Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria, to include the Brian Ritchie Collection (Part II)

Royal Army Physical Training Corps, a QEC period WOI’s scarlet Mess jacket and trousers, the former with anodised collar badges and bullion sleeve badges comprising parachute wings rank badge and crossed swords, the tailor’s label (HE Glover & Sons. Aldershot) states ‘WO2 D Challinor 1964 APTC’, trousers with WD arrow and supplied by L Silberston & Sons Ltd 1955’, also his green soft tropical hat, this with applied black cloth patch double red stripe and silver plated and red enamel miniature version of the cap badge (KC), his Denison parachute smock dated 1963 (WO II D Challinor) this with applied sleeve badges, parachute wings and large panel pale blue over maroon (the latter on both arms) and WOI’s embroidered QEC rank badge; together with a white (painted canvas tropical helmet complete with correct pattern brass spike and chin chain, supplied by RZ Bloomfield Ltd London, some of the foil lining on the latter item lacking otherwise good overall condition (5) £70-100