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28 June 2000
The Royal Scots (Lothian Regiment), an extremely fine and rare officer’s QVC star pattern helmet plate c1883-1901 (KK213A), gilt back plate with gilt silver and green enamel overlays, minute chip to the enamel and very slight buckling to star points otherwise excellent overall condition £250-350
Hammer Price: £360
Queen’s Own Glasgow Yeomanry, a superb officer’s complete four part helmet plate c1850-1901, a large QVC over a rococo shield this mounted with a silver Thistle Star upon this a gilt oval bearing the Motto of the Thistle Order, within on a domed gilt ground a rampant lion in gilt, large ornate thistle sprays around the rococo shield, (shown in Carman, ‘Headdress of the British Army, Yeomanry p27), the plate retains 100% original fire gilt but the following defects should be noted,...
Hammer Price: £220
The King’s Own Borderers, an extremely fine and rare officer’s QVC star pattern helmet plate 1881-1887, gilt star, Garter Proper and laurel overlays with a silver Edinburgh Castle in the centre on a black velvet backing, below, a silver scroll, ‘THE KING’S OWN BORDERERS’ (Bloomer p25/26), two star finials with minor distortions otherwise near mint condition £300-400
Hammer Price: £600
21st Royal North British Fusiliers, an extremely fine and rare officer’s gilt and silver glengarry badge c1868-1877, the gilt fused grenade mounted with a circular title strap and the pierced numerals ‘21’ within, the mount of silver subsequently gilded but allowing the high points to show silver, two loop fasteners, excellent condition £400-600
Hammer Price: £470
21st Royal Scots Fusiliers, a very fine officer’s gilt and silver waist belt clasp c1877-1881 (Ryan 33), silver thistle spray centre with title surround, non matching bench marks being ‘2’ and ‘. .’, the gilt dirty on the outer portion otherwise near excellent condition £80-120
Hammer Price: £210
Ayrshire Rifle Volunteers, 2nd Irvine Company, a very early and scarce die-stamped bronze shako badge being a fluted bugle horn depending from an inverted thistle spray, three loop fasteners, 1859-1867, mentioned in Grierson p202, excellent condition £100-150
Hammer Price: £190
Ayrshire Rifle Volunteers, an officer’s cast silver plate shako badge in the form of a large coiled bugle horn with script capitals ‘ARV’ within the coil and a QVC at the top, two loop fasteners; together with a smaller other ranks die-stamped white metal type format as for the officer’s, two loop fasteners, c1860-1878 (Bloomer Bk I No 66 for second item) (2),excellent overall condition £80-120
Hammer Price: £170
Royal Scots Fusiliers, a pair of officer’s gilt and silver collar badges, a woven white on red cloth shoulder title, and a crude cast white metal badge featuring the Prince of Wales’s crest and motto lodged within a wreath of thistle sprays, two loop fasteners (4), good condition overall £20-30
Hammer Price: £35
21st Royal Scots Fusiliers, a pipe-major’s (?) die-stamped gilt glengarry badge c1877-c1896, centrally St Andrew and Cross on a solid lined background, title circle inscribed, ‘21 ROYAL SCOTS FUSILERS’, at the top a small fused grenade, all within three-quarter thistle wreath surround, three loop fasteners, a similar one in die-stamped white metal, two loop fasteners, and a third variety with fretted centre, loop fasteners removed and pin bar fitted, the first item in mint condition,...
Royal Scots Fusiliers, a very fine officer’s post 1881 rectangular waist belt plate, seeded gilt back plate with ornate silver mount St Andrew and Cross, thistle sprays and unit title, separate clip section missing (Bloomer p19/20), mint condition £40-60
Hammer Price: £60
Royal Scots Fusiliers, collar badge group comprising a pair of officer’s large bronze grenades with thistle mounts, one only small bronze type struck in one piece, a single other ranks all brass issue, a pair of other ranks bi-metal types, a pair of officer’s in gilt and silver a single other ranks in one piece white metal, and another two part white metal other ranks (10), lugs a/f on the small bronze item otherwise very good overall condition £40-50
Royal Scots Fusiliers, 2nd Battalion, a crude cast silver plated piper’s glengarry badge 1881-1948, a large thistle spray mounted on a circular title strap, ‘21st ROYAL SCOTS FUSILIERS’., two lug fasteners, good condition £50-80
Hammer Price: £40
Royal Scots Fusiliers, 1st & 2nd Battalions, a good quality cast silver plate piper’s glengarry badge to the 2nd Battalion 1881-1948, thistle spray within circular unit title strap, pin back, and a crude cast white metal type to the 1st Battalion post 1881, being the star of the Order of the Thistle with the date 1678 and title scroll, ‘ROYAL SCOTS FUSILIERS’ two loop fasteners (Bloomer Bk I Nos56/57) (2), very good condition £50-80
Hammer Price: £80
Royal Ayrshire & Wigtown Rifles (The Prince Regent’s) Militia, a very scarce other ranks die-stamped white metal glengarry badge c1874-1881, a thistle spray within a circular title strap inscribed, ‘PRINCE REGENT’S ROYAL AYR & WIGTOWN’, with the Prince of Wales’s crest and motto at the top, two loop fasteners (SAHR Journal No 106 Fig 28), mint condition £80-120
Royal Ayrshire & Wigtown Rifles (The Prince Regent’s) Militia, a very fine officer’s 1855 pattern waist belt clasp, centrally the star of the Order of the Thistle in silver and gilt, with unit title in surround, ‘PRINCE REGENT’S ROYAL AYR & WIGTOWN MILITIA’, matching bench marks, ‘1’ and maker’s mark, ‘J & Co’, this example does not appear to have had a green enamel centre backing, some wear to the plating and the gilt high spots rubbed £80-120
Royal Scots Fusiliers, a crude cast silver plate pouch or music case ornament for a piper of the 1st Battalion, a thistle spray within the motto of the Thistle Order with the date 1678 and unit title below, two screw fasteners; together with a heavy crude cast silver plate piper’s headdress badge for the Volunteer Battalions, based on the glengarry badge of the Cameron Highlanders but with title scroll erased, the lower part overlaid with a fused grenade bearing a thistle spray on the...
Hammer Price: £90
Royal Scots Fusiliers, a very fine officer’s QVC two part gilt glengarry badge (Bloomer p19/20), this pattern also used on the tropical helmet, excellent condition £80-120
Hammer Price: £160
Royal Scots Fusiliers, an extremely fine and rare officer’s KC two part gilt ‘cheese-cutter’ hat badge, a fused grenade (tri-angular shaped flames) mounted with the Royal Arms, two long loop fasteners; together a similar shaped badge die-cast in one piece bronze, c1914-1918, two blade fasteners (2), mint state overall £150-200
Hammer Price: £250
Royal Scots Fusiliers, Volunteer Battalions, an extremely fine and rare officer’s silver plated glengarry badge, the very deep grenade mounted with a thistle spray enclosed by a strap inscribed with the Motto of the Thistle Order, the flush back with two loop fasteners (Bloomer p21/22); to gether with a pair of officer’s two part silver plated grenade collar badges (3), excellent condition £200-250
Hammer Price: £370
Ayrshire Rifle Volunteers, a good quality cast silver plate glengarry badge c1868-1880, a QVC over a circular title strap with a strung bugle horn in the centre, two loop fasteners, very good condition £50-80
Hammer Price: £100
Royal Scots Fusiliers, a group of items comprising, a pair of small bullion grenade officers’ mess collar badges, one only officer’s gilt and silver grenade badge with ornate tri-part title scroll, a brass shoulder title, gren/RSF, and a die-cast silver plate piper’s headdress badge to the 1st Battalion 1881-1960 (5), good overall condition £50-70
Hammer Price: £85
Royal Scots Fusiliers, a cast white metal piper’s headdress badge, thistle spray laid over a circular title strap, ‘THE ROYAL SCOTS FUSILIERS’, square of tartan backing two loop fasteners; together with four other ranks gilding metal glengarry grenade badges, three KC and one QEC, also an officer’s last pattern QEC two part gilt glengarry grenade badge (6) very good condition overall £60-80
21st Royal North British/Royal Scots Fusiliers, an extremely fine officer’s two part fur cap grenade badge c1866-1901 (KK931), two loop and doubl wire fasteners, mint state £150-200
Hammer Price: £310
Royal Scots Fusiliers, an extremely fine and scarce piper’s large ornate cast silver plate waist belt plate post 1881, the large oval shaped plate with central grenade and unit title set amid a profusion of thistle sprays, four bastion shaped corners bear mounts being the Prince of Wales’s Crest, retailed by Kirkwoods of Edinburgh, the large separate belt clip missing; together with a heavy weight cast silver plate sporran badge featuring the Prince of Wales’s Crest & Motto, thistle...
Hammer Price: £260
Royal Scots Fusiliers, an extremely fine officer’s fur cap grenade badge, gilt grenade mounted with the QVC Royal Arms, two long screw fasteners, one mount retaining wire missing otherwise near mint state £120-150
Hammer Price: £180
Royal Scots Fusiliers, an officer’s two part gilt fur cap grenade badge, QVC Royal Arms, together with an other ranks brass QVC fur cap grenade (KK949) and an other ranks brass QVC glengarry grenade badge (KK965) (3), the mount on the first item re-affixed leaving solder deposits, the gilt dull and lacquered, edge knock on the third item £100-130
Hammer Price: £120
Royal Scots Fusiliers, Volunteer Battalions, an extremely fine and rare officer’s silver plated two part fur cap grenade, pattern as for the regular battalions; together with an other ranks white metal QVC glengarry grenade badge (2), first item part lacquered otherwise very fine condition £150-200
Royal Scots Fusiliers, two good quality officers’ gilt grenade glengarry badges, KC Royal Arms mounts (Bloomer Bk I No60), conventional two loop fasteners to one, the other with the two loops mounted on a vertical brass strip (2), one badge part lacquered, gilt slightly discoloured on both items £80-120
Hammer Price: £65
Royal Scots Fusiliers, a good quality two part gilt officer’s glengarry grenade badge QEC, complete with black material backing and white feather hackle, c1953-1960, mint state £50-70
Royal Scots Fusiliers, an extremely fine and unusual officer’s two part KC gilt grenade glengarry badge, the Royal Arms mount overlapping beyond the rim of the grenade and the Royal Crest extending on to the flames, reverse with two loop fasteners and ‘Lambournes Birmingham’ maker’s tablet, mint state £100-150
Hammer Price: £140
Royal Scots Fusiliers, Volunteer Battalions, a very fine and scarce officer’s silver plated two part KC grenade glengarry badge, c1903-1908, two screw fasteners suggest use on the fur cap; together with a very scarce other ranks die-stamped white metal KC glengarry grenade c1903-1908, and an other ranks brass KC fur cap grenade c1902-1914 (KK950) (3), excellent overall condition £130-160
Hammer Price: £230
Royal Scots Fusiliers, 4th Battalion & Volunteer Battalions, an unusual piper’s plated white metal waist belt plate large rectangular plate with serpentine outline mounted centrally with a silver plated collar size grenade badge, the field of the plate engraved with thistle sprays and title scrolls, ‘4th BATTALION’, ‘ROYAL SCOTS FUSILIERS’, separate belt clip missing; together with a very ornate cast silver plate piper’s plaid brooch, as used by the Volunteer Battalions, a...
Hammer Price: £280
78th Highland Regiment (Ross-shire Buffs), a very fine other ranks brass glengarry/bonnet badge ‘RIGH’ (KK546) c1868-1881, two copper loops E&W, very fine condition £70-100
78th Highland Regiment (Ross-shire Buffs), a very fine other ranks brass glengarry/bonnet badge ‘RHI’ (KK545) c1850-1868, original soft iron lugs replaced with copper ones but on the old solder bases, excellent condition £70-100
78th Highland Regiment (Ross-shire Buffs), an extremely fine and scarce other ranks brass glengarry/bonnet badge ‘RIGH’ (KK544) smaller than (KK546), two brass loops E&W, excellent condition £70-100
72nd Regiment (Duke of Albany’s Own Highlanders), a very fine and scarce other ranks brass glengarry/bonnet badge (KK535), Union emblems below bottom scroll, three copper loop fasteners, excellent condition £100-150
Hammer Price: £200
72nd Regiment (Duke of Albany’s Own Highlanders), a very fine and scarce other ranks brass glengarry/bonnet badge (KK536), Union emblems omitted, two copper loop fasteners, excellent condition £100-150
72nd Regiment (Duke of Albany’s Own Highlanders), a very rare and magnificent officer’s gilt and silver glengarry/bonnet badge (pattern as for KK535), the central silver ‘72’ mounted and all scrolls pinned through the top one with gilt ‘mirror-back’, two very long loop fasteners, the left hand furled scroll end detached from the thistle head, otherwise excellent condition £300-500
Seaforth Highlanders (Ross-shire Buffs), a composite four part silver plated officer’s glengarry/bonnet badge post 1881 (KK276), the bottom scroll modern and the ‘L’ possibly of incorrect pattern £40-60
Hammer Price: £50
78th Regiment (Ross-shire Buffs), a heavy weight white metal piper’s plaid brooch, being a stag’s head cabossed resting upon a quoit of raised and stylised thistle stems, stout pin back and impressed ‘30’, retailed by Kirkwoods Edinburgh, very good condition £100-150
Hammer Price: £150
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