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The Duke of Edinburgh’s Royal Regiment (Wiltshire & Berkshire), a very rare Bandmaster’s full dress blue cloth helmet c1958-1995, of contemporary construction but well modelled on the officers’ 1878 pattern, blue cloth with usual fittings, front trim broader and rivetted rather than pressed, chin chain rosettes metal spine, spike and quadrant, the special pattern plate of QEC star shape with Garter Proper centre all in gilding metal, the centre in bi-metal being the badge of the...
£250–£300
Huntingdon Light Horse Volunteers (Duke of Manchester’s), a very scarce other ranks undress forage cap c1860-1883, of pill-box form and in navy blue and white cloth, to the front an applied ducal coronet white thread on black and below in light blue embroidery ‘1st MV’, internally sound and complete with narrow chin strap, remains of owner’s name label ‘....utton’, some surface wear and staining from melted patent leather otherwise good condition £200-250
£200–£250
East Yorkshire regiment, Volunteer Battalions, a good quality 1880 pattern officer’s forage cap, of navy blue cloth with black braid oak leaf pattern waist band, silver bullion inlaid peak and narrow silver cord band to the crown (Field rank), bearing the silver plated and black enamelled star shaped badge of the regiment, internally very sound but bearing the inscription ‘Col. Haworth 3rd VB Lancs. Fusiliers’ retailed by Cater & Co, three small deposits of melted patent leather...
Hammer Price: £140
Alexandra , Princess of Wales’s Own (Yorkshire Regiment), Volunteer Battalions, a very scarce 1904 other ranks pattern peaked forage cap, of navy blue cloth with narrow scarlet welt to the crown, black patent leather unbound peak, similar chin strap with KC white metal Royal Arms pattern buttons, correct pattern white metal cap badge, supplied by Hobson & Sons, slight crazing to the peak otherwise excellent condition £40-50
Hammer Price: £80
Royal Irish Rifles, a very fine 1902-18 period officer’s pouch belt and pouch fittings silver plated en suite, comprising KC large pouch plate, battle honours to South Africa 1902, this complete with burnished elipitical back plate, special Shamrock pattern whistle and case, triple link chain and special pattern whistle guard, pouch badge being the Sphinx over a strung bugle horn, all screw posts present and all but one threaded nuts, mint state (3) £350-450
Hammer Price: £480
15th Bengal Cavalry (Cureton’s Mooltanees), a very fine and scarce Victorian officer’s silver coloured metal flap pouch the engraved front bearing an stylised ‘Imperial’ Victorian crown over monogram ‘BL’ this in ‘gold’ and ‘green’ gilt, the pouch in black morroccan over metal, pouch and carrying swivels all marked ‘B’, two very minor dents otherwise very good condition £250-350
Hammer Price: £430
WWI Officer’s Brodie British Steel Helmet, lining now fractured into two parts of leather padded wool and cord netting, sweat band of proofed black linen, broad leather chin strap, outer finish of green/khaki colour, appears original but is oxidising and lifting in large areas, central lining rivet a replacement £80-100
Hammer Price: £60
Modern Glengarry Caps, of black fabric red/white/black diced bands, scarlet touries and ‘silk’ tails, eight stamped inside ‘JJ&W Hood & Co Kilmarnock 1962’ and with WD broad arrow, unused condition (15) £20-30
£20–£30
1st (King’s) Dragoon Guards, a late Victorian period officer’s scarlet mess jacket and waist coat, the jacket with fine large bullion Eagle collar badges, black velvet facings and correct pattern gold lace to the collar front and cuffs, broad woven gold cord shoulder epaulettes, these fitted with replacement QEC crowns and rank stars, mounted QVC gilt buttons to the epaulettes and cuffs, provision on the left breast for medals and orders, scarlet quilted linings with some replacement;...
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Bavarian Infantry High Ranking Officer’s Picklehaube, the black leather skull with silver plated mounts, the frontal plate with a frosted finish and similar to the lions’ masks chin scale side ornaments, a State cockade in frosted silver plate and pale blue enamel above the wearer’s left side lion’s mask tooled brown leather sweat band with orange silk lining, the skull with minute surface crazing and the silk liner with some fraying, otherwise quite excellent state £800-1200
Hammer Price: £880
Prussian Infantry, a good quality and original other ranks black leather shako the frontal eagle plate with central FR cypher state motto and the honours Waterloo Peninsula Del Pozo, the plate of grey metal, push-in oval state plume of black and white cloth on wooden base complete with leather chin strap and national cockade but lacking the state one, very good overall condition £200-300
Hammer Price: £330
A Prussian Infantry Pickelhaube, the black leather skull fitted with a Guard Eagle plate and Guard Star, various internal official stampings including the date 1915, wearer’s name and unit pencilled on inner front peak, now lacking chin strap and both cockades, the skull sound front peak loose and crazed the metal trim severely buckled, back peak and all other metal fittings sound (1) £200-300
Hammer Price: £310
A Prussian Pickelhaube, the skull of light weight metal with a narrow all round raised edge and original olive green finish, standard gilding metal eagle plate (heavily tarnished), leather chin strap and both cockades, the paint cracked and partially missing, top spike missing point and base disc cracked in two places, original leather liner, the plate lacking the cross from the orb and the sceptre fractured on the eagle’s leg, in need of careful restoration £150-200
Hammer Price: £210
A Superb Bronze Bust of A Great War Period German Soldier, mounted on a black marble plynth, 46cm. high by 31cm. wide, the plynth with applied brass plaque inscribed ‘Jhrem scheidenden Inspekteur in Dankbarer Erinnerung K.K’s und K.O’s., April 1926’, very good condition and a powerful image £800-1000
£800–£1,000
Germany, Third Reich, S.A., N.S.K.K. Standard Bearers Gorget, gilt fittings on plated shield, complete with full length chain, makers mark ‘R.Z.M. 1/83’, very good condition £200-250
Hammer Price: £370
Germany, Third Reich, Nazi Field Police Gorget, complete with full length chain and original paint finish, good condition £150-180
Hammer Price: £270
Irish Guards, a good side drum in brass and wood c1901-1903, (no South African honours)the front panel decorated with the title ‘1st Battn Irish Guards’ ‘ER’ cypher the Royal Arms and the regimerntal badge couched in sprays of shamrock, complete with plaited lines and tensioning cords, one end ‘skin’ only, good condition £400-600
Hammer Price: £580
Northumberland Fusiliers, H Coy 1st Battalion, a good quality side drum with post 1901 paintwork battle honours to c1900, main title ‘Fifth Fusiliers’ over the Royal Arms and regimental emblems, St George & Dragon with ‘Quo Fata Vocant’ above, the White Horse of Hanover with ‘Nec Aspera Terrent’ above, fully roped and tensioned with both vellum ends present (one fractured), generally sound condition the paint work to the van-dyked ends badly scarred £300-500
Hammer Price: £300
21st (Royal North British Fusiliers) Regiment (?), an extremely fine and most rare officer’s large size copper gilt gorget c1760-1780, the die stamped central motif being a crowned thistle spray with a tri-part scroll in three quarter surround bearing the Thistle Motto ‘Nemo Me ImpuneLacessit’, small die-stamped floret droplets in the tie areas, correctly manufactured over a wire frame the gorget is free of dents and retains approximately 70% original fire gilt, excellent condition for...
Hammer Price: £1,200
Queen Anne Style Gorget, probably of the type given out to minor Indian chiefs in the Americas, constructed on a stout wire frame and of heavy guage hand beaten copper, subsequently rather weakly gilded; engraved with the correct full achievement of arms of Great Britain, and with the initials ‘A’ and ‘R’ above the supporters, wear to the engraving £100-200
Hammer Price: £350
68th (The Durham Light Infantry), a good quality officer’s shoulder belt plate c1840-55 (Parkyn 463) standard rectangular gilt back plate with silver mounts, some surface wear to the mounts and the back plate devoid of gilt £300-400
Hammer Price: £250
85th (The King’s Light Infantry) Regiment, an officer’s shoulder belt plate c1840-1855 (Parkyn 414) rectangular gilt back plate with silver overlays a crowned oval strap inscribed ‘Aucto Splendore Resurgo’ and enclosing a strung and ribboned bugle horn with ‘85’ between the strings above the bugle horn a scroll ‘the King’s Light Infty’ wreaths of palm and laurel in close surround the honour ‘Nive’ across the base of the wreaths, a tri-part scroll at base ‘Fuentes...
£100–£150
The Gordon Highlanders, a very fine quality post 1881 officer’s shoulder belt plate, rectangular gilt back plate with silver overlays, together with the corresponding waist belt clasp, gilt back plate with correct silver overlays, the former item in mint state the latter with some gilt loss (2) £200-250
Hammer Price: £200
90th (Perthshire Volunteers) (Light Infantry), an other ranks cross belt plate c1820-55 (fitted with correct post 1829 broad tangs) heavily die-struck the plate is described by Parkyn (p150), the legends (crisp on reverse) are near completely worn down on the front; together with a relic piper’s plaid brooch (unit unknown) and two civilian plaid brooches, one possibly late 18th century £50-60
Hammer Price: £55
The King’s German Legion, a scarce brass oval other ranks cross belt plate c1803-16, incised design of a lion passant guardant over a strap bearing unit title and St Edward’s crown within, the let’in’ mounts being a hook and two studs, the former contemporarily replaced with an iron nail, very good condition £150-200
Hammer Price: £380
Seaforth Highlanders (Ross-shire Buffs, The Duke of Albany’s), a post 1881 officer’s shoulder belt plate and companion waist belt plate, standard rectangular gilt back plates with relevant silver mounts both retailed by R & HB Kirkwood 66&68 Thistle Street Edinburgh, some service wear to the silver mounts and the back plates devoid of gilt £120-150
27th (Inniskilling) Regiment, a museum made copy of the other ranks cross belt plate c1840-55, wrong fasteners for the period and scroll ‘Inniskillen’ (should be Enniskillen); together with a similar plate for the 73rd Regiment, pattern correct but fasteners incorrect, (2) £50-70
25th (The King’s Own Borderers) Regiment, a scarce silver coloured metal piper’s plaid brooch, the large slightly convex quoit engraved with very stylised thistle heads celtic crosses and floral scrollwork, at the base a circular strap engraved ‘K O B’ and in the centre ‘XXV’; the reverse with Georgian period engraving ‘2nd’ over ‘8’ and elsewhere ‘4’, a stout period iron pin soldered to reverse, c1810-40, considerable surface wear otherwise good condition for age ...
78th Highland Regiment (or Ross-shire Buffs), a good quality officer’s plaid brooch c1840-1881, the gilt quoit with silver mounts being the crown over ‘78’ with attendant thistle sprays and scroll at the base ‘Cuidich. N. Rhi’, original stout pin to reverse, slight gilt loss otherwise excellent condition £200-250
Hammer Price: £500
1st Pembrokeshire Rifle Volunteers, a scarce other ranks white metal Victorian helmet plate c1878-83, strung bugle horn centre with unit title in surround, centre neatly re-affixed some wear to the outer plate £70-90
Hammer Price: £100
The Loyal North Lancashire Regiment, a very fine example of a Victorian officer’s home service pattern helmet plate (KK260), plate retains 100% original gilt the centre retains all enamels, one fastening wire on the Royal Crest missing otherwise mint state £200-250
Hammer Price: £220
Midlothian Coast Artillery Volunteers, a very fine officer’s die-stamped silver plate and gilt pouch c1860-85 (Litchfield Vol. Artillery No 156) a crowned (Scottish crown)circular title strap with scroll at base ‘Volunteers’ centrally three cannons in gilt, two screw posts to reverse, excellent condition £100-150
97th (Earl of Ulster’s) regiment, a good quality two part other ranks helmet plate c1878-1881 (KK211) (has been clear lacquered); The Norfolk Regiment a good quality helmet plate centre (hand raised) now mounted on a crude cast brass QVC back plate; Royal Artillery (Territorial Force) a post 1908 officer’s helmet plate (KK820) standard gilt pattern with top laurel spray scroll, devoid of all gilt (3) £80-100
Hammer Price: £110
1st Aberdeen Highland Rifle Volunteers, a very fine quality officer’s two part pouch belt plate central St Andrew standing in front of the Cross within an oval bearing the Thistle Motto and with thistle sprays in surround, complete with plated centre back plate, two scre fasteners; together a white metal lion’s mask whistle guard, excellent condition (2) £170-200
3rd Aberdeenshire Rifle Volunteers, a very fine and rare die-stamped officer’s or Senior NCOs silver plated glengarry badge, of oval form with central St Andrew & Cross within title ‘3rd Aberdeenshire Rif .Vol. Corps’, thistle sprays in surround, two lug fasteners, excellent condition £200-250
Hammer Price: £160
Perth Highland Rifle Volunteers, a good quality other ranks white metal glengarry badge c1860-1887, QVC circular strap with unit title and thistle centre, excellent condition £40-60
Hammer Price: £40
2nd/21st Argyll Highland Rifle Volunteers, a fine and rare other ranks white metal glengarry badge of the Aboyne H Company (KK1539) a sword bearing demi-lion centre upon a plinth ‘2nd 21st AHRV’ and motto Defence Not Defiance’ on circular strap, excellent condition £200-250
Hammer Price: £260
31st Imperial Yeomanry Company (Fincastle’s Horse), a very scarce other ranks hat badge in bi-metal (KK 1406), very good condition £60-80
Hammer Price: £85
King Edward VIII/Duke of Windsor Interest, a superb pair of Field Marshal’s gilt collar badges crossed batons within wreaths of oak and laurel and the Imperial crown lodged at the top, four large and four small Field Marshal’s tunic buttons gilt with gilt mount as per the collar badges, by Pitt & Co 31 Maddox St London; Coldstream Guards, an other ranks brass valise badge, four long lug fasteners one missing the others crushed, and an other ranks die-stamped gilding metal paggri badge,...
£400–£500
Indian Army Officer’s Paggri Badge, an extremely fine quality HM silver (Birm 1911) to an unidentified unit, St Edward’s crown a double stylised ‘S’, original stout pin fastener, maker’s mark ‘PP Ld’; together with a Society sash badge in HM silver (Birm 1862) double star outline with central designs of a stag’s head erased pierced with two arrows and resting on a laurel sprig, crossed keys below, very good condition (2) £60-80
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