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The Cavalry Officer’s Sword carried by Lieutenant-Colonel A. H. C. Kearsey, D.S.O., O.B.E., late 10th Hussars, who was uncle of the famous Mitford sisters An 1822 Pattern Triple-bar Light Cavalry Sword, in field service leather scabbard, Wilkinson No. 40399, the blade etched with the badges and unit distinctions of the 10th Royal Hussars, V.R. cypher, etc., blade stained overall £500-600
£500–£600
The Cavalry Officer’s Sword carried by Major-General J. Vaughan, C.B., C.M.G., D.S.O., late 7th Hussars: ordered by him from Wilkinson’s in 1891, and probably re-hilted with the change to the universal 1821 Heavy Cavalry Officer’s hilt in 1896, it is most likely this was the sword he used in the famous charge at Omdurman in 1898 1896 Pattern Cavalry Sword, in field service leather scabbard,Wilkinson No. 30719, the blade etched on the obverse side with the V.R. cypher, number and title...
Hammer Price: £2,300
The Cavalry Officer’s Sword carried by Lieutenant-Colonel D. H. Talbot, D.S.O., M.C., 17th Lancers 1912 Pattern Cavalry Officer’s Sword, in field service leather scabbard, complete with leather frog, Wilkinson No. 48539, the blade with etched presentation panel, ‘Capt. D. H. Talbot, M.C., From the Officers and Other Ranks, 17th Lancers, 1917’, further etchings including the G.V.R. cypher, scrolling, etc., blade and handguard with rust patches £300-400
Hammer Price: £350
The Royal Artillery Officer’s Sword carried by Brigadier R. H. Keenlyside, D.S.O., latterly an Intelligence Officer and G.S.O. 1 in Far East Land Forces Triple-bar Royal Artillery Sword, in field service leather scabbard, Wilkinson No. 61522, the blade etched with the monogram ‘R.H.K.’ and standard R.A. emblems, royal cypher, arms, cannon and title, etc., some staining to the blade £200-300
Hammer Price: £200
German Cavalry Swords 1st Life Guards, two troopers’ swords (no scabbards) slightly curved fullered blades, grips of bound wire fishskin, the pierced steel handguards with crown and cypher the fortes with various stampings, the curled finials to the handguards stamped ‘1LG and dated ‘10.1900 and ‘10.01’; together with two African spears of wood and iron one a lightweight throwing weapon; a French Chassepot bayonet complete with scabbard St Etienne 1872, a German ?Mauser bayonet...
Hammer Price: £120
The King’s Own Light Infantry (Tower Hamlets ) Militia, a fine and rare Captain’s uniform for the period 1869-1878, comprising a blue cloth 1869 pattern full dress shako, scarlet tunic, scarlet shell jacket, white leather waist belt complete with clasp and scarlet net sash. The shako trimmed with silver lace and bearing the silver plated 1855 star pattern plate, central strung bugle horn on a domed ground with title in surround ‘The King’s Own Light Infantry’; complete with chin...
Hammer Price: £620
Blandford Volunteer Cavalry Troop of Dorsetshire Yeomanry (1831-38), a trooper’s composite helmet based partly on the heavy cavalry pattern of 1822 but with a comb similar to that of the 1812 pattern, in this instance the frontal plate laurel leaf attachments, front and rear peaks are original, the comb possibly period, the skull is of later pattern, the side ornaments, chin scales horse hair plume and sweat band are all replacements, the comb and laurel sprays (part detached) have all...
£400–£600
Caithness Artillery Volunteers, a very rare officer’s folding pattern field service cap of navy blue cloth throughout the crown with silver cord edging two plated crown over cannon buttons to the front, sewn on cap badge being a silver bullion grenade over a similar scroll ‘C.A.V.’ this with royal blue silk background (c1880-1900), has seen service but in good overall condition £100-150
Hammer Price: £90
Suffolk Militia Artillery, a rare officer’s folding field service cap in navy blue cloth throughout the crown embellished with gold cord two small gilt mounted buttons to the front showing QVC over cannon, the sewn on badge displaying in gold thread a fused grenade over an ornate scroll ‘Suffolk’ this with red silk background c1880-1900, very good condition £100-150
Royal Horse Artillery, the important Field Service Cap of the late Major John Wainwright Hopkins, the cap in navy blue and scarlet cloth the curtain and crown embellished with gold cord two small KC gilt buttons to the front, the large cap badge of padded format in gold thread crimson velvet blue silk and red cloth shows the KC over the Garter Motto enclosing GVIR below a scroll ‘Royal Horse Artillery’, original internal trade label for ‘Hawkes Co. Ltd., 1 Savile Row London W1’ and...
£200–£250
Royal Artillery, a khaki slouch hat pertaining to the RA attachment 5th Indian Division, of bound khaki felt with cloth pagri in beige the left side turned up and displaying the double wheel cap badge on a cloth diamond (red/blue), the right side of the pagri with sewn on rectangular cloth badge of a scarlet disc on black, complete with sweatband and chin strap; together with a modern other ranks peaked cap in blue/scarlet cloth with anodised badge, good overall condition £70-90
Hammer Price: £55
15th (The King’s) Hussars, a very fine period officer’s busby plume, 14” (not including whalebone lower stem) scarlet on scarlet with rich gilt corded four leaf plume holder, complete with carrying case, plume excellent case battered (2) £60-80
Cavalry Officer’s Silver Flap Pouch, a fine example, hall-marked Birmingham 1884, by Bent & Parker, the front with decorative scroll and wiggle work, central gilt metal mount being a Guelphic crown over ‘VR’, the red moroccan pouch inlaid with silver thread, side ornaments rings and loops all hall-marked en-suite, no gilt remains to the mount otherwise very fine condition £200-300
Hammer Price: £310
Cinque Ports Artillery Volunteers, a very rare officer’s undress sabretache in black leather with silver plated mounts, the upper one showing a crowned oval ‘Pro Aris et Focis’ enclosing the Arms of the Cinque Ports, below, laurel sprays and unit title, the second mount displaying crossed cannon barrels, six bolt fasteners the badges original to the ‘tache’ this complete with bag and ‘D’ rings, the front crazing now smoothed down, good overall condition £250-350
Hammer Price: £230
Berkshire Yeomanry, a scarce Victorian officer’s undress sabretache in black leather, the face with single gilt metal mount being a conjoined five pointed star and crescent (from the arms of Hungerford) complete with bag and ‘D’ rings, the face crazed overall, at a near contemporary date the mount appears to have replaced the similar two part ornament £120-150
£120–£150
Grenadier Guards Interest, a fine water-colour by Richard Simkin (43cm x 26cm) depicting the uniforms of the regiment from 1660 to 1902, thirteen figures are shown including a mounted central officer, signed and set within a chamfered gilt card mount and glazed and framed, good condition £1500-1800
Hammer Price: £1,500
Highland Light Infantry Interest, a fine water-colour by Richard Simkin (22.5cm x 25cm), the full dress uniforms c1890 are depicted, two officers (front and rear) and a Piper in the foreground and a further nine figures in the background, including a Sergeant, signed and entitled ‘The Highland Light Infantry’ and with the number ‘113’, enclosed in an attractive double mount and framed and glazed, good condition £1000-1200
£1,000–£1,200
5th (Princess Charlotte of Wales’s) Dragoon Guards, a good quality water-colour depicting a mounted officer in Review Order and a dismounted officer in pill box forage cap and black braided frock coat c1890-1902 (approx. 10 inches by 8 inches) displayed within a new oval card mount but in a period oak and glazed frame, printed signature ‘R.Simkin’, slight foxing in the lower area otherwise good condition £120-150
King’s Own Scottish Borderers, a very fine privately commissioned Drum-Major’s mace constructed by Messrs Potters to M.O.D. specifications, the swollen head in burnished and matt gilt with silver overlays, battle honours to Korea 1951-52, the lower area with EIIR cypher in gilt and a pierced silver KC officer’s glengarry sized headdress badge, the stout malacca shaft decorated with gilt chapes and interwoven gilt chain, c1953, contained in a special carrying case, unused mint state ...
Hammer Price: £720
Royal Navy Interest, Vice-Admiral Sir Charles V. Penrose K.C.B., a very fine fob seal, the red agate intaglio matrix contained within a two-tone unmarked gold coloured metal baluster shaped mount, central crest being a fish naiant enclosed by the motto and laurels from the Order of the Bath, at the base ‘Ich Dien’ and the Cross of the Order, attached old handwritten label states, ‘Seal of Vice-Admiral Sir Chas V Penrose KCB 1816/ Recd after the death, 1909, of Sophia James only child...
Hammer Price: £180
Tank Corps Interest, an impressive and large model of a WWI tank (Mark IV?), approximately 32cms long by 23cms wide (including the gun ports) and 13cms in height, constructed solely of heavy gauge hall-marked silver sheet (Birmingham 1919 by T&JB), a faithful external replica with realistic non moving tracks, engraved rivets, moving gun turrets and two opening hatches, overall weight 2.6 kilograms, excellent condition £2500-3000
£2,500–£3,000
Presentation silver cigarette box bearing the engraved crest of the 82nd Punjabis, hallmarks for Birmingham 1920, the lid further engraved, ‘Presented to Captain S. W. Haylock by His Brother Officers on the Occasion of His Marriage, 25th October 1922’, 7ins. by 3.5ins. by 2ins., polished overall, occasional denting, but generally in sound condition £50-80
Hammer Price: £130
13th Light Dragoons, a fine and rare officers’ 1830 pattern shako plate, 162 x 120mm., in copper and silver plate, St Edward’s crown over a Maltese cross, the plated domed centre bearing the numerals ‘XIII’ and the motto ‘Viret in Aeturnum’ enclosed by laurel sprays, on the upper arm of the cross ‘Peninsula’ and on the lower ‘Waterloo’, the arms of the cross with inlays of silver ‘hob-nailed’ panels, all nuts loops and fixing wires present on reverse, minute...
Hammer Price: £800
North Hampshire Militia, a very fine and rare officers’ 1829-44 pattern shako plate, 150 x 122mm (approx), the crowned copper gilt back plate overlaid with a diamond-cut eight-pointed silver star, this in turn overlaid with a gilt Garter Proper, having a silver centre with red enamel cross, below a floreated scroll ‘North Hants’, the reverse with retaining loops and four out of five additional wires, also journeyman’s mark of a fleur-de-lys, excellent condition £1000-1200
Hammer Price: £1,400
The Leicestershire Militia, a fine and rare officers’ 1829-44 pattern shako plate, 160 x 122mm (approx), the crowned copper gilt back plate overlaid with a diamond-cut eight-pointed silver star, this in turn overlaid with a gilt Garter Proper, having a silver centre with red enamel cross, below a floreated scroll ‘Leicester’, a small split to a ray near the cushion of the crown, the reverse of the crown strengthened with crude soldering, both fastening loops present but the additional...
Hammer Price: £1,200
The Prince of Wales’s Volunteers (South Lancashire Regiment) 2nd Battalion, a very fine and ornate colour belt plate c1881-1920?, 110 x 96mm., oval in outline and featuring a multirayed silver star overlaid with a fine gilt mount detailing eighteen battle honours, six further honours are displayed on laurel sprays around the centre, the battalion’s old number ‘82’ and former badge, the Prince of Wales’s crest and motto also feature; centrally on a blue enamel ground the honour...
Hammer Price: £110
9th (East Norfolk) Regiment, a fine and scarce example of the officers’ 1878-81 pattern helmet plate, 125 x 106mm., standard gilt star with silver centre depicting Britannia with trident, laurels, shield, globe and lion, the numeral ‘IX’ conjoined below, three fasteners to rear, near mint state £300-350
Hammer Price: £270
The Rifle Brigade, an officers’ two part pouch belt plate in silver coloured metal for the period 1822-55 (Peninsula honours being the latest displayed), four screw posts to reverse but all nuts missing; The Rifle Brigade (Prince Consort’s Own) Militia Battalions, officers’ two part pouch belt plate in silver coloured metal, c1881-1902 pattern as for regular battalions but devoid of all battle honours, crowned bugle horn centre with ‘Rifle Brigade’, at the base a scroll ‘The...
28th (North Gloucestershire) Regiment, an extremely fine and rare example of the battalion company officers’ 1816 pattern shako plate, yellow gilt crown over a silver indented circle, this with fretted battle honours, centrally upon a copper rose gilt back plate the Royal Crest, numerals ‘28’ and sprigs of laurel and palm all in silver, black cloth backing to the battle honours (KK23), two fasteners to reverse, the plate ‘shaped’ for the shako, excellent condition £800-1000
Hammer Price: £1,600
28th (North Gloucestershire) Regiment, a very fine and rare officer’s silver shoulder belt plate, c1810-30, the rectangular back plate with rounded corners, hand chased silver mounts comprising the Royal Crest over ‘28’, mounts applied via ‘knocked-over’ wires, one hook, two studs and original soft chamois liner, excellent condition £800-1000
28th (North Gloucestershire) Regiment, the most rare first pattern hand raised silver ‘back number’, c1805-30, of diamond outline with a finely raised narrow rim, the design shows the Sphinx on ‘Egypt’ plinth over ‘28’, two stout loop fasteners to reverse, one very small dent, otherwise in excellent condition £500-600
Hammer Price: £850
28th (North Gloucestershire) Regiment, a group of officer’s silver plated open backed coatee buttons, c1808-30, the raised design shows the Royal Crest over ‘28’ within a circle of inward facing leaves, all by ‘C.Jennens London’ and with the Prince of Wales’s crest, eleven large (17.5mm) one small (14mm), excellent condition (12) £150-170
Hammer Price: £240
2nd Regiment of Derbyshire Militia (Supplementary), a very fine and rare officer’s die-struck oval hall-marked silver shoulder belt plate (London 1803, maker’s mark ‘WW’, possibly William Wakefield), the raised design showing the crown over a shield with central rose, on a scroll below ‘Second Regiment’, one hook and two studs to reverse, excellent condition £800-1000
Hammer Price: £980
Wirksworth Local Militia Derbyshire, a very fine and rare officer’s engraved oval shoulder belt plate in hall-marked silver (London 1808, maker’s mark ‘GH’), design shows the crown within an oval inscribed ‘Wirksworth L.M. Derbyshire’ and central county rose, one hook two studs to reverse, excellent condition £800-1000
Hammer Price: £1,100
23rd (Royal Welch Fusiliers) Regiment, a fine and extremely rare officer’s shoulder belt plate, c1815-35, copper-gilt back plate with slightly rounded corners, mounted thereon a hand wrought gilt mount displaying the crown over a circular strap ‘Royal Welch Fusiliers’ and ‘XXIII’, above the numerals a silver Prince of Wales’s crest and motto, the mounts applied via stout ‘knocked-over’ copper wires, one hook and two studs to reverse, some surface grime on and around the...
Hammer Price: £1,300
28th (North Gloucestershire) Regiment, a good quality officers’s last pattern shoulder belt plate c1840-1855, rectangular copper gilt back plate with silver mounts, the Royal crest over ‘28’ the numerals with engine-turned finish, complete with original leather liner, no gilt remains all four corners with minor bruising, but no wear to the mounts £300-400
Hammer Price: £320
The Prince of Wales’s Loyal Volunteers, a very fine and rare officer’s copper-gilt die-struck shoulder belt plate, c1803-15, the rectangular back plate with clipped corners and raised design being the Prince of Wales’s crest and motto over a circular strap bearing the unit title, centrally an eight pointed star with central cross and plain strap, excellent condition £800-1000
Hammer Price: £1,000
38th (1st Staffordshire) Regiment, an extremely rare Senior NCO’s cross belt plate, c1840-55, heavy coppered brass back plate overlaid with a large and ornate white metal mount, on a background of multi-rayed rococo design a star of twelve points, these embossed with battle honours, centrally the crown over sprays of laurel and palm and enclosing a circular strap ‘1st Staffordshire’ with central numerals ‘XXXVIII’, below the junction of the leaf sprays the Knot Simpliciter, four...
94th (Scotch Brigade) Regiment, a fine and rare officer’s last pattern shoulder belt plate, c1815-18, copper-gilt rectangular back plate with rounded corners, silver mounts comprising the crown, ‘Peninsula’ scroll, the Elephant over roman numerals ‘XCIV’ and ‘Scotch Brigade’ laid over thistle sprays, complete with fasteners (Parkyn 522), considerable gilt loss to the back plate otherwise very good condition £800-1000
86th (Royal County Down) Regiment, a very fine and rare officer’s shoulder belt plate, c1840-55, rectangular copper-gilt back plate with gilt mount, this being the crown over the ‘Harp and Maid’, engine turned numerals ‘86’ part let into the strings of the harp, complete with fasteners and original leather liner plus a spare liner (Parkyn 506), minute bruising to the lower right hand corner otherwise excellent condition (2) £800-1000
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