Royal Navy Ships Bell for HMS Enforcer, the brass bell is deeply struck ‘ENFORCER 1944’ with blackened centre. Complete with the hanging mount and the original clanger. Good overall condition. HMS Enforcer was an Envoy class rescue tug, launched on 22nd July 1944 and completed 1st December 1944. She was built by Cochrane & Sons Ltd, Selby. She was re-named RFA Enforcer in 1949 and sold in 1963. Please note due to weight, in house post and packing is not available, collection only or specialist shipping required.

WW2 D-Day Type Airborne Signalling Crickets, interesting pair of metal signalling crickets as used by both the American and British Airborne forces during the D-Day landings to signal to allied troops behind enemy lines.

Rare WW2 British D-Day Deception ‘Rupert’ Decoy Paratrooper Dummy, mint condition example of the burlap sacking dummy with the silk parachute to the inside, brass eyelets and rope. Excellent example which was recently discovered in an RAF stores. These dummies were produced for the decoy operation, known as operation Titanic part of the larger operation for the deception of the allied landings, Operation Bodyguard. The allied forces dropped hundreds of these sacking dummies across parts of France on the 5th / 6th June 1944 to deceive the German’s to move their forces away from the actual invasion force on the Normandy drop zones. Although these dummies are much smaller than a human being, when at a height they did fool the German forces, they were packed with a incendiary which would ignite them when they hit the ground, in the hope to destroy the evidence of the decoy from the German forces. These dummies were given the nickname ‘Rupert’s’.

WW2 British Airborne Forces Folding Bicycle, green painted steel bike frame with BSA bike chain section, brown leather Brooks saddle. Inflatable rubber tyres. Central folding brackets. Bike appears to have been repainted at some point and has some replaced parts as with 90% of all examples on the market. These folding bikes were famously issued to the British Airborne Forces who parachuted into Normandy on D-Day and Arnhem later in 1944. They were issued these bikes as a way for the troops to quickly cover large areas of ground in a quiet manner as they were behind enemy lines. However many of the paratroopers found these cumbersome so abandoned them soon after landing. The bikes were held out in front of the paratroopers when they parachuted in behind enemy lines. Many famous wartime images can be seen of these bikes in use.