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Galloway Rifle Volunteers, a rare other ranks white KC glengarry badge c1903-08, a KC over ‘GRV’ and a shield below bearing a rampant lion, thistle sprays to the sides, two scrolls at the base ‘South Africa 1900-02 and ‘Albanich’, copper lugs one missing, very good condition £150-200
Hammer Price: £120
The King’s Own Scottish Borderers, two good quality die-stamped white metal helmet plate centres c1887-1901 (one lug bent and one missing one example); a similar QVC item, two of the fasteners with period soldered replacements; a fine quality early EIIR officer’s die-stamped silver plated glengarry badge, good overall condition (4) £80-120
Hammer Price: £90
3rd Lanarkshire Rifle Volunteers, a good quality die-stamped white metal shako/glengarry badge c1861-1901, QVC over a Thistle pattern star, in the centre ‘3’ with a strap in surround ‘Lanarkshire Rifle Volunteers’, two lug fasteners; Dumfries Volunteer Regiment (VTC), a fine quality die-stamped bronze cap badge, within oak sprays the winged figure of Victory with shield and sword and standing on a dragon at the bottom scrolls ‘Praesidium Burgi de Dumfries Aloreburn’, blade...
Hammer Price: £160
3rd Royal Jersey Militia, a very scarce officer’s silver lace embroidered forage cap badge c1857-1881, the Royal Crest over a strung bugle horn, ‘3’ within the strings, short laurel sprays to the sides of the buglehorn, at the base a scroll ‘Royal Jersey,’ this on a ground of maroon velvet, very good condition £150-180
Hammer Price: £130
Other Ranks Fur Cap Grenades, two good quality die-stamped examples to the Royal Irish Fusiliers (eagle only on ball) and the Royal Welsh Fusiliers; together with a similar glengarry badge to the Royal Welsh Fusiliers, all original fasteners present, good condition (3) £60-80
Hammer Price: £65
Shropshire Rifle Volunteers 2nd Administrative Battalion, a very scarce good quality die-stamped, blackened brass cross pattern helmet plate 1878-1880, crowned Bath cross with central strung bugle horn and title circle ‘2nd A.B. Shropshire Rifle Volunteers’, three lug fasteners, very good condition £120-150
1st Midlothian Coast Artillery Volunteers, a scarce good quality white metal die-stamped helmet plate c1878-1901, standard Royal Arms pattern with ‘First’ on the top scroll, and ‘Midlothian Coast Artillery Vols’ on the bottom, three loop fasteners, very good condition £80-120
Lanarkshire Rifle Volunteers, a scarce white metal die-stamped glengarry badge c1880-1904, Thistle style cross with Imperial QVC coiled bugle horn and ‘LRV’ monogram within the coil, two brass lug fasteners (Bloomer Bk 2 p57/58); 39th Middlesex Rifle Volunteers (Clerkenwell), a very scarce other ranks blackened, white metal die-stamped shako plate c1860-80, a Marquess’es coronet over oak sprays, a strap ‘39th Middlesex Rifle Volunteer Corps’ enclosing a shield of arms, at the base...
Canada Militia, a very fine and rare officer’s shako plate of British 1861 pattern but worn in Canada c1864-78, a crowned eight pointed silver plated star mounted with a gilt circle ‘Canada Militia’, and enclosing a gilt beaver on ground, this on a plated domed ground two lug fasteners; Canada Rifles, a very fine and rare officer’s pouch belt plate, a QVC over maple leaf sprays, enclosing an oval ‘Canada Rifles’, in the open centre a gilt beaver on ground, three screw posts, very...
Hammer Price: £430
20th (East Devon) Regiment, two other ranks solid brass Balmoral ‘pork-pie’ forage cap numerals, slightly variable size, lugs replaced on one, good condition (2) £60-80
Hammer Price: £50
20th ‘Halton Battalion’ Lorne Rifles Regiment of Canadian Militia, a very fine and rare group of badges c1872-1901, comprising a first pattern officer’s pouch belt plate, mounted on an original section of the black leather belt of heavy die cast silver plate, a QVC over maple leaf sprays, enclosing an oval ‘Canada Rifles’ gilt ‘20’ in the centre, three screw fasteners; the second pattern officers’ pouch belt plate in die-stamped silver plate, of QVC crowned Bath star...
Hammer Price: £460
20th ‘Halton Battalion’ Lorne Rifles Regiment of Canadian Militia, a fine selection of badges covering the period c1890-1914 comprising three glengarry badges, one officer’s and two other ranks of ovate thistle spray form with strap ‘Lorne Rifles’ and ‘20’ in the centre, all die-stamped - the officer’s in blackened brass with silver plated ‘20’, the other ranks in blackened brass with gilt wash ‘20’; a KC blackened brass helmet plate, eight pointed star with central...
Hammer Price: £290
36th ‘Peel Battalion’ of Canadian Militia, an officer’s helmet plate c1878-1901, the gilding metal (probably originally gilt) die-stamped back plate of QVC star pattern but with maple leaves replacing the standard laurel, central circular strap ‘Canada Militia’ with ‘36’ in the centre, this with an original ground of scarlet cloth on leather backing, three lug fasteners; the corresponding gilding metal other ranks QVC star and laurel pattern with central strap ‘Canada...
Hammer Price: £230
36th (Herefordshire) Regiment, two pairs of scarce other ranks Balmoral ‘pork-pie’ hat numerals, being conjoined solid brass ‘36’ both flt topped ‘3’s copper lug fasteners, good condition (2) £80-100
Hammer Price: £70
The Royal Regiment of Artillery, a very fine quality officer’s helmet plate c1878-1901, in die-stamped copper rich fire gilt, standard Royal Arms pattern with usual scrolls and double wheel gun, three loop fasteners, mint state £70-90
Hammer Price: £60
The Cameronians (Scottish Rifles), a very scarce officer’s die-cast bronze (probably originally blackened) paggri or ‘cheese-cutter’ forage cap badge style as per Bloomer Bk.2 p35/36 original slider fastener; The Berkshire Regiment, a very scarce other ranks helmet plate centre c1881-86, in gilding meta,l stag and tree centre with ‘Berkshire’ on the circle, three out of four original loops remain, very good condition (2) £100-120
The Gloucestershire Regiment, a good quality other ranks two part KC helmet plate standard pattern star and laurel backplate with bi-metal centre all lugs present; together with three other o/r helmet plate centres - North Staffordshire (3 lugs), West Surrey (1 lug rim buckled), East Surrey (no lugs and rim buckled); the mount from an other ranks Royal Engineers waist belt plate, good condition (5) £40-60
Royal North Lincoln Militia, a very rare officer’s helmet plate 1878-1881 period, the standard QVC eight pointed laurel and Garter Proper back plate and overlay, in the centre the Royal Crest on a ground of black velvet, three lug fasteners, very good condition £300-400
Hammer Price: £220
Army Service Corps, an officer’s helmet plate c1902-14, standard KC star and laurel back plate in gilt, in the centre the Garter Proper enclosing a silver monogram ‘ASC’, this on a black patent leather ground, three lug fasteners, gilt ‘colour’ on the crown varies from the remainder, good condition £130-150
£130–£150
1st West India Regiment, a fine and scarce officer’s 1855 pattern copper gilt shako plate, the crowned eight pointed star overlaid with oak sprays enclosing a strap ‘West India Regiment’, in the centre on a domed ground a floreate ‘1’, lug fasteners missing and the cross missing from the top of the crown, the gilt good £250-300
Hammer Price: £180
East Lothian Yeomanry Cavalry, a rare other ranks die-stamped brass helmet plate c1855-88, a QVC over the Garter Proper, in the centre a Thistle star and motto enclosing ‘VR’, large thistle sprays in surround at the base, set among further thistle sprays four scrolls ‘East Lothian Yeomanry Cavalry’, the crown reaffixed, original screw posts removed, two soldered loop replacements, facially in good condition £250-300
Hammer Price: £210
The Royal Irish Regiment, a very good quality two part other ranks helmet plate 1881-1901, QVC back plate with standard QVC centre (K307,) all fasteners present; The Welsh Regiment, a similar other ranks two part QVC helmet plate, the bi-metal centre ‘Gwell Angau Na Chywilydd’ (K332), all fasteners present, very good condition (2) £90-120
Hammer Price: £140
Other Ranks Lance Cap Plates, four good examples comprising 9th (Queen’s Royal) Lancers last QVC pattern in brass and KC pattern in gilding metal; 17th (Duke of Cambridge’s Own ) Lancers last QVC pattern in gilding metal; 21st (Empress of India’s) Lancers last QVC pattern with Khartoum honour in gilding metal; all screw posts present, good condition (4) £220-250
The Capetown Highlanders, a scarce other ranks die-stamped white metal helmet plate, a large QVC and star pattern plate, the raised centre being a Thistle pattern star with a strap ‘Capetown Highlanders’, and enclosing a thistle spray, all within laurel sprays, two loop fasteners; Duke of Edinburgh’s Own Volunteer Rifles, a die-stamped white metal centre from the helmet plate original fixings removed and lugs substituted; Calcutta Scottish, a good quality two part silver KC glengarry...
Other Ranks Helmet Plate Centres, seven good quality standard issues, all lugs present unless mentioned - Essex (post 1902), Manchester, East Lancashire, Royal Sussex, King’s (Liverpool), East Kent (2 lugs only), Royal Berkshire, very good condition (7) £70-90
Hammer Price: £85
Other Ranks Helmet Plate Centres, seven standard good quality issues, all lugs present unless stated - Dorsetshire (post 1902), Worcestershire (last issue), Loyal North Lancs (KC), Shropshire LI, Gloucestershire, York & Lancaster, South Staffordshire, very good condition (7) £70-90
Other Ranks Helmet Plate Centres, seven good quality standard issues, all lugs present unless stated - East Surrey, Norfolk (hand raised,) Cheshire (rim dent), Hampshire, West Riding, Middlesex Wiltshire, very good condition (7) £70-90
Other Ranks Helmet Plate Centres, seven good quality standard issues, all lugs present unless stated - Lincolnshire, West Yorkshire, South Lancashire, Durham, Royal Lancaster, West Kent, The Border regt (white metal pattern), very good condition (7) £70-90
Other Ranks Fur Cap Grenades, good quality issues to the Royal Irish (eagle only), Royal Scots (QVC), Royal Welsh & Royals (KC); together with an o/r glengarry KOSB (QVC 1887-1901) some wear and lugs a/f, Dorsetshire ‘QVC’ cap, Hampshire KC osd cap, Black Watch officer’s KC silver plate/gilt glengarry 1937-52, Bucks Battn cap (Woodward Birm), Tank Corps cap, Tyneside Scottish glengarry (two feet on tower), good condition (11) £150-170
Hammer Price: £150
93rd (Sutherland Highlanders), a good quality die-stamped brass issue glengarry badge, oval thistle sprays with central strap ‘Sutherland Highlanders’ enclosing ‘93’ brass loops EW (K568); 92nd (Gordon Highlanders), a heavy die-stamped silver plate glengarry badge, silver loops EW (K565); 25th (King’s Own Borderers), a brass die-stamped glengarry badge, replacement lugs NS (K460), good overall condition (3) £100-120
Hammer Price: £100
Bowes-Lyon Family, a superb unmarked silver glengarry clan badge, being a raised oval strap bearing in relief the family motto ‘In Te Domine Speravi’, in the open centre a fine relief depiction of the family crest, between two slips of laurel a lady to the girdle, habited and holding in her dexter hand a thistle, stout pin fastener the reverse finely engraved ‘Honble Frank Lyon Feby 23 1877’, mint condition £300-500
Hammer Price: £1,400
The Black Watch (Royal Highlanders), a very fine officer’s plaid brooch, hall marked silver Edinburgh 1904, the engraved quoit applied with a heavy circle of thistle sprays, in the centre a cloaked St. Andrew and his Cross, stout pin fastener, both the quoit and the mount are struck retailed by Kirkwoods, Thistle St, Edinburgh, the rim with a slight buckle, otherwise very good condition £500-700
£500–£700
79th (Queen’s Own Cameron Highlanders), a fine quality silver coloured metal officer’s plaid brooch, the quoit of continual thistle sprays, in the centre the Sphinx with ‘LXXIX’ on the plinth, scrolls above and below ‘Peninsula’ and ‘Waterloo’, original stout pin fastener, very good condition £250-350
Dumbartonshire Rifle Volunteers, a very fine and scarce officer’s plaid brooch in silver plate and copper gilt, the plated quoit with a simple narrow floral circle, the centre with a mounted silver circle of thistle sprays, upon this a copper gilt Elephant with castle shaped howdah and a scroll above ‘Fortitudo Et Fidelitas’ (arms of Dumbarton), original stout pin to reverse, one mount screw lacking the nut otherwise very good condition £300-400
Hammer Price: £260
The Cameronians (Scottish Rifles), a scarce white metal engraved piper’s plaid brooch, the solid rococo quoit engraved overall with a ground of thistle sprays, an oval at the top ‘The Scottish Rifles’ enclosing the Sphinx, a similar oval at the base enclosing the China Dragon, battle honour scrolls occupy the remainder Blenheim to South Africa 1877.8.9., the raised centre mounted with a slab cut moss agate, original iron pin to the reverse (c1881-1903), very good condition £250-350
Royal Company of Archers (The Queen’s Bodyguard for Scotland), a very fine quality sash badge in cast gilt, the crown of Scotland over an oval strap ‘In Peace And War’ with two long arrows running through the centre, these ‘tied’ in the centre with a bow, three lug fasteners; an Archer’s black leather waist belt complete with the very ornate central plate being the Royal Crest of Scotland with woven Celtic designs to the left and right, the patent leather crazed, together with...
Hammer Price: £410
Seaforth Highlanders (Ross-shire Buffs, The Duke of Albany’s) 5th (The Sutherland and Caithness Highland) Battalion, a set of five fine quality unmarked silver copies, being those for a Subaltern, Captain, Field Officer and Colonel and one without a feather, the feathers are applied and are similar to those shown in K1755-1758, all with silver loop fasteners, very good condition (5) £150-200
79th (Cameron Highlanders) Regiment, a good quality solid silver plated officer’s plaid brooch c1840-8, the quoit of raised thistle sprays in the centre the Sphinx with ‘LXXIX’ on the plinth, a scroll above ‘Peninsula’, and below ‘Waterloo’, stout pin fastener, good condition £120-160
93rd (Sutherland) Highlanders, a very fine officer’s unmarked silver plaid brooch of hollow back construction, the quoit with continuous thistle sprays and title circle ‘Sutherland Highlanders’, the reverse engraved in OE capitals ‘JC’, stout pin fastener c1861-1881, very good condition £300-400
Hammer Price: £340
Highland Light Infantry, a good quality NCO’s post 1903 plaid brooch, the plain quoit overlaid with a band of continuous thistle sprays bearing battle honour scrolls up to South Africa 1899-1902, the centre with raised KC badge as for the glengarry stout pin fastener; The King’s Own Scottish Borderers, a piper’s plaid brooch post 1902, a large plain quoit, the centre with a pinned through KC badge as per the glengarry stout pin fastener; The King’s (Liverpool) Regiment, a good...
Hammer Price: £110
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