. The survival of the complete fastening arrangement is particularly important, as these fittings and their surrounding canvas were vulnerable to damage during use and storage.

A continuous strip of leather reinforcement extends along the lower edge of the bandolier. The leather trim exhibits rubbing and surface wear, as shown, but remains substantially intact. A long leather adjustment strap is attached at one end for securing and fitting the bandolier around the wearer. The strap has 16 adjustment holes.

The strap exhibits heavy crazing from age and should be handled carefully when adjusting or displaying the bandolier. The metal buckle remains present and does not show any visible damage.

Faint stamped Kanji characters are visible on the canvas section where the leather adjustment strap is attached. The markings are not sufficiently legible to provide a reliable transcription or translation, but they may represent an inspection, issue, or unit marking.

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