Auction Catalogue

2 April 2004

Starting at 10:00 AM

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Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Grand Connaught Rooms  61 - 65 Great Queen St  London  WC2B 5DA

Lot

№ 1509

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2 April 2004

Estimate: £700–£800

Royal Naval Division Collingwood Battalion, a very rare brass shoulder title and an excessively rare rating’s near full length cap tally, gold thread on black silk ‘Collingwood’, slight discolouration to the gold thread otherwise very good condition (2) £700-800

See colour plate.

Note. The Collingwood and Benbow Battalions were so decimated during the Dardanelles Campaign that they were disbanded, metal cap badges therefore do not exist for these battalions.