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A rare example of an 1821 pattern infantry officer’s sword mounted with a captured Indian firangi blade, the massive wide straight 97 cm blade retaining its original Indian pierced shoulder mount riveted to the blade, the regulation 1821 pattern copper-gilt guard adapted with an additional copper-gilt mount to facilitate the mounting of the heavy blade, the remainder of the guard of regulation ‘gothic’ pattern incorporating a crowned VR cypher, worn overall, most of the fish-skin...
Hammer Price: £550
An unusual 1821 pattern Indian light cavalry sword, with silver koftghari decorated guard, the deeply curved 80 cm blade by Garden, single wide fuller, perhaps a trooper’s blade the back edge being struck ‘Garden’ but not numbered and completely undecorated, regulation three-bar guard the inside and outside decorated overall with a repeat floral pattern in fine silver koftghari inside the guard near the slot for the sword-knot can found a BUDH or ‘magic square’ plain domed pommel...
Hammer Price: £420
An 1827 Pattern Light Infantry Officer’s Sword, the straight 84 cm dumbbell section blade by Edward Thurkle, 5, Denmark Street, Soho, London, etched with crowned ERI royal cypher, strung bugle all amid foliate scrolls and within a small cartouche the owner’s initials G.S.W. regulation plated steel guard incorporating a strung bugle, fish-skin covered grip bound with silver wire, complete with its wood field service scabbard covered with brown leather, long plated steel chape, the guard...
Hammer Price: £280
An 1897 Pattern Infantry Officer’s Sword, the straight 83 cm dumbbell section blade by Wilkinson Sword Co. Ltd. London, Number 68920 (for 1950) etched with crowned GVIR cypher , royal arms and foliate scrolls, etc., and within a panel the owner’s initials J.B.W. regulation steel guard with crowned GVIR cypher, fish-skin covered grip bound with silver wire, complete with its brown leather Sam Browne field service scabbard with frog and straps, the hilt retaining its brown leather field...
Hammer Price: £260
An 1896 Pattern Infantry Officer’s Sword, the 82 cm bright blade by Manton & Co., Calcutta, etched with the crowned GRI cypher and scrolling foliage, the pierced sheet metal guard incorporates the crowned GRI cypher, a wire bound fish skin grip, brown leather sword knot with its brown leather covered scabbard, some slight surface rust on the handguard otherwise good condition £80-120
Hammer Price: £130
An Imperial Russian 1909 Pattern Officer’s sword, the curved 86 cm blade etched with the Imperial Russian Arms to one side and the cypher of Czar Nicholas II to the other, decorated brass stirrup guard plain brass pommel, ribbed hardwood grip, complete with its wood leather covered scabbard, the blade heavily pitted at point and scabbard leather well worn £200-250
Hammer Price: £600
Spanish Court Sword Formerly the Property of Marchese (Fernando) Guiccioli, the 82.5 cm diamond shaped blade with short single fullers, these engraved ‘S E Bastiano Ernandez’ and ‘En Toledo’, plated plain cross guard with semi-pas d’ane rings and fluted hand grip complete with its metal mounted leather scabbard.Attached label states ‘The Court sword of Marchese (Fernando) Guiccioli. Given to me by Aunt Cousie when I won the fencing at Wellington in 1922’. The blade stated by...
£300–£400
1st West Yorkshire Yeomanry Cavalry 1871 Pattern Trooper’s Helmet, a fine quality plated example of the pattern adopted in 1876, complete with very fine frontal plate featuring crowned rose sprays enclosing a beaded star brass unit title and central plated rose, complete with rose side ornaments and broad plated chin chain, white horse hair plume with top rose finial and correct pattern plume holder. Original leather sweat band with period naming inside ‘W. Nicholson’, very good...
Hammer Price: £700
The Bedfordshire Regiment 1st Volunteer Battalion Officer’s Blue Cloth Helmet, a very fine example, the blue cloth body complete with all plated fittings frontal QVC pattern helmet plate with laurel and Garter overlays, in the centre on a ground of black patent leather a silver multi rayed cross with central hart trippant this with a blue enamel backing, the title scroll reads simply ‘The Bedfordshire Regt’. Original leather sweat band and silk lining, retailed by Hawkes & Co., London...
Territorial or Militia Officer’s 1878 Pattern Blue Cloth Helmet, regulation blue cloth body with all gilt fitments, the post 1902 Royal Arms helmet plate with blank upper scroll and standard motto on the lower scroll, complete with leather sweat band and retailer’s label ‘F.W.Flight, Winchester’, the plate not original to the helmet but otherwise in very fine overall condition £300-400
Tyne Engineers Militia Officer’s Post-1902 Helmet Plate, a very fine and rare example in gilt metal featuring the Royal Arms, a scroll ‘Tyne’ over the standard Engineers motto ‘Quo Fas Et Gloria Ducunt’, very good condition £200-300
Hammer Price: £300
The Queen’s Own Royal Regiment (West Surrey) an Officer’s Victorian Period Helmet Plate, a fine quality example, the crowned gilt star back plate with laurel and Garter overlays, in the centre on a ground of red velvet the Paschal Lamb, silver title scroll below ‘The Royal West Surrey Regiment’, complete with all three loop fasteners, slight distortion to one or two ray finials and the gilt with very slight wear to the high points otherwise good condition £160-200
Hammer Price: £240
The Buffs (East Kent Regiment) Officer’s Helmet Plate c. 1900-02, a good quality example, the gilt crowned star pattern back plate with Garter and laurel overlays, in the centre on a ground of black velvet (worn) a silver Dragon, a short silver scroll at the top of the laurels ‘The Buffs’ and title scroll at the bottom ‘The East Kent Regiment’, complete with all three loop fasteners, very good condition £240-300
Hammer Price: £320
2nd Northumberland (Percy) Artillery Volunteers & Newcastle Engineer Volunteers Other Ranks Victorian Period Helmet Plates, both items in die stamped white metal, the first featuring the Royal Arms top scroll ‘2nd’ and bottom scroll ‘Northumberland (Percy) Artillery Vols’; the second of similar Royal Arms format with decorated short top scroll and secondary scroll ‘Newcastle Engineer Volunteers’, both items complete with all fasteners, very good condition £200-260
Hammer Price: £360
3rd City of London Rifle Volunteer Corps (Faringdon Street) Other Ranks Victorian Period Helmet Plate c. 1878-1901, a very scarce example in die stamped white metal and featuring a crowned eight pointed star, crossed sword and mace, oak sprays, a circular strap ‘Domine Dirige Nos’ enclosing ‘3’, below the strap ‘London’ and a shield bearing the arms of the City, two loop fasteners, very good condition £80-120
Hammer Price: £160
The King’s Regiment Liverpool 1st Volunteer Battalion Other Ranks Helmet Plate, being a QVC Bath style cross with central title circle ‘V.B. The King’s Liverpool’ enclosing a strung bugle horn with ‘1’ within the strings, all loop fasteners present, very good condition £80-120
Hammer Price: £95
5th Liverpool Rifle Volunteer Brigade Officer’s Helmet Plate, a fine quality example in die stamped black metal with silvered highlights, featuring the crown over ‘Fifth’, a Bath style star with central Liver bird and title circle ‘Liverpool Rifle Volunteer Brigade’, below the bottom arm of the cross a scroll ‘Lancashire’, one loop fastener missing otherwise very good condition £160-220
Hammer Price: £200
The Leicestershire Militia Officer’s Helmet Plate 1878-81, an extremely fine example in silver plate, the crowned star pattern back plate overlaid with laurel sprays enclosing a title circle ‘Leicestershire Militia’, in the centre on a ground of black velvet the Maid and Harp in gilt, across the bottom of the laurels a scroll ‘Vestigia Nulla Retrorsum’, a slight buckle to one ray finial otherwise very fine condition £300-400
The South Wales Borderers an Officer’s Post 1902 Helmet Plate, an extremely fine example, the gilt crowned star pattern back plate with laurel and Garter overlays, in the centre on a ground of black velvet the Dragon and laurel sprays in silver, silver title scroll at the bottom, complete with all three loop fasteners, excellent condition £260-300
The Border Regiment Militia Battalions Officer’s Victorian Period Helmet Plate, a fine quality example in silver plate, the crowned star pattern back plate with laurel overlays enclosing a Bath style star, this with extra laurels between the arms, in the centre a strap ‘Honi Soit Qui Mal Y Pense’ enclosing a white over red enamel disc, the red section with a silver Dragon of China, title scroll below the cross ‘The Border Regt’, complete with all three loop fasteners, a chip out of...
Hammer Price: £500
The Worcestershire Regiment Officer’s Helmet Plate 1881-90, a very fine and rare example, the crowned gilt star pattern back plate overlaid with laurels and the Garter, in the centre on a ground of black velvet a silver eight pointed star enclosing on a ground of blue enamel the gilt tower from the arms of the City of Worcester, a gilt scroll at the base of the star ‘Firm’, silver scroll at the bottom ‘The Worcestershire Regiment’, complete with all three loop fasteners, excellent...
1st Cambridgeshire Rifle Volunteers Officer’s Helmet Plate 1878-1901, a good quality plated example, the crowned eight pointed star back plate with laurel overlays enclosing a circular strap ‘1st Cambridgeshire Rifle Volr Corps’, in the centre on a ground of black velvet a three towered castle, complete with three loop fasteners, very good condition £240-300
The Royal Sussex Regiment an Officer’s Post-1902 Helmet Plate, standard crowned gilt star back plate with laurel and Garter overlays, in the centre on a ground of red velvet the Rousillon Plume overlaid with a Garter star, this finished with green, red and blue enamels, silver title scroll at the base, complete with all three loop fasteners, the gilt with very slight wear to the high points otherwise good condition £180-220
The Dorsetshire Regiment an Officer’s Post-1902 Helmet Plate, an extremely fine quality example, the gilt crowned star back plate with laurel and Garter overlays, in the centre on a ground of black velvet the castle and key of Gibraltar with scrolls ‘Primus In Indis’ and ‘Montis Insignia Calpe’, complete with all three loop fasteners, near mint condition £200-260
The Essex Regiment an Officer’s Post-1902 Helmet Plate, a fine quality example, the gilt crowned star back plate with laurel and the Garter overlays, in the centre on a ground of black velvet the Sphinx/Egypt castle and key of Gibraltar and the motto ‘Montis Insignia Calpe’ silver title scroll below, complete with all three loop fasteners, very good condition £160-200
Hammer Price: £170
9th Lancashire Rifle Volunteers (Warrington) Officer’s Helmet Plate 1878-1886, the whole in silver plate, the crowned star pattern back plate with laurel overlays enclosing a circular strap ‘9th Lancashire Rifle Vols’, in the centre on a ground of red cloth a silver plated rose, complete with three loop fasteners, one ray finial with buckle otherwise very good condition £160-200
Hammer Price: £220
40th Lancashire Rifle Volunteers (3rd Manchester) Officer’s Helmet Plate c. 1878-80, a fine quality plated example, the crowned eight pointed star back plate with laurel overlays and a circular strap ‘40th Lancashire Rifle Volunteer Corps’ enclosing on a ground of black velvet a gilt metal rose, complete with three loop fasteners, very good condition £200-260
The Northamptonshire Regiment an Officer’s Post-1902 Pattern Helmet Plate, a fine quality example, the gilt crowned star pattern back plate with laurel and Garter overlays, in the centre on a ground of black velvet ‘Gibraltar’ castle and key and scroll ‘Talavera’, standard silver title scroll at the bottom, complete with three loop fasteners, very fine condition £240-300
1st Cinque Ports Rifle Volunteers & 20th Middlesex Rifle Volunteers Other Ranks Helmet Plates, the first in plated white metal of Bath star pattern with QVC title circle ‘Cinque Ports Rifle Volunteers’ with central strung bugle horn enclosing ‘1’; the second in blackened white metal of cross pattern with central oval disc featuring the heads of Mars and Minerva and the motto ‘Cum Marte Minerva’, at the top the Imperial crown over ‘20’ over ‘Artists’, the reverse with...
The Royal Marines Officer’s Shoulder Belt Plate c. 1840-55, the rectangular burnished gilt back plate with gilt mounts comprising a scroll ‘Gibraltar’ over the Royal crest over a scroll ‘Per Marie Per Terram’, complete with two hook and two stud fasteners, the back plate stamped ‘Tatham London’, no gilt remains on the back plate, the corners with buckling and the gilt worn on the Royal crest otherwise sound condition £400-600
The 7th (or Royal Fusiliers) Regiment Officer’s Shoulder Belt Plate c. 1840-55, a very fine example of the rococo pattern (Parkyn 114), gilt back plate with gilt rose and crown with red velvet cushions and part Garter motto with blue enamel backing, complete with two hook and two stud fasteners and the separate gilt metal battle honour slide, minute chip to the blue enamel on the bottom section otherwise very fine overall condition (2) £500-700
Hammer Price: £1,200
Royal Scots Fusiliers Shoulder Belt Plate, a post 1902 example, the rectangular gilt back plate with silver mounts comprising a crowned circle ‘Nemo Me Impune Lacesset’ enclosing on a domed gilt ground a silver thistle spray, below the circle a scroll ‘Royal Scots Fusiliers’ and below this the date ‘1678’, complete with two hook and stud fasteners, the back plate devoid of gilt otherwise in good condition £100-160
41st (Welch) Regiment Officer’s Shoulder Belt Plate c. 1829-31, an extremely rare and fine example, the rectangular gilt back plate with dimpled surface and burnished edges overlaid with a silver cut eight pointed star, this in turn with gilt overlays featuring the crowned Garter Proper, laurel sprays, five battle honours and the numerals ‘XLI’, in the centre a Union spray of a thistle and a rose, complete with two hooks and two stud fasteners, the original leather liner all but one...
Hammer Price: £1,700
49th (or The Princess Charlotte of Wales’s or Hertfordshire) Regiment Officer’s Shoulder Belt Plate c. 1840-55, the engine turned rectangular back plate with burnished edges and gilt mounts featuring a crowned circle (Princess Charlotte of Wales’), in the centre Union sprays ‘49’ and ‘Hertfordshire’, laurel sprays and battle honours on the outside and the Dragon of China at the bottom, complete with hook and stud fasteners and original chamois leather liner, very fine...
Hammer Price: £400
57th (West Middlesex) Regiment Officer’s Shoulder Belt Plate c. 1840-55, the rectangular burnished gilt back plate with a silver star overlay and a further gilt and enamelled overlay this in the form of a crowned gilt cross with battle honours, in the centre the motto and insignia of the Order of the Bath on a ground of white and red enamel, below the gilt cross a silver oval with engine turned numerals ‘57’, complete with hook and stud fasteners and the remains of the original leather...
85th (The King’s Light Infantry) Regiment Senior NCOs Cross Belt Plate c. 1840-55, the rectangular brass back plate with crowned brass mount featuring laurel sprays, the motto ‘Aucto Splendore Resurgo’ enclosing a strung bugle horn over ‘85’ on a lined ground, a scroll at the bottom ‘The King’s Light Infantry’, complete with hook and stud fasteners, very good condition £300-500
Hammer Price: £800
Military Knights of Windsor Officer’s Shoulder Belt Plate Post 1902, the rectangular burnished gilt back plate mounted with a silver Imperial crown over a Garter star in silver, gilt and enamel, the blue enamel section missing and some chipping to the red enamel cross otherwise good condition £200-300
London and Westminster Light Horse Volunteers Officer’s Hall Marked Silver (London 1797) Shoulder Belt Plate, of oval outline with beaded rim, in the centre the Lion of England holding a shield bearing the Garter motto and central ‘GR’ cypher, a scroll at the bottom ‘Forward’, the hook and stud fasteners removed and now fitted with a brooch pin, very good condition £400-500
Birmingham Loyal Association Officer’s Shoulder Belt Plate c. 1798-1801, the oval gilt plate engraved with St. Edward’s crown over decorated script initials ‘BLA’, complete with one hook and two stud fasteners, little gilt remains otherwise good condition £300-400
The Leicestershire Regiment Officer’s Waist Belt Clasp 1881-1902, a fine quality example of standard 1855 pattern, central mounts comprise ‘Hindoostan’ scroll the Royal Tiger and the Harp and Maid, on the circle ‘Leicestershire Regiment’, matching bench marks ‘12’, very good condition £100-140
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