Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

The King’s Own Royal Regiment (Lancaster) Officers’ Mess Dessert Plate. A very fine example (22.5 cms) of white ground with rich garter blue and gold border decoration, the central reserve displays the badge of the Regiment being the lion passant guardant over the Garter Proper enclosing the VR cypher, an ornate scroll below ‘The King’s Own’. The reverse marked ‘Estd. 1774 Cauldon China England’ and the retailers mark ‘Mortlocks Ltd., 31 & 32, Orchards St., London. W.’, plus an impressed mark ‘CSL’? c. 1890 - 1901, very fine condition; The Prince of Wales’s Own (West Yorkshire Regiment) 3rd Militia Battalion Officers’ Mess Dinner Plate. A fine quality example (23.4 cms) of rococo outline, the outer edge decorated in turquoise and gold, the white central reserve decorated with a polychrome badge featuring the unit title, the Prince of Wales’s crest and motto and the White Horse of Hanover and the motto ‘Nec Aspera Terrent’. The reverse marked ‘Mintons, T Goode and Co., London’ and impressed Minton, excellent condition (2) £100-150