The Jack Webb Collection of Medals and Militaria

10th (County of London) Battalion, The London Regiment (Hackney) King’s & Regimental Colours, 1912-20. Unique and most rare, both of silk, the King’s Colour of crimson silk ground with sewn on panels of white, blue and crimson silks to form the Union Cross, in the centre the Imperial crown in multi coloured silk embroidery over a gold metal thread circle, ‘The London Regiment (County of London)’ enclosing ‘Hackney Battalion’. In the upper canton a gold metal thread embroidered ‘X’. The Regimental Colour again with a crimson silk ground with four sewn on panels of white silk forming the Cross of St. George, the central area superbly decorated in metal thread and coloured silks, the Imperial crown over Union sprays and enclosing a circle, ‘The London Regiment (County of London)’, in the centre a depiction of Hackney Tower (St. Augustine’s Church). Across the base of the Union sprays, ‘Hackney Battalion’ and below the sprays, ‘Justicia Terris Nostra’. In the upper canton a gold metal thread embroidered ‘X’. Both colours measure including the fly 118cm x 91cm. Both lack, if it was ever applied, the gold fringing. At present the King’s Colour is loose, the Regimental Colour is neatly tacked onto a piece of hardboard, there are three very minor tears to the King’s Colour otherwise very good overall condition (2) £2,000-£3,000

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, The Jack Webb Collection of Medals and Militaria.

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These Colours were laid up upon the reformation of the Territorial Army in 1920. New Colours featuring battle honours gained in the Great War were presented by Colonel A. A. Lyle in October 1921. These in turn are now on display in the Ironmongers Hall, Barbican.

The first 10th Battalion, The London Regiment was raised in 1908 and designated the ‘Paddington Rifles’. It was disbanded in early 1912.