Lot Archive

Lot

№ 1509

.

2 April 2004

Estimate: £700–£800

Royal Naval Division Collingwood Battalion, a very rare brass shoulder title and an excessively rare rating’s near full length cap tally, gold thread on black silk ‘Collingwood’, slight discolouration to the gold thread otherwise very good condition (2) £700-800

See colour plate.

Note. The Collingwood and Benbow Battalions were so decimated during the Dardanelles Campaign that they were disbanded, metal cap badges therefore do not exist for these battalions.