The Collection of Militaria Formed by The Late R.E. Handley

42nd Royal Highland (The Black Watch) Regiment/The Black Watch (Royal Highlanders)/ York and Lancaster Regimental Insignia. The pre 1881 section comprises an officer’s scarce gilt diamond pattern double breasted tunic button in mint state, three officer’s large gilt and four small gilt tunic buttons, an officer’s coatee button to the 73rd Perthshire Regiment and an o/r large brass tunic example, an officer’s part forage cap badge to the 73rd being gold bullion 73 numerals on a red cloth ground (severely mothed); post 1881 insignia comprises o/r glengarries QVC and KC, two variable Mess Waiter’s buttons, officers’ bronze lapel badges and sundry other collars and relevant buttons, a single brass s/title T/5/RH and a similar T/6/RH (one lug missing), a pair of w/metal collar badges 4th Volunteer Battalion; six o/r large w/m buttons to the 79th Fifeshire Rifle Volunteers. The York and Lancaster Section includes a good brass glengarry badge to the 84th (KK 555), officers’ tunic buttons to the 65th and 84th, post 1881 o/r cap badges including a 1916 all brass issue and a WWII bakelite example, sundry pairs of collar badges including officers’ in gilt and silver and in bronze, two o/r large w/m tunic buttons to the 2nd West York Rifle Volunteers, a coatee button to the 3rd West York Militia and a hall marked silver (Birmingham 1859) tunic button to the 9th Lancashire Rifle Volunteers, good overall condition (parcel) £150-250

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, The Collection of Militaria Formed by The Late R.E. Handley.

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