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Khaki Uniform. A Major’s khaki tunic with the left breast bearing a QEC bullion and embroidery brevet to the Army Air Corps, the right arm with an embroidered Parachute Wings badge, the anodised buttons show the QEC within an eight pointed star, the left cuff bears an embroidered QEC Air Despatch badge, complete with trousers; together with a Parachute Officer’s four pocket blue frock this complete with QEC anodised buttons and similar collars, the upper right arm with bullion...
£60–£100
R.F.C. Blazer Badge, 120 x 98mm., cloth and bullion, good condition £30-50
£30–£50
Australian Army Training Team Vietnam Badge. An extremely rare example in cast brass and featuring a boomerang shaped title plinth over a cross-bow over a scroll ‘Persevere’, (one clutch-pin fastener missing). Together with a letter of authenticity written by John Burridge MG stating that this badge was given to him by WO2 Ray Simpson VC DCM during a Land Rover trip in Vietnam in 1969, very good condition £2200-2700
£2,200–£2,700
George IV Period Coconut Powder Flask, 42nd Highlanders. An extremely fine and unusual item carved in relief with a grotesque head this set with double coloured glass eyes, other figures represent a Scottish Highlander, Mercury, Jack Tar, Britannia and a North American armed Indian, the Scottish motto and thistle ‘Nemo Me Impune Lacessit’, a floriate ribbon with incised initials W.S.J.S 1825, the base plug now of mother of pearl and complete with a braided cord sling and tassels in...
£800–£1,200
Loyal Volunteers of London and Environs by Rowlandson, the Hugh Evelyn Reprint of 1972. A fine quality example of this most useful reference work complete with all coloured prints etc., and complete with outer stiff linen case, very good condition £150-200
£150–£200
Royal Marines Insignia. Comprising a Senior N.C.Os scarce all gilt cap badge to the R.M.L.I. c. 1898 - 1911 (one loop missing), three o/r g/m caps to the R.M.L.I., and two later caps to the Royal Marines (KC one heavily worn), an o/r g/m cap to the R.M.A. (KK 1108), two osd collars, a single g/m collar (worn) and a single officer’s gilt and silver collar, a KC valise badge, three R.M.L.I. s/titles and one RMB, a QEC small size Colour Sergeant’s badge in bullion and velvet from the blue...
Hammer Price: £30
H.E. Munro, 32nd Light Infantry Uniform Trunk. A black japanned uniform trunk with brass plaque now containing a large quantity of dress and undress belting, webbing etc., etc., sold as viewed not subject to return £80-120
Hammer Price: £50
Miscellaneous Militaria. Comprising a good quality KC Royal Naval officer’s cap badge in gilt metal silver plate and red velvet, a campaign cutlery set (knife and fork) (wooden casing, split, blades rusty), a soldier’s ‘house-wife’ and steel cased mirror, two POW cylindrical cigarette tins, two printed Div signs, sundry medal ribbons, pamphlets etc. (parcel) £50-80
Royal Artillery Insignia. Comprising two o/r QVC helmet plates (the unicorn’s horn missing on one) and a similar o/r KC example, a Victorian officer’s waist belt clasp being the double oval panelled type bearing the Royal Crest and a double headed swan’s neck fastener bearing ‘Ubique’, an officer’s gilt pouch badge (lacking fasteners), officers’ KC cap badges in gilt and bronze, a selection of grenade collar badges, two grenade WWII bakelite cap badges and a selection of...
Hammer Price: £55
H.M.S. Terrible Teak Letter Opener, of tapered form, 25cm long, bearing small brass plaque inscribed ‘From the Teak of H.M.S. TERRIBLE whose Guns Relieved Ladysmith’, fine condition £60-80
Hammer Price: £60
The Buffs (East Kent Regiment) Other Ranks Cap Badges and Associated Buttons. Comprising standard gilding metal examples, two WWII bakelite types and later anodised Brigade and Queen’s Regiment examples; the buttons comprise a selection of King’s Crown examples, officers and other ranks, including large and small anodised issues together with officers’ cap buttons and Mess waiters types, good overall condition (parcel) £80-120
Hammer Price: £65
16th Bedfordshire Regiment Insignia. A good die stamped brass glengarry badge (KK 445), a single brass collar badge (Churchill 499) (lugs crudely replaced) and one only officer’s Mess Waiter’s button, good condition (3) £80-120
Royal Naval Cap Tallies. Good full length examples to H.M.S. Dryad, Canopus, Conqueror, Howe, Euryalus, Theseus, Bulwark, Pelorus, Bacchante, Rattlesnake, Pembroke, Mohawk. A fragment only for H.M.S. Queen Mary, a scarce full length C.D.R. Boats Crew. Two modern examples H.M.S. Centurion, H.M.S. Nelson, good overall condition (16) £80-120
Hammer Price: £70
Military Buttons 16th Bedfordshire Regiment. Comprising two officer’s large gilt coatee buttons and two later examples with inserted shanks (probably Indian Army), an officer’s large gilt tunic and one small, three o/r large brass tunic (poor condition) and one small, one o/r shell jacket example; Bedford Militia two officer’s large plated tunic and six o/r pewter; one officer’s large plated tunic for the Bedfordshire VBs and four small, one o/r large brass for the Hertfordshire...
Cornwall Military Insignia. The DCLI comprising a single scarce first pattern collar badge (Churchill 896), a scarce w/metal collar badge to the 2nd Volunteer Battalion, an hpc with pagri slider, sundry later pattern cap and collar badges including a WWII bakelite cap and osd pairs of collars large and small sizes; 46th (South Devon Regiment) an officer’s large gilt coatee button and a subsequent tunic button, an officer’s silver plated tunic button to the 5th Rifle Volunteers, good...
Hammer Price: £75
Machine Gun Corps Buttons. Comprising 140+ o/r large and 140+ similar small size, sold as viewed not subject to return, good overall condition (parcel) £80-120
Hammer Price: £80
Police Hangers. Two ‘W.Parker.Warranted.’ examples, both with 60 cm curved blades, each one etched with title details, solid brass hand guard, pommel and fish skin bound wooden grips (lacking wire), no scabbards, good condition (2) £100-150
Assorted British Military Uniforms. Comprising a GVR period Grenadier Guardsman’s tunic (some moth damage), a Northumberland Fusiliers scarlet tunic gosling green facings, metal shoulder titles mounted, buttons and collar badges present but detached, a four pocket scarlet frock dated April 1900 complete with QVC Royal Arms pattern buttons, an infantry regiment’s scarlet tunic with white facings all insignia missing, a RAMC Colonel’s khaki four pocket tunic and trousers complete with...
Anodised Basic Issue and Excavated Buttons. Four cartons together with modern stamped out numerals, rank crowns, rank stars, etc., etc., sold as viewed not subject to return (parcel, approx. 15 kilos) £100-200
Hammer Price: £85
Army Cyclist Badges and WWI War Medal. An interesting selection comprising a pair of brass s/titles ‘Cyclist’, a single brass (T)/Kent/Cyclists, cap badges Army Cyclists Corps, Huntingdonshire Cyclists and Highland Cyclists (small solid cast white metal), four Army Cyclists Corps buttons (two now brooched), a scarce cloth s/title ‘Cycling Section’ white on black, a base metal and enamel sweetheart’s brooch ‘Army Cycling Union’ (lacking pin); the War Medal to 10275 Private G....
Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Military Insignia. Comprising a small selection of buttons to the 43rd and 52nd Regiments, an officer’s large plated coatee button to the Royal Bucks Militia and a similar tunic button, tunic buttons to the Oxfordshire Light Infantry and their Volunteer Battalions, basic issue s/titles to the Oxfordshire L.I. and Oxf & Bucks L.I., an officer’s KC silver plated cap badge to the Buckinghamshire Battalion and two o/r bronze issues, sundry other related items...
Crimean Period Buttons. Comprising six large gilts to the Turkish Contingent, a single large brass to the British Italian Legion and a large gilt (excavated retains approx. 30% gilt) to the British Foreign Legion, very good overall condition (8) £80-120
British Military Cap Badges. A small collection of good quality basic issues, SWB (all brass) 11th Hussars 18th London (KC) Northumberland Fusiliers (first pattern) North Staffs (2) South Staffs R Warwicks (2) DLI (3, one requires straightening) Dorsetshire (second pattern) R Sussex (2) R Welch Fusiliers West Yorks Suffolk (KC) Scots Guards Lincolns SLI Glosters Wilts KRRC (KC) Rifle Brigade (KC) R Fusilers (KC) ATS (KC) East Yorks R Berkshire; together with sundry other broken or repro...
Hammer Price: £90
16th (Bedfordshire) Regiment Officer’s Waist Belt Clasp. A good 1855 pattern example, central crown (worn) over ‘16’ and unit title in surround, no benchmarks, good condition £150-200
Livery Buttons. 110 examples including a few to the peerage, many excavated and lacking shanks; together with 16 officer’s large and two small plated tunic buttons to the 2nd Somerset Militia, 5 large plated buttons to the Militia Artillery; 3 sweetheart brooches to the Royal Fusiliers (2 HM silver and one gold coloured metal, lacking fasteners) and sundry other items, good overall condition (parcel) £150-250
Officer’s 1857 Pattern Forage Caps. Four examples, all without badges, but one bearing a multitude of official seals and vellum notices dated variously in the 1860s, fair overall condition (4) £80-120
Hammer Price: £95
USSR Midshipman’s Dirk. A good quality example 21.8 cm straight blade dated 1946, white bone or composition grip with gilt metal quillon and knop this impressed with the Soviet insignia and a five pointed star on top of the pommel, contained in its gilt mounted leather scabbard the upper chape engraved with a fouled anchor and a sailing ship, very good condition £200-300
The Border Regiment Officer’s Waist Belt Clasp 1884 - 1901. A good quality example, central Garter Star mount (lacking enamels) and unit title in surround, matching benchmarks, good condition apart from defect mentioned £120-170
56th West Essex Regiment Officer’s Waist Belt Clasp 1855 - 1881. A good standard pattern example showing the crown over ‘56’ in the centre with ‘West Essex Regiment’ in surround (Ryan 89), matching benchmarks, requires cleaning otherwise very good condition £160-220
Hammer Price: £100
The East Surrey Regiment Officer’s Waist Belt Clasp 1881 - 1901. A fine quality example in gilt and silver, in the centre on a gilt ground a silver star bearing a shield with the arms of Guildford, on the title circle ‘East Surrey Regiment’ matching benchmarks (Ryan 198), very good condition £160-220
A Sealed Pattern Tricorne Hat for Sergeant Major and RQMS In Pensioners Royal Hospital Chelsea. A most interesting example constructed from fur trimmed buckram and supplied by F. Jacobson Army Contractor, 11 St. Martins Court, WC, complete with leather sweat band and crimson silk lining, two seals and documented label, together with a card bearing information obtained by the late owner. It is Sealed Pattern No. 2763 and it is dated inside the sweat band 1890, some of the fur trim now worn...
Royal Marine Light Infantry a Victorian Officer’s Waist Belt Clasp. A fine quality 1855 pattern, in the centre on a dimpled ground the Royal Crest in gilt, on the silver title circle ‘Royal Marines Light Infantry’, no benchmarks but a perfect match, very slight gilt loss to the side panels otherwise very good condition £150-250
Bedfordshire Regimental Insignia. A carded selection of post 1881 - 1960 items comprising caps, collars, s/titles, buttons and a named bed plate, good overall condition (parcel) £80-120
Royal Naval Buttons. Two carded displays including some early Victorian Flag Rank examples, a scarce RNAV button in silver plate and gilt, three Polar Expedition (?) buttons ‘Morning’, ‘Nimrod’ and ‘Discovery’, good overall condition (parcel) £100-200
1st Bengal Fusiliers Officer’s Waist Belt Clasp 1855 - 1861. An extremely rare and short lived example of special pattern, the central gilt disc mounted with the fused grenade bearing on the ball a QVC strap ‘Bengal European’, in the centre ‘1’ within a scroll ‘Fusiliers’. The grenade part surrounded by laurel sprays adorned with battle honours, some wear to the central silver mounts otherwise in good condition £200-300
Hammer Price: £110
Army Pay Department and Corps of Military Accountants Military Insignia. A carded display including a Victorian officer’s waist belt clasp to the Army Pay Department, a good selection of corresponding QVC and KC officers’ buttons, ‘the slip over’ helmet plate centre for the Army Pay Corps and the corresponding brass glengarry badge and a KC cap badge, sundry later pattern KC and QEC badges to the Royal Army Pay Corps, two brass s/titles to the Corps of Military Accountants, good...
5th Royal Elthorne Light Infantry Middlesex Militia Officer’s Waist Belt Clasp. A very fine 1855 pattern example in silver plate, in the centre a VR Cypher over a strung bugle horn, on the circle ‘5th Royal Elthorne Middlesex Militia’, matching benchmarks, near mint state £200-300
Two Officers’ Forage Caps c. 1857 - 1880, An Officer’s 1880 Pattern Forage Cap, A GPO Shako. The first item being an infantry officer’s 1857 pattern of blue cloth with a horizontal front peak and bearing the vestigial remains of a scarlet cloth band indicating that the hat once bore the badge of the 87th Royal Irish Fusiliers, linings complete, lacking leather chin strap and top crown decoration; the second item c. 1859 - 1880 in Rifle Volunteers’ grey cloth with black leather...
A Collection of Forage Caps. Comprising two Field Officers’ peaked caps the peaks inlaid with gold lace, one to the Royal Artillery, this with KC badge the other to the RAOC (QEC badge), another in blue cloth with a red welt bearing a bullion KC Royal Crest cap badge GVIR and Garter cap buttons, the peak inlaid with gold oak leaf lace, complete with white linen summer cover and cork block stiffener, a Staff Officer’s khaki example with red welt and KC gold bullion cap badge and GVI gilt...
The Royal West African Frontier Force Side Drum. A good quality brass bodied example complete with all roping and both vellum ends, the front panel with applied stencil insignia showing the Royal Crest (QEC) over a palm tree and scroll at the bottom ‘R.W.A.F.F.’, good condition £200-400
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