Military Paperwork & Ephemera is covered through our specialist auctions of the subject which takes place two times a year. This section covers all historical documents, archives, personal hand written diaries and letters.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 was the Christmas Truce of 1914, on 30th March 2016 we sold an archive of documents which included a hand written account of the Christmas truce, this grouping 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Historical documents are often a one off item and they can shed light on personal feelings about a particular time or event.  

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Department Specialists

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Matthew Tredwen

Specialist in Arms, Armour , Militaria and Auctioneer

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Tim Harper

Printed Paper, Photograph Albums & Ephemera

Recently sold

Sold for £6,200

Sold for £6,200

D-Day Archive of Ephemera and Photographs

Sold for £540

Sold for £540

Autograph Book of Manfred Von Richthofen Interest

Sold for £2,100

Sold for £2,100

Very Rare Suffragettes, Votes for Women

Sold for £2,200

Sold for £2,200

Jocelyn George Power Millard Photo Collection

Sold for £1,350

Sold for £1,350

Top Secret File Airborne Division Intelligence

Sold for £1,250

Sold for £1,250

Historic Trophy given to T. O. M. Sopwith

Sold for Hammer £2,500

Sold for Hammer £2,500

Document of Boy Cornwall VC Interest

Sold for Hammer £5,000

Sold for Hammer £5,000

Historically Interesting 1914 X-Mas Truce Account

Sold for Hammer £8,000

Sold for Hammer £8,000

Archive for Island Farm Prisoner of War Camp

Sold for Hammer £3,000

Sold for Hammer £3,000

Great War and Irish Troubles Handwritten Diary

Sold for Hammer £2,400

Sold for Hammer £2,400

WW1 First Day Battle of the Somme Diary

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