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5th West Middlesex Rifles three Officers’ Pouch Badges. Two in silver plate QVC and KC being crowned star back plates with pinned through mounts, being a pierced circle, the QVC ‘West Middlesex’ with ‘5’ in the centre, the KC with ‘West Middlesex Rifles’ and ‘5’ in the centre. A QVC blackened metal example of similar design only the title circle is not pierced, ‘West Middlesex Rifles’ and central ‘5’, all with two screw post fasteners, very good condition (3) ...
Hammer Price: £220
Royal East Middlesex Regiment of Militia Officer’s Waist Belt Clasp. A fine quality example of standard 1855 pattern, on the circle, ‘Royal East Middlesex Regiment’ in the centre on a gilt ground a Saxon crown in gilt metal, matching bench marks, some gilt loss to the central crown otherwise very good condition £100-£140
Hammer Price: £260
Royal East Middlesex Regiment of Militia Other Ranks Waist Belt Clasp. A very rare example in heavy gauge brass, of standard 1855 other ranks pattern, on the circle, ‘Royal East Middlesex Regiment’ in the centre on a lined ground a Saxon crown, very good condition £80-£120
South Middlesex Rifle Volunteers Other Ranks Waist Belt Clasp, Hat Badge and HM Silver Cane Top. The first in heavy gauge blackened brass, on the circle, ‘South Middlesex Rifle Volunteers’ and the County shield in the centre, the second shows a QVC on a circle, ‘South Middlesex Volunteer Rifles, two lug fasteners, mounted on an original Brodrick cap ‘half-moon’ red cloth panel, the third HM Birmingham 1898 with embossed QVC badge being a cross with centre, ‘South Middlesex’...
Hammer Price: £110
33rd Middlesex Rifle Volunteers (Tottenham) Other Ranks Waist Belt Clasp. A rare and good quality example in heavy gauge blackened brass, on the circle, ‘2nd Adm. Battalion Middx. R.V’, in the centre pinned through white metal ’33’, very good condition £80-£120
4th Volunteer Battalion The King’s Royal Rifles and 5th West Middlesex Volunteer Rifle Corps Officer’s Cap Badge 1903-08. A fine quality example in die-stamped silver plate, KC over a plinth ‘S. Africa 1900-02’, crossed arrows, laurels, cross centre with circle, ‘4 V.B. King’s Royal Rifles’ at the bottom a scroll, ‘5th West Middlesex V.R.C’, two lug fasteners, very fine condition £60-£80
Royal East Middlesex Militia Insignia. Comprising a white metal glengarry badge, a Saxon crowned circle with the County shield centre, a white metal ‘scroll’ hat badge, ‘Third Royal Middlesex’, a pair of white metal Saxon crown collar badges, an officer’s pair in gilt metal (no lugs), two buttons, a brass rectangular other ranks cross belt plate bearing the incised design of the Saxon crown over the County shield (heavily worn), two broad tang and two stud fasteners, generally...
Hammer Price: £150
A silver and enamelled ‘Freedom’ Casket presented by the Carpenters’ Company to Colonel the Earl of Albemarle in recognition of his services with the City of London Imperial Volunteers A magnificent example of cylindrical form highly decorated overall, the top mounted with a kneeling figure of a Boer War soldier, slouch hat, bandolier, rifle at the ready. The figure supported on two sides with richly enamelled shields, that of the Carpenters’ Company and that of Albemarle’s...
Hammer Price: £11,000
A City of London Imperial Volunteers Presentation Silver Cup and Cover presented to Captain E. G. Concanon, 16th Middlesex (London Irish) Rifle Volunteers and City of London Imperial Volunteers A truly magnificent award manufactured by the Goldsmiths & Silversmiths Company, weighing approximately 1.88kg, hallmarks for London 1900, 340mm in height with the cover. A presentation panel enhanced by applied sprays of oak, ‘Presented To Lieut. E. G. Concanon D.S.O. Mounted Infantry C.I.V. By...
Hammer Price: £2,800
City of London Imperial Volunteers Statuette. A very finely modelled and impressively large silver-plated figure of a standing C.I.V. Private by Mappin & Webb, London, 46cm overall including base, rifle sling detached at one end, otherwise very good condition and rare £400-£500
Hammer Price: £3,600
City of London Imperial Volunteers Hall Marked Silver Scouting Figure. The famous pose of a scouting trooper, his left hand resting on a piece of rock, with his rifle in his right hand. Turned-up slouch hat and shoulder tabs all marked ‘C.I.V.’ Approximately 160mm in height, the figure stands on ‘ground’, this bears the assay cycle for London 1901/02, maker’s mark, ‘PW’ over ‘JW’. The figure mounted on a square three tier baluster mahogany base, very fine condition ...
Hammer Price: £1,900
City of London Imperial Volunteers Insignia. Fine quality gilded large size ‘CIV’ slouch hat badge letters now conjoined on parallel bars and a large size ‘C.I.V. 1900’ pattern button, both with pin backs and presumably made up as sweetheart’s brooches or similar, very good condition (2) £60-£80
Hammer Price: £130
City of London Imperial Volunteers Insignia. Comprising a single khaki cloth epaulette with red embroidered ‘CIV’, two sets of brass ‘CIV’ letters being the other ranks slouch hat badges, two conjoined brass ‘C.I.V’ officers’ slouch hat badges, a single red on khaki smaller embroidered other ranks shoulder title and five buttons, some fraying to the small cloth s/title otherwise good overall condition (11) £160-£200
Hammer Price: £1,000
City of London Imperial Volunteers Swagger Stick. 70cm, the silver top bearing the C.I.V. Arms and the inscription ‘A. G. Fisher, 1st Mx. V.R.C.’, hallmarks for London 1900, plain metal bottom ferrule, fair to good condition £40-£60
Hammer Price: £50
City of London Imperial Volunteers Swagger Stick. 70cm, the silver top bearing the C.I.V. Arms and the inscription ‘Presented to William Rome Esq. by the Lord Mayor of London at the banquet given to C.I.V.s on their return from South Africa, October 29th 1900.’, hallmarks for London 1900, plain white metal bottom ferrule, good condition £40-£60
Hammer Price: £65
City of London Imperial Volunteers Swagger Sticks. Three good quality HM silver examples (London 1900) given out by the Lord Mayor, Sir Alfred Newton, Bt., to the returning City Imperial Volunteers, 29 October 1900. Two without further embellishment, the third in a lighter coloured wood is engraved on the finial, ‘Newton/Mayor’, this last possibly a souvenir retained by the Lord Mayor, one with some damage to the silver top otherwise good condition (3) £40-£60
Hammer Price: £85
A scarce City of London Imperial Volunteers Carl Zeiss Jena Monocular Telescope. 'Dosenfernrohr grosses Modell No 39', circa 1897-1900 - [Tin Can Telescope] [Large Model] with three eye pieces which by rotation may be placed as required in the path of the light in order to give different magnification, this type of telescope was used by the Army and Navy for observation purposes, maximum overall length 58cm, the main body with two engraved inscriptions: ‘The City of London Imperial...
Hammer Price: £3,400
City of London Imperial Volunteers Silver and Enamelled Vesta Case and Tea Spoon. Two very rare examples, the first, HM Birmingham 1900, of standard rectangular outline, the front panel enamelled with the red on white City Imperial Volunteers flag set against a near cloudless sky, the second, (London 1900) 122mm in length with an elaborate finial being the full Arms of the City over ‘CIV’ picked out in red white and blue enamels, the bowl engraved ‘London’, very good condition ...
Hammer Price: £600
City of London Imperial Volunteers Mounted Infantry Trooper’s Bedford Cord Breeches. An extremely rare example, featuring two front hip pockets and one rear pocket, the waist band bears two official stamps, ‘WD/8’ and ‘CIV’, original cord lacing and metal alloy buttons, evidence of very little usage, one fly button missing and one replacement braces button replaced otherwise in remarkably good condition £300-£400
City of London Imperial Volunteers HM Silver Presentation Pocket Tobacco Box. Hall Marked Chester 1902, of oval outline (80mm x 60mm x 23mm) the hinged lid is engraved, ‘Sir Alfred Newton, Bart. from Lt. Col. E. Bell CIV MI.’. The interior gilded; together with a small oak wood and silver presentation box to Sir Alfred Newton from his Private Vicar (whilst Lord Mayor) the Rev. J. Stephen Barrass. ‘A Memento from the Ancient Church of St. Michael Bassishaw July 1900’, very good...
Hammer Price: £320
City of London Imperial Volunteers Commemorative Tobacco Jar, Pipes, and Inkwell. The first in pottery in the form of a head and shoulders portrayal of a City Imperial Volunteers officer, possibly the Earl of Albemarle (Infantry Battalion Commander), wearing a slouch hat with ‘CIV’ in relief, khaki tunic, the hat being the sprung lid of the jar, impressed mark on the base ‘8160’. Approximately 160mm in height. A carved fine quality briar pipe, the bowl being a ‘CIV’ marked...
Hammer Price: £900
A Boer War Presentation Vesta Case. A silver vesta case, 47mm x 36mm, by Colen, Cheshire, hallmarks for Chester 1899, decoratively engraved on one side ‘South Africa 1900’, the other side engraved ‘S.M.V.R.C. D. Company Presented to Sergt. G. Bidgood. C.I.V. By His Comrades.’ good condition £100-£140
Hammer Price: £550
The original letter written by Lord Wolseley, Commander-in-Chief of the Forces, accepting the Lord Mayor of London’s offer to raise a regiment and suggesting it be called ‘The City of London Imperial Volunteers.’ Sent from the War Office on 20 December 1899, on Commander in Chief headed paper, the letter begins: ‘My dear Lord Mayor, It gives Lord Lansdowne and myself great satisfaction to learn that the City of London, which is always ready to take the lead in patriotic movements,...
Hammer Price: £420
The Freedom of the City of London parchment certificate and Great War Memorial Scroll awarded to Private D. W. Pollock, 1st City of London Rifle Volunteers and City of London Imperial Volunteers, later Captain, Worcestershire Regiment, who was killed in action at Gallipoli on 6 May 1915 Freedom of the City of London parchment certificate, named to ‘Douglas William Pollock’, mounted in a glazed display frame; Memorial Scroll, inscribed ‘Capt. Douglas William Pollock, Worcestershire...
Hammer Price: £240
Freedom of the City of London Parchment Certificates and Invitations. Three parchment certificates named to ‘Frederick Nash; Henry Oscar Palmer; Edmond Neville Carr’, first loose, second and third both mounted in glazed display frames, the one to Palmer surmounted with the recipient’s 1899 ‘Queen’s Shilling’, generally fair condition, fair to good condition Three illuminated invitations, 380mm x 280mm, for a banquet given by the Corporation of the City of London to the...
City of London Imperial Volunteers Flag. A very rare printed linen example probably used to determine Company Lines when in camp. Approximately 870mm x 470mm the white and red cross of St. George also bears St. Edward’s crown over the sword from the Arms of the City in the first quarter and large ‘C.I.V.’ in the third quarter. The fly strengthened with coarser linen, small holes and fraying but generally in good condition overall £300-£400
City of London Imperial Volunteers Flags. Two silk C.I.V. flags, the red Cross of St. George on a white background, with the crowned sword of the City of London in the top left quadrant, and ‘C.I.V.’ in the bottom left quadrant; together with a smaller flag of pennant size, with the arms of the City of London superimposed across the Cross of St. George; and the empty quadrants bearing the portraits of Colonel MacKinnon, Commanding the C.I.V., and Lieutenant-Colonel A. G. Pawle, Second...
Hammer Price: £480
City of London Imperial Volunteers Printed Panel. A very rare framed coloured cotton printed panel, 365mm x 300mm, featuring a head and shoulders portrait of the Earl of Albemarle Commander Of Infantry Division, the crown and City of London sword, ‘C.I.V.’ ‘Souvenir of London Volunteers Left London January 13th First time In Action Jacobsdal February 16th’ ‘An Escort Of The CIV Accompanied General Cronje To Cape Town’. The whole on a background of St. George’s Cross, very...
Reports on the City of London Imperial Volunteers. A bound presentation copy of the Reports on the Raising, Organising, Equipping and Despatching of the City of London Imperial Volunteers to South Africa, privately published by Sir Alfred J. Newton, Bt., Lord Mayor, June 1900, 61pp, containing a full roll of all C.I.V. Officer, N.C.O.s, and men, the inside page inscribed ‘To the Right Hon. Sr. Jon Brodrick, P.C., M.P. &c. &c., Secretary of State for War, from Alfred J. Newton, Lord Mayor...
Journal of the City of London Imperial Volunteers in South Africa. A bound presentation copy of the Journal of the City of London Imperial Volunteers to South Africa, by Major-General W. H. MacKinnon, Commandant of the Corps, published by John Murray, London, 1901, 252pp, with plans, illustrations, and appendices, the inside page inscribed ‘Presented to the Worshipful Company of Bakers by the Treasurer of the C.I.V. Fund, Sir Alfred Newton, Bart, September 1901.’, calf covers, with gold...
An impressive City of London Imperial Volunteers newspaper cuttings album. A very large album of C.I.V. newspaper cuttings spanning the duration of the C.I.V’s campaign in South Africa. Thought to have been compiled by Colonel Mackinnon’s daughters, this unique and very comprehensive collection of cuttings covers the entirety of the C.I.V’s existence from its initial formation and embarkation through the campaign in South Africa, including detailed reports of many actions fought, and...
Hammer Price: £800
A City of London Imperial Volunteers newspaper cuttings album. A substantial and well constructed album of newspaper cuttings relating to the C.I.V. homecoming, 29 October 1900. Cuttings taken from a range of publications including, Illustrated London News, The Times, Morning Daily News, Daily News, Morning Post, Graphic, Standard, Sphere and a range of provincial titles. Padded burgundy board covers, 50 gilt-edged card pages, each 290mm x 225mm, with many illustrations, spine somewhat...
Hammer Price: £750
Two large City of London Imperial Volunteers ‘Welcome Home’ tribute addresses and Four City of London Imperial Volunteers group photographs. Large ornate tribute address on card backed manuscript, to Colonel Mackinnon and the City of London Imperial Volunteers from the Chairman and Members of the London County Council, offering, amongst other sentiments, ‘warmest congratulations on the distinguished services they have rendered to their country and a most cordial welcome home’....
Hammer Price: £200
City of London Imperial Volunteers Cartes de Visite. A folder containing a collection of C.I.V. cartes de visite. Approximately 33 original cartes and 22 copies. Many identified and named. Cards typically 105mm x 165mm, generally very good condition and a rare collection (lot) £140-£180
Hammer Price: £500
City of London Imperial Volunteers Painting. A framed gouache painting by F. C. Dickinson (fl. 1898-1906) of the archway over a short flight of steps leading from the ‘CIV Room’ to the Great Council Chamber. The picture shows the Boer flag captured by the City Imperial Volunteers at Jacobsdal, March 1900. It is shown hanging between a King’s Colour and Regimental Colour of the Royal Fusiliers (the whole building was destroyed in an air raid 29 December 1940). The picture is signed and...
City of London Imperial Volunteers Print. A framed and glazed very large print, 740mm x 550mm, issued in early December 1900 commemorating the service and sacrifice of the C.I.V.’s, January 1st 1900 to disembodiment November 30th 1900. Every single man who volunteered is named, the various Volunteer units providing most of the volunteers, head and shoulder portraits of Lord Roberts, the Earl of Albemarle and the Lord Mayor, Alfred Newton and a wealth of further detail, mounted in a glazed...
Hammer Price: £400
City of London Imperial Volunteers Ephemera. A folder containing a large quantity of C.I.V. ephemera, including letters, postcards, orders of service, photographs, cigarette cards, dinner invitations, song sheets, concert invitations, reception passes &c.; illuminated C.I.V. roll of honour, 36cm x 54cm; deep red leather writing case inscribed ‘The City of London Imperial Volunteers 1900 For Service in South Africa, presented by Watkins and McCombie, Limited. “God save the Queen”’...
City of London Imperial Volunteers Ephemera. Comprising ten commemorative brooches mainly circular polychrome tin-pate embroidered &c., two base metal and enamelled fobs for the City Imperial Volunteers Old Comrades Association, a circular pleated linen white on red rosette bearing gilt brass letters ‘CIV’, two simple red white and blue linen ‘brooches’ with embroidered ‘CIV’, a pressed cardboard cheroot case with presentation details upon the return of the City Imperial...
City of London Imperial Volunteers Ephemera. A large quantity of miscellaneous items including cased sets of buttons (both patterns), base metals brooches, a base metal vesta case with applied paper City Imperial Volunteers label, a City Imperial Volunteers ‘slouch hat inkwell’ khaki covered metal with turn-up stamped ‘CIV’ the front with a spring release and a further one inside to raise the lid of the container, four clay pipe bowls in the form of a face and slouch hat, three with...
Hammer Price: £180
City of London Imperial Volunteers Memorial Tablet, commemorating Private E. L. York, 21st Middlesex Rifle Volunteer Corps (Finsbury Rifles) and City of London Imperial Volunteers, who died at Bloemfontein on 7 May 1900 A cast bronze Memorial Tablet, 2 feet 9 inches in width, to commemorate the life of a soldier in the City of London Imperial Volunteers. Below the pediment are two lines of the inscription ‘The City of London Imperial Volunteers’ and ‘dulce et decorum est pro patria...
Hammer Price: £4,800
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