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28 June 2000
1st Aberdeenshire Rifle Volunteers, an extremely rare other ranks die-stamped white metal shako badge c1860, of near circular outline , a QVC over the full Arms of the City of Aberdeen, ‘Gules, three towers, triple towered within a double tressure counter flowered argent, supported by two leopards proper’; the Motto in an escroll, ‘Bon Accord’; the rim with panelled and thistle decoration, the original lugs sheared off but replaced contemporarily with correct brazed on lugs,...
Hammer Price: £280
1st Aberdeenshire Rifle Volunteers, an extremely fine and rare other ranks or undress officer’s shako plate in die-stamped bronze, c1860, of QVC circular outline and displaying the full Arms of the City of Aberdeen but with additional charges, a crest is shown being a human head upon a sun-burst, and at the base another human head lodged within two cross hatched rococo panels; the rim plain apart from thistle sprays depending from the crown, two lug fasteners, mint condition £200-250
Hammer Price: £340
Gordon Highlanders, 3rd Volunteer Battalion, a scarce other ranks white metal glengarry badge being the standard regular battalions badge but with a small scroll, ‘3rd V.B.G.H.’ brazed on to the base (Bloomer p91/92); together with a standard other ranks white metal glengarry (KK687), and a low grade silver plated officers’ style glengarry badge (3), excellent condition overall £80-100
Hammer Price: £130
Gordon Highlanders, 2nd Volunteer Battalion, a scarce other ranks white metal glengarry badge, c1887-1908 usual style badge with a small scroll brazed on at the base, ‘2nd V.B.G.H.’; together with a similar badge to the 6th Volunteer Battalion, standard badge with small brazed on scroll, ‘6TH V.B.G.H.’ (Bloomer p93/94) (2), on the first item the brazing fluid has extended on to the front of the extra scroll but does not obscure the lettering, otherwise excellent condition overall ...
Hammer Price: £150
25th (The King’s Own Borderers) Regiment, a very fine and scarce officer’s copper gilt shako plate c1861-1868, the usual QVC star pattern back plate and Garter Proper overlay but centrally with large gilt numerals mounted on a black leather ground, the Garter Proper is unpierced, a departure from the usual stencilled pattern (Bloomer Bk I No 77); together with an other ranks brass glengarry badge (KK460), brass loops E&W and appears to be an unissued example (2), the first item totally...
Hammer Price: £350
The Border Rifle Volunteers, a group of three badges all in die-stamped blackened brass, the other ranks QVC glengarry badge (KK1556), the ensuing KC pattern (Bloomer p29/30), and the other ranks QVC cross pattern helmet plate (Bloomer p29/30) (3), excellent condition overall £130-160
Hammer Price: £160
25th (The King’s Own Borderers) Regiment, a very fine and rare cast silver (not HM) piper’s headdress badge pre 1881, a circular title strap encloses Edinburgh Castle on a torse, the mounts for the pin fastener have penetrated to the front of the badge, and the retaining clip for the pin is missing, no other facial wear to the badge £100-150
The King’s Own Borderers, a very scarce other ranks glengarry badge c1881-1887, in white metal, (Bloomer p25/26), the lion part of the Royal Crest has been re-affixed and is in white metal, the original lugs missing and replaced with crudely soldered thin wire loops £60-80
Hammer Price: £45
25th (The King’s Own Borderers) Regiment, a very scarce other ranks white metal glengarry badge, c1874-1881 (KK461), the lion’s tail a replacement, the original lugs missing and replaced with very crudely soldered wires £60-80
Hammer Price: £50
Royal Aberdeenshire Highland Militia, an extremely rare officer’s glengarry badge c1870-1881, St Andrew and Cross in gilt within a silver wreath of ivy leaves, original pin back (Bloomer Bk I No 212), gilt rubbed and slight facial wear to the central motif, otherwise very fine condition £250-350
Hammer Price: £520
92nd (Gordon Highlanders) Regiment, two white metal other ranks glengarry badges (KK564 & 565); together with a post 1902 solid cast silver sporran badge to the Gordon Highlanders (3), both glengarries are excellent original examples, the lugs cut off on the second item £80-100
Hammer Price: £95
Officer’s plaid brooch, possibly pertaining to the 21st Aberdeenshire (Marquis of Huntly’s Aboyne Highland) Rifle Volunteers, in very good quality silver plate the quoit has a raised beaded rim and an applied wreath of ivy leaves, over the voided centre a stag’s head cabossed mount, stout pin back, one of the mount‘s three thread and nut fasteners missing, otherwise excellent condition £300-400
Hammer Price: £460
The Gordon Highlanders, 6th Volunteer Battalion, an other ranks white metal glengarry badge c1887-1908 (Bloomer p93/94), a similar but smaller version in die-stamped bronze, and one only officer’s bronze Royal Tiger collar badge (3), the original lugs missing and with crude replacements on the first item, the badge also has a slight top rim edge knock, one lug replaced on the second item, otherwise very good overall condition £80-100
Hammer Price: £200
Gordon Highlanders, an other ranks brass Sphinx/Egypt collar badge worn by the 92nd Regiment c1874-1881, original brass loops; a scarce shield pattern silver plated sporran badge to the 1st Volunteer Battalion; a frosted silver plate QEC pattern sporran badge; and three buttons, an other ranks large pewter tunic type to the Roxburgh, Selkirk and Dumfries Militia, an officer’s large silver plated tunic type to the VB’s the Gordon Highlanders, and a KC gilt and silver large mess jacket...
Hammer Price: £40
Royal Aberdeenshire Highland Militia, a very scarce other ranks white metal shako badge being a small QVC over the cross of the Order of the Thistle, within the central oval section a cross saltire with superimposed thistle head c1861-1878; together with a good quality officer’s silver plate glengarry/bonnet badge to the Gordon Highlanders (Bloomer Bk I No 209) (2), both items near mint condition £120-150
The King’s Own Scottish Borderers, a very fine officer’s silver plated and fretted glengarry badge 1887-1901 (Bloomer p27/28); together with a very fine other ranks white metal pattern 1887-1901 (KK627) (2), both items in mint state £80-120
King’s Own Scottish Borderers, a very fine officer’s fretted silver and silver gilt (not HM) forage cap badge c1887-1897; together with two variable sized other ranks white metal glengarry badges c1887-1901 (KK626,627) (3), mint condition overall £250-350
Hammer Price: £260
King’s Own Scottish Borderers, two very fine officers’ KC fretted glengarry badges, 1902-1952, the larger of very high quality silver plate, the smaller of very light weight and with o/r type fasteners (2), excellent condition overall £70-100
Hammer Price: £110
King’s Own Scottish Borderers, a group of eight items comprising, an other ranks white metal KC glengarry badge complete with tartan backing (KK628), a pair of gilding metal collar badges, a similar pair in white metal, all post 1887; two (not a pair) officer’s bronze collar badges, and one brass shoulder title T/4/KOSB (8), one flag missing on one of the gilding metal collar badges otherwise very good overall condition £20-30
Dumfries Volunteer Training Corps, a very scarce other ranks die-stamped bronze headdress badge, c1914-1917 (KK1614), a mitre capped angel with sword and shield, oak wreaths and motto of the burgh, the original lugs (E&W) missing, crude replacements N&S, excellent state otherwise £40-60
Hammer Price: £70
2nd Administrative Battalion, Aberdeenshire Rifle Volunteers, a fine and scarce other ranks glengarry badge, St Andrew and Cross within circular title strap (Bloomer p89/90); together with a crude cast white metal pouch belt plate of the 21st Aberdeenshire (Marquis of Huntly’s Aboyne Highland) Rifle Volunteers, the Marquis’s coronet over ivy wreaths, in the centre the stag’s head and coronet within an oval title band, ‘Marquis of Huntly’s Rifle Volunteers (Bydand)’ (2), the...
92nd Regiment & Gordon Highlanders, a group of five sporran badges comprising, an early and original brass shield type to the 92nd Regiment (correct soft iron lugs soldered on), three post 1881 types being a large die-stamped brass type with brazed on mounts, a die-stamped white metal type with pinned through mounts, and a heavy weight cast white metal type with applied mounts, and a die-cast post 1887 type in copper/brass with applied mounts, the top scroll inscribed, ‘VB GORDON...
Royal Aberdeenshire Highland Militia, a very scarce other ranks die-stamped white metal glengarry badge, St Andrew and Cross within an oval of ivy wreaths, this example complete with period red cloth backing which has a Van Dyke outline (KK1259), excellent condition £70-100
Gordon Highlanders, a group of buttons and collar badges comrpising an other ranks large white metal tunic button, ‘2nd Ad. Batt.. Aberdeenshire Rifles,’ a large silvered pewter other ranks tunic button ‘Royal Aberdeenshire’ Militia, a pair of white metal Royal Tiger collar badges, a pair of officer’s bronze Sphinx/Egypt collar badges, a scarce single brass Royal Tiger collar badge, c1881-1884, two ‘GORDON’ shoulder titles, one brass, one white metal (9), very good overall...
Hammer Price: £55
1st Aberdeenshire Rifle Volunteers, a scarce other ranks die-stamped blackened brass headdress badge or pouch belt plate, St Andrew and Cross within thistle wreaths, titile scroll, ‘1st ABERDEENSHIRE’ at base with the county precedence number, ‘33’ below, two loop fasteners (Bloomer p87/88); together with an other ranks die-stamped white metal glengarry badge c1880-1884, St Andrew and Cross within an oval title strap, ‘1st ABERDEEN RIFLE VOLUNTEERS’ (Bloomer p87/88) (2), small...
2nd Aberdeenshire Rifle Volunteers, a very scarce die-stamped white metal glengarry badge c1880-1884, St Andrew and Cross within an oval title band, all within an oval ivy wreath (Bloomer p89/90), original lugs (E&W) missing crude replacements soldered and glued (N&S), otherwise very good condition £120-150
Hammer Price: £100
3rd Aberdeenshire Rifle Volunteer Corps, a very rare die-stamped white metal glengarry badge c1880-1884, St Andrew and Cross within an oval band, ‘3rd ABERDEENSHIRE RIF. VOL. CORPS’, all within oval thistle wreaths, near mint condition £120-150
4th Aberdeenshire Rifle Volunteer Corps, a very scarce other ranks die-stamped silver plated white metal glengarry badge c1880-1884, centrally a cockerel statant within an oval band, ‘4th ABERDEENSHIRE RIF. VOL. CORPS WATCH’, all within thistle wreath surround; together with the ensuing die-stamped white metal glengarry badge for the 4th Donside Highland Volunteer Battalion Gordon Highlanders, cockerel, relevant title change and thistle wreath (Bloomer p91/92) for both items (2), pin...
Gordon Highlanders, 5th Volunteer Battalion, a very fine and scarce other ranks die-stamped white metal glengarry badge, c1884-1908, large circular strap inscribed ‘DEFENCE NOT DEFIANCE’ enclosing a demi-lion rampant, sword in the dexter paw, tablet below inscribed, ‘5th V.B.G.H.’, mint condition £70-100
Hammer Price: £140
Aberdeen Cadet Corps, an extremely fine and rare officer’s silver plated die-stamped glengarry badge c1889-1908, St Andrew and Cross within oval title band and thistle wreath surround, original pin back (E&W) missing, crude replacement lugs N&S otherwise near mint condition £150-200
Gordon Highlanders, an officer’s modern silver plated glengarry/bonnet badge (Bloomer Bk I No 209) complete with black material backing and white feather hackle; together with a blackened brass coiled bugle shako/glengarry badge this with white metal ‘20’ on gauze backing in the centre (2), blacking removed from the second item otherwise good overall condition £40-50
Hammer Price: £30
King’s Own Scottish Borderers/Gordon Highlanders, a group of badges comprising a full dress bullion embroidered collar KOSB c1887-1914, one only brass collar badge 25th Foot c1875-1881 (flags on towers distorted), a similar badge but in cast white metal and three times larger, usage unknown, two of three wire fasteners missing, a small cast bronze KOSB KC sweetheart’s type badge, fastener broken, a post 1881 brass sporran badge Gordon Highlanders, lugs removed pin back added, a scarce...
Hammer Price: £60
Galloway Rifle Volunteers, an other ranks blackened brass QVC glengarry badge c1880-1901, and the ensuing KC white metal pattern c1903-1908, similar format but with South Africa 1900-02 scroll (Bloomer p33/34); together with an other ranks KC white metal hpc KOSB (KK629) (3), one lug missing on the latter item, blacking removed from the first item, otherwise good overall condition £80-120
Hammer Price: £180
King’s Own Scottish Borderers, an officer’s die-stamped silver plated fretted glengarry badge QEC, and the other ranks white metal QEC pattern; an officer’s rectangular pattern waist belt plate, gilt back plate with silver plated mounts (modern), and a brass shoulder title ‘KOSB’ (4), excellent condition overall £40-50
King’s Own Scottish Borderers, a good quality heavy weight cast silver plate KC glengarry badge not fully fretted, a fine quality die-stamped silver plated fully fretted KC glengarry badge, a large size KC other ranks white metal glengarry badge, a smaller similar one with solid centre, and a re-strike KC all brass type (5), very good overall condition £60-70
Hammer Price: £170
The Lothian Regiment, a superb and extremely scarce officer’s helmet plate c1881-1883, gilt star back plate with gilt silver and green enamel overlays (KK213A but LOTHIAN REGT), some chipping to the green enamel otherwise near mint state £350-500
Hammer Price: £360
2nd Edinburgh Rifle Volunteer Corps, a very fine and scarce officer’s QVC star pattern helmet plate, c1882-1888, lion’s mask centre with title circle, laurels and scroll, ‘GOD IS OUR DEFENCE’ above, all silver plate with black velvet centre backing (Bloomer Bk I No 22), appears to be lacquered overall otherwise excellent condition £250-350
Hammer Price: £370
Royal Midlothian Yeomanry Cavalry, an extremely fine and rare officer’s three part helmet plate in silver plate and gilt, the gilt overlays pinned through (described in Carman, Yeomanry Headdress p52) c1860-1871 when the unit was disbanded, one fixing wire to the top mount missing, two of the five bolt fasteners sheared off, facially mint condition £300-400
Hammer Price: £270
Royal Midlothian Yeomanry Cavalry, a magnificent two part undress sabretache badge in cast silver Hall Marked Birmingham 1854, maker’s mark ‘J & Co.’, script capitals within broad thistle sprays, four bolt fasteners, the separate QVC silver but not HM, two bolt fasteners, worn c1843-1871; together with the corresponding two part rectangular waist belt plate, the plate mounted with a broad thistle spray (Hall Marked Birmingham 1854), the back plate and separate clip Hall Marked...
Hammer Price: £400
Royal Midlothian Yeomanry Cavalry, a very scarce other die-stamped white metal helmet plate c1860-1871, outline as for the officer’s plate, crown re-affixed with epoxy-resin, and a half inch fracture near the ‘CAVALRY’ scroll, some thistle leaf tips bent and distorted £150-200
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