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Sotheby’s Medal Auction Catalogues, the Property of Colonel Littledale, 25 November 1910; the Property of Robert Day, 18/19 April 1910; the Property of Robert Day, 14-17 April 1913; the Property of S. M. Milne, Esq., 18 June 1913, with plates and text figures, with prices and buyers, the catalogues bound in one volume, half calf, ex-libris Thomas Capstick, slight wear, good condition; Scrap Book, containing newspaper cuttings relating to the Boer War, 1899-1900, worn, spine damaged...
Hammer Price: £85
Royal Company of Archers (The Queen’s Bodyguard for Scotland) Waistbelt Plate. A very fine die stamped gilt example of this ornate ornament featuring the Royal Crest of Scotland with attendant circular and foliate wigglework, ten screw posts and gilt button fastener, together with silver and gilt shell section from a Victorian Court sword, a heavy cast gilt brass gorget for a continental nation plus two other gilt brass ornaments, good overall condition (5) £100-150
Hammer Price: £720
Horse Harness Badges. All in cast metal and featuring 5 with central Union spray and circular strap ‘Infantry Mounted Officers’, all with Guelphic crowns, 3 with VR centre enclosed by the Garter motto, 8 with ERVII centres and Garter motto, 3 with GVR centres and Garter motto, together with 16 brass and 2 white metal plain harness mounts mainly of globular format; plus a small selection of trial strikings for commemorative medallions, all require cleaning (parcel) £80-120
Hammer Price: £160
Church Lads Brigade & Jewish Lads Brigade. A selection of waistbelt clasps and headdress badges and a heavy cast brass banner or pole head finial, some items incomplete, all require cleaning (parcel) £80-120
Family Crest Horse Harness Stampings And Castings. Fifty two examples some prepared ready for mounts others unfinished, all require cleaning (52) £100-150
Hammer Price: £70
A Large Accumulation Of Miscellaneous Badges. Comprising part waistbelt clasps, items for foreign nations, all require cleaning (parcel) £80-120
Hammer Price: £75
Canadian Military Badges. Comprising an Officer’s gilt and silver cap and collars to the Canadian Medical Corps, a similar set in bronze, a scarce pair of die stamped bronze collars to Canadian Divisional Cyclists, a single collar to the 160th Battalion CEF (no lugs), a single bronze KC over maple leaf badge with blade fasteners, sundry other Canadian items including a Brandon Police (Manitoba) KC hat badge in gilt and enamel; a small selection of WWI War Service lapel badges; a selection...
Hammer Price: £310
Scottish Police Badges. Two rare examples in silver plate and blackened brass to the Kirkcaldy Burgh and Sutherland Constabularies, a scarce Victorian die stamped white metal example to the Burgh of Ayr Police, part waist belt clasp to Stirling Constabulary and a similar to Greenock, three hat badges and a pair of collars to Edinburgh Police, together with various other Police items including a cap badge of Newcastle upon Tyne Police and a pair of collar badges to Leicester City Police, good...
Hammer Price: £250
Railway, Tramway and Police Badges. A very large selection many in an unfinished state, better items include two early badges to the Blackpool and Fleetwood Tram Road Company, four early hat badges to the Leeds Tramways (two lacking central numerals), a hat badge to the Paisley & District Tramways, a Good Conduct badge to the same company, two white metal helmet badges to the Swansea Police (dragons tail finials missing), two scarce unfinished (and one damaged) badges for Portsmouth...
Hammer Price: £1,550
British Military Buttons. A large accumulation of predominantly post-1902 examples mainly line infantry and corps, sold as viewed not subject to return (300+) £200-300
Hammer Price: £150
British Military Buttons. A selection of 1881 - 1901 issues including 11 fine quality gilt large examples to the Kings Own Borderers, a larger selection of both sizes to the East Lancashire Regiment, 12 large size to the Oxfordshire Light Infantry, 14 small to the Medical Staff, a small group (worn) to the Shropshire Light Infantry and a similar to the Loyal North Lancashire, a selection of black horn ball pattern Rifles, together with a small selection of other related items, good overall...
Hammer Price: £110
British Military Buttons. An interesting selection including 12 large and 5 small mufti buttons to the 53 Shropshire Regiment, 15 large and 31 small to the Royal Irish Regiment post-1902, 25 large and 17 small Victorian Volunteer Battalion HLI, 4 large and 4 small officers’ mufti to the 15th King’s Hussars and 5 small hunt club buttons to the 5th Dragoon Guards and 1 to the RASC; a small group of Scots Guards Officers’ mounted pattern tunic buttons, generally good condition (120+) ...
British Military Buttons. Officers’ tunic 1856 - 1881 comprising 44th (East Essex) Regiment 12 large 15 small, 56th West Essex Regiment 12 large 3 small, 97th (Earl of Ulster’s) Regiment 3 large, 50th (Queen’s Own) Regiment 10 large 5 small, 57th (West Middlesex) Regiment 15 large, 48th (Northamptonshire) Regiment 5 large, 43rd (Monmouthshire Light Infantry) (crowned bugle horn pattern) 9 large 4 small and laurel and numeral pattern 15 small, some require cleaning otherwise good...
Hammer Price: £220
British Military Officers’ Tunic Buttons. 50th (Queen’s Own Regiment) 12 large 2 small, 56th (West Essex) Regiment 5 large, 44th (East Essex) Regiment 10 large 10 small, 57th (West Middlesex) Regiment 12 large, 43rd (Monmouthshire Light Infantry) bugle horn pattern 6 large 4 small, 43rd (MLI) laurel pattern 12 small, 48th (Northants) Regiment 3 large, 97th (Earl of Ulster’s) Regiment 3 large 2 small, 81st (Loyal Lincolnshire) Regiment 1 large, 73rd (Perthshire) Regiment 1 large & 1 o/r...
Hammer Price: £240
British Military Officers’ Tunic Buttons. 43rd (Monmouthshire Light Infantry) bugle horn pattern 8 large, 43rd (MLI) laurel pattern 12 small, 48th (Northants) Regiment 3 large & 1 small o/r, 97th (Earl of Ulster’s Regiment) 4 large, 56th (West Essex) Regiment 4 large 1 small, 50th (Queen’s Own) Regiment 9 large 3 small, 44th (East Essex) Regiment 12 large 5 small, 57th (East Middlesex) Regiment 1 large, 57th (West Middlesex) Regiment 12 large, 34th (Cumberland) Regiment 1 large o/r,...
Indian Army Buttons. A large selection mainly post-1902 but also a few late Victorian examples including a few numbered infantry, some very worn but overall well worth inspection (200+) £200-300
Hammer Price: £480
Colonial and Dominion Buttons. A varied selection c. 1902 - 1960; together with a quantity of foreign military and court examples, good overall condition (200+) £100-150
Hammer Price: £360
British Military Other Ranks Pewter Coatee Buttons c. 1830 - 55. 74th (Highland Regiment) 12 large (reasonable condition all lacking shanks) 34 relics, 43rd (Monmouthshire Light Infantry) 5 large relics, 12th (East Suffolk) Regiment 4 large (reasonable condition lacking shanks) 24 relics, 2nd (Queen’s Own Regiment) 1 large (reasonable) 1 relic, 6th (1st Royal Warwickshire) Regiment 4 large (reasonable) 11 relics, 73rd (Perthshire) Regiment 10 (reasonable) 16 relics, 91st (Argyllshire)...
Hammer Price: £80
British Regimental Mufti Buttons 1840 - 50. Comprising 44th (East Essex) Regiment 13 large, 58th (Rutlandshire) Regiment 2 large, 4th (King’s Royal) Regiment 2 large 6 small, 52nd (Oxfordshire Light Infantry) Regiment 35 large 7 small, 11th (North Devon) Regiment 35 large 9 small, 42nd (Royal Highlanders) Regiment 21 large 3 small, 1 large unidentified, many require careful cleaning (134) £300-400
Hammer Price: £210
Royal Marine Buttons. A small but interesting selection mainly late Victorian to 1952 but including 1 only large pewter Marine Companies (lacking shank), Royal Marine Artillery Companies large brass open back 1827 - 1831 (lacking shank), Royal Marine Artillery QVC full ball pattern and another RMA coatee, together with the ‘globe’ section from the three part other ranks glengarry badge, good overall condition (46) £80-120
Hammer Price: £65
Police, Colonial Police and Other Interesting Buttons. Including singles to Hove Police (small white metal lacking shank), Isle of Ely Constabulary (QVC large), Straits Police Force (small QVC silver plate for epaulette), Police Force Victoria (large QVC white metal backmark Stokes & Sons, P.O.P. Melb.), Tasmanian Police (medium size brass QVC), North West Mounted Police Canada (1 large 1 small QVC), Royal North West Mounted Police (1 small KC), B.S.A. Police (2 small variable patterns),...
Hammer Price: £600
Interesting Miscellaneous Buttons. Comprising 1st Lincolnshire Light Horse (1 plated full ball example), United States of America early Naval buttons (gilt 1 large 1 small backmark Charles Jennens London mint state), Civil Hospital S.S. (Straits Settlements?) (1 large QVC gilt brass), 1st Regiment of Lancers (Carlist Legion 1 small gilt), KC Royal Crest over ASU (4 large, 1 small), Hillsborough Fort (1 large plated), Scots Fusilier Guards (1 small open back gilt (thistle star only) 1 similar...
Hammer Price: £700
British Officers’ Tunic Buttons 1856 - 1881. Comprising 44th (East Essex) Regiment (12 large), 49th (Princess Charlotte of Wales’s Hertfordshire) (10 large plus 2 large brass mess waiters), 56th (West Essex) Regiment (10 large and 2 small), 25th (Kings Own Borderers) (4 large), 53rd (Shropshire) Regiment (10 large and 2 small), 57th (West Middlesex) Regiment (13 large), 82nd (Prince of Wales’s Volunteers) (12 large and 1 small), 58th (Rutlandshire) Regiment (4 small), 43rd...
British Officers’ Tunic Buttons 1856 - 1881. 25th (King’s Own Borderers) (3 large), 77th (East Middlesex) (10 large 2 small), 53rd (Shropshire) Regiment (11 large), 56th (West Essex) Regiment (10 large), 82nd (Prince of Wales’s Volunteers) Regiment (11 large), 58th (Rutlandshire) Regiment (3 small); together with South Lancashire Regiment 1881 - 1901 (18 large and 1 small epaulette), Huntingdonshire Cyclists (1 large and 5 small - all worn), good overall condition (75) £200-300
Cossipore Artillery Volunteers Head Dress Badge. A very rare die-stamped white metal example showing a fused grenade over a cannon with surrounding laurel sprays and bottom title scroll ‘Cossipore Artillery Volunteers’, one loop fastener missing and the cannon part sprung from the laurel sprays £100-150
2nd Punjab Rifle Volunteers Other Ranks Victorian Period Helmet Plate. A very rare example showing a QVC over an eight pointed star and laurels, in the centre a circular strap ‘Punjab Rifle Volunteers’ enclosing ‘2’ applied honour scrolls above, Simla and below In Defence - two loop fasteners, good condition, requires cleaning £150-200
Hammer Price: £170
Bombay Volunteer Rifles Helmet Plate. A rare die-stamped white metal example being a ten pointed star the topmost point displaced by a Guelphic crown, in the centre a strung bugle horn with title circle ‘Bombay Volunteer Rifles’, two loop fasteners; together with one only silver plated shoulder title ‘VR/Bombay’, very good condition (2) £150-200
124th Baluchistan Infantry and 126th Baluchistan Infantry Pouch Belt Plates. The former in gilt metal displays a KC over laurel sprays with four battle honours enclosing a cross of the Order of the Bath in the centre 124 within a circle ‘Baluchistan Infantry’, at the base an honour scroll ‘British East Africa 1896’, complete with backing plate for the reverse of the pouch belt, four bolt fasteners, the latter originally gilt metal now down to the base metal of similar design with...
Hyderabad Volunteer Rifles Victorian Period Pouch Belt Plate. A scarce die-stamped white metal example showing a Guelphic crown over a monogram ‘HVR’ over a strung bugle horn, two screwpost fasteners bent; together with a post 1902 officer’s die-stamped silver plated side hat badge and a white metal ‘HVR’ shoulder title, good overall condition (3) £150-200
Mussoorie Volunteer Rifles Victorian Helmet Plates. Two extremely rare die-stamped bronze examples showing the QVC over MVR in stylised capitals with a floreate tri-part scroll below ‘Volunteer Mussoorie Rifles’, each with three loop fasteners; together with one only white metal M.V.R. shoulder title, very good condition (3) £300-350
Hammer Price: £370
Northern Bengal Mounted Rifles Cap Badge & Moulmein Volunteer Rifles Cap Badge. Two very scarce die-stamped white metal examples, the former shows a KC over a strung bugle horn with an interwoven title scroll ‘Northern Bengal Mounted Rifles’, slider fastener; the latter shows a KC over a circle ‘Moulmein Volunteer Rifles’ enclosing a strung bugle horn, slight damage to the strings’ finials, a scroll at the base ‘Primus In Burma’, both loop fasteners missing, good overall...
Hallmarked Silver Indian Army Badges. A very fine selection 34th Sikh Pioneers cap badge hallmarked Birmingham 1918 (Cox 2430), a pair of 34th (S.P.) collars one marked Birmingham 1910 and the other sterling silver, 97th Deccan Infantry cap badge Birmingham 1918 (Cox 2525), 35th P.W.O. The Scinde Horse 1 collar Birmingham 1921, 14th Punjab Regiment officer’s side hat badge Birmingham 1902, The Kachin Rifles (side hat/collar) London 1873, 90th Punjabis collar badge Birmingham 1906, very...
Hammer Price: £620
Indian Army Pagri Badges. 4 die-stamped blackened examples 83rd Wallajahbad Light Infantry (Cox 2500) three loop fasteners, 104th Wellesley’s Rifles (Cox 2537) pin fastener, 125th Napier’s Rifles (Cox 2568) pin fastener, Rajputana Rifles pin fastener, good overall condition (4) £200-250
Badges of the Princely States. Rampur Imperial Service Infantry 3 die-stamped gilding metal pagri badges (Cox 2647) pin fastener lacking on one, Bhopal State Infantry die-stamped brass hat badge (Cox 2605) three of four loop fasteners missing, Bhopal Victoria Lancers a die-stamped gilding metal hat badge (Cox 2607) no fasteners, 2nd Hyderabad Imperial Service Lancers 2 die-cast gilt metal collar badges all fasteners present, H.H. The Nizam’s 3rd Regiment of Infantry head-dress badge in...
Indian Army Hat Badges. Punjab Light Horse other ranks white metal cap badge slider fastener (Cox 2667), Assam Valley Light Horse two other ranks cap badges white metal with brass mount two loop fasteners (Cox 2662), Oudh & Rohilkhand Railway Volunteer Rifles hat badge die-stamped white metal (Cox 2688) three loop fasteners, Eastern Bengal Railway Battalion other ranks cast bronze hat badge slider fastener (variable pattern from Cox 2680), 61st King George’s Own Pioneers die-stamped brass...
Hyderabad Volunteer Rifles Badges. Scarce die-stamped white metal pouch belt plate showing a Guelphic crown over HVR monogram over a strung bugle horn (one screw post fastener missing), together with two pairs KC die-stamped white metal collar badges and one white metal shoulder title, the first item with a small fracture otherwise good overall condition (6) £150-200
United Provinces Light Horse Badges. Comprising a die-cast bronze head-dress badge, one pair officer’s collars in silver plate and gilt, 1.5 pairs collars in white metal and two single shoulder titles in white metal 1/UPH and 2/UPH, the officer’s collars require careful cleaning otherwise good overall condition (8) £150-200
Hammer Price: £330
Indian Army Badges. Comprising two 41st Dogras cast silver plate hat badges (Cox 2442) lacking fasteners, 34th Sikh Pioneers hat badge in unmarked silver coloured metal (Cox 2430) two loop fasteners, 86th Carnatic Infantry two officers’ hat badges in unmarked silver coloured metal loop fasteners (Cox 2505A), 89th Punjabis die-stamped gilding metal hat badge one loop fastener missing (Cox 2509), 8th Rajputs die-stamped gilding metal head-dress badge pin fastener lacking (Cox 2391), good...
Indian Army Cavalry Badges. Comprising a die-stamped gilt metal pagri badge to the 13th Duke of Connaught’s Lancers showing script DCO/13 pin fastener, 10th Bengal Cavalry an officer’s Victorian period undress sabretache badge two screwpost fasteners present out of three, Bengal Lancers(?) an officer’s Victorian undress sabretache badge showing the Imperial crown over monogram three screwpost fasteners, 17th Cavalry a post 1902 horse harness badge showing the crown over title strap and...
Hammer Price: £280
Brigade of Gurkhas Badges. Comprising a rare heavy die-cast silver plate horse harness badge to the Third Goorkhas showing a Guelphic crown over title strap with central strung bugle horn two blank bolt fasteners, a similar die-cast silver plated horse harness badge to The Goorkha Rifles featuring a KC over a rococo title strap with central mount of crossed kukris and a similar item in die-cast white metal, 5th Gurkha Rifles a scarce white metal piper’s plaid brooch featuring a white metal...
Hammer Price: £1,700
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