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Durham Light Infantry Insignia. 68th DLI a good quality o/r brass glengarry badge (KK 530 one lug missing), an officer’s small gilt tunic button; 106th Bombay Light Infantry an officer’s large gilt and two small tunic buttons (near mint state); a small pre 1881 brass collar badge being a QVC over a strung bugle horn (possibly Channel Islands); North Durham Militia an officer’s large plated tunic button, Durham Militia an officer’s large plated coatee button c. 1840 - 55, The South...
Hammer Price: £270
Scottish Military Buttons. An interesting selection comprising six large plated tunic buttons to the 31st Lanark Rifle Volunteers (Blythswood), two large w/metal tunic buttons to the 8th Lanark Rifle Volunteers (Blythswood), a large w/metal tunic to the 19th Lanark Rifle Volunteers, a similar large w/metal tunic to the Glasgow Volunteer Guards, a large w/metal tunic to the 7th Lanarkshire RVs, a large blackened brass tunic to the 25th Lanark RVs, two large tunic examples to the 6th...
Hammer Price: £240
Highland Light Infantry Insignia. An interesting selection including a near pair of o/r brass collar badges to the 74th (Churchill 1631 and 1633); post 1881 items include an officer’s fine quality pair of Victorian collar badges in silver and gilt, two pairs o.s.d. KC collars, two o/r scarce w/metal KC collars to the 2nd Volunteer Battalion, sundry glengarries/bonnet badges to the Glasgow Highlanders, a good quality w/metal KC glengarry badge to the HLI with South Africa scroll and sundry...
Hammer Price: £160
Royal Tyrone Fusiliers Militia Officer’s Waist Belt Clasp 1855 - 1881. A very fine silver plated example, in the centre a fused grenade with ‘Royal Tyrone Fusiliers’ on the circle, matching benchmarks by ‘J & Co.’, requires some slight cleaning otherwise very good condition £300-400
Hammer Price: £320
Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers Officer’s Glengarry Badge. An extremely fine example being a small fire gilt fused grenade with silver castle and flag on the ball, original double wire fasteners, mint state £300-400
Hammer Price: £210
27th (Inniskilling) Regiment/Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers & 108th (Madras Infantry) Regiment Insignia. An o/r glengarry badge 27th Inniskilling Regiment and a single brass collar badge (Churchill 728), 108th Madras an o/r 1861 pattern shako plate with soldered soft iron lugs and a brass glengarry badge (KK 586); a post 1881 o/r fur cap grenade and corresponding glengarry badge, a single brass collar badge to the Fermanagh Light Infantry (C 761), good overall condition (7) £220-280
Hammer Price: £300
Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers Insignia. A very good selection of post 1881 items including an officer’s pair of full dress collar badges (C 740/741), an officer’s gilt and silver cap badge, several pairs of officers’ collars in gilt and silver and in bronze, a good selection of o/r s/titles, a piper’s white metal set of collars and s/title. A selection of buttons includes pre 1881 examples to both the 27th and 108th, coatee and tunic examples to the 80th Royal Tyrone Fusiliers, two...
Ordnance Store Corps Officer’s Helmet Plate & Other Ranks Helmet Plate Centre. An extremely fine and rare example being a gilt crowned star backplate with laurel and Garter overlays, in the centre on a ground of black velvet a silver monogram ‘OSC’, three loop fasteners (1881 - 1896), together with an o/r brass corresponding slip-on h.p.c., ‘OSC’ in script capitals on a brass bar, very good condition (2) £300-400
Army Ordnance Corps/Royal Army Ordnance Corps Insignia. Including an officer’s QVC helmet plate 1896 - 1901 (no gilt remains), a good selection of caps, collars, s/titles and buttons KC - QEC, three officer’s large gilt tunic buttons to the Control Department and a similar marked ‘Ordnance’ plus many of the ensuing patterns, good overall condition (parcel) £150-250
Hammer Price: £150
Engineer Volunteer Buttons and Territorial Shoulder Titles, Royal Army Service Corps Insignia. The former include scarce w/metal examples to the 1st Cheshire, Glasgow Volunteer Guards (2), 31 Royal Monmouthshire Militia, 1st Durham (2), QVC Clyde Submarine Miners (2), plus a large selection of standard QVC and KC issues in w/metal and silver plate; brass s/titles T/RE Kent (3), T/RE W.Riding, T/RE/Lowland, R.Anglesey (2), RE/T (2); the RASC section includes an osd cap (unfinished) for EVIIIR...
Hammer Price: £650
Military Police and Provost Staff Corps, Rank Crowns and Stars, Red Cross Shoulder Titles. The former includes a large GVR cap badge to the Military Provost’s Staff (KK 10543 no fasteners), a WWII bakelite cap badge, scarce brass s/titles MMP (3), MFP (2); the rank crowns and stars cover the period QVC to QEC; a large carded display of Red Cross s/titles numbering 100+ (duplication), good overall condition (parcel) £200-300
Hammer Price: £200
WWI VTC and National Reserve, Royal Army Medical Corps, Insignia . The former includes good quality cap badges to the following: The Poplar Battalion of the East London Regiment, Middlesex Volunteer Regiment, Sussex VTC, City of London Volunteer Corps, Corps of Citizens (London), a lapel in base metal and enamel Athletes Volunteer Force 1914, three VTC s/titles, a VTC Sussex s/title and a scarce bronze s/title 3/Carnarvonshire/VTC; National Reserve badges in base metal and enamels include...
Hammer Price: £480
4th King’s Own Royal Regiment & King’s Own Royal Regiment (Lancaster) Insignia. Comprising a good quality o/r glengarry badge (KK 424), officers and o/r tunic buttons, four large tunic buttons to the 1st Royal Lancashire Militia, post 1881 items include an officer’s KC helmet plate (KK 217), a single first pattern collar badge (C 104), an osd cap and collar badges, sundry o/r cap and collar badges and a small selection of QVC and KC tunic buttons, good overall condition (parcel) ...
Hammer Price: £370
39th (Dorsetshire) Regiment Officer’s Waist Belt Clasp 1855 - 1881. A fine quality example in gilt and silver plate, the gilt centre with crown over 39 and ‘Dorsetshire Regiment’, on the title circle matching bench marks (Ryan 63), very good condition £160-220
Hammer Price: £260
The Dorsetshire Regiment Officer’s Waist Belt Clasp 1881 - 1901. An extremely fine example in gilt and silver plate, in the centre a castle and scroll for Gibraltar over the Sphinx/Marabout with ‘Dorsetshire Regiment’, on the title circle matching benchmarks (Ryan 206), very good condition £160-220
The Dorsetshire Regiment Officer’s Helmet Plates 1881 and 1902 Patterns. Standard crowned star with Garter and laurel overlays the QVC example with two towered castle for Gibraltar and ‘Montis Insignia Calpe’ scroll (no gilt remains plus a small tear at the base of the crown); the KC issue with post 1901 pattern castle and scrolls, both plates with silver title scrolls ‘The Dorsetshire Regiment’, the KC example in very good condition (2) £250-350
Hammer Price: £310
The Dorsetshire Regiment Officer’s Forage Cap Badge and Full Dress Collar Badges. The former item in die stamped silver or silver plate features the Sphinx/Marabout over a two towered castle with dependent Key and bottom scroll ‘Primus In Indis’, three loop fasteners, the collar badges in silver plate gilt and enamel featuring the Sphinx/Marabout plinth, very good condition (3) £200-300
Hammer Price: £190
The Dorsetshire Regiment Insignia. A good selection including pre 1881 glengarry badges to the 39th and 54th Regiments (KK 489 and 513), first, second and third pattern o/r cap badges, a bi metal and 1916 all brass issue to the 2nd Battalion, an osd cap (second pattern) and matching collar badges, sundry s/titles and buttons; a pair of 39th Regiment o/r collar badges (C 1069 one relugged), an o/r w/metal glengarry badge for the post 1881 Militia Battalion, an o/r brass glengarry badge for...
Hammer Price: £360
60th The King’s Royal Rifle Corps/The King’s Royal Rifle Corps Insignia. The 60th items comprise an officer’s unmarked silver pouch belt plate c. 1830 - 1855, an o/r blackened brass glengarry badge (KK 522) and two officer’s blackened brass tunic buttons c. 1856 - 1881; post 1881 items include an o/r blackened helmet plate c. 1881 - 1891, standard pattern o/r KC caps in blackened brass and bakelite, together with sundry basic issue s/titles and buttons, two QVC boss badges to the...
Hammer Price: £250
The Artists’ Rifles Insignia. Comprising a blackened brass pouch belt plate and corresponding helmet plate to the 20th Middlesex Rifle Volunteers, sundry Artists’ Rifles and Artists’ cap badges, five brass and one w/metal T/28/London s/titles and one complete brass T/28/County of London s/title. Together with a good quality cap badge to the 1st/1st London Division Cyclists’ Company and a brass s/title T/RFA/London, several T/City of London s/titles, a scarce w/metal tunic buttons to...
Hammer Price: £330
Irish Militia Buttons. An interesting selection comprising four officer’s coatee (2 large, 2 small) to Prince William Henry’s Regiment of Tipperary Militia, two officer’s GIVR plated coatee buttons to the Wexford Regiment of Militia and one officer’s plated tunic button to the same, together with an o/r large brass tunic button to the 18th of Foot, officer’s large size tunic buttons QVC and KC to the Royal Irish Regiment, one only officer’s unmarked silver collar badge to the...
Hammer Price: £430
19th (1st Yorkshire North Riding) Regiment/The Yorkshire Regiment Insignia. Comprising an o/r glengarry badge (KK 451), five officer’s small gilt tunic buttons, an o/r large pewter coatee button and a similar officer’s gilt example (no gilt remains); the post 1881 items include an officer’s second pattern osd cap and two matching collars, standard o/r second pattern caps and collars and sundry related buttons, a pair of brass s/titles Green/Howards; together with an officer’s fine...
Hammer Price: £220
21st (Royal North British Fusiliers) Other Ranks Glengarry Badge c. 1874 - 1877. A very rare and good quality die stamped brass example, stencilled central numerals with full unit title in surround, two loop fasteners N/S (KK 454), the centre very slightly depressed and slight service wear to the high points on the flames otherwise good condition £500-700
Hammer Price: £800
21st (Royal North British Fusiliers) Special Pattern Officer’s Dirk Belt Clasp c. 1856 - 1874. An extremely rare and possibly unique example in solid unmarked silver in two parts and similar to the standard 1855 pattern, however, the securing bars are behind the acanthus scrolls, the centre with a triple headed thistle spray and full unit title in surround, matching benchmarks (similar to Ryan 32), very good condition £400-600
Hammer Price: £680
21st (Royal Scots Fusiliers) Officer’s Waist Belt Clasp 1877 - 1871. An extremely fine and rare example in gilt and silver, in the centre a triple headed thistle spray upon a gilt ground with unit title ‘Royal Scots Fusiliers’ in surround matching benchmarks (Ryan 33), mint state £300-400
Royal Scots Fusiliers Insignia. A good selection of items including an o/r QVC fur cap grenade and corresponding glengarry badge, two officer’s KC glengarry badges with varying flames, three KC g/m o/r glengarries and a scarce w/metal example to the Volunteer Battalions, an officer’s pair of osd grenade collars, a good selection of officers’ gilt QVC tunic buttons, together with sundry other related items; one only officer’s large plated tunic button to the Prince Regent’s Royal...
Army Veterinary Corps/Royal Army Veterinary Corps, Tank Corps/Royal Tank Regiment, 22nd (Cheshire) Regiment Insignia. The former includes a selection of officers and o/r caps and collars including two officer’s odd silver plated collars to the Territorial Section; the RAVC section includes a pair of officer’s collars in bronze and a very fine QEC officer’s cap in gilt and silver plate; the Tank section includes a first pattern o/r cap badge and later KC issues, officers’ sundry...
Hammer Price: £350
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...
Hammer Price: £450
Scottish Regimental Buttons. An interesting selection including two officer’s large gilt coatee to the 78th and a very fine quality diamond pattern for the double breasted tunic to the 78th, five large tunic buttons to the same, four officer’s small gilt coatee to the 72nd and two officer’s large gilt tunics to the 72nd, an o/r large pewter coatee to the 75th, an officer’s large gilt tunic and two small to the 75th, an officer’s diamond pattern gilt to the 92nd and subsequent tunic...
Hammer Price: £410
Grenadier Guards & Worcestershire Regimental Insignia. Including basic o/r cap badges in g/m and a WWII bakelite, an o/r waist belt clasp GVR period and a very large selection of buttons, these comprise five large pewter VR cypher and a further six of the more convex nature, one only officer’s VR coatee button with mounted design and three subsequent large tunic with mounted designs, sundry standard pattern VR period tunic buttons officers and o/r, sundry examples to subsequent sovereigns...
The East Surrey Regiment Officer’s Helmet Plate 1881 - 1901. A fine quality example, standard crown gilt backplate with laurel and Garter overlays, in the centre on a ground of black velvet (worn) a silver star mounted with a shield bearing the arms of Guildford, at the bottom a silver scroll ‘The East Surrey Regt.’, three loop fasteners (KK 244), very good condition £250-350
Hammer Price: £420
31st/70th/The East Surrey Regiment Insignia. Comprising o/r glengarry badges to the 31st (KK 474) and the 70th (KK 532), five officer’s large and one small gilt coatee buttons (c. 1840 - 55) and a small gilt tunic button, a small pewter coatee button to the 31st, an officer’s large gilt tunic button to the 70th and an o/rs relic brass large tunic button. Post 1881 badges include an officer’s very fine quality forage cap badge 1881 - 1901 in silver, gilt and velvets, sundry officers’...
The East Surrey Regiment Officer’s Waist Belt Clasp 1881 - 1901. A fine quality example in gilt and silver, in the centre on a gilt ground a silver star bearing a shield with the arms of Guildford, on the title circle ‘East Surrey Regiment’ matching benchmarks (Ryan 198), very good condition £160-220
Hammer Price: £100
Cavalry Insignia. A large selection including an officer’s full dress pair of collar badges to the 4th Royal Irish Dragoon Guards in silver gilt and triple enamels, an NCOs w/metal arm badge to the 19th Hussars, a cap/collar to the Reserve Regiment of Lancers, an NCOs w/metal KC arm badge to the Queen’s Bays, basic issue cap badges to the Royal Horse Guards and Life Guards GVR, GVIR and EIIR, post 1937 cap badges to the 1st KDG and the 1st the Royal Dragoons, QVC and KC collars to the...
The Lancashire Fusiliers Officers’ Waist Belt Clasps. A mint example in gilt and silver, in the centre the Sphinx/Egypt within laurel sprays, on the circle ‘The Lancashire Fusiliers’, matching benchmarks (Ryan 186), together with another example this example worn and lacking gilt, matching benchmarks, as described (2) £180-260
20th (East Devon) Regiment Insignia. Comprising two o/r good quality glengarry badges (KK 452/453), a solid cast brass ‘20’ pork pie hat numerals c. 1840 - 1874, an o/r large pewter coatee button, two officer’s plated coatee buttons (plating worn on the larger example), an officer’s large gilt post 1830 coatee button (no gilt remains), an officer’s fine quality gilt large size tunic button and an o/r corresponding brass example, good overall condition (9) £200-300
Lancashire Fusiliers Insignia. A good selection including an officer’s fur cap grenade in gilt with silver mounts, near mint state, corresponding o/r fur cap grenade and glengarry badges in gilding metal, an officer’s style glengarry badge but in die struck brass, an officer’s fine quality cap badge in gilt and silver, an osd cap badge with sundry pairs of collar badges, standard o/r bi-metal cap badges including one with an erased plinth, a good selection of buttons QVC and KC...
Hammer Price: £500
Alexandra, Princess of Wales’s Own (Yorkshire Regiment) Officer’s Post 1902 Blue Cloth Helmet. A good quality example with all gilt fittings and bearing the standard pattern crowned star back plate with laurel and Garter overlays, in the centre on a ground of black velvet a Princess’s coronet over the Dannebrog, this with the date 1875 and ‘Alexandra’, at the bottom a complex silver scroll ‘The Princess of Wales’s Own Yorkshire Regt.’ and the white rose, very slight moth...
Army Medical Staff An Officer’s Blue Cloth Helmet. Standard 1878 pattern with all gilt fittings and chin chain present including the ball top, bearing a mint condition helmet plate this of crowned star pattern with laurel and Garter overlays, in the centre on a ground of black velvet a VR cypher and at the bottom a floreate scroll ‘Medical Staff’ c. 1878 - 1898, the gilt lacking on most of the fittings and scuff damage to the black leather trim on the rear peak, the plate not original...
1st Volunteer Battalion The Durham Light Infantry, a Senior NCOs Green Cloth Helmet. A standard pattern example with w/metal front peak trim and similar spine, the spike and quadrant are of o/r quality, to the front a two part w/metal QVC plate, the centre with a strung bugle horn and ‘Durham 1st Volr. Battn.’ the plate not original to the helmet, slight weakness to the cork on the rear peak otherwise good overall condition £250-350
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