Auction Catalogue

9 December 1999

Starting at 12:00 PM

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Orders, Decorations and Medals

The Regus Conference Centre  12 St James Square  London  SW1Y 4RB

Lot

№ 499

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9 December 1999

Hammer Price:
£110

Allied Scottish Units, an interesting collection of allied Scottish unit headdress badges of Australia, New Zealand, India and South Africa, including Pretoria Highlanders (Owen 685) thin brass, lugs a/f, and a white metal sporran badge with screw fasteners (Owen 692); New South Wales Scottish Regt. 30 Bn. KC, a fine officer’s silver plate die-stamped glengarry badge; with a pair of matching collar badges and the other ranks KC white metal version; Witwatersrand Rifles (Owen 658) KC white metal, slider broken; Transvaal Scottish 8th Inf. (type Owen 11) large heavy gun metal with two screw fasteners; Calcutta Scottish, large cast white metal with similar overlays; 16th Infantry Battalion (Cameron Highlanders of Western Australia), a very fine officer’s silver plate glengarry badge, full maker’s mark on reverse (Cossum Part 1 p.17); 27th Infantry Battalion (South Australian Scottish) officer’s glengarry badge marked Stokes on the reverse (Cossum Part 1 p.20); New Zealand Scottish, chromed KC glengarry badge; Duke of Edinburgh’s Own Rifles (Owen type 28) brass; Cape Town Highlanders (Owen 229) bi-metal pin back; Byron Scottish, officer’s silver plate glengarry badge, marked Stokes on the reverse; Victorian Scottish Regiment, officer’s silver plate hat badge, marked Stokes on the reverse; Royal New Zealand Armoured Corps, white metal cap badge, generally good condition (17) £40-60