Auction Catalogue

25 September 2008

Starting at 10:00 AM

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Orders, Decorations and Medals

Washington Mayfair Hotel  London  W1J 5HE

Lot

№ 948

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25 September 2008

Hammer Price:
£170

The Rifle Brigade (Prince Consort’s Own), a fine quality officer’s round pill box cap of very dark rifle green cloth with a band of 1.5inches black mohair braid, braided figure on the crown, complete with narrow leather chin strap, pale leather sweatband and red morrocan leather crown lining, gold blocked with crowned ‘VR’ cypher ‘Cater & Co. 56 Pall Mall London’, named inside to ‘Markham RB’; together with a black seal skin other ranks folding busby, this complete with corded boss and KC black metal bugle horn badge corded sewn in ‘cap-lines’ and double tuft black horse hair plume (lacking chinstrap), very good overall condition (2) £100-150