Auction Catalogue

29 March 2000

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

№ 376

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29 March 2000

Hammer Price:
£230

1st Volunteer Battalion, The Essex Regiment, a group of three extremely scarce cap badges, all with the post 1902 design of the Castle centre: in blackened brass, title scroll reads ‘1st V.B ESSEX REGT’, plain plinth beneath the Sphinx, one of the correct hpc type fasteners missing; secondly, in white metal with a silver plated finish, ‘1st V.B’ on the plinth beneath the Sphinx and extra bottom scroll ‘SOUTH AFRICA 1900-02’, one long original brass loop remains the other crudely replaced; thirdly, an identical one to the last in gilding metal, one correct hpc type fitting missing, badges in excellent condition other than the fastener defects (3) £150-200

See black and white illustration (Plate II).