Miscellaneous

Miscellaneous Militaria and uniform insignia for sale.

Miscellaneous There are 60 different items.

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Ian Kelly (Militaria) began business in 1990 dealing by mail order and issuing postal catalogues. We still produce mail order catalogues and charge a subscription to cover printing and postage costs.
Cap Badge Backings
British Army Regimental cap, beret and tartan badge backings for sale.
Many British military units wear coloured cloth backings behind their cap and beret badges. These are in colours based on regimental traditions, some use tartan badge backings, sometimes ribbon and sometimes hessian or Melton cloth. Melton cloth looks like felt, but is a higher quality woven fabric. Collectors often like to use these fabrics to display their cap badges.
Hackles and Plumes
Military Hackles & Plumes for sale
- Hackles are the feathered headdress embellishments worn by some British Army infantry units, especially Fusilier regiments.
- Plumes tend to be made from horse-hair and are typically worn by Guards regiments on their bearskin caps.
Military Hats, Caps & Helmets
Military Caps, Berets & Police Helmets For Sale.
We are not hatters, milliners, tailors or military outfitters, but sell collectable used hats, caps, helmets and berets. Unless customers specify sizes, we assume that hat size is not important to them and they are collectors who would not necessarily want to wear items in their collection. Our hats are in good condition, but are generally not new. Many are one-off items and we cannot guarantee to have specific sizes.
One of the first things that a British soldier does on being issued with a hat is to remove the size label. A beret can either shrink or stretch depending on how the original owner washed it, so even if it still has a size label it is very difficult for us to tell the true size of the hat.
We prefer that you do not specify hat size when ordering. Most hats are stocked as single quantities and it is very time-consuming for us to check hats for size.
If you need hats of specific sizes, please use metric sizes when ordering - this is because traditional British hat measurements look similar to US hat sizes, but are actually different sizes. Modern British hats use metric sizes - this is the circumference of the head in centimetres and can be measured using a cloth tape measure.
Orders for hats of specific sizes will be put to the bottom of the order-pile for us to deal with when we have more time.
Modern British hats use metric sizes - this is the circumference of the head in centimetres and can be measured using a cloth tape measure. The following size chart may help.
UK/Aus 6 3/8 6 1/2 6 5/8 6 3/4 6 7/8 7 7 1/8 7 1/4 7 3/8 7 1/2 7 5/8 7 3/4 7 7/8
US 6 1/2 6 5/8 6 3/4 6 7/8 7 7 1/8 7 1/4 7 3/8 7 1/2 7 5/8 7 3/4 7 7/8 8
Metric 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60 61 62 63 64
Other S M ML L XL XXL
Stable Belts, Belt-Plates & Buckles
Military Stable Belts, Belt-Plates & Buckles for sale.
Other Naval Insignia
UK Police & Prisons (Other Badges)
Police and Prisons miscellaneous items for sale
Arm-Bands and Brassards
Arm-bands, brassards and cuff-titles for sale. These are often used by uniformed organisations to indicate a temporary duty or responsibility. They are sometimes issued and worn instead of full military uniform to confer a legal status as combatants or non-combatants (such as the Red Cross Armband for medical personnel).
Arm-bands are a cloth band that goes around the upper arm, as opposed to a brassard, which fastens to the shoulder strap (or a button on the shoulder) and then wraps around the upper arm. In effect a brassard is longer than an arm-band.
The Royal Navy sometimes uses cuff titles as a wrist-band for duties such as 'Sentry' or 'Naval Provost'.
A black armband is traditionally used around the time of a funeral to indicate mourning.
Military Blazer Badges
Military Blazer Badges for sale.
Track-Suit Badges
Military Track-Suit Badges for sale.