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2 April 2004
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Royal Naval Division, an extremely rare rating’s full length cap tally, gold thread on black silk ‘Royal Naval Division’, slight discolouration to part of the gold embroidery otherwise excellent condition £200-300
£200–£300
Royal Naval Division, a scarce pair of small curved shoulder titles one possibly originally bronze; Officer of General Rank, a very fine and scarce WWI period large sixe bronze cap badge, two blade fasteners the Royal Crest within laurel sprays and central crossed sword and baton; Royal Artillery a very fine WWI period officer’s bronze cap badge by Firmin London, double wheel pattern the original two blade fasteners are curiously positioned where the bottom scroll meets the ground of the...
£140–£160
Royal Naval Division, a scarce pair of rating’s brass straight line shoulder titles and three various single curved shoulder titles one considerably longer than usual; together with a copy of the very rare booklet ‘With the Royal Naval Division on board HMS ‘Crystal Palace & Elsewhere, A Souvenir’ issued in 1915 and retailed by Messrs WH Smith some 81pages with excellent text and many photographs tracing the unit’s birth growth movements etc, small tear to the outer cover and minor...
Hammer Price: £160
Royal Naval Division Cloth Insignia, an extremely rare Petty Officer’s arm badge in khaki cloth with red wool embroidered KC over crossed fouled anchors, a similar badge for Leading Ratings khaki cloth with single red wool anchor, first item with considerable moth damage otherwise good condition (2) £150-200
£150–£200
Royal Naval Division Cloth Insignia, a most rare armlet of the Signal Section RND Engineers being a square cloth panel white over mid blue overlaid with a black wool embroidered fouled anchor, elasticated section not present; Hawke Battalion, a very rare cloth arm badge navy blue square overlaid with a pale blue rising hawk, original paper backing; Unidentified Battalion Arm Badge, being a narrow cloth panel pale blue/navyblue/pale blue, very fine condition (3) £200-250
Hammer Price: £200
The Naval Brigade, an extremely rare white metal swagger cane top with embossed badge being laurel sprays encircling a strap inscribed ‘The Naval Brigade’, centrally a KC over the fouled anchor; Royal Naval Division, a very rare white metal swagger cane top with embossed design of a KC over the fouled anchor and ‘R.N.D.’ below; Naval Officer Cadet Unit, a very fine heavy quality cast brass badge being naval style laurel sprays with an horizontal fouled anchor between the top laurel...
£120–£150
Royal Naval Reserve, Royal Naval Division, an extremely fine and rare large officer’s heavily die-stamped bronze cap badge, crowned laurels and fouled anchor design but with curved scroll below the crown ‘R.N.V.’ ; together with the corresponding heavily padded bullion cap badge, crown in velvet gold thread and coloured silks, gold thread laurels and RNV, anchor and cable in gilt metal and gold thread; Royal Naval Division, a very rare pair of officer’s curved bronze shoulder titles,...
£400–£500
Royal Marine Light Infantry, a small group of badges comprising a rare officer’s bronze globe laurel cap badge (no separate bugle horn) a senior NCO’s die-stamped fine quality gilt washed cap badge an other ranks giilding metal cap badge, three single g/metal collar badges and a large brass shoulder title RMLI; Royal Naval Reserve, a very fine heavily padded officer’s KC cap badge crown in velvet gold thread and coloured silks, gold thread laurels and RNV, silver metal anchor with...
A Fine and Important Third Reich Silver Desk Ornament Presented to Adolf Hitler, taking the form of a large ‘V’ overlaying a wreath of laurels, tied at the base wth a riband, the whole surmounted by a Swastika, the back having a folding stand in the form of a V, having a wreathed Swastika at the base. The ornament bears the following finely engraved inscriptions in Serbo-Croat, to the front of the ‘V’, reads Father of the European people our Great Leader Adolf Hitler, to the back...
Hammer Price: £950
Long Range Desert Group (Rhodesia), the extremely rare khaki battle dress blouse and trousers worn by Trooper Arthur Bryant on his wedding day in 1946, the blouse bears slip-on shoulder titles of black cloth with embroidered L.R.D.G. (red faded to pink) over ‘RHODESIA’ (white), padded LRDG breast wings and parachute badge (eight feathers) in white purple pale and royal blue, on the upper right arm a red on black roundel for combined operations Zara, on the lower right arm four red on...
Hammer Price: £650
Long Range Desert Group, a very rare ‘hand cut’ brass ‘scorpion’ cap badge, fairly stoutish brass and fitted with two flattened copper strip fasteners, very good condition £150-200
Hammer Price: £280
Long Range Desert Group, a very rare thin brass hand-cut ‘scorpion’ cap badge fitted with two conventional copper loops, some buckling to outer circle otherwise very good condition £150-200
Long Range Desert Group, a rare very fine quality sheet bronze (?) ‘scorpion’ cap badge, the obverse with approximately 60% of original thin gilding, reverse fitted with two flattened copper strip fasteners, excellent condition £200-250
Long Range Desert Group Rhodesia, an extremely rare slip-on shoulder title of pale khaki cloth with applied hexagonal cloth tablet ‘LRDG’ in red on a navy blue backing, below this in black embroidery ‘RHODESIA’, excellent condition £200-300
Hammer Price: £220
Long Range Desert Group, a fine and rare narrow size slip-on cloth shoulder title, pale khaki cloth overlaid with dark navy cloth which is embroidered in red L.R.D.G. excellent condition (1) £150-200
Long Range Desert Group Rhodesia, a fine and rare slip-on shoulder title, pale khaki cloth with sewn on black cloth which is embroidered ‘RHODESIA’ in white, sometimes worn in conjunction with a separate ‘LRDG’ title, slight mothing to reverse ends of the black cloth section otherwise very good condition £100-150
Hammer Price: £90
Long Range Desert Group, a fine and rare early pattern padded ‘wing’, parachute in white and purple, wings (eight feathers either side) in pale blue (faded) and royal blue, original black paper backing, very good condition £200-300
Hammer Price: £240
SAS, a fine and rare WW2 period embroidered cap badge (KK2062) of navy cloth with embroidery in white red and pale blue threads, some age fading to the pale blue wings otherwise very good condition £150-200
SAS, a fine and rare WWII period wide wing embroidered breast badge, black cloth with padded design in white pale blue and mid blue threads, original buff paper backing, worn by the same man as the embroidered cap badge, excellent condition £200-300
Hammer Price: £230
French SAS, the extremely rare first period metal and enamelled badge worn by the early French unit, brass lozenge shaped the design shows a winged parachute over a shield bearing the double cross of Lorraine, pale blue flush enamel background with the canopy of the parachute in similar white enamel, original pin back, two small chips to the blue enamel and the original gilt inlay to the cross mostly missing £300-400
Hammer Price: £270
Army Air Corps, a very fine and scarce officer’s HM silver cap badge (KK2054) Birmingham 1944 by ‘F&S’ (Firmin & Sons) two long loop fasteners also struck with the lion passant; together with the other ranks ‘silver grey’ WWII bakelite issue by A Stanley & Sons Walsall, original brass blade fasteners; the officers’ silver plated QEC cap badge issued upon reformation in 1957 (KK2056), very slight buckle to the bakelite example otherwise excellent overall condition (3) £300-350
Hammer Price: £340
Army Air Corps, a fine and scarce embroidered cloth pilot’s large size breast badge, black cloth backing with gold t silk thread Royal Crest (KC) the crown with red cushions and coloured diadem, pale blue silk arched wings; 2nd Pilot AAC a very scarce embroidered breast badge, black cloth backing with central ‘G’ and circle in gold silk and wings in pale blue silk; Pilot’s breast badge post 1952, QEC Royal Crest in gold bullion thread and coloured silks, pale blue arched wings,...
Glider Pilot Regiment, a very fine officers’ frosted silver plated cap badge by ‘Firmin London’, together with the corresponding other ranks white metal issue, brass slider fastener stamped ‘Firmin London’ (small impressed lettering), and a good quality cloth shoulder title sky blue backing with embroidered mid-blue legend ‘Glider Pilot Regt’, excellent condition overall (3) £60-80
Hammer Price: £80
South African Aviation Corps, a fine and rare other ranks gilding metal cap badge worn c1915 only (Owen 1519), excellent condition £100-150
Hammer Price: £140
Royal Flying Corps, a very rare silver bullion embroidered pilot’s breast wing, the KC with red silk cushions over RFC laurel sprays and arched wings, the bullion dirty but in sound condition £200-250
Hammer Price: £210
Royal Flying Corps, a fine and scarce embroidered cloth pilot’s breast wing, black cloth backing white KC RFC and wings, the laurel sprays in beige, very good condition £120-150
Royal Flying Corps, a fine and rare pilot’s gilt metal large size breast wing of flush hollow back construction and fitted with original stout pin, of good weight and retaining 100% original gilt, though unmarked Jennens & Co are the most likely makers, mint state £250-350
Royal Air Force, a scarce good quality first pattern embroidered cloth pilot’s breast wing c1918, padded construction, black cloth backing and the embroidery in various shades of beige, scarlet silk cushions to the crown, original paper backing, together with an officer’s full dress helmet badge c1930-39 being the KC over a circle inscribed Per Ardua Ad Astra in gilt and a silver eagle applied over the centre, two long loop fasteners, maker ‘L&Co’, gilt worn otherwise both items in...
Hammer Price: £250
Royal Flying Corps, a very scarce large and slightly curved brass ‘RFC’ shoulder title, vendor states worn by officers in tropical dress in Africa; Royal Air Force a very fine quality pilot’s bullion breast badge c1930s, on ‘RAF’ blue backing the KC with red velevt cushions and coloured silks diadem over gilt laurel wreaths with silver bullion RAF within, arched gold bullion wings, original backing, very good overall condition (2) £100-120
Hammer Price: £110
Kenya Auxiliary Air Unit, (Territorial Force), a very rare cast brass pilot’s badge, being the RAF eagle on a scroll ‘K.A.A.U’, the dependent scroll ends inscribed ‘T’ and ‘F’, two integral pierced brass lug fasteners, excellent condition £120-150
The Caterpillar Club, the well known brooch badge in gold stamped on reverse ‘BM Co 10K’, the eyes of red enamel, original pin back, excellent condition £200-250
Goldfish Club Badge, a very rare cloth badge, small black cloth rectangle embroidered with a white wing grasping a fish, below two pale blue ‘waves’, some age wear but otherwise very good condition £100-120
Hammer Price: £260
Royal Naval Air Service, an extremely fine and rare facing pair of officer’s gilt metal eagle sleeve badges, of hollow die-cast format each fitted with three screw fasteners, excellent condition (2) £250-300
£250–£300
Royal Naval Air Service, a fine and scarce pilot’s gilt metal breast eagle badge (summer dress) of solid die-cast construction, original pin back, excellent condition £200-250
£200–£250
Shoulder Titles, a narrow brass ‘South Africa’, as worn by South African pilots in the Royal Flying Corps period; ‘Rhodesia’, a slightly curved blackened metal example used in the WWII LRDG units; together with a South African Air Force tie-clip being an early brass ‘propellor’ overlaid with a brass and blue enamelled SA Union badge, antelope’s head and Union is Strength etc, pin back, very good overall condition (3) £80-100
£80–£100
Royal Artillery, a fine oval portrait miniature by Frederick Buck, on ivory and stated to be ‘George MacKay’, three quarter front pose showing a double breasted navy blue coatee buttoned over, stand-up ‘cutaway’ collar in scarlet with single lace line and button, gilt buttons and single gold laced epaulette the strap outlined in scarlet, c1810-20 contained in a modern rectangular frame, very good condition (1) £400-500
Hammer Price: £750
5th (Northumberland) Regiment, a fine quality oval portrait miniature on ivory by Adam Buck showing a junior battalion company officer, double breasted scarlet coatee is buttoned over, stand-up cut away collar of ‘gosling green’ with single lace line and button, short fringed silver lace epaulette, his white leather shoulder belt plate with silver oval plate and similar mounts ‘Quo Fata Vocant’ scroll over St George and the Dragon c1810-20, contained in a rectangular ebonised frame...
Hammer Price: £1,220
63rd (West Suffolk) Regiment, an oval portrait miniature stated on the reverse to be ‘Lieut Richard George Robinson HM 63rd Regt of Foot b1797 d at Antigua 1816’. Shown wearing double breasted scarlet coatee with silver laced and green lapels buttoned back, stand-up cutaway green collar silver laced, single silver laced epaulette white shoulder belt with silver oval plate (Parkyn 439) copper gilt gorget with green silk rosettes and ribbons, contained in a good quality stepped and...
Hammer Price: £720
16th Bengal Native Infantry, a very fine portrait miniature on ivory by Frederick Buck a junior battalion company officer shown three-quarter front double breasted scarlet coatee is buttoned over buff/yellow stand-up cutaway collar with single lace and button, gold short fringed epaulette white shoulder belt bears oval gilt plate this with crowned strap enclosing ‘16’, scrolls and wreaths at sides and base c1820, contained in a copper gilt frame with black velvet (worn) backing, very...
Hammer Price: £1,200
Military Oval Portrait Miniature, assumed to be on ivory, an officer in scarlet coatee with white facings, silver buttons and silver laced epaulette on left shoulder, the coatee with turn down collar and is buttoned back, contained in a period copper gilt frame with plaited hair backing. Stated to be ‘Lieut Chute 6th Dragoon Guards’ c1790, very good condition (1) £300-400
Hammer Price: £520
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