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Dorset Regiment a fine woolwork picture, sewn with crossed regimental colours of the Dorset Regiment, the union flags behind, surmounted by a wreathed crown and VR, drums and a drum major’s mace below, contained in a gold edged maple frame, minor sunning otherwise very good condition throughout £150-200
£150–£200
‘Celebrities of the Army’, the first eighteen editions published by George Newnes Ltd Strand each issue featuring four colour plates of leading Army officers, generally good condition (8) £20-30
£20–£30
A Japanese paper fan, one side printed with a rising sun the other with printed characters, there is also a small pen inscription in Japanese allegedly written by Hideaki Tojo when an army officer, the fan was found in a Burmese village by the vendor during the Chindit campaign, simple bamboo struts, worn and repaired £30-50
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Camp Pennant, possibly WWI vintage, approximately four feet long from the fly to the ends, base material is of white good quality cotton overlaid with various coloured woollen cloth panels -yellow, crimson mid blue and white, a further crimson triangular section is applied with white fabric strips ‘22’ within a ‘U’ shape, all panels are applied to both sides, three tie points on the fly, some minor tears and moth holes but retains good colour overall £20-30
A Royal Horse Guards officer's dress sword, the straight 96cm blade etched with reversed and intwined crowned EVII cypher, foliate scrolls, regimental device and motto, battle honours to' Tel-el-Kiber 'and owners initials ' RFM ' within cartouche, regulation plated guard with applied brass decorations incorporating ' RHG ' device etc., chequered brass pommel with tang button, fish-skin covered grip bound with copper wire, buff liner and sword knot, complete with its plated scabbard with...
£1,000–£1,100
A Prussian reserve artillery officer’s Pickelhaube, brass plate mounted with brass Landwehr cross below FR cypher, ball support with pearl band, three stars to base mount, black-patent leather skull national, retaining damaged leather sweatband, one post, cockade and half the chinscales missing and skull crazed overall £150-200
£250–£300
A Wurttemberg Fireman’s helmet, black leather skull, two-piece plate raised brass comb, lions head cockades, black leather chin straps, good condition overall £80-100
£80–£100
A Hesse-Darmstadt fireman’s helmet, black leather skull, white metal plate, raised comb and fittings, national and state cockades, black leather chin straps, good condition overall £80-100
A Reservist’s flask of the 1st Hessisches Infantrie.Regiment Nr 81, for service between 1895-97, typical printed patriotic decoration, complete with top cap and suspension cord, some wear overall £60-80
£60–£80
12th (Prince of Wales’s) Royal Lancers, an extremely fine and rare officer’s 1846 pattern lance cap, the skull of black patent leather with similar turned up back peak, this and the skull complete with all gold lace embellishments, the broad waist with gold and crimson silk band, the trencher top 21.5cm and covered with crimson cloth and gold orris cord cross bands, the large gold bullion rosette with a crimson velvet face bearing a gold bullion ‘VR’ cypher, correct provision for the...
A scarce officer's torin cap of the 6th. Duke of Connaught's Own Lancers [Watson's Horse], of dark blue melton cloth, narrow gold bullion piping, silver badge of crossed lances and numeral 6 regimental title within scroll, stiched in trade label of Walters & Co, Oxford, the owners name inked in JCE Bowen, good condition £100-120
£100–£120
A large reservist’s pipe for a reservist of the Hesse Leib. Regt. No 117, the silver topped porcelain bowl with typical patriotic decorations, names of reservists etc.; birch stem; horn and staghorn mounts, minor damage £80-100
Scottish Feather Bonnets, a four tailed other ranks feather bonnet with red, white and green diced band and a white feather hackle and plastic chin strap; another similar three tailed bonnet this with red, white, blue diced band and bearing a chromium badge of the 48th Canadian Highlanders, generally good condition (2) £150-200
A Belgian cuirrasier’s helmet, the steel skull fitted with a tall brass comb embossed with medusa head and cuirrasier breastplate to front, falling horse-hair mane to rear, leather backed chin chains, well refurbished overall, tuft and plume a replacement £600-800
£600–£800
A French bearskin, rather worn, with red/white hackle and bearing a die-stamped brass plate of the French Restoration army, a crowned shield bearing three fleur-de-lys within laurel sprays, the badge and plume possibly later, sold as viewed £200-300
£200–£300
A Victorian Militia artillery officer’s shoulder belt pouch, dark blue morocco pouch, silver lace mounted with three silver cannons, some wear and mothing £80-100
An officer's mess tunic of the 8th. King George V's Own Light Cavalry, of dark blue melton cloth, French grey facings, gold lace, ball-buttons to front, flat two-piece buttons to cuffs, with silver regimental device of crossed lances and numeral 8, lacking epaulettes & some minor damage but otherwise in good condition £100-120
Royal Company of Archers The King’s Bodyguard for Scotland, a very fine and most rare commanding officer’s shoulder belt plate c1902-52, rectangular gilt back plate with seeded ground with large silver overlay, a KC over an oval inscribed ‘King’s Bodyguard For Scotland’ ‘R.C.A.’, this with a large thistle spray to the centre and all upon the Cross of St. Andrew, four small stud fasteners, the back marked ‘Reserved Design’ ‘Brook & Son 87 George St. Edinburgh’; together...
£700–£900
Army Medical Staff, a scarce two part pouch belt plate c1856-65, a QVC multi-rayed star with central mount of the Garter Proper enclosing the ‘VR’ cypher, three screw post fasteners; a floreate scroll ‘Medical Staff’, blade fasteners, one missing, very good condition, gilt excellent (2) £50-70
£50–£70
The Cameronians (Scottish Rifles) Militia Battalions, a very scarce other ranks die-stamped white metal helmet plate, the Guelphic crown over wide thistle sprays, on the left spray a Sphinx with blank plinth, and on the right a Dragon with blank plinth, in the centre a mullet over a strung bugle horn, at the bottom a scroll ‘The Scottish Rifles’’, two lug fasteners, very good condition £150-200
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
Sports & Social Clubs, two cards of very fine and rare examples, the vast majority mid to late C19th (many unidentified) including boating, yacht, archery, golf, curling, cricket, athletic and driving clubs; social clubs include Masonic, Penang Turf Club, the Raleigh Club, Junior Tattersalls, Marlborough, Carlton, Whitehall, Grafton, Arthur’s Club, St. James’s Street, Junior Atheneum, United Empire (KC), The Wanderers, Hull Club, Oxford & Cambridge University Club, Atlantic, City of...
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
Huntingdon Rifle Volunteers, a very scarce other ranks brass (originally blackened) two part waist belt clasp c1859-81, based on the officers’ 1855 pattern but with an enlarged circular strap style centre section, the title ‘Huntingdon Rifle Volunteers’ encloses a hunting scene of a stag being pursued by hounds, a tree and a hunter with long bow and arrows blowing upon a curled horn, very good condition £150-200
The Dorsetshire Regiment, an officer’s undress waistbelt clasp 1881-1901 (Ryan 206), central Castle Gibraltar scroll and Sphinx/Marabout title in surround matching bench marks ‘8’, the acanthus section on the female part broken off at some time and poorly re-affixed, good facial condition £50-70
British Cap Badges, good quality issues; Westminster School CCF, Hurstpierpoint College CCF (some wear), Queens West Surrey 1916 brass; standard types Leicestershire, Royal Fus (KC), The Buffs, Glosters DCLI, Middlesex, Wiltshire, Beds & Herts, Devons (KC), RAF (4) (KC), RTR (KC); RAF officer’s side hat gilt silver velvet (KC); small RAF side hat two part KC metal; Signals (first) REME (second) ACC RAOC all KC; WW1 Pioneer Battalions, rifle/pick mounted on a brass plate; plus a few QEC...
An unusual Caucasian shasqua, possibly Turkestan, the heavy flat curved 78cm blade back-edged for the last 25cm having double grooves to one side and double recurving grooves to the other, two gold inlaid cartouches appear on one side filled with Persian script and an indistinct arabic date, to the reverse side a panel of Persian script probably a couplet of poetry, hilt mounts of iron pierced through with a lattice design, and chiselled with a floral border, backstrap with chiselled...
£1,000–£1,200
Air Transport Auxiliary, a very fine and rare framed display of badges comprising a cap badge, pilot’s brevet and Flight Engineer’s brevet, all in gold bullion on black cloth, a silver coloured metal breast badge stamped on reverse D1667 (pin back) and one large black composition tunic button, very good condition (5) £500-600
£500–£600
German Pilot’s Map, featuring Carlisle and SW Scotland published 1938; War Office OS maps for Guildford & Horsham 1941; Midlands of England November 1939 (linen backed); and a similar linen backed example for South East England & London; North West Frontier of the Punjab 1909, an ACI for Range Tables (Part 1) 3.7 inch howitzer Mk 1 and an Indian Army Field Service Post Card, good condition (7) £20-30
Hammer Price: £20
A small reservist’s pipe for the Feld.Art.Regt.Berlin, for service between 1913-1914, typical decorated porcelain bowl, birch stem, good condition £25-30
British Union of Fascists, a white metal badge, eagle with spread wings skull beneath, legend ‘England awake’ within scroll, all surrounded by a wreath of oakleaves, good condition £30-40
Hammer Price: £25
Scottish Military Badges, a small selection of late KC and QEC items including anodised Line regiments plus collars, s/titles and a few buttons, sold as viewed, not subject to return (58) £30-40
RAF EIIR Period, three multi-part officers’ cap badges (one on hat band); a pair of Squadron Leader’s Mess Dress shoulder boards; plus a large accumulation of badges, buttons, some army badges (including re-strikes), (parcel ) good condition £30-50
A Victorian Volunteer Artillery silver-plated trophy, 25cm high cup with twin handles, the front engraved ‘1st. WAV ‘E’ battery 1st carbine drill prize for recruits 1879 Gr Jameson, given by Captn Brooks’, good condition £25-30
Hammer Price: £30
Hussar Officer’s Plume Case, with enclosed upper section only of a white egret plume; a General officer’s white/red cocks feather plume and case; a small rectangular officer’s accoutrement box containing three variable OR’s hussar busby plumes; and part only of an early 19th century light cavalry officer’s waist belt (clasp missing), plumes fragmenting, sold as viewed (9) £40-60
An assortment of modern French kepis, a french naval cap and another, good condition (8) £20-30
Imperial German Pickelhaube Plate Wurrtemberg, a die-stamped brass example, crown missing from the helm, crest stag’s antlers missing, no fasteners; a brass and steel pantograph knife marked ‘Special No.6’; good metal cap badges RA (KC), 5th Inniskilling DG, Royal Corps of Signals (first), Glosters back badge, Royal Berks, Hampshire RE GVR, s/titles gren/RF Royal Berks; collar RWAFF; anodised caps Wessex Bde RE (EIIR), North Irish item large KC over a Harp chromed; relic part of an o/r...
WW2 Child’s Respirator, in blue rubber with red ‘nose’, complete and with box of issue (this with wear); sundry modern peaked caps, side hats, stables, belts and sundry small calibre shell cases, sold as viewed not subject to return (parcel) £30-40
Infantry Officers’ Sashes, two broad crimson ‘made-up’ officers’ sashes, one present day, externally of good appearance, some stitching faults on the period item (2) £40-60
A silver-plated presentation tankard of the Calcutta Light Horse, by Mappin & Webb, engraved with regimental device and ‘CLH sports inter troops section tent pegging 1931’, good condition £30-40
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